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ARE THERE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE BIBLE VERSIONS?

“Ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.” Jeremiah 23:36

Before we begin …. In the same way that non KJB-ers don’t wish to be condemned by some of the harsh, self-righteous devils out there whose religion is KJB, not Christ, even so, those who are not KJB only should grant the same liberty in non-essentials to those who read only the KJB …amen? Romans 14.

As a reader of the King James Bible I have absolutely no condemnation towards many of my friends who read other versions! (knowing those versions are all corrupt) Yet, there is a deep conviction in my own heart based on years of comparison. No one on this planet is going to convince me that removing verses like Matthew 17:21, chopping Romans 8:1 in half, removing “through HIS BLOOD” in Colossians 1:14, and completely neutering 1 John 5:7 is okay ….. See Revelation 22:18-19.

SATAN HAS FOR 6,000 YEARS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF TWISTING GOD’S WORDS. REMEMBER HOW THE DEVIL ADDED JUST ONE WORD TO WHAT GOD TOLD ADAM AND THEREBY CAUSED THE VERY FALL OF MANKIND? (GENESIS 2:17; 3:4) HOW ABOUT WHEN SATAN QUOTED SCRIPTURE WHEN TEMPTING JESUS AND TWISTED IT? (MATTHEW 4) TODAY, MOST MEN IN “CHRISTIAN” LEADERSHIP ARE SO FAR BURIED IN THE DARKNESS OF THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THAT THEY CAN’T SEE THIS AND MANY OF THEM EVEN DEFEND SATAN’S TWISTED CORRUPTIONS OF GOD’S WORD. GET SHAKEN!

WHEN the LORD’s truth is twisted/changed in any way-YOUR little feelings don’t matter! (Romans 3:4)

NO DIFFERENCE IN THE BIBLE VERSIONS? … Today, many a poor, arrogant soul who claims to be a professor, preacher, pastor, author, and otherwise, is blinded beyond belief. He can’t see Satan standing in his face because he follows mere sinful religious men who have never stopped to prayerfully ponder how that Satan is still twisting and perverting the very words of his archenemy – the LORD. He gullibly relies on his seminarian “training” and the commentaries of mere sinful men instead of getting his own life in God’s Word for himself. He passes these lies on to others. Many a modern religionist refuses to truly lay down his life and seek the face of the LORD and is thereby blinded (2 Corinthians 3:14-18). The veil of darkness covers the eyes of his understanding. Like the willingly blinded Pharisees/false leaders of Christ’s day, some today cling to the traditional thought of their conspiratorial priestcraft and are thereby turned over to “strong delusion” by God Himself for choosing to hate the light of holy truth (Mark 7:6-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).

Friend, did God make you with reasoning faculties or do you need some other so-called “scholar” or “expert” to tell you simple, self-evident truths? Who sold us that lie?

—–SICKENING FILTH IN YOUR FACE – Virginia Mollencott-NIV Lesbian Translator – WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE FRIEND? —– IS IT TIME TO GET THE REAL BIBLE? TRASH, burn, your NIV …. it’s garbage and so are all new versions …. Get a King James Bible beloved if you desire the pure Word of God (Psalms 12:6-7). Gullibility is a curse. HOW could any true disciple of Christ defend this evil filth?

If a person is under a “strong delusion” which God says that He Himself sends to those who do not have the love of His truth, they have “the spirit of error” and will seek to justify such atrocious corruption of the very words of our LORD as we see plainly in the new versions. See 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12; 1 John 4:1-6. These things which are causing the prophesied “falling away” are “after the working of Satan.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 9-12) I am disturbed with those who pretend to be operating as watchmen and don’t see the blatant corruptions/errors in the new versions for what they are – diabolical.

Anyone who does good research will find out that the new versions of the Bible are corrupted because they come from Catholic/Vatican manuscripts.

The Bible tells us plainly that God used “holy MEN of God who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” to give us His written Word (2 Peter 1:20-21). So, God sovereignly kept His Word intact by keeping His promise to preserve it to all generations (Psalms 12:6-7).

The Author of the KJV and the author of the new versions cannot be the same. There are far too many major doctrinal differences for such to be the case. These versions cannot possibly be from the same source. When comparing verses, there is no doubt at all which one is from God and the corrupt per-versions.

*If God’s Word is important, and it is, beyond our comprehension, then this issue of Bible versions is important and not a side issue to be ignored. Jesus informed us that Satan has come “to steal, to kill, and to destroy” and if the enemy has taken away or added to God’s words, we must know about it. All who are not truly submitted to God will be snared by the enemy and ultimately suffer eternal damnation (John 10:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12; James 4:7). We get our knowledge of God through His Word and if in fact His words have been perverted, then we must know about it.  “Ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.” (Jeremiah 23:36)

4 SILENCING VERSES – Here are the 4 verses I compare with people. There is rarely an argument when a King James and a new version are laid open and compared side by side. Watch this:

  • Matthew 17:21 removed in new versions because Satan didn’t want God’s people to know how to cast him out
  • Romans 8:1  chopped in half because Satan wants believers to believe his ‘once saved always saved’ lie
  • Colossians 1:14  “through his BLOOD” removed because the LORD Jesus is Satan’s enemy
  • 1 John 5:7  the clearest verse in the Bible on the triune nature of God all but removed because Satan didn’t want God’s people to understand the nature of the Godhead

Never argue this topic, just show them. Write these verses above on a sticky and put them in your Bible. Memorize and cross-reference these references so you can be ready always to give an answer (1 Peter. 3:15).

DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

“I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” Psalms 138:2

Did you know He magnified it above His own name?  Those who would downplay the importance of this issue, are clearly misled. This is no small issue in the divine economy. We get our knowledge of God by His written Word and if that Word has been altered, it must be uncovered.

