Simply God is a good testimony to what God has done for Rick Richards. The Lord has brought a man from the depths of sin and set him on the paths of righteousness. This is terribly important. The angels in heaven rejoice when a person gives him/her self to God and begins to live a life that will show others the love of God. It is good that we testify to the goodness of God in our lives.
The message of the author covers pages 13 to 146. Appendices begin on page 163 and is a list of Scriptures from the Modern King James Bible referred to in Chapter 13. Scripture references for Chapter 21 begin on 186 and come from the Modern King James Bible. Resources begin on page 189 and it is simply a list of 8 Bibles. Contents are listed on page 190 and the list is confusing because there are numbers at the end of the section/chapter titles that don't match the page numbers the item is found on.
I did get a few good bits out of Mr. Richards book. For instance, another way to view sin and I quote: “The consequences of sinning are self-inflicted, because sin results in our destruction. It first destroys our souls and then our bodies. God never punishes us. He may reprimand us, but sin itself will do the punishing.” The author has that right. Sin does destroy the sinner and will ultimately send a soul to hell. Going on to the subject of why a person don't believe God is real, Mr. Richards says God told him, “If you didn't fear me, I don't exist in your thoughts, but if you fear me, I exist and I am real.” Quote: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Stubborn fools despise wisdom and discipline.” [Proverbs 1:7; NKJ] Wow, now this is true. The author did right in studying the Scriptures because it is the Scriptures, the Word of God, that brings enlightenment to him to the point where he can fear God. One must learn of God and believe he is real then he can fear God.
Mr. Richards says on page 87 [I have the e-pub edition], concerning The Book of God that, “No words were added, and no words were taken away.” He is wrong. The best example I see in this book is Chapter 13. Nine pages complete this chapter and most of the writing seems to be all the Scriptures listed in the appendix on page 163 through 185. The author tells the Scriptures like they were a story. I have no doubt the Scriptures tell a story, but I do have doubts when man begins to put them in his own words. One must search the Scriptures to know whether a person is telling the truth or not. I say before reading the first word in a work of this nature, one must ask the Lord to reveal what is true and what is not so that the reader will not be led astray. Another point I had a problem with is the way he kept saying things like, “God and Jesus will...” “God and Jesus did...” The Bible says that “all the fullness of the Godhead is in Jesus” meaning Jesus is God. Jesus is the body God put on so that he could come to earth and offer the sinless body on the cross. The Father is the Spirit that filled Jesus. The Holy Ghost is the same spirit that is in Jesus. You know how an egg in the shell is one egg? That is a great example of God. The egg is a yolk and the white gel part inside a shell. God is the Father and the Holy Spirit inside Jesus.
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