HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come
-Revelation 11:2
(Printable PDF for this lesson available here. You can add it to your study binder.)
Let's continue our discussion of the fear of God in reference to the written Word of God.
As we are learning to REALLY trust God in all that He says; which is the fear of God, it is now brought to our attention that the devil has infiltrated our Holy Bible.
When I first gave my life to God by confessing Jesus Christ to be my Lord and Saviour, the churches and Christians I met all used the King James Bible. I didn't even consider .. the thought never entered my head.. that there could be anything else. This was 1979.
Today, there are multitudes of corrupted/perverted Bible versions to choose from. NKJV, NIV, RSV, NASB, AMP, Living Bible, the Message (that title alone should cause you to shutter!) just to name a few.
I was shocked at the results of my Google search using the phrase bible for women.
*bible for the spiritled woman*
*the everyday matters bible*
*the study bible for women*
*Aspire: The New Women of Color Study Bible*
*Young Women of Faith Bible, NIV*
Then there are ooodles of bible versions to tickle every person's ear. The thinking is -- whatever you want left out of the Holy Scriptures...there's a bible for that. If you have a particular leaning .. there's a bible for that. If you are a free spirit .. there's a bible for that. There's even the bible for dummies! Double YIKES!
Not only is there the deception and lies in each of these perverted versions; but also all the money generated by the catering to fleshly desires candy coated in "Bible" form. Monetizing the gospel of Jesus Christ to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. The LORD has a lot to say about that.
How can a new Christian possibly sort through all the garbage? How do they even know it is garbage? First and Foremost -- those who diligently seek the LORD God will find him.. God knows how to lead us into all truth. We may be exposed to some wrong teaching -- well, because it is everywhere...BUT GOD by the Holy Spirit will open the eyes of our understanding and be our guide. As long as we have ears to hear. Yep. We have to be willing to hear truth, then yield to it -- because God is Truth.. All else is lies.
Do new versions corrupt the gospel? yes, yes they do. READ MORE
Still hard to believe that these so-called 'holy' Bibles could be all that bad. Look at some of the omissions from the NKJV [New King James Version]
NKJV omits the word “Lord” 66 times.
NKJV omits the word “God” 51 times.
NKJV omits the word “heaven” 50 times.
NKJV omits the word “repent” 44 times.
NKJV omits the word “blood” 23 times.
NKJV omits the word “hell” 22 times.
NKJV omits the word “JEHOVAH” entirely.
NKJV omits the word “new testament” entirely.
NKJV omits the word “damnation” entirely.
NKJV omits the word “devils” entirely.
Look at I John 4:3 "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."
The corruption in NIV, TNIV, NASB, ESV, NLT, the Message -- "and every spirit that confesses not Jesus is not of God" (Christ is come in the flesh - OMITTED)
It matters! It matters that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh! It matters.
Look at Acts 8:36-37 "And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. "
Acts 8:37 OMITTED COMPLETELY from other versions .. WHAT! That's a gospel verse. How are people supposed to know how they might be saved????
When I was a young Christian, I took God's word as his word. Plain and simple. Over the years, the LORD has confirmed his written word. And he has opened my eyes to things that I should consider. To know the why behind what I do.
In this lesson, I hope that you will become even more fervent in your searching out the Scriptures to know Almighty God even more.
LOOK IT UP YOURSELF: Do your own research.
If you have several different bible versions at home, look up the following verses and do your own comparison. Write the Key Word differences.
You can do your search online as well. There are many "Bible" sites. I like BlueLetterBible or you can download the e-sword.net software straight to your computer and use it any time.
Holy vs UN-Holy
- II Peter 1:21
- Matthew 25:31
- I Thessalonians 5:27
- Revelation 22:6
- Revelation 18:20
- I Corinthians 2:13
God of the Bible vs God of the New Versions/Age
- Acts 4:24
- Matthew 8:29
- Mark 2:15
- Acts 22:16
- Philippians 3:3
- Acts 17:29
- Revelation 1:11
First Century Christianity vs the 'New' Christianity
- Mark 10:21
- I Peter 1:22
- II Timothy 3:17
- Proverbs 21:21
- Jeremiah 29:11
- II Corinthians 1:14
- Luke 4:4
What are your conclusions? Let me ask you that over asked question...how does that make you feel?
The Holy Bible version we should read is the Authorized King James Version. Why?
- The KJV most fully presents the central doctrines of our Christian faith, such as the deity of Christ, the Trinity, salvation by faith; new versions often omit these and other central doctrines
- The KJV's "separate from sinners" English vocabular does not permit liberal interpretations. For example, the KJV has "hell" instead of hades, "fornication," instead of immorality, and "him," instead of the gender neutral one.
- Only the KJV matches the overwhelming majority of Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and vernacular translations
- Only the KJV is a contextually and linguistically precise, word-for-word translation of the pure text. New versions can use paraphrase and transliteration, while following corrupt Greek and/or Hebrew texts or vernacular editions.
Last question...is your Bible holy?
MORE RESOURCES found at AVPublications.com
until next time,
~Cristina
.
No comments:
Post a Comment