Why This Website Does Not Prescribe a Faith
Back to the words of Lord Yeshua and the Scriptures
In-depth summary
Today there are thousands of denominations, movements, and church bodies. Almost all of them claim to base themselves on the Bible, yet they differ from one another on important points. This raises a fundamental question: how can there be so much division if there is only one truth?
This website was not founded to create a new human authority or to make people dependent on our explanations. The goal is precisely the opposite: to encourage people to examine the Scriptures for themselves and to test every teaching.
Lord Yeshua warned against human traditions, false teachers, and deception. The apostles, too, called believers to examine, to test, and to hold fast to what is good. The Bereans are a clear Biblical example of this. They searched the Scriptures daily to see whether what Paul proclaimed truly agreed with God’s Word.
That is why the following also applies to this website:
Do not believe us blindly. Examine it for yourself.
Read the texts. Study the context. Compare Scripture with Scripture. Where necessary, examine the original languages and historical background. And test our conclusions as well.
For human authority, tradition, popularity, or ecclesiastical power do not determine what is true. Ultimately, the question is what God has revealed and what Lord Yeshua and His apostles actually taught.
Core message
- Truth is not determined by majority or popularity.
- Contradictory teachings cannot all be true at the same time.
- Religious tradition must be tested against the Scriptures.
- Even well-known teachers and church institutions must be open to examination.
- The Bereans are a Biblical example of examination and testing.
- Our own conclusions must also be tested.
- Pointing out error does not have to mean condemning people.
- Lord Yeshua called people to hear, to examine, and to repent.
- This website does not want to become a new human authority.
- The final standard is not this website, but the Scriptures.
In-depth explanation
Contents
- How can there be so much division if there is one truth?
- The problem of religious tradition
- The Bereans as an example
- Why this website exists
- Why it is necessary to test error
- Why many people are confused
- The seven churches and the seriousness of spiritual deviation
- Our own conclusions must also be tested
- The challenge for every believer
- What do we ask of the reader?
- Our invitation
- Practical application
- Summary
- Frequently asked questions
1. How can there be so much division if there is one truth?
Today there are thousands of different Christian movements. They often read the same Bible, yet arrive at different conclusions on important subjects.
Consider, for example, the identity of God, the person and position of Lord Yeshua, the meaning of the gospel, God’s law, the Sabbath, salvation, the future, the resurrection, baptism, and spiritual gifts.
Some groups teach that God’s law has been abolished, while other groups teach that God’s commandments still carry meaning. Some confess the Trinity, others reject that doctrine. Some baptize children, others baptize only those who have personally professed their faith. This does not mean it isn’t true — on the contrary. It is a tactic of the enemy to weaken the gospel. See Revelation 12:15 on this.
Not all of these contradictory positions can be correct at the same time. This means every believer must be willing to re-examine what he believes.
Therefore an important question is:
Do I believe what the Scriptures truly teach, or do I mainly believe what I have always been taught?
Lord Yeshua said:
John 14:6
“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
If truth truly matters, we cannot simply assume that a teaching is true because it is old, popular, or taught by a particular church.
2. The problem of religious tradition
Over the centuries, people have grown accustomed to religious systems, traditions, and creeds. One believes something because a church teaches it, a pastor says it, a theologian writes it, a confession records it, or a tradition has passed it down for centuries.
But age does not automatically make a teaching true. Nor does popularity make a teaching true.
Lord Yeshua Himself warned against human traditions being placed above God’s commandments:
Mark 7:8
“For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men.”
That is why every tradition must be examined.
The question is not only:
Who teaches this?
But above all:
What is written?
This applies not only to church traditions. It applies also to theologians, pastors, websites, books, and ultimately to ourselves as well. There is only One who is your Teacher: Lord Yeshua (Matt. 23:10). He works through His Spirit within you.
3. The Bereans as an example
In Acts 17 we read about the Bereans. When Paul and Silas came to Berea, the people received the Word with great readiness. But they did not simply accept the message because Paul spoke it.
