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September 5th, 1915
Received by James Padgett
Washington D.C.
I am here, Luther - Martin Luther.
I came again because I want to tell you that I was with you this
afternoon when you were reading the comments on the origin and different
versions of the Bible. Among them was a reference to my version,
and I want to say that while my version was a pretty correct translation,
yet the manuscripts and other versions, upon which I based my translation,
were not the real writings of those who profess to have written
them. I mean that those manuscripts were not true copies of the
original epistles and books written by those whose names they bear.
Many interpretations and new constructions were given to the texts
of the originals than you or any other mortal are aware of.
The Bible as now written and as I translated it, is full of contradictions
and errors and makes the truth hard to ascertain. Take for instance
that one subject of the blood redemption. No greater error was ever
written than that the blood of Jesus saves from sin, or that his
blood washes away sin. It seems to me now, so absurd that I wonder
and am astonished that I could ever have believed in such an absurdity.
I know now that there is no efficacy in Jesus' blood to accomplish
any such results, and the pity is that many men do so believe, and,
as a consequence, neglect the one vital and important requirement
necessary to salvation, that is the New Birth. This and this only
saves men from their sins and fits them to enter the Kingdom of
God, which is the Kingdom of Jesus, for he is the Prince of that
Kingdom, and the ruler thereof.
Jesus never said any such thing, for he has told me so. This saying
that his blood was shed for man, is not true. He never said it,
neither did he say "drink the
wine", being his blood, in remembrance of him, for the wine
is not his blood, and neither does it represent anything that has
to do with him or his mission on earth, or his present work in the
spirit world. How unfortunate that this saying is made to represent
something that he did not say.
So in order to understand the real truths of God and man's relationship
to Him and His plan of salvation, you must believe what the Master
shall write you and what his apostles may write, for now they understand
what his true mission was, and what he attempted and intended to
teach when on earth, and what he is teaching now.
I also will write sometimes and give you the result of my instructions
and knowledge as I received them since being here. I will not write
more to night.
Your brother in Christ, Martin Luther
This message is a composite of two, being published
in Volume II on page 169 and Volume IV on page 326. For more details
see this page.
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