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:[[Isa 43:10]] ''Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: '''that ye may know''' and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.''
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:[[Isa 43:10]] 𝑌𝑒 [𝑎𝑟𝑒] 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑂𝑅𝐷, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛: 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 [𝑎𝑚] ℎ𝑒: 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑, 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒.
  
 
God says that we may KNOW, but the church often teaches us to NOT believe! In the name of scholarship and collective wisdom gained through the ages, we are taught these contradictory ideas:
 
God says that we may KNOW, but the church often teaches us to NOT believe! In the name of scholarship and collective wisdom gained through the ages, we are taught these contradictory ideas:

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Isa 43:10 𝑌𝑒 [𝑎𝑟𝑒] 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑂𝑅𝐷, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛: 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 [𝑎𝑚] ℎ𝑒: 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑, 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒.

God says that we may KNOW, but the church often teaches us to NOT believe! In the name of scholarship and collective wisdom gained through the ages, we are taught these contradictory ideas:

You cannot know if there is a God, you can only believe.
But we know there IS a God, because we believe.
Our knowledge is made sure by interpreting reality through that belief.

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We cannot know that the Bible is the word of God.
But if we believe what it says, it tells us that it is.
And even the churches can't agree on which parts are to be believed.
And when they do believe the same parts, they argue about how to understand them.

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Things happen in the world and we cannot know God's ways.
But his ways are so predictable that if we live right and pray right we can make sure we are in his perfect plan.
Evidence of his perfect plan is that life is easy for you.
But when it isn't, trust that you still are in his will, unless your sins are publicly known (then we all know you aren't).

Organizations have sprung up outside the church to give evidences that there is a God and that the Bible is his word. These are not embraced, but held at arms distance; ridiculed for not being scientific.

And the skeptics are correct! This is nonsense! God said we could KNOW.

If we are to KNOW that he is God; If we are to KNOW that the Bible is his word; If we are to KNOW his will; We must know it in a way that he makes it known. The church's way, as taught by the wise men of our seminaries for 2000 years, only gives the world more variety of belief and reasons for disbelief!

If we are to KNOW, then the knowledge gained from the Bible must be self-correcting. This means that there must be a way to verify and validate the meaning, from within itself.

If we are to KNOW, then the doctrine must be more knowledge than mystery.

If we are to KNOW; it must speak to the confusion of doctrine with the churches.

If we are to KNOW; it must guide into collaboration of the study of scripture rather than a debate about scripture.

And WHEN we know; it must change our lives.

In the past, when believers have cried foul at the cacophony of doctrine produced by the church, they are chided for not having faith. But the fault is not theirs. His sheep hear his voice, and the noise is not it.


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