Sorry guys but I just can’t live without the 64,000 words the NIV (Nearly Inspired Version) removed. I gotta have Jesus’ instruction on how to overcome unbelief and cast out the archenemy of Christ and our souls – the devil!!!! Matthew 17:21 is removed in new per-versions! Sorry, but I gotta have all of Romans 8:1 and not just half of it! The new per-versions chopped it in half! So, praise God for His preserved Word in the Authorized Version (AV). Is this Bible version issue a big issue? Well, let’s answer that by asking:

  1. Is overcoming our enemy important? (Matthew 17:21 removed)
  2. Did God say there are 2 or just 1 condition for being saved eternally? (Romans 8:1 chopped in half!)
  3. Can anyone be saved without Christ’s very blood? Colossians 1:14 – “through his blood” removed!
  4. Is the doctrine of the triune nature of the Godhead important? 1 John 5:7 is totally reconstructed, neutered, and made meaningless in new per-versions.

If those cardinal doctrines aren’t important to the Christian faith, then give me a story book, fairy tale version like these new corruptions (NIV, NAS, The Message, etc.). But … if overcoming the enemy (Matthew 17:21), being saved and walking in the Spirit (Romans 8:1), the very blood of Jesus (Colossians 1:14), and the triune nature of God are important (1 John 5:7), then as for me, I will read the real Bible and not some counterfeit the conspiratorial, apostate leadership of today endorse (Ezekiel 22:25-27). I can have zero respect for new versions and the corrupted manuscripts from which Satan had them taken.

In fact, I refuse to compare verses in the different versions while studying because God didn’t make a mistake when He kept His promise in preserving His Word in our language, purifying it seven times (Psalms 12:6-7). No need to compare God’s pure Word with diabolically contaminated per-versions of the Scriptures. Is the divine Person of the Holy Spirit not able to teach Jesus’ true saints? If not, we call the Son of God a liar (John 14:26; 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27). Did Jesus say that He gave God the Holy Ghost OR the Greek and Hebrew to teach us? Read the verses referenced in the previous sentence for the answer.

“Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away (steals) the word…” Mark 4:15

Jesus told us that Satan is the thief who has come only “to STEAL, and to kill, and to destroy.” (John 10:10)

Who can’t see that there are hoof prints on the removal of Matthew 17:21, the instructions Jesus gave of how to cast out devils? Am I supposed to be so blind, gullible, and ignorant as to believe that Satan, whom Jesus said “cometh…and taketh away…” had nothing to do with that? (Mark 4:15) Haha, nice try, but no thanks.

The most regrettable and astounding thing is that so many who are Christians or say they are, come to the defense of Satan’s masterpieces of deception – the new per-versions!

If God’s Word and having exactly what He wanted us to know is not important then let’s not concern ourselves with this topic. But, if it is, then something must be said!

-See Video of Dr. Frank Logston Below-

If you want true spiritual growth, get the real Word of God and burn the fairy tale new version you have. This is exactly what the LORD instructed me to do over 20 years ago when the corruptions of the new versions I was reading began to surface. I have been and am extremely grateful to our LORD for showing me such. The prophesied great falling away is underway and it has come largely at the hands of watered down, tainted, chopped up, and butchered false “Bible” versions.

Now, if you are a true child of God, I love you and will not argue with you about this. Yet, it is far too important a matter than to just pass over and not speak of.

“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live (have spiritual life from God) by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Luke 4:4

The term “EVERY WORD of God” appears in God’s Word several times. No man has been granted by God the slightest authority to alter His Word.

Many today have listened to a certain wolf named James White. They merely quote and parrot a mere man and a known doctrinal heretic at that. James White is Satan’s agent of misinformation to try to confirm Satan’s versions and keep duped people reading those per-versions. This is a spiritual matter and cannot be discerned merely by supposed facts (1 Corinthians 2:13-14). Any God-fearing, truly born again believer knows that it’s NOT okay to ever remove even one word from God’s Word (Revelation 22:18-19).

“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.  6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” Proverbs 30:5-6

All New Versions are Catholic Bibles – they come from the Catholic corrupted and controlled manuscripts (Vaticanus and Sinaiticus).

How many sins did Adam and Eve commit to get them kicked out of God’s presence? One! How many times did Uzzah disobey God by touching the ark and thereby being struck dead? Once! 2 Samuel 6.

How many words are okay to remove or change in God’s Word?

Keeping your false version of the “bible” may come in handy for the purpose of literally opening the Bibles side by side to compare those 4 verses listed in this post. All defense for such diabolical atrocity will be shattered and silenced.

—– WHY DO I UN-APOLOGETICALLY READ THE KING JAMES BIBLE? WHY do I have zero regard or respect for the new versions?

IF YOU READ OR QUOTE FROM ONE OF THE NEW VERSIONS, understand that when you read the quotes below, that these quotes are from the devils who crafted that so-called “bible” you read.

Check this out. Put on your seat belt!

***WOULD YOU read a “bible” by men who said this concerning the Scriptures?:  

“I reject the word infallibility of Holy Scriptures overwhelmingly.” (Westcott, The Life and Letters of Brook Foss Westcott, Vol. I, p.207).

“Our Bible as well as our Faith is a mere compromise.” (Westcott, On the Canon of the New Testament, p. vii).

“Evangelicals seem to me perverted. . .There are, I fear, still more serious differences between us on the subject of authority, especially the authority of the Bible.” (Hort, The Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort, Vol. I, p.400)

“Dr. Wilbur Pickering writes that, Hort did not hold to a high view of inspiration.” (The Identity of the New Testament Text, p.212)

Perhaps this is why both the RV (which Westcott and Hort helped to translate) and the American edition of it, the ASV, translated 2nd Timothy 3:16 as, “Every scripture inspired of God” instead of “All scripture is given by inspiration of God” (KJV).

