Can I ask where you see the double standard between these two verses? Also where do you see it is deceptive? In both verses Jesus is talking about having faith in God. In Matt 21:21 He is not saying literally you can move mountains but using that analogy as having great faith in God. It's an analogy He is using to overcome obstacles in our lives by having faith in God. John 5:24 having faith in Jesus will bring us eternal life. Jesus is actually talking about two separate things dealing with faith. One is actual one is an analogy. No double standard no deception.
I had a little time on my hands, so I wrote a little something up for your post.
How is it a double standard and deceitful?
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Everyone translates this literally. That Jesus meant exactly as it is written. Everlasting means forever. Shall not come into condemnation means no condemnationto them that believe on Jesus. No problem.
However, when it comes to anything above salvation, such as healings or miracles, everyong will automatically put the verse being interpreted in the allagory category.
For example:
Mat 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree,...
I cut this truth short to raise a point.
Verily means truly, and truly means it can stand alone without adding to it to make it the whole council of God.
The promise of God says if you have faith and doubt not you shall do the same thing with a physical tree as Jesus did with the fig tree.
So if the fig tree represents Israel, then we shall do to Israel What Jesus did to the fig tree? I should think not.
The fact is, you haven't His word abiding in you. You are thinking like men, natural men, saying He couldn't mean a physical tree or especially a physical mountain. No that would be impossible.
That would also lay the responsibility on the so called believer. Which it is.
What about this one?
Joh 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Joh 6:48 I am that bread of life.
No problem, Jesus ment what He said. If you believe on Him you will have everlasting life, but He also said He is the bread of life.
So is the bread of life a type of something?
What about the below verse?
Joh 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Joh 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Joh 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Most would probably say, this is definitely a type or representation of some sort.
We cannot eat Jesus' flesh and drink His blood, can we? Surely He didn't mean we have to really eat His flesh and drink His blood, did He?
Why not? Are you thinking like men again?
Jesus is called the word of God, not because it is a type of something, but because He IS the word of the living God.
Is the flesh we are to eat and the blood we are to drink just types and kinds of things that make up Jesus in who He is? Or is the word of God really His flesh and the Holy Ghost really His blood, and that IS who He really is and how He is made? And that is what we are to both eat and drink, respectively.
What about this one?
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Here again it starts with a double verily, which cannot make it any more or be a more truthful statement or promise of God.
And Jesus makes a most profound promise to those who believe on Him. That being, that they SHALL do the very same things that He did and even GREATER works than He did, shall those who believe, do.
Please don't be so naive or gullible into thinking that getting people saved tops even some of the things Jesus did.
Greater really means greater, so stop trying to make excuses for your failure by changing what is written to make it fit your actual experiences, as though you are the most holy and righteous thing that walked the earth and that if it doesn't work that way in your life, then it couldn't possibly mean what it says, because it would have to be that way in your life if it was the truth.
Not only that, but He goes on to tell us that if we ask ANYTHING in His name, He will do it. Do you think anything means anything, or only those things that are of His will?
If you say, 'of His will', then you are applying double standard to the word of God. Again, either verily verily means exactly what is stated below it, or you are simply adding to the word what isn't there, thereby changing what it truly is saying. In effect, changing a truth to a lie.
What about this one below?
Joh 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Joh 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
How many times does God have to say something to a person who doubts, before he really believes what He as God has actually said?
Can you paste this in the allegory category?
Could it be that God actually meant what He said, and that you don't have what you desire because you are missing what He said?
Here is yet another promise of God.
Mat 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Mat 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Mat 7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Mat 7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Mat 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
When God says, 'everyone' does He really mean everyone?
When God says, 'shall be given you and receiveth' does He really mean everyone who asks, what they ask, shall be given to them and that they shall receive it, like it is written?
Or is this a type of something also?
Again, double standards and deceiptful to me.
God has said the same thing over and over again, many different ways, and you still don't believe what He said, and continue to make the word of God of none effect because you change the word of God or the truth of His word into a lie. Making it say something it does not say because you can't believe that He really meant what He said.
So how can you say that you are rightly dividing the word of God, when you are changing what He said into something He clearly did not say, making it a lie of the devil, rendering it powerless and making it useless to the believer.
I hear a lot about God will not answer prayer if it isn't in His will.
So what about this verse?
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Can anyone tell me whose will is involved in this promise?
Is this a truthful promise of God, or is it just another one of those half truths that you have to add to, to get the whole council of God?
Mark 11:24 says basically the same thing.
...What things soever ye desire,...
I don't see God's will written in that statement either.
Below is yet another.
Psa 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Psa 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psa 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
It is written again, that God WILL give us the desires of our hearts, not His.
When you stop trying to make the word of God say something it is not saying, then and only then can you even start to receive the actual truth of God's word.
It is written,
Mat 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
How many witnesses do you need before it is established within you, before you actually believe the word of God or what He said and stop changing it into a lie of the devil?
Again, I see what most of you are doing with the word of God as deceiptful, at the very least, but most certainly showing double standards when it comes to exegesis of the holy scriptures.
I find in scripture that most wolves see themselves as sheep, and not as wolves or wolves in sheep's clothing.
In fact, most don't even know they are wolves or wolves in sheep's clothing, BECAUSE they see themselves as sheep.
But this is where God said, you shall know them by there fruit.
To me, if you are UNKNOWINGLY changing the word of God, making it say what it is not, or basically into a lie, thereby rendering it useless, you are a wolf in sheep's clothing.
If you are changing it KNOWINGLY and PURPOSEFULLY to be deceitful and to deceive others, then I see you as a wolf.
