Ye shall not add unto
the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may
keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. – Deuteronomy 4.2
God had given His Law. It was complete. It was all
they needed and they needed it all. So God said ‘don’t add to it and don’t take
away from it.’ The Law was God’s law, it was not man’s to manipulate or subject
to his own way.
God say something similar in the book of Revelation
when He says ‘if you add to my word I will had all the curses and plagues to
you, and if you take away from it I will take away all the blessings.’
Obviously the sanctity of God’s word is important. It
is not to be toyed with. We can’t play games with it. It is not ours to handle
or manipulate and make fit our way. I can’t cut away the parts I don’t like or
add parts I would like to see added.
And I can’t make it say what I want it to see. I can’t
lay out my agenda and then find scripture to support my views and ideas. I must
exegete what it says and not eisegete what I wish it said. God’s word is pure.
It is complete. That mean I must ‘preach the word’ and not what I wish it said.
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