What if we took God’s word just the way it is written? No trying to decide what God meant; just letting it sink in.
Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the book of the prophecy of this book: If any one adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes any from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: his number is 666.
In the Hebrew alphabet every letter is assigned a number.
Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no rest day or night who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
Ephesians 4:14-15 That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind and doctrine, by the trickery of men in cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head Christ.
Romans 13:10 Love does no harm to a neighbor, therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
To recognize counterfeit money they study real money very carefully. They know every thing about it. Every detail of each and every bill.
What if we studied God’s word this way? What if we knew His commandments and His teaching so well that we could walk in it? What if we drew closer to God?
James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.
1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen
