Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Being a writer, I have an ear for the telling of stories. Some time ago I was utterly disappointed with a screenplay for a popular movie franchise because I knew in my heart that I could have written a better ending. But that was fiction and who cares if you change fiction? We can sit and discuss the issues of fiction and draw out a better ending for nearly all of it based on our own imaginations.

The bible is not fiction and there is no better way to devise any portion of it, much less the ending. People may have an opinion based on personal taste and desire but to the outcome and all that the Word of God entails, nothing of an editing nature can alter the perfection of what God has done.

Some do not like certain parts of the bible. I believe their understanding is darkened, no light has been given their understanding. Some people do not understand certain passage, they hold no relevance for them. That’s fine, but it does not mean that those same passages do not scream volumes of truth to others for whom the Word holds significant meaning. No other book in all of history has moved people so profoundly and altered their lives as the Bible does.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

When you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and the Spirit is given, the Word is no longer just letters on a page, they are alive. No other book can do that.

1 Samuel 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

I remember at time in my Christian walk when sin was described to me as missing the mark. It bothered me that sin should be so casually described. For my part I ignored the greater issue, not accuracy but rather aim.

Imagine if you will being at a target range. Gun or bow, whichever you can picture in your mind best. You have your target in front of you. It is your target. The range targets are side by side and hitting someone else’s target might score well for them, but you have missed your target.

In the Army our targets were placed in front of sand dunes. If you missed your target you knew if you missed left, right, high or low, because the sand would fly. It helped to adjust our aim, but the intent had always been to aim and hit the target. If we should swing out guns from down range so that the barrel was pointed at anything other than the target, there was always someone there to stop us and make us get control of our weapon.

This is the issue of the aim of love. As long as you are aiming at love, hitting the target is nothing more than adjusting for the miss. It isn’t a sin to try, it is a sin to aim anywhere but at love.

Psalm 4:2 O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah. (NASB)

Not love as the world knows it, but the love that dwells within you, aimed, out, towards the object of affection, towards people in a lost and dying world.

You do not at love, you aim with love.