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Therefore, God is not the end of life God activating Sarah's
but the Giver of life! So your idea womb. This is a highly
that there is no life after death is prejudiced interpretation of a
wrong.” verse that does not agree with
SDA theology.

And her spirit returned, and she got Immediately, life returned to her Notice the blatant alteration of
up immediately; and He gave orders body. She opened her eyes, sat up the text in favor of SDA theology.
Luke for something to be given her to eat. and looked around. Then Jesus Instead of the spirit of the girl
8:55 asked the parents to give her returning, the CWB changes it to
something to eat. "life." The original contradicts
SDA theology.

And He said to him, “Truly I say to Jesus turned His head toward him The original implies that there is
you, today you shall be with Me in and said, “I promise you today, life after death and that the Spirit
Paradise.” when I return with the glory of my continues without the body. But
Father, I will take you home with me since this contradicts SDA
Luke to paradise.” theology, they use the same
23:43
argument the Jehovah's

Witnesses do by saying Jesus
was saying "I promise you
today..."

We are of good courage, I say, and That’s what faith is all about. We The CWB omits the clear
prefer rather to be absent from the long to lay aside our bodies, to teaching of Scripture, "to be
2 Cor. body and to be at home with the leave this present world, and to be absent from the body and to be
Lord. at home with the Lord. home with the Lord." This
5:8
contradicts SDA theology, so the
verse is altered accordingly.

But I am hard-pressed from both So I’ve been wrestling with mixed The original implies that Paul
directions, having the desire to emotions. On one hand, I would wants to die and go be with
depart and be with Christ, for that is prefer to be sentenced to death and Christ. That cannot happen from
Phil.
1:23 very much better; in the next moment of the SDA point of view so their
consciousness see Christ, which theology replaces the actual text.

would be much better than staying
here in this old world.

For just as the body without the spirit As a person’s body is useless The original implies that a
James
is dead, so also faith without works without breath, so our statements of person's spirit is separate from

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