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there had been righteous people among the then israelites, but there had also been unrighteous ones among them - the righteous israelites had agreed with and accepted righteous non-israeli people Blessings

there must be some beginning, mustn't there?! - after all, there is speech about beginning in many biblical verses such as Genesis 1:1, John 1:1-2, Revelation 22:13, etc. so, what happened in the very beginning?!, what had happened before the beginning?!, was it His first time to create everything 5-6 millennia ago?!, what if God had to create everything many times during the infinite time before the moment mentioned in Genesis 1:1?!, if He created everything countless times since beginninglessness of time, why did He have to?!, will He have to create everything over and over again in the coming infinity of time?! if there was a beginning, then there must also be an end, and if there is a beginning and end, there must also be a middle, but mustn't there also be some transition between the end and the next beginning, albeit short?!..... isn't there an eternal cycle and even an eternal circle?!, if so, then why?! - is it possible that the true God turn out to be evil?, i don't think so, because He would be sinful and even the greatest sinner if He was evil - after all, He is the system Administrator of the whole infinite universe so there must be some reasonable explanation for these things, and without boasting about myself i can say i find it even in the biblical scriptures Blessings

why hasn't God created us directly in Paradise from where we can't fall at all?!, but you know we have been born in this world under the conditions of "sin" and "death", which indicates that God had to reach the point of defeating the (manifestation(s) of the) "darkness" - so we can't say that there was no need for God to grow, even if we forget about God having had to grow in the beginning before He started to create, which is a fact, because why did God (have to) create everything 5-6 millennia ago?!, why hasn't He done it since zillions of years ago?! Blessings

i am sorry to say, the only thing i have faced up to in this forum website since i met you is bickering Blessings

you know "in the beginning was the Word, and then the Word turned out to be in God, and then God turned out to be the Word"(John 1:1) so in the beginning God found the truth and became its main servant, representative and embodiment - did He read scripture?!, no, but He has been the primary source of all holy scriptures/writings, because the truth would not live if there was no God to serve it faithfully did Moses read scripture?!, no, because there had been no biblical scriptures yet before he began to write Torah - in fact, Moses was the first of those among humans who wrote the biblical scriptures have i ever read the entire Bible from the first to the last page?!, no, the only part of the Bible that i have ever read all the way through was the New Testament, and i read it only twice, but this hasn't prevented me from practicing the faith in the true Lord God right(eously) enough and thus receiving revelations from Him - now i know what is written in Scriptures without even reading them so we humans could read the Holy Scripture(Bible) once, twice or thrice, but why must we necessarily re-read it hundreds or thousands of times when all is in the right(eous) practice of faith, which doesn't necessarily involve systematic reading of scripture?! - in fact, in the Bible there is no speech about systematic reading of scripture mandatory for every religious worshiper, but rather there is speech about believing, listening and reasoning - reading has a limited benefit and is for a while - let us not forget that the world system has been the one that has taught humans to read as many books as possible... that is why there is no bible pictured on my profile picture, but the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are depicted on it Blessings

you misrepresent the words of both God, Solomon and me - so i can only advise you to prepare yourself for great judgment on the part of God if you continue to do it Blessings

who could know what the purpose of that line was?! - you didn't explain let's say the addressee thought that you just divided the biting remark to them and the "serious" explanation for canonization of scripture with that line - must they be accused of egocentrism?! - "Now to the topic at hand" could also turn out to be addressed to the same addressee have i ever said that i don't accept biblical scriptures?! the truth, to which i witnessed in this forum, was supported with quotes from the Bible, and there is no contradiction between that truth and holy scripture - nevertheless i don't try to impose it on any person - after all, the idea is that the ones who are faithful will believe in the truth even if only a few sentences of it are said to them if not all, at least most of the scribes, pharisees and, in general, jews in the time of Jesus could/did not believe what Jesus preached to them, but they considered him to be the only one who preached those teachings i have never said that the ones who collected the biblical scriptures into one book made a mistake by doing that Having to "answer to you" is declaring yourself an authority, (not to mention equating yourself to God) and since you are telling moderators what to do here, obviously, you expect them to obey you. Now, want to try that again? the matter at hand in those posts was a deletion of my posts, which is why i said that according to the Law of both the old and the New Testament the ones who delete my posts should explain to me why they do it, at least because my posts contain testimonies about spiritual things provided by the true Lord God and His Saints i am not here to command people, but to witness to the truth of God So by your own post, you just accused yourself. who can know what you mean by "universalism" - a human/world concept?! the One Who is really the true God is the system Administrator and Provider of life for the whole infinite universe, and it is quite normal and right for Him to work for salvation and life's provision for all humans/souls, because He is God of all and has a duty to take care of all or if you say it is not so, do you want you to be the first of those that God won't take care of?! you haven't yet proven that i twist Scripture, but only say "you twist Scripture" - there have not yet been adequate explanations on your part do you really think that i have not verified everything that i profess?! you are the one who are rash to blaspheme God and His word here - seemingly, there has been no one attempt on your part to earnestly verify what i witness to - you have only reprehended me quite flippantly first of all, i listen to the One Who is really the true Lord God, because i know even from experience that humans may be (quite) misleading you haven't proven yourselves as righteous enough believers or better than the ones you call bad - here is how some of you are still rushing to rag me the One Who is really the true Lord God gives me the confidence to witness to His truth and i know what i speak when witnessing to a word of God, while many of your words here are ungrounded i really don't know what you are talking about - you continue to make me out to be a man whose only intention here is to cause evil to people i can't afford and don't dare to agree with beliefs such as: 2+2 makes 3 or another number different from 4, because i know God is watching us and recording our activity on something like a video recording and then He will judge us according to what our deeds have been, and He won't accept the systematic reading of scripture as an excuse - so if you still try to impose misbeliefs or heresies on others, now is the time for you to repent you say both "we are christians" and "no one would miss you" knowing that it is written "God is love" and "love your neighbor even more than yourself" - so you don't advise me well if you don't know what communication and interaction between the true Lord God and me is existing, don't try to tell us on our behalf what i must do and what i must not do with God - and i prefer doing what the true Lord God tells me to do to doing what humans tell me and don't tell me that you are going to ban even Him for instructing me not to follow you Blessings

as it was explained to you before, there is speech, first of all, about listening in the Bible, while the systematic reading is even indicated as objectionable: Ecclesiastes 12:12 (NASB) "be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.", Ecclesiastes 12:12 (AKJB) "be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." some people read books, while others listen to the One Who is really the true Lord God and understand the truth even if they haven't read Scripture - in fact, none of the Prophets/Saints, who wrote the biblical books, read from anywhere what they wrote in their prophetic books, but they listened to the true Lord God and heard the truth from Him, which they wrote in their respective writings - for example, where did Moses read the truth of God from when there had not been biblical scriptures before he began to write some (because Moses was the first one who wrote such scriptures - He is the author of the first biblical scriptures)?! have i ever said that i hate the Holy Scripture?!, and have i ever said that no one should ever read Scripture at all?! demonic and antichristic is when religious worshipers read scripture systematically (thus) misinterpreting and twisting it and committing spiritual lawlessness on a world scale if you don't know what i have experienced for decades, why do you claim that i am not persecuted?! how can you know whether you betray me when you try to make me out to be a liar?! either explain which of the teachings, i profess, are false and why/how or don't call me a lair Blessings

what if you read the Bible systematically but don't save people needing salvation?! - there have been people who never read the Bible but did good to many of their neighbors/cohabitants without causing evil to any person - i don't think you are worthier than them given your inefficiency as to salvation for humans/neighbors/cohabitants you are arrogant - i tell you that it doesn't pay to waste our time persecuting one another when there are zillions of humans and souls suffering from all kinds of evil and needing salvation and when others will do to us what we do to them (at least in future eternities), you continue to fight against me as if i have attacked you don't you know that it is written "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"?! - i thought you at least read the Bible and know what is written there Jesus and His true disciples had worked for overall/all-embracing salvation - it seems as if you never read the Gospels you are the one who is not of the Holy Spirit if you oppose the truth of God Blessings

it is enough for us to know that reading the Bible daily without understanding it properly may easily incite misunderstanding and misinterpretation of Scripture as well as involvement in the deeds of spiritual lawlessness, including because it is written that lesser part of the religious worshipers will be saved by grace, the rest of them may have to practice the faith more carefully and thoroughly (Isaiah 10:22-23, Romans 9:27-28) i think you seem too hasty calling testimonies ungodly - better be careful not to blaspheme God let's say i could think i would go to live indefinitely in Paradise without taking into consideration the possibility that for some reason there can be no indefinitely lasting life in Paradise for any soul - would God change His mind only because i believed in delusion?!, but if i was reasonable enough to think and act righteously by working for overall/all-embracing salvation in Him, He would praise me for acting wisely conforming with the truth such as it is (John 9:1-7) if you are not sure what kind of spirit works in your neighbor, cohabitant or brother, why must you be hasty calling them ungodly?! Blessings

