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.
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.
Paul said in 2 Tim. Chp 2 verse [15] “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
It never ceases to amaze me when I ask
people if they think Satan would be involved in changing or corrupting God’s
word every one of them answers yes immediately.
Funny thing is, when I ask them if they
think these new translations could be the corrupted word of God, they almost
always say no.
Now the Apostle Paul said in 2nd Cor.
[17] “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” In verse 10
of that same Chp. he said this [11] “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us:
for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
I hope you know that Satan was an active
participant in the very first sin recorded in the Bible, and how did Satan
beguile Eve, he convinced her it didn’t matter which version of what God said,
but that simply God had lied to her, and she would not die. Well that did not
pan out very well for her!
So, for our first verse to see if a
Christian should be using these new translations, we will be making the point
that all these new bibles basically align themselves with the Jehovah’s
Witnesses. On the deity of Jesus, you should know they do not believe that
Jesus Christ is God, but was in fact Satan’s (Lucifer) brother.
I have chosen to use the New
International Version for the comparisons, as it is representative of the
modern translations that all the major denominations such as the Baptist,
Methodist, Presbyterians, Catholics, etc. are now using.
First verse:
New World Translation Luke 2 [33] “And
the child’s father and mother continued wondering at the things being spoken
about him.”
New International Version Luke 2 [33]
“The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.”
King James Version Luke 2 [33] “And
Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.”
Notice that the Holy Spirit guided the
KJV translators to not make the mistake of calling Joseph the father of Jesus,
but specifically identified him as “Joseph” not the father of Jesus.
This is so simple that any baby Christian
can see it!
Now there are people who will argue that
Mary called Joseph his father in Luke 2 verse 48 which is true, but what
happened there, well Jesus rebuked her in verse 49, and clearly identified that
Joseph was not his father. Go read it for yourself.
Luke 2 [48] And when they saw him, they
were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with
us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
[49] And he said unto them, How is it
that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
In verse 49 Jesus questions his mother
about her intention of seeking him and rebukes her for not knowing that he was doing God's work, his
father! This is the only correct way this statement can be interpreted to
mean.
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 or a member of a denomination, 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 and 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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