If you are reading a new version “bible” it came directly from the work of these wicked, unsaved men.

ALL new “bible” versions come from the corrupted manuscripts which were perverted by these two evil men, Wescott and Hort.

See if you can begin to see why so many truth-seeking, Holy Ghost disciples of Jesus reject the new versions….. just take a quick look at those behind these per-versions ….

After seeing these things, namely comparing verses side by side, I can’t understand why any true follower of Christ would defend or wouldn’t take a strong stand against them.

As reported by Brian Sirois:

“H.P. Blavatsky also attended the “Ghostly Guild” meetings with Westcott and Hort, along with Charles Darwin. In her books Isis Unveiled Vol. 1 and 2, and The Secret Doctrine Vol. 1 and 2, Blavatsky says, “we have the Bible in true in Codex Sinaiticus (א) and Codex Vaticanus (B)” and goes on to say ” Westcott and Hort were true scholars that corrected the errors in previous versions.” Blavatsky also said that Westcott was the father of “channeling.”

Now listen to this quote by her,

“Now that the ‘Revised Version’ of the gospels has been published by Westcott and Hort, and the most glaring mistranslations in the old version, the King James, are corrected, one will better understand the words. The text of the English Protestant Bible is in disagreement as usual with the Alexandrian text. That which for nearly 1,500 years was opposed on Christianism of a book of which every word was written under direct supervision of the Holy Ghost; of which not one syllable or comma could be changed without Sacrilege, but now is being retranslated, revised and corrected and clipped of whole verses, and in some cases almost entire chapters. And as soon as the new edition is out, its doctors Westcott and Hort will have us accept it as new revelation of the 19th century. And the King James translators have made such a jumble of it, that no one but an occultist can restore the Bible to its original form.”

(H.P. Blavatsky, on the Bible, Isis Unveiled.)

In 1903, Westcott’s son “Arthur Westcott” published his father’s letters in a two volume book entitled, “Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott.”

Westcott shows his love for ROMAN CATHOLICISM on page 81, when he writes,

“After leaving the monastery we shaped our course to a little oratory which we discovered on the summit of neighbouring hill, and by a little scrambling we reached it. Fortunately we found the door open. It is very small, with one kneeling-place; and behind a screen was a “Pietà” the size of life (i.e. a virgin and dead Christ). The sculpture was painted, and such a group in such a place and at such a time was deeply impressive. I could not help thinking on the fallen grandeur of the Romish Church, on her zeal even in error, on her earnestness and self-devotion, which we might nobler views and a purer end, strive to imitate. Had I been alone I could have knelt there for hours.”

My Identity is in Jesus Christ, not a Bible version and yet, there are grave concerns.

I choose not to condemn others who might still think the new versions are okay. At the same time, here is my personal conviction and the reasons for such a conviction:

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, nail-scarred risen Savior and LORD, is my Master. He told us He would “preserve” His Word to our generation. Upon personal research and comparison of the versions, it is my conviction (not so much a preference), that the Word of God is preserved in the Authorized Version (Psalms 12:6-7). I believe, after many years of comparing verses, that all the versions cannot be from the same ultimate source/author. The removal of the blood of Christ (Col. 1:14), the butchering of the clearest verse in the Bible on the triune nature of God (1 John 5:7), the removal of fasting and prayer (Matt. 17:21), and chopping Romans 8:1 in half, are but a few great concerns. They seem to point to the work of an enemy of God instead of God Himself. That’s not even to mention the 64,000 words removed from the NIV, which along with the other new versions, was translated from the very few corrupted manuscripts. Is “the love of money” still “the root of all evil”? (1 Tim. 6:10) Of course it is and always will be among sinful men and so why should anyone be surprised that evil men would change God’s Word in order to get a slice of the monetary pie on the best selling book in all of history? They have taken upon themselves to change (add to and take away) from God’s Word and brought an eternal curse upon themselves in doing so (Rev. 22:18-19). The plagues include the very lake of fire (Rev. 20:10-15). With no apology to anyone, I personally will have no part with it.

“The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.” Psalms 33:11

Bible Versions Pages that are Very Eye-Opening:

Dr. Ken Matto writes:

“Just as the King James Bible has a rich lineage of uncorrupted transmission through the ages, the modern versions also have a lineage. Their lineage is one of corruption, deletion, omission, addition, rejection and confusion. Modern versions are the fruit of arrogant scholarship which includes homosexuals who worked on the NIV. God never calls unbelievers to preach and neither would He call a sodomite to translate His Word.

If your pastor rejects the pure lineage of the King James Bible and accepts the corrupt translations, then he is a proponent of modern scholarship which exalts the god of education above the God of the Bible. They are seriously deceived and are a danger to spiritual growth.”

My Personal Testimony in a Nutshell

Brothers and sisters, I hope these words find you trusting, truly worshiping, abiding, and fearing the LORD.  I also, like many of you, was reading the NIV early on after our LORD saved my wretched soul, but then, one day, accidentally (not quite), I was shown a verse in the NASB. It was Romans 8:1 and it has been cut in half! My jaw hit the ground. I was literally shocked that there could possibly be a misprint in God’s Word. I will never get over that day as long as I live! My eyes began to open right then and I embarked upon an investigation of the differences in the Bible versions and those differences are significant, so be not deceived. “Let no man deceive you by any means.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

Our Teacher: Greek and Hebrew or the Holy Spirit?

