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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE
The purpose of this book is to share with others the True Knowledge about: God, the Word of God, the Creation, the Judgment, and the Hereafter. There is much confusion in the world today about the way God is worshiped by other cultures, mainly due to strife and indifferences that exist among the different religions of those cultures, all of whose backgrounds are different. Many of these groups take great efforts to try to persuade peoples of other cultures to adopt their religion, because they think that they have the ‘real’ religion. In the true worship of God the strife and animosity that exist among religious groups would not exist, because when a soul knows the True God, he is automatically in harmony with any other soul who knows the True God. There is but one Supreme God, or Power, and all of the major religions of the world, including most other minor religions, as well as many people, who do not practice an organized religion, recognize this fact. The Word, or Knowledge, of God as understood by his servants when it was revealed during their times, still exists today. All of the knowledge of God is not present in any one holy or religious book. The knowledge was revealed over a span of thousands of years and it was revealed in different locations of the world to different peoples. God’s Word is One and it is Eternal. God has not changed over the ages and the messages given to His servants over the ages have not changed in character. The messages that were received of a people from God at a given time and place were catered to the cultures and circumstances of the people, although in these messages God’s character and overall theme does not change.
The Truth about God and man, as God has revealed it unto His servants is revealed. Light is shed on the areas of confusion that causes strife among religious groups and the hope is that the reading of this book will awaken the spirits of thinking men and women to use their God given power of reasoning (only given to humans) to realize the deceptions that Satan has placed in the world to prevent them from receiving the peace and freedom that God has in store for all souls who will heed to His Eternal Word.
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CHAPTER 3 THE WORD OF GOD
From my studying of God’s Word throughout the years, I have noticed something very interesting and surprising in the Scriptures and materials that contain the True Word of God. I have noticed that these Scriptures, regardless as to which religion adheres to them, actually compliment each other. In other words, in all of the material listed in this section, there is a common link connecting them all; that link is the Character and Love of God. I have found that if a person truly is seeking the understanding and knowledge of God and if that person will enter into the studying of God’s word with an open mind and with an open heart, his goal can be achieved. Jesus talked about this humble approach to salvation when he said: “Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” – Matt. 18:3. Coupled with that desire, a sense of willing for God’s Will to be done and a sense of caring for others must be present in the individual to assure that he will understand the doctrine that is presented. Jesus illustrated this when he continued to elude the Pharisees with the parables he spoke, when they could not understand, because they did not have the desire to do God’s will.
I realize that most people are comfortable or complacent in their religious practices and that they have no desire to read or to understand some other religious group’s doctrine, it is in these practices where grave errors are made. God’s Word was revealed over a span of thousands of years and it was revealed in different locations of the world, in different circumstances, to different peoples. These things alone have affected the tempo for what messages God revealed to a certain people by their God inspired prophet or servant, and at what locations these instructions occurred.
Being lead by the Spirit of God, it is my desire to conform as Jesus said: “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” – Matt. 4:4, Luke 4:4, that has compelled me to cross the doctorial boundaries of my Christian upbringing to explore these religious doctrines of other cultures. I understand from the knowledge that I have obtained that God wants people of all nations to do his will and that he has given instructions to other people as well as to the Jews, by sending His prophets and servants over the ages to various locations where they were needed, all bearing His Word.
Many religious doctrines or truthful testimonies have been altered over the ages, but God has allowed the Truth to live on in spite of Satan’s activities to try to destroy the Truth. Although some of the holy books or references discussed in this section have been tainted of man, there is still truth to be found in them, but it needs to be extracted from information that may have some contamination in it. The Spirit of God that resides in each of us must be allowed to guide our thoughts and understanding in our reading of these and of any doctrine of the word of God.
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