They searched the Scriptures daily:
Acts 17:11
“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.”
This is an important Biblical principle.
The Bereans were not praised because they believed everything they heard, but because they examined it.
That principle applies today as well.
4. Why this website exists
This website does not exist to found a new denomination. Not to build a new religious organization. And not to make people dependent on our explanations. There is only One who is your Teacher: Lord Yeshua.
Our aim is to bring people back to the source:
- back to the words of Lord Yeshua;
- back to the prophets;
- back to the apostles;
- back to the Scriptures;
- back to the Hebraic context of the faith;
- and back to personal Bible study.
We want to ask questions that are not often asked. We want to examine texts that are sometimes overlooked. We want to test traditions against Scripture. And we want to encourage people not only to ask what their church teaches, but above all what Scripture teaches.
Not because we think we know everything.
But because we believe truth is important enough
to be examined.
5. Why it is necessary to test error
Some feel that pointing out error causes division and should therefore be avoided as much as possible. Scripture, however, gives various warnings against deception.
Lord Yeshua warned against false prophets and false messiahs. The apostles, too, warned against deviations from the gospel and against human traditions.
Scripture speaks, for example, of:
- a different gospel — Galatians 1:6-9;
- a different Jesus/Yeshua — 2 Corinthians 11:4;
- deceiving spirits — 1 Timothy 4:1;
- human traditions — Colossians 2:8; Mark 7:7-9.
Correct doctrine is therefore not unimportant. Indeed, it concerns salvation.
But pointing out error must be done carefully. The goal should not be to humiliate people, ridicule them, or to elevate ourselves above others.
The goal is to seek the truth, to recognize error, and to point people
back to the Scriptures.
6. Why many people are confused
Many sincere believers are confronted with an enormous amount of information.
- Thousands of voices.
- Thousands of books.
- Thousands of videos.
- Thousands of teachers.
Everyone seems to have an answer. When someone has received a particular teaching from childhood, it is understandable that this conviction becomes deeply rooted. A person can believe something is Biblical for years without ever having thoroughly examined the underlying texts themselves.
That is why it is not enough to simply tell someone that they believe the wrong thing.
Let us examine together what Scripture says.
Examine. Test. Seek. Ask.
7. The seven churches and the seriousness of spiritual deviation
The letters to the seven churches in Revelation show that Lord Yeshua also corrected congregations that professed His name.
Of the seven churches, only two received no rebuke. The others were addressed on various points. Some churches had allowed false teaching. Others had spiritually drifted or had left their first love.
Yet there is something remarkable: Lord Yeshua repeatedly calls them to repentance.
Revelation 2-3
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
The warning, therefore, is not an end in itself.
The goal is restoration.
The goal is return.
The goal is repentance.
This also shows why examining doctrine is not a purely academic exercise. According to Scripture, what someone believes and how someone lives matters.
8. Our own conclusions must also be tested
This is perhaps one of the most important principles of this website.
We too can make mistakes.
This applies to every pastor, every church, every theologian, every writer, every website — and therefore also to us.
Therefore no human authority may be placed above Scripture.
Not majority. Not tradition. Not ecclesiastical power. Not popularity. And not this website either.
Whenever we make a claim, the visitor must be able to ask:
Where does this stand in Scripture?
And if our conclusion is wrong, it must be rejected.
Check our conclusions.
Read the texts.
Study the context.
Examine the original languages where necessary.
Compare Scripture with Scripture.
Test everything.
When our conclusions are incorrect, reject them.
When they agree with the Scriptures,
follow the truth, wherever it leads.
9. The challenge for every believer
We live in a time when more Biblical information is available than ever before.
- Original texts are accessible.
- Various translations are available.
- Historical sources can be examined.
- Lexicons and linguistic tools are within reach.
This, however, also brings a responsibility. More information does not automatically mean more truth.
Therefore modern sources must also be tested.
