Authorship

"Permission is granted to duplicate this article in its entirety, but only without additions, alterations or omissions".

Have you noticed this phrase is very common among society today, as the Author wants to protect their "works" as it were, from someone else changing the meaning or adapting it to their ideas. The problem is when people do take something out of context from what the Author intended, it no longer represents the original meaning as intended by the Author.

The Scriptures are not just man's words, rather inspired words from our Creater and we were given specific information not to "add" or "subtract", so this was the first mention in human history of establishing "Authorship" over the "Scriptures"

Deuteronomy 4 Hear now, O Israel, the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

Matt 15:6 Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8 ”‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’”

1 Cor 4:6 (NIV) Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written."

Conclusion: We must worship Adonai in Spirit and Truth, and not by rules taught by men, as pride always wants to do things, "My way", rather than "The Way"