I think that limited access to the Bible did limit people's relationship
to God, and also tended to limit the moves of the Holy Spirit, because
so many churches used the lack of Bible reading to impose doctrines of
their own making upon their congregations. People ended up following
these man-made doctrines on the same level as the Word of God, which may
have limited the depth of their relationship with Him and the working of
his Spirit in their lives.

However, His Word tells us that he will write his Law on our hearts, so
His Spirit and His grace will still give guidance to those who do not or
did not have access to the Bible, but it is so much better to be ablke
to read His words for ourselves, and to study them so that we can have a
more personal faith and relationship with our God and Savior.


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Gary wrote:

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>
> Faith or believing teaching does not save, but God
> saves those who believe certain teaching.
>

That's very gnostic of you. Also a prime example of how you claim
salvation by grace put practice salvation by works.


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"b t" wrote in message
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>
>
> Hello Gary,
>
> Scripture says: Joel 2:32a And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
> shall call on the Name of Yahweh shall be Delivered
>
> A contradictory thing indeed for Yahweh to tell us to call upon His Name
> for Salvation and then make it impossible to pronounce.
>
> The correct pronunciation was never lost as the most reputable
> Encyclopedia's will testify:
>
>
> SEE Encyclopedia Britannica under the heading "Yahweh:" -
>
> QUOTE "Early Christian writers, such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd
> century, had used the form YAHWEH, thus this pronunciation of the
> tetragrammaton was never really lost.
> Encyclopedia Judaica, vol.7, pg 679: -
>
> "The true pronunciation of the Name was never lost. Several early Greek
> writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced
> 'Yahweh'." UNQUOTE
>
>
> The pronunciation was not truly lost. It is only lost to those who don't
> want to seek it out.
>
> "The LORD" cannot be known as a translation of Yahweh because it is not
> a translation at all. It's a substitution.
>
> The reasons for the substitution are founded on tradition, not because