A video is not an authority simply because it is professionally made. A book is not true because it is popular. A website is not reliable because it is written persuasively. And a teaching is not true because millions of people believe it.
Examine. Test. Seek. Ask.
10. What do we ask of the reader?
This website does not ask:
“Do you believe us?”
Our question is different.
- Have you yourself examined what Lord Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, truly taught?
- Have you examined what the apostles actually wrote?
- Have you examined whether your convictions agree with the Scriptures?
- Have you examined which convictions come directly from Scripture and which were later shaped by tradition?
And perhaps the most important question:
If Scripture teaches something different from what you have always believed,
are you willing to examine it again?
This is not a call to blindly adopt another teaching. It is a call to honest examination.
11. Our invitation
We do not want to ask anyone to blindly accept our conclusions.
We ask precisely the opposite.
Examine for yourself.
Read the Bible. Read the context. Compare texts. Examine words. Examine historical backgrounds. Test traditions. And test what you read on this website too.
Truth needs no protection by human authority. If something is true, it must be able to withstand examination.
Lord Yeshua said:
John 8:32
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
We do not want people to simply adopt our convictions.
We want people to learn to examine.
12. Practical application
When examining a teaching, ask, for example, the following questions:
1. Is this teaching truly found in Scripture?
Do not look only for a single verse that seems to support the teaching.
2. What does the context say?
Read the verses before and after and, where necessary, the whole chapter.
3. What do other Scripture passages say?
Compare Scripture with Scripture.
4. Does this teaching come from the Bible or from tradition?
Examine when and how a particular interpretation arose.
5. What did Lord Yeshua teach?
His words must take an important place in any examination of His teaching.
6. What did the apostles write?
Compare their teaching with the words of Lord Yeshua and the Scriptures.
7. Am I willing to correct my own conviction?
This is perhaps the most difficult question of all.
Examination only truly has meaning when someone is willing
to accept a conclusion other than the one he thought beforehand.
13. Summary
This website does not ask anyone to believe us blindly.
We believe that every believer has the responsibility to examine the Scriptures for themselves.
The Bereans are an important example of this. Even the words of Paul were examined against the Scriptures.
Therefore the same principle applies to us.
Examine our words.
Test our conclusions.
Read the context.
Compare Scripture with Scripture.
Examine traditions.
When something on this website does not agree with the Scriptures, then it is not our website that should be followed, but the truth of God’s Word.
Our goal is not to become a new human authority.
Our goal is to point people back to the words of Lord Yeshua, to the prophets, to the apostles, and to the Scriptures.
14. Conclusion
The truth of God is too important to simply take over blindly from others.
That is why we do not want to make anyone dependent on a church, denomination, tradition, theologian, or website.
Not even on us.
We want to bring people back to the source.
Examine everything. Test everything. Hold on to what is good.
Lord Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah, is the way to the Father.
Therefore our own convictions, too, must continually be tested against the Scriptures.
For ultimately it is not about what we say.
It is about what God has revealed, what Lord Yeshua taught, and what the Scriptures testify.
Therefore examine for yourself.
Test everything.
And follow the truth, wherever it leads.
Frequently asked questions
Does this website prescribe to people what they must believe?
No. The purpose of this website is to encourage people to examine the Scriptures for themselves and to test doctrines.
Does this website believe that all Christian doctrines are wrong?
No. The starting point is that every teaching must be tested individually against the Scriptures. Where a teaching agrees with Scripture, that should be acknowledged; where it deviates from it, that should be examined.
Why, then, is error discussed at all?
Because Scripture itself warns against false teaching, deception, and deviation from the gospel. Naming this, however, does not have to mean condemning people.
Should I test this website as well?
Yes. That is precisely one of the most important starting points of this website.
What should ultimately be the standard?
Not popularity, tradition, ecclesiastical power, or human authority, but the Scriptures and what is revealed in them about God, Lord Yeshua, and His way.
Examine everything. Test everything. Hold on to what is good.
Back to the words of Lord Yeshua and the Scriptures.
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