Our
number one desire for these Bible lessons are for them to be understandable,
defendable, and most important for the Holy Spirit to bear witness that the
conclusions are the true and correct interpretation of the Holy Scriptures.
Guidelines
for our Bible studies on this website:
1. We treat the living words of the
living God as spoken by the Lord Jesus and given to the Apostle Paul for the
Body of Christ the same importance, as
the words of the Lord Jesus recorded in red
letters in the books of Matthew – Acts Chp. 8, as what should be known as the
instructions to the nation Israel.
2. We will not be wresting the scriptures
against each other, we will look at the verses in their context, and will not
try to make the scriptures say anything, but what they say.
3. We will be using the verses out of the
Authorized Version, commonly known as the KJV. It is fine if you want to look
the verses up in other translations if you like, but we will consider the
Authorized Version as our final written authority.
4. We do not and will not use the Greek,
Hebrew, Aramaic, or Latin languages to prove any points, or give any indication
that the Authorized Version has been incorrectly translated.
2Tim.2 [15] Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
I
hope these studies are interesting enough to provoke you to study your Bible
and for you to grow in the grace and knowledge, of our savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ.
In
this lesson we will look at one of the things that has almost led to the
destruction of true Bible study and Knowledge of the Truth. The teaching that the new translations are reliable when they are in fact perversions of God's Holy Word.
In
1631 Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London, made what
was meant to be a reprint of the King James Bible. In the reprint in the Ten
Commandments (Exodus 20:14), the word "not" in the sentence "Thou shalt not commit adultery" was
omitted, thus changing the sentence into "Thou
shalt commit adultery". Robert Barker and Martin Lucas were called were
called to the Star Chamber (English court of law) and fined £300/$418.22
(equivalent to £45,844/$63,901.03 as of 2016) and deprived of their printing
license. That was for leaving one word out of the Bible.
How
many Christians today care that the Bibles they use make thousands of changes,
not to mention leaving out entire verses! Let’s look at a few examples.
Matthew Chp. 18 verse 11 “For the Son of man is come to save that
which was lost.”
KJV or Authorized Version
So,
let’s look at this verse in the New International Version, English Standard
Version, New Living Translation, New English Translation, and the New World
Translation by the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Guess
what, Matthew Chp. 18 verse 11 is not in any of
those translations.
Next
Example
Luke Chp. 4 verse 4 “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written,
That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” KJV or Authorized Version
So
let’s look at this verse in the New International Version, English Standard
Version, New Living Translation and the New World Translation by the Jehovah’s
Witnesses.
“Jesus
answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’[b]”.
Guess
what, in Luke Chp. 4 verse 4 the words “but by every
word of God” has been deleted!
Next
Example
Col. Chp 1 verse 14 “In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:” KJV
or Authorized Version
Now
let’s look at this verse in the New International Version, English Standard
Version, New Living Translation, New English Translation, and the New World
Translation by the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Colossians
Chp 1 verse 14 “in whom we have redemption, the
forgiveness of sins.”
You
may not find this disturbing that the words, “through
his blood” have been deleted, but you should.
Hebrews 9:22 “And almost all things are by the law purged with
blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” KJV or Authorized Version
Now
you may find this interesting, but I have Bibles that made these same deletions
in the late 1800’s, so when they claim to be new translations, they really are
not new at all, these attacks on the Living Words of the Living God have been
going on since the Garden of Eden!
I
am so thankful for the Preachers that were my mentors were Bible Believers and
not bible correctors!
Satan
is having a field day with the Body of Christ with all these modern-day
preachers
proclaiming
the gospel of the kingdom with its earthly kingdom hope, Repentance, confession
of sins, and water baptism required to be saved, Miraculous signs as evidence
of salvation, such as speaking in tongues and healing; Teaching the observance
of the law, Teaching the conditional forgiveness of sins based on forgiving
others, Teaching forsaking all and selling all to gain eternal life, Having the
authority to forgive sins, Reaching Jerusalem and Israel first.
These
things are simply incompatible with the truths found in the Pauline epistles
and the gospel of the grace of God. Even if you believe the Bible if you fail
to understand the word of truth rightly divided you can still be misled, not
lost just misled and rendered a useless Christian witness.
We
are saved not by our works, but by our faith in the crucified and risen Lord
Jesus!
With
modern day technology being what it is, it is very easy to do word searches and
check when someone quotes a Bible verse or tells you something is in the Bible
for you to look it up and verify if they are pulling your leg!
The
Truth of God’s Holy word is easy to determine if you let the Holy Spirit lead
you.
Remember
all of the confusion among Christianity/Christians today can be attributed to
the simple fact that the church, the Body of Christ, does not recognize the
separate, distinct, and unique apostleship, ministry, and message of Paul.
If you have never trusted the Lord Jesus as your savior, I
encourage you to believe in him and invite him to save you today! All one need
do is to trust and believe in the Lord Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection
for the forgiveness of sins to be made new in him.
Gal.2 [16] Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus
Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the
law shall no flesh be justified
Eph.3 [17] That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, [19] And to know the love
of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God.
What
a great day that will be when Jesus Christ returns in all his glory, friend
don’t let that day take you unawares. Today Jesus has his arms outstretched and
open to sinners to put their trust in him. One day we will all stand before him
either as our savior or our judge, don’t put it off invite Jesus to save you
today!
"The crowd
that will not accept one truth will decay to the point that it does not accept
one God: many denominations, many translations, many gods."
The
words of our Apostle Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles!
2Tim.2 [15] Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Come
join with us as we study God’s Holy Word!
Remember
most unsound Bible Doctrine, is sound Bible Doctrine misapplied to
the wrong time period, or wrong group of people.
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