Are transliterations wrong? Did Peterson compose The Message with a New Age agenda, purposely perverting the Scriptures to support paganism? What does God think and what does He reveal to us through the mind of Christ? How are we, in His sight, to view and use the Bible? These important matters are discussed in these letters, along with addressing the particular spirits and attitudes of our correspondents. It is ever about our attitude and brokenness towards the Lord; it is not about having a perfect Bible or even perfect understanding of it:
"What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others" (1 Corinthians 13:2 CEV) .
This woman got the ball rolling, condemning us for our occasional use of The Message:
Debra Lynn
This woman has an article on her website (www.crossroad.to), which Debra and others use to support their condemnation of The Message:
Berit Kjos – Moralizing Minister of Death [PDF Version ]
Here is a classic example of the blindness of those who serve the letter of the Word rather than the Word of the letter. Such teach an illicit worship of the Scriptures, breeding self-righteousness and violence against the Truth, Jesus Christ. Yet these moralizers sincerely believe they are conforming to Him as they labor in delusion, God having consigned them to it for their judgment (correction).
The editors of the magazine that posted Berit’s article, in whom we deal with two beasts in human form:
Despatch magazine (EndTime Ministries)
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Paul answers a lady named Betty who writes in and asks us if our "Beliefs has a name."
“And this is the testimony: that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that has the Son has life; he that does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I write to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:11-13 EMTV).
How We View, Interpret, and Use the Scriptures and Versions on The Path of Truth