As Terry said, it is a book that has countless interpretations and God expects you to filter through them all to figure out who
is right and who is full of it.
The Most Holy One of Israel expects no such thing, dear donny (peace to you!). He NEVER said, "Read the Bible," or any such thing. He didn't even say, "Look to the scriptures." Paul said that, yes. But even THE BIBLE says that Christ said:
"Y OU are searching the Scriptures, because YOU think that by means of them YOU will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about me. And yet YOU do not want to come to me that YOU may have life."John 5:39, 40
Surely the Being that created everything in the universe could have put together a more coherent guide to help us know and understand him/her.
He did, dear Cult Classic. THE BIBLE says that that Guide... is His Son:
“This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved; listen to him.” Matthew 17:5
But earthling man repeatedly fails to listen to that Son because of a lack of faith. They don't even believe he speaks... other than perhaps through the Bible. But what does THE BIBLE say regarding his speaking?
"See that YOU do not beg off from him who is speaking. For if they did not escape who begged off from him who was giving divine warning upon earth, much more shall we not if we turn away from him who speaks from the heavens." Hebrews 12:25
Yes, Shelby, but I haven't heard anyone speak to ME from the sky. The "heavens" are not IN the sky, dear one. The "heavens" are God's "dwelling" place, where He abides. And where is that "place"? THE BIBLE says:
“If anyone loves me, he will observe my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our abode with him." John 14:23
And...
"Do YOU not know that YOU people are God’s temple, and that the spirit of God dwells in YOU?" 1 Corinthians 3:16
And...
"YOU are in harmony, not with the flesh, but with the spirit, if God’s spirit truly dwells in YOU." Romans 8:9
Even so, some still lack faith. So, okay, some things have been recorded. But we don't even listen to THAT. For instance:
“Most truly I say to YOU , He that does not enter into the sheepfold through the door but climbs up some other place, that one is a thief and a plunderer. But he that enters through the door is shepherd of the sheep.The doorkeeper opens to this one, andthe sheep listen to his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.When he has got all his own out, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.A stranger they will by no means follow but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” ... “Most truly I say to YOU , I am the door of the sheep. All those that have come in place of me are thieves and plunderers; but the sheep have not listened to them.I am the door; whoever enters through me will be saved, and he will go in and out and find pasturage.The thief does not come unless it is to steal and slay and destroy. I have come that they might have life and might have it in abundance.I am the fine shepherd; the fine shepherd surrenders his soul in behalf of the sheep.The hired man, who is no shepherd and to whom the sheep do not belong as his own, beholds the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them— because he is a hired man and does not care for the sheep. I am the fine shepherd, and I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I surrender my soul in behalf of the sheep. ... And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd." John 10:1-15
"These things I write YOU about those who are trying to mislead YOU. And as for YOU , the anointing that YOU received from him remains in YOU, and YOU do not need anyone to be teaching YOU; but, as the anointing from him is teaching YOU about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it has taught YOU , remain in union with him." 1 John 1:26-27
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator. Every branch in me not bearing fruit he takes away, and every one bearing fruit he cleans, that it may bear more fruit. YOU are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to YOU . Remain in union with me, and I in union with YOU. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, in the same way neither can YOU , unless YOU remain in union with me.I am the vine, YOU are the branches. He that remains in union with me, and I in union with him, this one bears much fruit; because apart from me YOU can do nothing at all.If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is cast out as a branch and is dried up; and men gather those branches up and pitch them into the fire and they are burned. If YOU remain in union with me and my sayings remain in YOU , ask whatever YOU wish and it will take place for YOU." John 15:1-7
And finally:
"He that feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and I in union with him.Just as the living Father sent me forth and I live because of the Father, he also that feeds on me, even that one will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven. It is not as when YOUR forefathers ate and yet died. He that feeds on this bread will live forever.”John 6:53-58
Such simple stuff: remain in union with Christ and that UNION... will teach you. Which is the VERY thing the WTBTS teaches NOT to do! Do you not SEE?????? There is a REASON they teach two "hopes" and two "flocks" and two "laws", etc. They don't WANT you to get the most BASIC of truths, that in order to see God/Christ... in order to be taught the truth... in order to KNOW the Truth... you must be IN UNION with the Truth, Christ... and in order to be IN UNION... YOU MUST EAT HIS FLESH AND DRINK HIS BLOOD. NO MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE OF THE 144,000... OR THE GREAT CROWD. Because... APART FROM HIM... i.e., outside of a UNION with him... YOU CAN DO NOTHING... and will KNOW nothing... AT ALL.
They KNOW this!
What often amazes me is (1) even those who believe God/Christ don't speak or if they do you can't hear them... don't know what THE BIBLE says about such things, indeed won't even LOOK... but leave it to others to tell them and then blame God when others LIE to them about what it says, and (2) will risk EVERYTHING... will steal, commit adultery, lie, and worse... but will NOT eat the flesh of Christ or drink his blood! Because they have put SUCH a fear of doing so IN you... that you are "free" as to all things, apparently, but that.
Yet, THAT... is what will SAVE you. THAT is what "washes you clean" of the OTHER stuff. THAT is the "least" command.
Eating Christ's flesh and drinking his blood does not mean you're saying you think you're special. You don't do it because you believe you are "anoited." You very often don't RECIEVE an anointing UNTIL you do it. It is your DECLARATION, however, as to WHO YOU BELONG TO. It is the "splashing" of blood on the DOORPOST of the "house" that is your body of flesh. It is partaking of the PASSOVER LAMB, which partaking is what allows death... to PASSOVER you.
I am not yelling, dear ones... or even raising my voice. I am simply emphasizing words, phrases, statements... that are important... that are of VALUE to you.
The Bible is not the Word of God. The Bible only contains writings, scriptures, that bear WITNESS to the Word of God. The Bible SAYS who that Word is: the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH, the Son and Christ of the Most Holy One of Israel, JAH of Armies. Once you find HIM... rather, once you are FOUND by him... the Bible has no more "value" for you. It cannot lead you, guide you, teach you, or save you. Because it is Christ, the Holy Spirit, that leads, guides, and saves you... and the anointing FROM that One... that teaches you.
The Bible's only use after that is for those who have not YET found him... or been found by him... so that they are not yet walking by FAITH... but still by SIGHT.
May those with ears hear... and get the sense of these truths.
Again, I bid you all peace.
A slave of Christ,
SA
