Lets consider Proverbs 30 v 5-6, 'Every word of God is Flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words,or He will rebuke you and prove you a liar'. These words are penned by a man called Agur, we do not know much about him,but that is of no consequence, it is the word of God. The first thing we are told, that the word of God is flawless,One translation has the word pure,it is not defiled or unclean,a man I know said that when the Israelites invaded and conquered the land of Canaan, killing the inhabitants ,they were murders.That is wrong they were God's executioners,on a very sinful people, He was defining what God the righteous Judge had commanded as being murder The word of has been wonderfully preserved,make no mistake about it.Charles Bridges comments ,''Every word of God is pure gold,..Having God for its Author,it has truth without any mixture or error for its matter'. To all who put their trust in it, will experience tremendous beneficial results,both in this life and in the afterlife.Next we have a warning,' Do not add to His words',there are many examples of this,the Roman Catholic Church,puts church teaching,tradition,and apocryphal writing on par with the scripture,likewise the cults,in an attempt to undermine the word of God,have their false translations,and false teaching. Alas there are so called Christens who I would class as rationalist,as CB comments they are those who expound their own mind, instead of the mind of God. 'It is only the holy Scriptures that are able to make us wise unto salvation',(2 Timothy 3 v15)
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