To a brother that was saying that one must understand the Greek and Hebrew to understand God, we responded with:

God gave / preserved His Word for us in our language just as He promised (Psalms 12:6-7). We don’t even know the English words of Holy Scripture as we should….. Yes we have “the CERTAINTY of the words of truth” in God’s Word so yes we can be sure (Prov. 22:17-21). Jesus says that the divine Person of the Holy Ghost is our Teacher, not the original languages (John 14:26; 16:13-14, etc.).

You don’t need to learn Greek or Hebrew. You don’t need Bible College or (God forbid) seminary. We need more of Jesus who gave us His Word and Holy Spirit (Psalms 119:105). It’s a lie undergirded by pride to say that God’s people need Hebrew or Greek. Sinful men wish to have something over others, so they use this device to bring men under their control by wielding over them this idea that THEY know the original language (2 Peter 2:19). Beware. This is a sham. God gave us His Word in our language and told us that the divine Person of the Holy Ghost is our Teacher, not the original language (John 14:26; 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27).

Video Below: A Lamp In The Dark: Untold history of Bible ~ Full Film. This exciting video unfolds the fascinating “untold” history of the Bible, revealing critical information often overlooked in modern histories.

Concerning the video below: This is another video warning everyone about the corrupt new “Bible” versions. The evil spirits behind these new “Bibles” go all the way back to corrupt Wescott & Hort manuscripts and the Vatican (Catholic Church). I only talk about the NIV and the ESV and their owners in this video, but all of the new “Bible” versions come from the corrupt Wescott & Hort manuscripts.

The New Versions are Jesuit Bibles

https://youtu.be/aJptorc_GWI

What’s the Big Deal About the KJV?

https://youtu.be/5_EXpUDP-i0

https://youtu.be/M5ifhf5FyAg

Getting on the Same Page

“Sound in the Faith” Titus 1:13; 2:2

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine.” Titus 2:1

The definition of words and terms can vary and so in order to be biblically sound, I will continue to transform and conform my language to the exact language that the Scriptures use. I think this to be in alignment with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1 where he spoke of us all speaking the same thing.

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” 1 Corinthians 1:10

The proliferation of corrupted new versions of the Bible has further routed the people of God, fragmenting the words and language of Holy Scripture and causing nearly no memorization and retention due to every supposedly inspired “Bible” having different language. Satan hit a home run with his new versions. Recently, I quoted several Scriptures from the King James Bible to a pastor. The look on his face told me that he had never heard those words. So, I shared with him the actual Bible references so he would know that those are literal Bible Scriptures. Saints, let’s all get a KJV Bible, the real English Bible, and learn, memorize and speak those words of God. Forget the excuses friend and just get the real Word of God. Never mind Satan’s lying excuse that you can’t understand the KJV. The divine Person of the Holy Spirit is your Teacher, so what is it that HE can’t teach you?

Virgin Birth / Deity of Jesus Christ Attacked

“The NIV drops ‘the only begotten Son’ completely from John 1:14 and 1:18.” Ian Paisley, My Plea for the Old Sword, p. 82

No one can be saved outside of believing that Jesus was born of a virgin having been “begotten of the Father.” (John 1:14) Jesus was “the ONLY begotten Son” which makes Him unique in all history and the only fulfillment of all the Messianic prophecies

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a VIRGIN shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14

We were foretold that the Messiah would be born of a “virgin.” Yet, amazingly,  the NIV takes away the word “virgin” in Isaiah 7:14.

The new versions are clearly from the enemy of all souls. They are an open and brazen attack on the Son of God as they deny Him in a myriad of ways.

“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? (THE virgin-born Messiah)  He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” 1 John 2:22-23)

“Knowing the attack wielded in the early centuries of Christianity against the essential diety and true, proper and impeccable humanity of our Lord, it can be rightfully concluded that, out of satanic hatred and hellish malice against the truth itself, the intention of the corrupter of God’s Holy Word was striking at the central truth of the Word of Salvation and tacitly denying what he dared not open exclude, that Jesus Christ was ‘come in the flesh.’ The saint of God rightly discerns here the ‘spirit of antichrist.’” Ian Paisley, My Plea for the Old Sword, p. 80

DIETY DENIAL SHOCKER!

WAS God or Immanuel, “manifest in the flesh” OR was He not? The new version denial of the incarnation of Jesus Christ is a brazen attack against the Father and His Christ. This is seen in the NIV and other new versions is seen also is 1 Timothy 3:16. Watch this:

KJV 1 Timothy 3:16

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

NIV 1 Timothy 3:16
“Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.”

Just WHO is “He” that “appeared in the flesh”? Was “He” Buddha? Was “He” Mohammed”? Are you beginning to see the point?

It doesn’t seem to me that any truly born again person, after seeing the many differences in the versions, namely actual verses compared, would do anything but get a KJV Bible and begin exposing the new versions for the diabolical weapons of deception that they are. Compare: Matthew 17:21; Romans 8:1; Colossians 1:14; 1 John 5:7.

More Vitals …

It’s only the agent of Satan who is under the dominion of “the spirit of antichrist,” who would dare cast doubt on God’s Word. It was Satan himself who did this first when he told the woman, “hath God said?” (Genesis 3:4) In doing this he cast doubt on what the LORD had stated. Those who dare do such today reveal plainly who they are serving.

Here is some vital information that reveals shocking differences between the King James Bible and the new Bible versions. Have the central and foundational doctrines that make up the historic Christian faith been altered which were divinely transmitted through “holy men of God” and “once delivered to the saints”? (2 Pet. 1:20-21; Jude 3-4) If so, could this be a diabolical plot to weaken the Church, making way for the great and foretold falling away in the final days before Christ returns? (2 Thess. 2:3; Rev. 12:12) To those who have not previously investigated this subject, these questions themselves may sound radical, but please read on and become informed before you draw conclusion. WARNING: You may be shocked by the things revealed on this page. With the exception of the first listing (Verse Comparison), the remainder of the information is from other ministries (we may not agree with these other ministries on all points).

