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I am 42 and was raised in a "religious" background...I have heard many people say that to believe in God you must be religious. That if you don't believe in Christ and are not born again you will burn in hell. Quite a scare tactic don't you think....I have been studying God's scriptures for the past 10 years fairly regularily.. The first few years I also listened to the Religious community and believed what They told me...As the years went on I prayed that God show me the Truth. I know that the things God has taught me in His Scriptures are Truth... So what's the difference, well it's both complicated and easy... Many claim that the new testament of the Bible is the only thing you need to know Just be saved is what many say and teach..This isn't what Christ taught when He was on this earth...You must remeber that when Christ was alive in the flesh there was no New Testament as a matter of fact Christ taught the Old Testament. He stated that no one should change a jot or tittle from the scriptures... For a person to fully understand the Bible they must go back and study the original Text in either hebrew for the old testament or Greek for the New testament..Why you may ask..Well alot has to do that when the scriptures are translated into another language it looses it's true meaning. In the original 1st edition of the King James Translation the scholars new this and included a warning to all who study to not just read it but Study( (this warning was taken out by the church)..The Bible also states this that one should Study to show themselves approved. It makes sense if you think about it...If someone wanteds to learn about any topic thy need to do more then just read a book. They need to study in order to understand....If you gave a first grader a college book on say Chemistry and said read this..Do you think they would understand fully all about Chemistry??This is how the Bible is theres more then just reading to fully understand..Unfortunetly many of the Churches don't teach God's Word they teach traditions of men..A thing Jesus said to never do...So why do they do this??because they think they know what there teaching but they are mearly just passing on what some man told them was the truth ,Not God...
I will give you an example: In the church and the english translation it states one must be born again to enter into the kingdom of God...John 3:3 So we get all these preachers doing altar calls telling everyone to just make a desision to be born again spiritually and you will go to heaven....However when you study the greek you will see that the correct translation is One must be Born from above Not again...Meaning that you must be born into the flesh to receive the ability to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Now that makes sense, and agrees with the old testament. In genesis chapter 6 it tells us that some of Gods children came from heaven to earth without being born of a women and did some bad things...These children cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven. I know this all seems kinda hard to swallow but it will make sense if you strart to study the entire Scriptures correctly dividing the word of God....I myself only know of one church to study the bible correctly..Heres the link www.shepherdschapel.com. Give it a try it might clear up some confusion for you....I'm just trying to point anyone who cares in the right direction..It's up to you to decide whats wrong or right..Thats why we are hear. To be born innocent of things that has happened and prepare us for the things that will happen...To believe and seek God can not be found in a tradition of man or a religion..It can only be found in God's Word and that's reality not religion...
Budman37 Reviewed by Budman37 on . In the Beginning was THE WORD Hello. I am 42 and was raised in a "religious" background...I have heard many people say that to believe in God you must be religious. That if you don't believe in Christ and are not born again you will burn in hell. Quite a scare tactic don't you think....I have been studying God's scriptures for the past 10 years fairly regularily.. The first few years I also listened to the Religious community and believed what They told me...As the years went on I prayed that God show me the Truth. I Rating: 5