| Why do so few believe the Bible means
exactly what it says? Why do so many choose to completely pervert the Scriptures until
they read backward? An exaggerated charge? Then read the most remembered scripture in the whole Bible, John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life!" What does it say? Does it say we human beings automatically possess eternal life, that we are, by nature, immortal beings temporarily encased in a physical body? No. It says we will perish unless we believe on Jesus Christ! If we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, and then begin to follow Christ, allowing Him to live His perfect life within us, doing the will of our Father in heaven, we may then be granted the great free gift of God: "everlasting life"! Notice the two opposites: 1. Man may perish. We are mortal, subject to death, without any "everlasting" life inherent within us. 2. By belief in Jesus Christ we may be given something we do not now have: "everlasting life"! But notice the manner in which the pagan-influenced, so-called "Christian" world interprets this cherished text of the Bible. It is as if they would paraphrase it thusly: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not live everlasting life in hell, but live everlasting life in heaven." Is this what the Bible says? No. But it is what millions believe. Why not just believe the Bible, instead of ancient pagan superstitions and doctrines of Satan? Your Bible says the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), not eternal life! Death is the absence of life; complete, utter unconsciousness; an inert, lifeless state in which there is no animation, no thought, no action or deed—no mind! As human beings—nephesh—we are temporal creatures, subject to death, just as are the animals. While we have the potential to be begotten of God, and become eternally alive, which the animals do not, during this earthly experience, we are mortal and subject to death! |