“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.” Proverbs 30:5-6

If God’s Word has been changed, do you think it’s right to know and talk about it? If not, what do we seek to hide? Are there people claiming to be Christians who are covering for the devil – hiding his destructive lies from the people? If God’s very words have been in any way altered, so has His doctrine and thus we discover the greatest evil ever perpetrated upon the world. Satan and sin are so deeply rooted in the hearts of some men, that some will actually argue to justify this unspeakable atrocity of the changing of God’s Word and go to any length to justify such unadulterated evil! (2 Cor. 11:12-15)

“For ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.” Jeremiah 23:36

Beloved, these people are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They claim to be servants of the LORD while they seek to justify and defend the gross, brazen and unabashed perversion of His very words. Absurd hypocrisy! “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (Rom. 3:18) Listen, No one can be saved without the precious blood of Christ and the removal of the blood of Jesus even one time is enough to forever condemn these new versions as satanic counterfeits (see Heb. 9:22; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; Col. 1:14). It would be appropriate to question the salvation of anyone who would seek to justify such or crassly overlook it.

If you are personally convicted concerning the corruption of the new versions and are brought by the Holy Spirit to a place of wanting to destroy your copies of these counterfeits of God’s true Word, please read Acts 19:19 to see how those who repented had a bonfire to burn everything associated with the evil one.

Did you realize that 64,000 words have been deleted/removed from the NIV? Who did Jesus tell us is in the business of perverting and taking away God’s words?

“Satan cometh immediately, and TAKETH AWAY the word.” Mark 4:15

SEVERE WARNING: “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 (includes the lake of fire for eternity): 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.” Revelation 22:18-19

https://youtu.be/wZBeIr1wKGY

The “Easter” Question:

“Since Tyndale invented the English word Passover from Pasach, I’m quite sure he understood it’s usage. Passover is NOT correct there because it clearly states it was the days of Unleavened Bread, which is after Passover. Despite Jewish tradition of later combining the two, they ARE separate and were at that time. Therefore, it could NOT have been Passover which is why Tyndale who invented the Word placed Easter, after Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, which is the pagan feast the Romans intended to bring him out after. Easter is NOT Christian, never has been and never will be. Tyndale and the King James translators followed his example and it is most certainly correct.” Derek Lee

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***The new per-versions of the Bible use the term “self-controlled” which is misleading, contradictory, and heretical.  The KJV word is “temperance” which is a fruit only produced by the divine Person of the Holy Ghost in the abiding disciple (Galatians 5:22-23). Think about “SELF control” which gives the idea that we control ourselves instead of being under the control of the LORD Himself.

***From Joseph Zanti: “The worst translation of them all in my opinion? The Message. It’s 1 man’s translation… a commentary, not a bible. A quote from the author himself: “When I’m in a congregation where somebody uses [The Message] in the Scripture reading, it makes me a little uneasy. I would never recommend it be used as saying, “Hear the Word of God from The Message.” But it surprises me how many do.” | The Message “Bible” Exposed

“I have been reading the KJV and really seem to like it better. Boy was I missing out all these years! It really seems to have the words God originally wanted!” Ivanca O.

After just a few yrs after that satanic masterpiece (the NIV) was created, it had already been changed over 4,000 times! The KJV has only been altered in the way of minor grammatical changes as the language changes, not the words. Gail Riplinger’s book titled In Awe of Thy Word is a masterpiece and so is New Age Bible Versions, another of her books. AV Publications.  One will ever so deeply appreciate the AV if they read any of her books.

Why Did the 1611 KJV Include the Apocrypha? 

Dialogue/Feedback:

Message Received:

“What about the changes in the King James?”

Reply:

BEWARE of the devils who defend those satanic masterpiece new per-versions of the Bible. Note how they are grasping for every straw they can get their hands on. For example some of them refer to the merely grammatical changes that were made in the King James Bible due only to bridging the gap in languages. They vainly attempt to make that an issue to defend one of Satan’s masterpiece new version while the new versions have been taken from corrupted manuscripts to begin with, and altered in content along the way as if God changed.

The King James Bible didn’t undergo content changes which is what the new versions have done. For example, the NIV had over 4,000 changes made in it in the first few years it was out …. huge difference.

I stopped reading the NIV about 3 years ago, I have grown so much as a believer since reading the KJV (the true word of God) but until it is shown for what it is (a counterfeit) by standing it up next to the KJV, it is hard to know a counterfeit on it’s own without comparison. The more I looked into it, the more I see the force behind the NIV….Satan. God bless you brother, the more brothers and sisters get to know the difference the better.” Tim

Message Received:

“Most of the “biblical scholar” liberals claim that some of the verses in the KJB were added later and weren’t in the original manuscripts. I’m curious as to how they know that, but even more curious as to why they’d want to remove the blood from the Word.” Jimmy

Reply:

Jimmy, I have heard people say that too …. man, that is as amateur as it gets in my opinion ….. can you imagine the amount of work it would take to ADD that many words (tens of thousands) to over 5,300 manuscripts? These devils don’t know what to lie about next.

Robert Cruz notes: The NIV and the New World Translation are almost IDENTICAL. That alone should tell us all we need to know… www.kjv-truth-ministries.org

“Westcott and Hort’s beliefs are readily found in a two-volume series on each that includes their personal correspondence to one another and others entitled Life and Letters… They were apostates and yet we entrust them with providing us the written Word of God. We’re so stupid.” Timothy A.

“Despite me telling my mom the truth about all this info on those other bible versions, she still doesnt care? I dont understand how some choose to be willingly ignorant, and not even care? :(” Ross C.