here is the exact copy of that your post which i quoted: https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/221132-corruption-of-the-bible/?do=findComment&comment=2791952 if you has subsequently edited it, i didn't advise you to do it let's remember that former scribes and pharisees had also canonized traditions which Jesus later denounced/proved false - so i don't trust modern sciences such as history, archeology, geography, etc. more than the true Lord God, including because there have been angels of satan to materialize all kinds of false evidence as if those things really happened or were made by the true God when did i mention anything about obeying me?! i think overall/all-embracing salvation is much more important than any enjoyable self-interested experience (especially) when it comes to practicing religious faith do you think that only you tried to explain something important to others?! - i also explained many important things to members of worthy christian forums, but they behaved as if that didn't happened nevertheless i think there must at least be some respect honestly i have met a lot of religious people accusing me of being in error, but none of them managed to prove it, including because they didn't give a reasonable explanation of what exactly my error consisted in, but were used to accuse me by saying things like "you are a sinner", "you are a false prophet", etc. (without ever explaining how exactly i am in error) Blessings

ok, but, as far as i can remember, you quoted my post and i replied to yours we cannot be sure how Scripture was canonized if we were not there to see, hear and sense and if we haven't received revelation from the true God Romans 13:8-10 (AKJV) "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." 2 Peter 1:20-21 (AKJV) "no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." Blessings

let us also not miss taking into account cautionary verses and passages such as the following: 1 Corinthians 1:17-24 (AKJV) "Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but to us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; But to them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God." because what you say above applies to religious worshipers who exercise/practice the faith righteously, while other religious worshipers might incur a curse (i.e. if they read Scripture systematically by twisting its message) as it is explained in the above passage - you know cautionary signs and labels saved our lives (including because we not only read them but also understood correctly what is written on them) Blessings

according to the dictionaries, besides methodical, "systematic" also means according to a plan(schedule), or regular - furthermore, a plan to read the Bible every day or to re-read it multiple times is also a method religious worshipers have had also to examine spirits through the process of exercising/practicing the faith righteously, because the Holy Spirit has worked principally in such people every act of preventing people from understanding how to do the will of the true Lord God or how to repent of sin is lawlessness - even the act of dishonoring a true brother in faith or his testimony is lawlessness (Exodus 20:12, Matthew 12:46-50) Blessings

where in the Bible do you see/find (literally) exhortation to systematic reading of scripture?! - i again remind you here that there is speech about listening in the Bible (including in the parable of the rich pharisee and the poor man where there is even no mention of reading) Deuteronomy 27:9 (ISV) "Be quiet and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God." you know reading is not quiet and doesn't necessarily include submission/obedience i don't come as an authority, the One Who is really the true Lord God is the supreme authority, namely the biblical God, the Heavenly Father, plus His Son, Jesus Christ - either we conform with His recommendations or we can fall from grace and even go to hell if we commit lawlessness - from this perspective, neither will i be able to save them, nor will they be able to save me, if we commit lawlessness against Him by bringing sin and death to the world Blessings

and which things lack in the scriptures?!, and why must we blindly believe that Scripture explains all the important details like the best-arranged textbooks?! - do we (have to) believe or just become scientists?! - after all, faith is to believe even if we have no knowledge, while science is to acquire knowledge even if we don't believe Blessings

if they interfere with the works of God and the Holy Spirit in this forum, then they are obliged to answer to both God and me - after all, the Holy Spirit works and God does His works through me - you know whoever disputes with a man of God, dispute with God Himself Blessings

Moses and the Prophets had also not been physically with the former scribes and pharisees at the time of Jesus in this world, but He was categorical when He told the parable of the excessively enriched pharisee and the poor man Lazarus that the scribes and pharisees had to listen to Moses and the Prophets, and it is called "faith" - here is how most of the modern religious worshipers haven't even known what faith is - in fact, Moses and the Prophets had already been physically taken to heaven before Jesus told that parable Blessings

Offhand, I'd say that the tone of your last two posts here is a pretty good indicator as to why your other ones were deleted by the moderators. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, as to the topic at hand: Since there has been a lot of accusations thrown around about "the text being corrupted" and such, I thought it might be a good idea to post exactly how Scripture was recognized and canonized in the first place- (this is going to be a bit long; if folks hate that, well, I'm not going to break this up over 50 posts!) The Old Testament: With the OT, when God authorized the writing of a manuscript, the people of God recognized it as being such and preserved it. To draw an example, Moses wrote "all the words of the Lord" (Exodus 24:4), and these writings were laid in the Ark of the Covenant (Deuteronomy 31:26), as were Joshua's (Joshua 24:26), Samuel's (1 Samuel 10:25), Jeremiah's and Daniel (Daniel 9:2). As time went on, the number of books grew and people honored them as the Word of God. Example: Ezra possessed a copy of the law of Moses and and the prophets (Nehemiah 9:14, 26-30). This law was read and considered the Word of God. Not all Jewish religious writings were considered Scripture though. Some examples are the Book of Jashar (Joshua 10:13), The Book of Enoch, Books of the Wars of the Lord (Numbers 21:14) and other books (1 Kings 11:41). Were these books inspired Scripture, the Lord would have insured that they were to be included in the Bible. Man can scheme all he likes, but when the Lord decrees something, He is more than capable of making it happen. The canonicity (authenticity) of these books were not questioned largely by the Jewish scholars; the books were regarded as canonical as soon as they were written, and when properly interpreted are in complete harmony with the other books of the OT. The centuries have demonstrated that keeping these books in the biblical canon was a wise move. As of 400 BC, the canon of the OT was considered closed by the Jewish with the prophecy of Malachi. We know this because 1) our OT is based on the Hebrew Old Testament canon accepted by the Jews, and 2) it's the same canon that Jesus Christ ratified by His continual references to the OT as the unbreakable Word of God. (Note: Jesus never quoted any of the books of the "Apocrypha" such as Maccabees). Keep in mind: the OT books were selected without the benefit of any "council" such as Nicaea to debate the merits or detractors of any of the books. They leaders who were responsible for the spiritual life of the nation recognized the books and selected them. That said, it was never a "select committee" that did so. And while a council in Jamnia in 90 AD met on the canon of the OT, all it did was to ratify what was already selected. The New Testament: The authority given to those who penned the books of the OT on the Lord's command was ascribed to the writers of the New Testament. This authority is not found in human intellect, brilliance or any type of speculation, but is rooted in God's character. Paul cited to the congregation that he was writing per the Lord's command, and could legitimately tell them that he was doing so (1 Corinthians 14:37). The books of the OT were written around the last half of the First century. With the books, some of them were letters to individuals (such as the letter to Philemon), and others being letters to the local churches. Then there were the books that had been were written to larger audiences (such as Europe and East Asia). Because of this, we need to understand that not all the books were immediately available as copies to all the churches due to travel being as fast as one could walk, ride a horse or sail; communication was also limited as well during this time and depended on travel as opposed to today's technology. So, it took some time before the final number of NT books was ratified and the canon was set. Selecting and verifying Scripture was important to the early believers, and as long as the Apostles were alive they could verify everything (Luke 1:2, Acts 1:21-22). Had Paul or Luke been fakes or unreliable, they would have quickly been decried by Peter, John, James and those who had been there for Jesus' miracles and heard His teaching during His ministry on Earth. For example, John said: "What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us— what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. " (1 John 2-3 NASB, emphasis mine). Peter was able to assure us that he had personally seen the Lord at the Transfiguration, his testimony being an eyewitness account (2 Peter 1:16-18) Apostolic authority was a final "court of appeal"; as they were the Lord's representatives on Earth and were commissioned to pass on the truth Jesus had taught them: "“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you."" (John 14:25-26, NASB, emphasis mine) Apostolic Authority: The fact that some books were accepted as Scripture is demonstrated in Peter's own words in Scripture: he possessed a collection of Paul's letters and regarded them as Scripture. Peter soundly confirms Paul's authority on writing Scripture: "Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction." (2 Peter 3:14-16, NASB, emphasis mine) Other books in the Bible confirm the authority of each other: Paul confirms Luke's writing as Scripture (1 Timothy 5:18 quoting Luke 10:7) and Jude quoted Peter (Jude 1:17-18 quoting 2 Peter 3:3) are examples. By the end of the 1st Century, more than 2/3 of our present NT was deemed inspired, with the remaining books deemed as authoritative even though they had not been fully circulated yet. When a heretic named Marcion in 135 AD decided to "publish" his own version of Scripture that completely omitted the OT and only selected a few books from the NT (Marcion was fiercely anti-Semitic), the Church was forced to respond and declare which books were authoritative. A document called the Muratorian Fragment, dating back to 175 AD, evaluates the various canonical books alongside those that were not deemed canonical. Although the document is mutilated by age, scholars have been able to identify a list of book that contains 23 of the present 27 books of the NT. It also listed some spurious (fake) writings ascribed to Paul that the author noted could not be accepted into the church. These books that were considered fake were not "banned"; they were brushed aside because they were fakes. What about the Councils? There is contention that