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"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
"STUDY"!!! The one who does the "study"----work here is one who is handling the Word of God and thus the conclusion of studying. It takes diligent study of the Word of God to rightly divide it.
ALL of the Word of God is true. There are no contradictions when it is properly laid out. You cannot add to nether take away from it.
Deut.4:2...........
"You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you."
It seems to me that what it says is very easy to understand. Some will argue that it only applies to the book of Deuteronomy.
Some will argue that it means only the Law which was included in the book of Deut.
Others (Me) will say that it includes the "WORD" which is the original Hebrew meaning. The Word of God is the complete Bible we now have.
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"And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the Book of Life and out of the Holy City, and from the things which are written in this book".
IMO this warning is concerning the WHOLE Bible.
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"Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it."
Thanks and mayGod bless you for your post.
Please read the Whole Post, Thanks.
As humans we do not want to do God's will/ commandments/ requirements.
We only want to hear what we want to hear ( ).
The Holy Scriptures are set in order as God intended.
The Holy Spirit did NOT put in words that are not the will/ commandments/ requirements of God.
To say that anything that God (wills/ commands/requires) is works is an abomination.
Verily means truly certainly ( not maybe )
Forsake means abandon,desert ( not just leave)
Neglect means to fail disregard ignore ( not just overlook )
Baptism means emersion ( not sprinkling )
Remission means forgiveness ( not may remember)
Wash away means remove, cleanse ( not leave on )
Matthew, Mark ,Luke and John ( The Gospels ,the Good News ) reveals the birth of our Savior ( Christ) .
John the baptist ( emersion ) preparing the way , by The Holy Spirit stating that Baptism is for the remission of sins.
Christ choosing His apostles,Christ training His apostles and proving Himself to be the Messiah with signs ,wonders and miracles.
Christ the only begotten son of God ,being the Perfect Sacrifice was crucified and after fulfilling all prophecy of His life Died and shed His Blood ( ) for our sins and Christ after being sacrificed for our sins was raised from the dead to become the Head of His Kingdom.
Acts -the acts of conversation ( the requirements by God ) to be SAVED, be the recipients of the Grace of God.
NOTE that all who believed were baptized.
Paul ( also none as Saul ) was baptized the same hour, even though he had not eaten or drank for 3 (three ) days and he was a chosen by The Savior to be a special apostle.
Romans through Revelations are written to churches ( beleivers/saints / people ) who have already obeyed the (will /commands ) which are not works but are ( requirements ) of God that He says that we must do to be eligible to receive His Grace ( the ability to enter Heaven even though we do not deserve His Grace )
All Scriptures are given by The Holy Spirit, they were written by different people ,But The Holy Spirit is the author and chose every word, each word means what The Holy Spirit intended it to mean.
Searching the Scriptures is applying what Matthew wrote to what Mark wrote and that to what Luck and John wrote to find the whole Truth(,for instance ) Peter cut of the right ear of Malcus ,who is a relative and a servant of the High Priest and was the last person to ask Peter ( before the cock crowd ) if he was with Jesus.
Is it possible for anyone today to tell a mountain to move or a tree to be planned in the sea. Jesus was speaking to His apostles . When the Scriptures written to the apostles are applied to us today it is NOT RIGHTLY DIVIDING the word of Truth.
The Holy Spirit spells out the requirement for Salvation but WE only want to do what WE want to do.
This will be my last post on this thread .
I pray that all who read this thread will TRULY SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR THE TRUE WILL OF GOD !!!!!!!!