“How can we spread the truth if we are not certain we have the truth? The modern scholar is not confident that the Bible he holds, that he may have helped translate, is certainly true. This is painfully obvious in the skeptical footnotes.” Paul Y.

Message Received:

“PRAISE YOU LORD! Thank you for leading me to the KING JAMES BIBLE…..!!” Cheryl B. (Bible Versions)

Comment:

This is an encouraging testimony. We have seen (that we know of) literally hundreds of Christians who get rid of their catholic new versions and get the English Bible God ordained and intended for His body who speak English. All new versions come from catholic corrupted, catholic controlled manuscripts. Personally, I have no respect for any new version that doesn’t come from the Majority Text – the 5,364 manuscripts that agree. All new versions come from the 2 perverted manuscripts which are controlled by the center for all divination and paganism in the earth, the roman catholic church.

Question:

Were there no true disciples before the 1611 KJV?

Reply:

Hi. Well, you missed the point friend. Of course there were true disciples BEFORE the KJV. The point is, that the KJV is God’s pure Word, faithfully translated into OUR LANGUAGE from His preserved manuscripts. ALL other English versions ALL come from the 2 perverted, catholic manuscripts – vaticanus and sinaiticus. All new versions are catholic bibles. This includes the NKJV which is also a counterfeit. NKJV / New King James Version

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***FROM Brian Daniels: Why isn’t the word “sodomite” in the NIV?

The answer is because there were homosexuals (what the Bible terms “Sodomites” after the city of Sodom which God destroyed because of it’s woeful wickedness) on the NIV translating committee. One such sodomite was Virginia Mollenkott. Another sodomite was the Chairman of the NIV Old Testament Committee! The name of the sodomite? Dr. Marten H. Woudstra (he’s dead now). The following quote was ascribed to Dr. Woudstra, Chairman of the NIV Old Testament Committee:

“There is nothing in the Old Testament that corresponds to homosexuality as we understand it today”
Is it any wonder why the word “sodomite” is not in the NIV? It doesn’t require too much thinking. Look below and see what they replaced the word “sodomite” with:

THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

Deuteronomy 23:17- There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

THE NIV

Deuteronomy 23:17- No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.

THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

1 Kings 14:24- And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

THE NIV

1 Kings 14:24- There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

1 Kings 15:12- And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

THE NIV

1 Kings 15:12- He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.

THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

1 Kings 22:46- And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

THE NIV

1 Kings 22:46- He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.

THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

2 Kings 23:7- And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

THE NIV

2 Kings 23:7- He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the LORD and where women did weaving for Asherah.

Why is this important? A couple of reasons.

Ever heard of “Sodomy Laws”? It was illegal in the U.S. to be a sodomite (now people call ’em homosexuals); hence SODOMY laws. In a generation or two, people, including Christians who read the NIV, won’t know where the word sodomite came from.

This change from sodomite to “shrine prostitute” tells us that homosexuality isn’t bad, there are just some homosexuals doing bad things. This sentiment has been expressed by a number of pro-sodomite individuals who claim Christ. They are deceiving themselves for the scripture says the effeminate and abusers of themselves with mankind won’t inherit the kingdom of heaven.

This NIV revelation makes me want to use the word “sodomite” all the time! I plan to use it in place of the nicer sounding “homosexual”. The sodomites were criminals that were destroyed by God for their wicked practices. Men with men working that which is unseemly–receiving in themselves the recompence of their error which was meet. Read more about sodomites Mollenkott and Woudstra here.

Mmmm, interesting stuff here on the sodomites. Yet some professing Christian will write me quoting NIV scholars and complaining that the KJV is full of errors! We know what happens when the blind lead the blind–both shall fall into the ditch!” Brian Daniels

Comparison Chart

KJV

NIV

Matthew 17:21“Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”(Here Jesus gives His disciples of the whole New Testament era how to cast out the enemy when they find him tormenting someone. This is a prevalent doctrine found in the NT Scriptures – Matt. 8:16; 10:1-8; Mark 16:17, etc. The word “devil” appears 57 times in the Bible which underscores that the LORD and His people have a sworn enemy. The removal of this verse was to blind God’s people from the existence and threat of the their enemy.) Matthew 17:21
WHOLE VERSE REMOVED(Satan didn’t want the saints of Christ to know what it takes to cast him out!)
Romans 8:1“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” (2 conditions given here) Romans 8:1“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”(half of this verse was chopped. The enemy didn’t want believers to know that they must walk in the Spirit and not the sins of the flesh after they are in Christ, or they will lose out in the end)
Colossians 1:14“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:14“in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”(“through his blood” REMOVED. God’s arch enemy attacks Him here by having the very redeeming blood of Christ removed here.)
1 John 5:7“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”(This is the clearest verse in Holy Writ of the triune nature of God) 1 John 5:7“For there are three that testify:”(This important verse is all but removed in the NIV.)

 

NASB EXPOSED by Original Editor

—- From the NASV to the KJV By Frank Logsdon …   In the 1950s Logsdon was invited by his businessman friend Franklin Dewey Lockman to prepare a feasibility study which led to the production of the New American Standard Version (NASV). He also helped interview some of the men who served as translators for this version. He wrote the Foreword which appears in the NASV.

As we see in the following testimony, in the later years of his life Logsdon publicly renounced his association with the modern versions and stood unhesitatingly for the King James Bible. In a letter dated June 9, 1977, Logsdon wrote to Cecil Carter of Prince George, British Columbia, “When questions began to reach me [pertaining to the NASV], at first I was quite offended. However, in attempting to answer, I began to sense that something was not right about the NASV. Upon investigation, I wrote my very dear friend, Mr. Lockman, explaining that I was forced to renounce all attachment to the NASV. … I can aver that the project was produced by thoroughly sincere men who had the best of intentions. The product, however, is grievous to my heart and helps to complicate matters in these already troublous times.”  http://www.av1611.org/kjv/logsdon.html

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Beware of the Crown Stealers! [video]


by Glenn and Dezi Langohr

“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” Revelation 3:11

In the next teaching we are going to go over all of PAUL’S WRITINGS that false teachers manipulate.

