Although I’ve blogged about this before, I keep coming back to God’s Word. It is so precious to me! But ‘me’ aside, it is SO critical that mankind know that the actual WORDS of God are available--not just the ‘idea/concept/thoughts' of God. If only His thoughts were what we had, then they would be subject to what people perceived them to actually say or mean and then act according to their own understanding!
Oops! I guess that is why we have countless denominations out there doing their own thing, according to their denomination’s tenants and traditions. Hmmm, maybe that is why our Lord Jesus Christ said…
Matthew 15:6b
…Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Mark 7:13
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Three times in God’s Word, at the beginning…
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought [anything] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
…in the middle…
Proverbs 30:5-6
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
…and at the end…
Revelation 22:18-19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
…He issues stern, no nonsense, warnings about tampering in any way with what He has said…
2 Timothy 3:16a
All scripture is given by inspiration [literally means: that which is breathed out of the mouth] of God [or…God breathed] …
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Luke 4:4
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
…what He had written down…
Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
…and what He has promised to preserve..
Psalm 12:6-8
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Is it coincidence? Once the Majority Text (aka, Textus Receptus, or ‘Received Text’) was first brought together within and under one binding cover by Tyndale in 1525; then ten years later in 1535, the Coverdale Bible; 1537, the Matthews Bible; 1539, the Great Bible; 1560, the Geneva Bible; and 1568, the Bishop’s Bible and finally, the Authorized Version--the King James Version emerged as the seventh from the original Greek and Hebrew Textus Receptus!
The KJV Translators were protestant believers and highly skilled and equipped for the task at hand--standardize the bibles in circulation (mentioned above) into one. They did not start from scratch but rather, using those other bibles along with literally thousands of authentic pieces of manuscript evidence supporting them, they proceeded to tackle the daunting task to—not rewrite, but—polish and refine, as it were, God's Word into one more excellent. One could say, as to purify seven times in a furnace; much like gold, silver and precious stones are purified. The resulting KJV was so widely accepted by the masses that after a mere 40 years, it was the only one of the other six that continued to be published.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever
…for ever!!
One needs to be aware that one day, all will stand and give an account of themselves and by themselves of their actions (as they won’t have their favorite pastor, TV evangelist, mother or grandmother to back them up), either in accordance with believing His Word, or in accordance with what was ‘right in their own eyes.’
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
The Saved:
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we [believer’s] must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3: 9-15
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
The Lost:
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. ... And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the [lost] dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. ... And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Psalm 138:2b
…for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
…Dare we be any less serious about God and His Words to us!? Man will have no excuse when they stand before Him in that day.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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If so, judge my words above for yourself…
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
However, if my words are nonsensical, it is because…
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural [unsaved, lost, destined to Hell] man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
…but the Good News today in the dispensation of the grace of God is that you CAN be saved from the torments of Hell, and ultimately the eternal burning in the Lake of Fire. All you have to do is "believe God" (have faith in His sure Word--not just His thoughts) when He says:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel [of the grace of God, as revealed to Paul alone by the risen, ascended Lord Jesus Christ] which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
It's a gift, my friend, don't turn it down...don't be caught dead without it!
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith [believing God]; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 4:4-5
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him [God] that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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For more information regrading the excellency of the King James Version...
Here are additional recommended sites to visit (in addition to the many listed as "A few of my favorite places" to the right):
"When comparing the KJV Bible to other English translations the differences found are over 5000, which are all “textual not translational” in nature. This means the text that the NIV was taken from is not from the same manuscript that the King James Bible is taken from. Should a devote bible student trust any bible that leaves out the blood of Christ and omits entire verses. Have you trusted religious leaders that seem to think this is OK?"
Read the actual words of the men (revealing their disbelief in the inerrancy of the Word of God) responsible for every other (per)version on the market and used in the vast majority of churches today.
What does God say about man changing His words?
Psalm 62:4 [KJV]
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalm 63:11 [KJV]
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
All the other versions—including popular and favorites versions—have words, added and subtracted, vital doctrines obscured, not to mention blatant lies and downright contradictions to the KJV. For example…
KJV
2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
NIV1984
2 Samuel 21:19
In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.
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KJV
Colossians 2:18
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
NIV1984
Colossians 2:18
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.
These are only two of the multitude of differences. But don’t take my word for it…study it out for yourself!
A great website with a comprehensive listing of perversions committed against God's Word.
Got bible questions? Want to read answers to others’ questions? This is a great site to visit and revisit, over and over!
Grace and peace,
Ambassador ;j an
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ,
as though God did beseech you by us:
we pray you in Christ's stead,
be ye reconciled to God.
[2 Cor 5:20 KJV]
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Note: Bolding in scripture references are my emphasis!
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