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[quote:Anonymous Coward 32589283:MV8yMTE1NjY4XzM1Njc1NDI0X0FEM0U1NjE5] [quote:Anonymous Coward 32589283:MV8yMTE1NjY4XzM1Njc1MjI4X0EwMDU2Njgw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 14296678:MV8yMTE1NjY4XzM1Njc1MTc0X0Q2ODI2MEI3] staring at an old religious text trying to find meaning in your life. dumb! [/quote] [color=darkblue][/color] The text you speak of is the Owner's Manual... you know the kind of little book you get when you buy a new gadget or instrument that you don't know about how everything works. God created us and He gave us one of those. Life gets real complicated sometimes, so He gave us the instructions on how to make sense of it. [/quote] And furthermore, New Zealand, that text reveals to us that there is only one sure way of happiness: "fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person..." this is what makes a person whole. The Text that we speak of leaves us with no doubt as to the existence and the justice of our Creator God. It also tells us that the only thing to say to a man who approaches life without a committment to God and a belief that He is Lord and that this ancient Text gives us the answers for life's true meaning---then the only thing we can say to you is "eat, drink and be merry," for in the end, you knee will bow and your tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Better to do it in this life than the next, for in the next, we face judgment if we are not covered by the blood of the Lamb. [/quote]
Original Message
King James Version
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
NIV
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God
NLV
Every person must obey the leaders of the land. There is no power given but from God, and all leaders are allowed by God.
Amplified Bible
Let every person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God’s appointment.
If you take the translation literally other than the KJV, you actually have no need to read and understand the Bible.
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