the canon of the NT was not finalized until 40 years after the Council of Nicaea (convened in 325 AD). While it's true that the full list of 27 NT books first appeared in the Easter letter of Athanasius in 367 AD, the 27 books of the NT (along with 39 books of the OT), had been functioning as the rule of the church for 250 years. As for the Council of Nicaea, the topic of canon did not even come up at it; Constantine did not decide what canon was. What was discussed at the Council was whether Jesus Christ (The Son) was fully God or not (a man by the name of Arius was spreading the heresy that Jesus was not). This, along with other doctrinal disputes that were tearing apart society, forced Constantine to convene the council. Constantine had no agenda as to what creed or doctrine was selected; he let the delegates decide that. Arius was given the opportunity to voice his views. But the council decided overwhelmingly that Jesus was fully God and fully man, and that Arius' views on Jesus not being so were heresy (John chapter 1 pretty much blows Arius' views out of the water). The delegates recognized that if Jesus was not fully God, then He could not be the redeemer of Mankind; to say Jesus was created was to violate Scripture in a number of areas (Colossians 1:16, Romans 9:5, Hebrews 1:8, etc.). Once the divinity of Jesus was addressed and confirmed, they then determined that Christ could be fully God only if He had the very same nature as God (This was expressed by Marcellus, a bishop from Asia Minor and representative of Athanasius, who was present but not invited to the proceedings). That said, what Constantine did do was commission Eusebius to make 50 Bibles on good parchment by trained scribes to be given to the churches of Constantinople for use. But while we presently don't have any copies of these Bibles to see which books were in the NT, scholar F.F. Bruce (Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester for 27 years), "the answer is not seriously in doubt. The copies contained all the books which Eusebius lists as universally acknowledged...in short, the same twenty-seven books as appear in our copies of the New Testament today". (F.F. Bruce, The Canon of Scripture, InterVarsity Press, 1988) in short: all the early church could do was recognize which books were inspired and which were not. It did not have the power to imbue a non-canonical book with any sort of authority, nor remove authority from a book that was authentic and had authority. They could only determine which books were legitimate; only the Holy Spirit, inspiring the book from the beginning, could make it authoritative. No council could do this either, and the process was not a "selective, deliberate committee with an agenda". Selection: Now, how were these books determined to have inspiration and authority? These were the criteria: 1) Apostolic Writing/ Sanction: The books were either written by an apostle or sanctioned by one. Mark was not an apostle, but his words reflect his association with Peter; meantime, Luke traveled with Paul. 2) Tying in to the Rule of Faith: the book had to be consistent with both the teachings of the Old Testament prophets and the writings of the New Testament Apostles. 3) Acceptance: The book had to have continuous acceptance to remain in the canon. While times may change, the truth does not. Any book can be "true" in it's time, but does that book remain true and in harmony with established Scripture? On that specific note: the Church is headed by Christ, and made up of fallible humans. And while humans can and do make mistakes, it is an infallible God who inspired a fallible Church to compile an infallible collection of books that comprise out New Testament. there has been no need to tell me these things - they are well known, but just think what can or must i say as a contradiction to the true brothers and fathers in faith - the ones who wrote the holy scriptures without having conformed with world councils or been approved by world continuous acceptance or been taught by the world in their time, because they were about to do the will of the true God (they were even convinced that they had to); so must i say "look, Paul, you are an Apostle and Preacher of the true Lord God, but i think my opinion i have from the world is more important than what you say - i think your sermons are not interesting at all - including because you are not generally accepted - people hate you, and i am going to twist your writings making them fit with my self-interested opinion"?! so we have to listen to the true Lord God and His Saints/Prophet, not to read and twist their writings for our own self-interested benefit Romans 10:16-17 (ISV) "not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, “Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.", Luke 16:29-31 (ISV) "“Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. They should listen to them!’ “But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.’ “Then Abraham told him, ‘If your brothers do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone were to rise from the dead.’”" so there is even no mention of reading, but rather there is speech about listening, because it is one thing to read something written by the true Saints and interpret it according to our opinion we have from the world, while quite another thing to listen to Them in order to understand the truth They explained in writing no world council or general acceptance is more important than the testimony of the true Saints - so from this perspective either we listen to Them or we ourselves become and are true Saints and thus capable of understanding the truth of God, but, in fact, we should honor the true brothers in faith anyway, because do any hindu or yogi come to tell you the truth of the true Lord God?!, no, including because such people have been great traitors, but true brothers in faith - people who practice the faith righteously in the true Lord God - come to tell you the truth, even if some of them were once yogis or any other kind of heretics (after all, what is important now is that they are now true/faithful followers of the true Lord God, and we have to conform with this fact and His truth) even billions of religious worshipers of this world cannot replace one of the true Saints and even their collective testimony is vain compared to the testimony of one true Saint of God which is perfectly true so, truth or twist, the choice is ours Blessings