False teachers today — OSAS, Hyper-Dispensationalists, Free Gracers, and Pretribbers — are crown stealers . They twist Paul’s writings to promise a salvation that requires no endurance, obedience, or holiness. But Jesus and Paul speak the same Gospel . Jesus warned through parables: some hear the Word with joy but fall away in tribulation ; servants who neglect their calling are cut off ; virgins without oil are shut out of the wedding feast ; unprofitable servants are cast into outer darkness . These mysteries of the Kingdom reveal that salvation is conditional — not “once saved, always saved.”

Paul confirmed the same truth . He warned believers not to believe in vain (1 Cor 15:2), to run the race and fight the good fight of faith (1 Cor 9:24; 1 Tim 6:12), to hold faith with a good conscience or risk shipwreck , and to lay hold of eternal life through endurance. He declared that believers can be cut off if they do not continue in God’s goodness (Rom 11:22). He said Christ could be hindered from being fully formed in the heart (Gal 4:19). He exhorted believers to test themselves to see if they were truly in the faith, warning that without Christ in them, they would be reprobates (2 Cor 13:5). He even named names FOR CAUSING OTHERS TO SHIPWRECK THEIR FAITH LIKE PRETRIBBERS DO— Hymenaeus, Philetus, and Demas FOR FORSAKING PAUL DURING PERSECUTION FOR A LOVE OF THIS PRESENT WORLD — DEMAS was a fellow laborer with Paul so let that sink in. Paul preached the full counsel of God (Acts 20:27), the same Kingdom Gospel Jesus proclaimed, not a new “Paul’s gospel.”

Revelation seals the testimony . Jesus calls His churches to repent, endure, and overcome — warning that names can be blotted from the Book of Life (Rev 3:5) , crowns can be stolen (Rev 3:11) , and lukewarm believers will be rejected (Rev 3:16). Seven blessings are promised to the faithful: eating of the Tree of Life, the crown of life, hidden manna, authority to reign, the first resurrection, entering New Jerusalem, and eternal life with God. But alongside these blessings are terrifying judgments : beast worshippers tormented forever, Babylon’s fall, the great white throne, and the fearful and unbelieving cast into the lake of fire. The conclusion is clear: endure, overcome, hold fast — let no man steal your crown .

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“Them that Seduce You” 1 John 2:26 [podcast]


From the book I Die Daily

“Them that Seduce You” 1 John 2:26

“He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.” Matthew 27:42

“Come down from the cross” is the cry of the enemy of all souls. Here he inspired God-less men to tempt Christ to not complete the work of redemption. In the same way, today, God-less pulpiteers and writers say nothing of the daily cross Christ commanded to be taken up by any person who would follow Him (Luke 9:23-24). These are the very “enemies of the cross of Christ” Paul warned us about (Philippians 3:18-19). Of this phenomenon, a disciple writes:

“Satan works both angles. First, he tried to keep Jesus (and us as His body) from going to or staying on the cross. On the other hand, he puts us on the cross as per what he did through Judas, the high priests of Judaism, and Pilate, and the Romans. Satan is somewhat schizophrenic as to this. But 1 Corinthians 2:8 is making the point that had he, the main prince and his underling princes, if they had known what they were doing (defeating themselves as a house divided), they would never have crucified the Lord of Glory. Satan’s house is a house divided against itself and is therefore laid waste by his own forces just as Jesus stated in Matthew 12. Peter himself reviled Jesus when Christ told him He would be going to the cross. Jesus attributed that work to Satan.”

When Peter, being used of Satan spoke, the Son of God turned, and said to Peter…

“Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matthew 16:23-26

Here Jesus spoke not only of the necessity of His own redeeming cross, but also of the daily cross to be taken up by each and every one of those who would follow Him. This should forever underscore and cement in our understanding the necessity of the daily cross.

One preacher wrote:

“Galatians 2:20 says, ‘I am crucified with Christ,’ and Romans 6:5 says, ‘For if we have been planted (united) together in the likeness of His death.’ These are both in the Greek perfect verb tense.

This indicates a past event WITH CONTINUING EFFECTS. So, it could literally say ‘I have been and continue to be crucified with Christ’ and ‘For if we have been and continue to be planted ….’ Romans 8:36, 2 Corinthians 4:10, and 1 Corinthians 15:31 clearly speak of a daily death with Christ.

Ephesians 4:22-24 talks of a continual putting off (death) of the old man, as does 2 Corinthians 4:16. Martin Luther taught of a daily Spirit baptism and called it ‘dying upward.’ These people who teach otherwise resist the daily cross. This is the error of triumphalism.

As we appropriate the finished work daily, we become more
and more what we already are. We possess our possessions.
Compare Colossians 3:3 with Colossians 3:5.

Let’s take the advice above and put together verses 3 and 5
of Colossians 3: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ
in God … Mortify therefore your members which are upon the
earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”

T. Austin-Sparks stated the following:

We have not to die; we are dead. What we have to do is to
accept our death … In baptism … we simply step in there and
say, ‘That position which God has settled with reference to
me is the one which I now accept, and I testify here in this
way to the fact that I have accepted God’s position for me,
namely, that in the Cross I have been brought to an end.’
The true disciple is always “delivered unto death for Jesus’
sake” (2 Cor. 4:11.) He has “crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts” (Gal. 5:24). He is daily putting to death
“the deeds of the body” and being “raised up” by the power of
the same Holy Spirit “that raised up Christ from the dead”
(Rom. 8:11, 13). He rejoices in “Christ Jesus” and has “no
confidence in the flesh” (Philippians 3:3).

