True Happiness

True happiness only comes from living the way God wants us to live, that is, according to His Word revealed to men in the Bible.  Many people look for a religion or faith that fits in with how they want to live rather than how God wants them to live. They ignore passages in the Bible that don't fit in with what they think is right or wrong, good or bad. Or they rationalize and say that that particular part is outdated; that we have come to a clearer understanding of what God really meant.

  At the end of the Book of Revelation St. John wrote: I myself give witness to all who hear the prophetic words of this book. If anyone adds to these words, God will visit him with all the plagues described herein! If anyone takes from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city described here!  Revelation 22:18-19

  Of course, St. John is writing here specifically about the Book of Revelation. But theologians believe that word applies to all the books of the Bible that are in the approved Canon.

  Be very suspicious then of private interpretation of God's Word, yours or someone else's. That is mainly what has caused the many, many different denominations in Christianity.