Does any one fell like they have studied and read the bible until they know the truth and are set free?
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I know the truth... I am free.... It didn't take a lot of reading... The truth is Jesus....    Jim
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Yes, felt that way b/4, but this is what helped me out. I have to get very close to God. Remembering what the scripture says in the book of Job 22:21 “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;Thereby good will come to you" I remembered also remembered and read Numbers 23:19 which says “God is not a man, that He should lie,Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" Having this at the back of my mind, I then strongly believed that God loves me by believing the scripture John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son ..." After then u can not imagine how well and healed I was, my worries disappeared. God is Great - give Him a trial today.
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The trouble with readibg the bible is that people like you tend to misinterpret it.
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You can read the Bible.
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People read the bible but, they dont take time to study the bible.
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No way! I don't know how you came to that conclusion by reading the Bible...You must be listening to another of those preachers who knows nothing about the Bible and parrots everything he tells you from someone else.\n\nI am so tired of preachers and lay persons who do not think for themselves but parrot what they hear from others and only consider one side of a question.
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Dear ES,\n\nI agree with you and I enjoy reading it and giving away copies of the Bible.\n\nLong before I read the Bible from cover-to-cover I intended to re-write the Bible and take out all of the sexist language.  What a joke that was!  When I finally read it I didn't change it but it sure did change me!\n\nOne wonderful thing I noticed was that I had the feeling that it was written directly to me, even though I know it was written long before I was born.  It reminds me of looking at a photograph when it seems as though the subject is looking right back at you.\n\nEven though there have been several translations of the Bible they all say just about the same thing.  However I've seen a few that are not divinely inspired and there is no sense of the Living Word of God.\n\nYes, it is fascinating to look at the prophecies and realize that Jesus was the only person who ever had his biography written before He was born!
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I agree,.... no one should ever assume they have it all right. Every denomination or every religion is the product of someone interpretting something different than the guy before. Im a Christian and I see other Christians faithfully following doctrines that I have no idea how they can believe it in light of scripture. Im sure many would see some of my beliefs as false too. Fact being, we do not accept anything as truth that we do not understand so we change what we're told into something we can understand. However it doesnt change what IS Truth. I think our best bet is to realise we cant get it all right and just be open to learn.
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Amen!\nJOHN 8:32\n   And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\n \nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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Yes I am what I am by predestination, But that did not take away my free will, God gave us all a free will, But since God Knows the beginnning to the end, & by his foreknowledge as to what decsions we will make, Then based upon him knowing all things, then God can predestinate anyone based upon his knowledge as to what path we will take.
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YES I DO! I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN RE-WROTE OVER AND OVER, BUT I ONLY READ KJV BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST VERSIONS. SOME SAY KJV IS TO HARD TO UNDERSTAND BUT IT IS WROTE ON A 8TH GRADE LEVEL. SO ANY BODY COULD UNDERSTAND THAT. I BELIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST AND I CAN FEEL HIM IN MY HEART AND SOUL.
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yes I do. I think alot of people beat people over the head with the bible. I do not think thats what God intended the bible for that use. He gave us free will for a reason.
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I use to be a bartender and have had people who don't really associate with me much anymore because of it. I also have some family members disappointed because I left the Catholic religion to become a born again Christian. I also use to read tarot cards and play with ouija boards and such, and have burned them all, but I have a friend who still does automatic writing and we don't speak much anymore due to my changes in life. I have told her the truth, but she insists she knows it all. \nThrough all this, I have lost some friends, but have gained alot more. I even have old friends back in my life that were Christians when I was reading and all. They stayed away from me because they were scared of it and I now realize that they were right when they tried to tell me the truth. They knew that someday I would find the truth. Just have patience with your friend, and pray for her to see the truth. I am still praying for friends that have not seen the truth. I have witnessed the Lord Jesus to some, but they still are not there yet. Jesus does say in the Bible that we will be disliked because of His name. I hope this helps you. God Bless.
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That happened to me.  I guess at first I felt totally betrayed, mad, I didn't know what to do or what to think.  Then I started trying to educate myself to "make sure" that I was correct that my belief system was based on lies.  The whole process has taken several years, but then I started researching many other beliefs and religions and found out that most of them were also.  So I am no longer a part of organized religion and I have discovered my own beliefs.  I'm still on my spiritual quest but my current beliefs probably lean toward New Thought.
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The Bible is for those who refuse to think for themselves. Those that rely on the Bible will never know the truth, because the Bible is full of contradictions and outright nonsense.  It tells of a time when men ruled women,  and kept them pure because pure women had more value to them.\n"Seek the truth, and the Truth will set you free".  If you seek the truth,  you will have less and less in common with people who follow religions blindly,  but at least you will be free.
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check your bible for answers
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Good question my friend and I did rate it as such. I am curious though if you do relate the reading of the Bible with the study of the Bible? In my view there is a great difference.\n\nI say this because I have met many who do read the Bible a lot but for some reason they do not get the message at all. I say this because I have read the Bible a little [that little is over 100 times cover to cover in the past 24 years]. That is no brag, just fact but I do not consider that I know anything. I am just a student and trying my best to learn the constantly consistent truth OK.\n\nThere is a saying here in the Philippines. All who work with charcoal must get some black on their hands, on their skin, and inside their lings. In the application those who do read some must get some of the words on them or in them. Thus I guess the results could be just take a bath and wash it off, cough it out , or better let it soak in and be absorbed and become part of ones life. I am afraid that I have met too many who go the bath route or do a lot of coughing.\n\nAbsolutely I recommend to read the Bible but only for those who do seek the pure constantly consistent truth. It must be ones life and not just a way of life OK, in my view.\n\nYou have a great day, smile, and do try to understand what I did say. If you do read the Bible make it your life completely and not just a way of life OK.