why do religious worshipers read the Bible daily throughout their spiritual lives in this world?!, because they know the truth or because they don't know it or seek another explanation fitting with their private interests?! is there any guarantee that reading the Bible systematically(daily/constantly) the religious worshiper will not thus fall under the interpretive influence of the wicked one?! - what if it turns out that the wicked one watches for a maximum number of people reading the Bible and seeking explanation in it to inculcate misbeliefs/heresies in them?! 1 Peter 5:8 (NASB) "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.", Revelation 13:2 (NASB) "And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority." if everyone who read the Bible understood it all properly, wouldn't all of them be a whole army of billions of righteous people and there be salvation and peace for the whole world?! - after all, a handful of people, including Jesus and His Apostles, had been able to save thousands of people perfectly and really done it, while millions of religious worshipers have not managed to do the same since Jesus and His true disciples were taken to heaven IOW, i could think i understand the Holy Scripture even only by reading it and at the same time close my eyes (and keep my eyes closed) to the fact that the result of my religious practice is not salvation for people around me - a person could live that way even for thousands of years - i say God forbid!, because people/souls need salvation, including in this world Blessings

Hi people there is no commandment in the Bible to say "read scripture systematically", but it is written "the letter kills"(2 Cor 3:6), because letters might be changed or twisted (at least over time), which is why none of the Prophets/Saints who wrote the biblical books has been known as reading scriptures systematically, though They were the ones who wrote the holy scriptures - some people wrote scriptures, while others read them, but what resolves the problem is the very practice of faith - after all, the ones who wrote the biblical scriptures practiced the faith righteously, otherwise they would not manage to reach the point of becoming and being true Prophets/Saints of God as well as of prophesying/preaching His Word - so if any person wants to become and be acquainted with the truth of God, they have to practice the faith righteously, not to read scriptures systematically in fact, even the protestant Bible is enough for starters - after all, we should (re-)read Scripture no more than once, twice or thrice anyway, because whoever sins a great sin after having been warned once, twice or thrice risks being punished by God 2 Corinthians 13:1 (NASB) "This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.", Titus 3:10 (NASB) "Reject a factious man after a first and second warning" Blessings

1 Timothy 2 says there is a need for prayers/intercessions for overall/all-embracing sanctification/salvation in the One Who is really the true Lord God Blessings

first of all there is a need for righteous practice of faith, while reading of scripture is to be done once, twice or thrice Blessings

some things are indefinitely existing/present throughout the time's infinity, including the "Light"(the true God), the "darkness"(the wicked one), the souls and the primordial substance (called "water(s)" in the Bible), time as constantly passing, the universe as an infinitely large place and the truth Blessings

material is not a scriptural term/concept - we should rather talk about "earth" or, more precisely, the manifest diversity of good given that there can be no "heaven" without "earth" or "earth" without "heaven" (Rev 21:1), because life would be kind of flat if there was no manifest diversity of good soul is the individual unit of sentience and (of) the consumption of life, while the spiritual is what rules soul or, to put it another way, what makes soul be or not be the good and the negative aspects of the spiritual are the "Light" and the "darkness", respectively, which doesn't mean there is only one God that is both good and evil, because there is a true God independently of/separately from a wicked one - a person could (try to) work for or at least be on the side of the true One so the significant difference is between good and evil, not between material and immaterial - if there was no physical matter, we might wander into outer dark space without sensing anything physical like a person who has no eyes, ears, hands, legs, etc. Blessings