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GOD's Word... NOT man's!
The Complete and Perfectly Preserved TRUTH
After many conversations with preachers, pastors and laymen of many churches, I've come to the realization that very few of these folks honestly believe that there is a perfect, complete, accurate and infallible copy of God's Word in existence today. Among a multitude of other arguements, the two, most commonly used arguements are (1) "The original parchments don't exist any longer, so how could we possibly have a perfect, complete and accurate copy?" and (2) "Man has corrupted it with so many various translations that it can't possibly be God's Word any longer." Now, I will quickly agree with that last statement in that man has definitely corrupted God's Word in ALL of the modern translations, but I will NEVER agree with the arguement that no perfect copy of God's Word exists in this day. Read on to find out why...
SCRIPTURE, alone, defies and denies the validity of ALL arguements against the existence of a perfect copy of the Bible (as God originally wrote it) with this simple truth... GOD, Himself, was, is, and always shall be the solely responsible preserver of His Word! Where do I get that from? None other than the three following verses. No matter what translation you have, it should have the following verse in it saying basically the same thing, so take out your translation and read along :
Matthew 24:35, Mark 13:31 and Luke 21:33
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."
God, Himself, in the manifestation of Jesus Christ, spoke those words with His own mouth. And by the making of this statement, He obligated Himself to the preservation of His own word! He did not say that man would not let His Word pass away, He just said that it shall not pass away. Therefore, man plays NO PART AT ALL in the preservation of God's Word, and man CANNOT corrupt what GOD has obligated Himself to preserve. Those who believe that His Word has not been perfectly preserved are basically calling God a liar by their doubting that He has done what He said would be done. These people have no business calling themselves teachers of God's Word or teachers of 'the truth'... mainly because of their lack of faith in God, but also because of the simple, obvious truth that if God's Word hasn't been preserved, then how could what they are teaching possibly be God's Word or truth, since (according to John 17:17), the Bible is truth?!?
THEREFORE...
(Romans 3:4)
"... let God be true, but every man
a liar... "
Trust NO ONE who tells you that no perfect copy of God's Word exists today, for he is NOT a true believer, neither has he any faith in God, or Holy Spirit-given understanding of God's Word! What God says is true, and ALL contrary things that men say are nothing more than LIES! Since God said His Word would not pass away, you can safely bet the bank that is has not passed away!
SO...
If you're wondering where this perfect, complete, accurate and infallible copy of God's Word is, and which translation contains it, let me give you a few guidelines to go by in your search for it...
1.
It was prophecied that the world would hate Jesus and everything related
to Him, so look for the one translation that is the most hated :
(John 15:16)
"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated
you."
(John 3:19)
"And this is the condemnation, that
light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil."
If everyone loves all the modern translations, why should I fear them? Read the verses below...
(James 4:4)
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of
God."
(John 2:15)
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not
in him."
(John 15:19)
"If ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out
of the world, therefore the world hateth
you."
How are we to determine if a translation is or is not true and faithful?
(1st John 4:1)
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world."
2.
Look for the translation that is NOT afraid to call sin, SIN and to call evil, EVIL or call wrong, WRONG, and is fearless to state what is RIGHT, GOOD, RIGHTEOUS and HOLY and ACCEPTABLE in the sight of God :
(Leviticus 18:22)
Such as concerning homosexuality... :
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
(Exodus 20:3)
Such as concerning worshipping false gods :
"Thou shalt have no other gods before
me."
Look for the translation that contains those verses, along with many multitudes of other verses that aren't afraid to call evil and sin what they are!
3.
Look for the translation that meets the standard set forth by God, Himself that must be met by ANY and ALL texts that presume to call themselves "scripture" :
(Psalm `1:6)
"The words of the LORD are pure
words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven
times.
4.
Look for the translation that has not been "dumbed-down" so that is doesn't have to be "studied" to be understood by those who are too lazy to do more than read it passively, or just glance into it during church services. God's Word was NEVER meant to be easy to understand, it was meant to be STUDIED (as the verse below clearly states). This one, simple truth completely destroys the foundational reason for the existence of ALL of the translations that have been written, since all modern (per)versions were written for the sake of LAZY people's inability to understand God's word because of their unwillingness to STUDY it for understanding :
(2nd Timothy 2:15)
"Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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ANY translation of God's Word MUST BE PERFECT before it deserves to be called "The Word of God," because God, Himself, is perfect, and cannot do anything that is imperfect.
So, would you care to guess which translation I quoted these verses from? Would you like to guess which translation is the most hated translation? Would you care to guess which translation is declared "harsh" and "mean" due to its lack of fear of calling sin by its name? Would you care to guess which translation can be "Rightly Divided" because there are no errors in it, no mis-translated words in it and no missing verses in it? There is ONLY ONE...
The
Authorized
KING JAMES BIBLE
(The one that is faithful in context to the 1611 translation)
(NOTE : ALL KJV publications from Zondervan's and Nelson are TAINTED / MODIFIED / PERVERTED; they are NOT perfect preservations!)
The AUTHORIZED KING JAMES BIBLE is the ONLY translation that was translated by a king (King James) for a King (King Jesus)!
The KING JAMES BIBLE is the ONLY translation that does not have a man-owned
copyright!
(Therefore man cannot prosper financially from its publication or lay claim
to its writing)
The KING JAMES BIBLE is the ONLY translation that has been "purified" (revised) 7 times, meaning that it is now in its 7th purification! (refer back to Psalm 12:6)
The KING JAMES BIBLE took exactly 7 years to be completed - 1604-1611!
AND...
The KING JAMES BIBLE is the 7th English translation ever published fur use in churches!
Would you care to take a guess what the number of COMPLETION and PERFECTION is as used by God in His Word?
The number 7!
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( I am not affiliated in any way with Local Church Bible Publishers... except as a satisfied customer. )
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