COMPREHENSION
Understanding what we read is very important, especially when we are reading the Bible. The Bible is not easy to understand, or to read, unless we have been trained to think as a lawyer. As I have repeatedly said, the Bible is a law book, not a comic book. For example, Jesus said "If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” Matthew 5:29-30. Many Christians think that what Jesus said was a hyperbole or “comic”. Really? Jesus never joked when He talked about sin. YHWH also never jokes when He talked about sin. Only we joke when we talk about sin. Do we know what Jesus is saying in Matthew 5:29-30? Jesus implied that He will not help us if our hands cause us to sin, or if our eyes cause us to sin. He told us that if our hands and our eyes cause us to sin, cut them off or pluck them out. We cut them off, and we pluck them out, and don’t ask Jesus for help or grace. He’s not going to help us. That’s what He meant when He said pluck it out, and cut it off. Have I made myself clear?
Okay, let us move on. YHWH said in Exodus 20:7, "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless who takes His name in vain.” Do you know who YHWH is? He is God the Father, and also God the Son. Remember, there is only one God since the time of creation, not two or three. If you don’t like one God, you can join another religion that has two or three gods; or invent one yourself.
Do you know why Jesus Christ said that we should not say His name in a vain? Because He wants respect from us. Does He get respect from us? No, He does not. We flushed His name into the septic tank. We flushed all His commandments in the toilet following the teachings of Paul and our pastors.
Okay, let us move on. YHWH said in Exodus 20:7, "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless who takes His name in vain.” Do you know who YHWH is? He is God the Father, and also God the Son. Remember, there is only one God since the time of creation, not two or three. If you don’t like one God, you can join another religion that has two or three gods; or invent one yourself.
Do you know why Jesus Christ said that we should not say His name in a vain? Because He wants respect from us. Does He get respect from us? No, He does not. We flushed His name into the septic tank. We flushed all His commandments in the toilet following the teachings of Paul and our pastors.
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