Jesus Requires Something from Us ...
Which Most Christians Ignore to their pearl
I apologize for expanding on this topic, which was presented in the last email, but this topic is so critically important to salvation and if you wish to go to heaven, that I felt it needed expounded upon. Most churches today do not teach the Scriptures, or more importantly, do not teach their congregations how to live their life for Jesus based on what the Scriptures say is required of us in order to go to heaven.
Many Christian Pastors are Leading their Congregations Astray
False Doctrines are introduced within the Church and spread like “leaven” (Luke 13:21). Jesus Himself warns us that the deception will arise from within the Church (Matt 16:6). Our own pastors will introduce teachings contrary to our Lord. The apostasy is not from the outside pagan world, but rather the corruption of “Christianity” itself is from within the church. Most Christians go to church, hear what the pastor says, and accept it without questioning it. No wonder false doctrines spread so quickly and easily. What most pastors are telling their congregations today is that they can live their lives anyway that wish, even denying Christ's instructions, and they will still go to heaven. This is simply not true. Only those that "ACCEPT" His gift, and take up their cross and follow Him will go to heaven.
Only those that Follow Jesus will Enter Heaven
We are told consistently throughout the scriptures that only those who follow Jesus till they die will be saved and go to heaven. Salvation is not for those that call themselves Christians nor simply go to church but to those that “follow” Jesus and make Him Lord of their life daily and are led by the Holy Spirit in their hearts! Paul makes this abundantly clear when he tells us that even if we have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries, can even perform miracles, give away all our goods to the poor and even give our lives we will still go to hell if we don’t have Jesus’ Love in our lives. (1 Cor 13:1-3).
Many people want to believe that because at some point in their life their eyes were opened and the Love of Christ was revealed to Him, that it automatically makes them “saved” and that couldn’t be further from the truth. Christ himself gives us a parable – and then defines exactly what it means so there would be no misunderstanding. It’s about people who have the “Word” (Jesus) planted in their hearts and start to walk with God and then “fall away” from walking with God (they later reject Jesus).
The parable of the Sower explains the necessity to “continuously follow Christ”. There are many different groups of people in this parable who heard and accepted the Word of God and it started to grow in their hearts, yet most ended up not following God in the end for various reasons. Only those that held onto the Word and grew in Him produced fruit for God (Matt 13:3-23). And ONLY those that produce fruit for God will enter heaven (Matt 3:8-12). The Scriptures affirm that the Holy Spirit can be resisted by both the believer and the unbeliever Acts 7:51
What does Christ say is Required for us to "Accept" His Gift?
Throughout the entire scriptures (from Genesis through Revelation), there is an extremely important word that is said repeatedly which most pastors intentionally skip, and that word is “IF”. The scriptures make it clear constantly that we have a choice. IF we continuously follow and obey Him until our death, we will be saved (Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.; Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.)
- IF we hear His voice AND follow Him, He will give us eternal life (John 10:27)
- IF you want to be Jesus’ friend, you will do whatever He commands you (John 15:14)
- IF you want to abide in Jesus’ Love, you will keep His commandments (John 15:10)
- IF you do the will of the Father, the same is Jesus’ brother, sister, and mother (Matt 12:50)
The Only way to build a relationship with Jesus is to study His Word:
God tells us “My people perish for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). We MUST … I can’t emphasize that enough … We MUST study God’s word for ourselves. We cannot listen to pastors and blindly follow that they say. If we do not study, it for ourselves then we lack knowledge and will be deceived to turn away from God.
The principle we are to follow is for us to "Prove all things by the Word of God” (1 Thess 5:21). That includes all ministers, teaching, preaching, doctrines, sermons, writings, opinions, and practices. Examine all by the light of the Bible. Any teaching that is not 100% supported by the Scriptures you are to reject wholly.
The real problem in trying to read and understand God’s Word is that mankind has created more than 450 different English translations which have thousands of differences between themselves. So which version should you be studying if they are all saying different things?
How much easier would it be to study God’s Word if an English New Testament translation existed which took each of the original Koine Greek words and applied the original meaning along with the original parsing assigned to each of those words? This is something that even the King James scholars did not do because of the constraints placed on them by King James, their lack of knowledge of Greek, and their time constraints. The Pure Word is a New Testament reference that does just that! It is the perfect resource that every Christian should have to dive into God’s Word to "Prove all things by the Word of God” (1 Thess 5:21) as a Berean (Acts 17:11).
The Pure Word is a Resource All Christians Must Have!
The Pure Word is a word-by-word translation from the Textus Receptus Koine Greek (the exact same text that the 1611 KJV scribes used) to English and it also incorporated the original Greek Parsings which the King James scholars completely ignored because they didn’t understand them. Don’t get me wrong - The King James Version is an amazing translation, but the scribes didn’t go far enough because they simply couldn’t because of lack of knowledge. At the time of the 1600’s no one understood the majority of the Koine Greek root words used in the New Testament nor did they understand nor use the Greek parsings. It took another 260 YEARS before the Greek words were separated into their root components which was published by Strong in 1890. Without identifying the root words, the meanings they assigned to words in different verses constantly varied and had little to do with the true meaning of the text.
Not only that, but the scribes had no clear idea of what the Greek parsings were that were assigned to over 115,000 of the words (of the 140,745 total words). The purpose of the parsings is to provide text that could not be misinterpreted which then resulted in a crystal-clear message. Since they didn’t use the parsings, the context and meaning of the English words they assigned constantly varied between verses and that gave rise to hundreds of denominations and disagreements which fragmented Christianity we see today. Their own letter to King James clearly states their frustration and their limitations in not knowing the words and their inconsistency in the final English text and they chalk it up to their “creative freedom or liberty”. It wasn’t until 260 years after the King James Version was compiled that the parsings of each of the 115,000 words were clarified and released in 1894 by Dr. Scrivener using upwards of 100 scholars spending decades of work on the task.
The Pure Word has taken each of the 5,624 Koine Greek root words and took the single primary meaning at the time of Christ of each word and directly substituted it into each use of the same root word. In addition, the precise parsings of each of the 115,000 words that were mostly ignored by the KJV scribes and nearly all scholars since, was applied to each word. This process removed all known discrepancies and provided a clarity of meaning that was never before possible.
Every Christian who desires to follow the Lord, should obtain a copy of The Pure Word and use it as an invaluable reference alongside your favorite Bible version to see the original meanings and open your eyes like never before. May our Lord Bless you and lead you into a deeper understanding and relationship with Him.
Revealing the Original Depth of Meaning as
Written by the Apostles Over 1,900 Years Ago!
No comments:
Post a Comment