How can you judge my truth when you have not read it?
Here is how. There isn't any "your truth" or my truth. There is only truth.
The truth that is the Bible is evidenced over and over, not only in the number of people it has touched, but also in that it makes sense. The biggest truth in the Bible is in Jesus Christ and the salvation He provides.
When the people asked Jesus what they were supposed to do to do the works of God, Jesus' answer was, "The work of God is this, to believe on the one that He [God] has sent." In other words, even though the Law is not nullified, it is also totally useless for giving people salvation to life after the resurrection, without believing in Jesus, the Christ.
Jesus never said
"I, Jesus, am the only way to salvation".
Anyway, these verses are explained "you know where"... and it makes sense!!
You know the right interpretation for a fact?
Then prove it.
No, He may not have said it exactly like that. But He did say, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me."
Jesus never said
"I, Jesus, am the way".
"I, Jesus, am the truth".
"I, Jesus, am the life".
Anyway, these verses are explained "you know where"... and it makes sense!!
You know the right interpretation for a fact?
Then prove it.
You are so good. As far as I know, Jesus never said the following:
"I, Jesus, am the way".
"I, Jesus, am the truth".
"I, Jesus, am the life".
There are reasons why, as far as I know, Jesus never said those things. Some of the reasons are:
1. I don't recall hearing Him say those things;
2. They aren't recorded in the Bible that way;
3. That I know of, Jesus never wrote or spoke English.
The other side of that is, I don't know that Jesus did NOT say those things. Jesus knows all things. He knows English. He may have said those things in English outside of my hearing. He may have said them in English to me, but I just don't remember that He said them to me. The point is, Jesus MAY have said those things in English.
Why should I believe you when you say that Jesus never said those things?
Another thing Jesus never said that I know of is, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me." I don't know that Jesus ever said this. I don't know that He didn't. Why? Because I don't know that Jesus ever spoke English. But I don't know that He didn't speak English, either.
"I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me," is a translation of one of the things that He spoke in Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic. It has come to us through the Greek writings in the real New Testament, the Greek New Testament.
The point is, the gist of what Jesus said can be found in the translation of Jesus' words written as, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me." Jesus is the only way to get to the Father. Jesus is the only way to get to Heaven.
To summarize what I am trying to say here, you may know that Jesus speaks English. You may have heard him speak English to you. Great. That's for you. Until He speaks English directly to anyone, all they have is the Bible.
Do you want to believe the Journals are writings from God? That's okay with me. You might even be right for you. But until Jesus speaks anything directly to me, the Word of God as written in the Bible is the closest I will come to hearing Him.