“I die daily … Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake … that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.” 1 Corinthians 15:31; 2 Corinthians
4:10-12

Concerning the raising up process of the Gospel of God, T. Austin-Sparks wrote:

“The unalterable basis of an open heaven is a grave, and a
crisis at which you come to an end of your own self-life. It is
the crisis of real experiential identification with Christ in His
death.”

Though we entered into His death upon initial salvation, accepting and experiencing that death is still a daily choice, an individual decision to be made on an ongoing basis. One’s choice to continue to persevere, following Christ as He clearly prescribed, will determine his eternal destination (Luke 9:62; 19:13; 21:19; Romans 6:16; Galatians 6:7-9).

The insidious circumventing of the cross can come in many clandestine ways that are masked with pious outer garb. Today, while refusing to utter the full counsel of the One they claim to be representing, smiling and charismatic men stand in sheep’s clothing, promising heavenly life to those who live in sin. They only prosper due to the volitional biblical illiteracy of the masses. Ignorance of the truth is a choice with eternal consequences (Hosea 4:6; Matthew 22:29; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).

Many like to hide behind works they do in and surrounding their local church home. They relish singing in the choir, ushering, doing drama or being a part of the technical team, helping in various ways, or even preaching a message, and yet the life of Christ is not manifesting in their personal lives as they go out into their world daily. His light in them is not bright enough to shine into the darkened hearts of men through personal evangelism. They have been steeped in a mere formula of godliness that does not manifest the evidential fruit of one who is truly in Christ, radiant by His glory, and flourishing in His life. A. W. Tozer wrote:

Another substitute for discipleship is: Our Lord referred to
this when He reproached the Pharisees for their habit of
tithing mint and anise and cumin while at the same time
omitting the weightier matters of the Law such as justice,
mercy and faith. Literalism manifests itself among us in
many ways, but it can always be identified in that it lives by
the letter of the Word while ignoring its spirit. It habitually
fails to apprehend the inward meaning of Christ’s words,
and contents itself with external compliance with the text.

If Christ commands baptism, for instance, it finds
fulfillment in the act of water baptism, but the radical
meaning of the act as explained in Romans 6 is completely
overlooked. It reads the Scriptures regularly, contributes
consistently to religious work, attends church every Sunday
and otherwise carries on the common duties of a Christian
and for this it is to be commended. Its tragic breakdown is
its failure to comprehend the Lordship of Christ, the
believer’s discipleship, separation from the world and the
crucifixion of the natural man.

Literalism attempts to build a holy temple upon the sandy
foundation of the religious self. It will suffer, sacrifice and
labor, but it will not die. It is Adam at his pious best, but it
has never denied self to take up the cross and follow Christ.”

Prayer—Forgive me, Lord, for trying to follow You without taking up that self-death instrument daily.

Yet another way the depraved heart, cloaked fully in a mere form of religion, seeks to circumvent the work of the cross, is by denying or ignoring that there is a cross to take up “daily.” The one whose theology is undergirded and poisoned with the unconditional eternal security lie, must resist all personal responsibility. He must take the line of least resistance. He is a moral coward, who while feigning to be walking in grace, has actually acquiesced to such a mythical position in order to avoid dying the death.

He refuses to buy into the truth of the Gospel when it threatens his own personal comfort zone he has built around himself, using half-truths and twisted and convoluted blends of philosophy, clichés, and Scripture. At all cost, he must remain intoxicated with the lie that he can do nothing to violate and fail the grace of God, and forfeit his place with God, which he erroneously believes is eternally secure—no matter what rebellion he may choose to commit against Him who is “Holy, holy, holy” (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8). So, he must fight the truth violently using his keyboard, pulpit, or pen to defend his paper-thin position. He must at all costs make sure anyone he leads believes that “God requires nothing of him, that salvation is of the LORD, and there is absolutely never any personal responsibility placed upon the individual recipient of salvation.”

What a tragic, fraudulent lie this deceiver is casting upon those naïve enough to give him ear! The bowels of hell have been nourished by millions who have bought this lie and have descended into the gaping and inescapable abyss (Isaiah 5:14). God forbid that anyone under the care of the “grace” deceiver be burdened with the slightest incentive or motivation to live holy, because in his evil theology, God Himself is no longer holy and just and doesn’t punish sin in His own people. Using whatever deceptive means and even Scripture-twisting, the deceiver will do away with all thought of personal responsibility from among his flock. He further seeks to lull them asleep with himself, as they bask in the lukewarmness of hell-bound Laodicea and those “at ease in Zion,” refusing to hear and hearken to the severe warning to turn back to the LORD—“Repent” and “Woe to them” (Amos 6:1; Revelation 3:14-21).

Circumventing Schemes

In order to accomplish keeping his flock asleep, the beguiler must only acknowledge the positional cross, while seeking to deny the experiential or daily cross Christ commanded His followers to take up (Matthew 10:38-39; Mark 8:34-39; Luke 9:23-24). Those who deny the “daily” cross Christ commanded, deny Christ (Mark 8:34-38). To deny His words is to deny Him (Mark 8:38; John 8:47; 14:21). Those who do not teach Christ’s command to deny self and take up the cross daily, hold a position of lawlessness; such are false teachers, “ungodly men” who are “turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (a license for sin) (Romans 6:1-2, 15; Jude 3-4). We are to “earnestly contend” against them and the heresies they spread.

Concerning the “remnant” which is a descriptive word defining the only people to be eternally with Christ, Isaiah 37:31 says: “And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.” No one can “bear fruit upward” unless he is willing to humble himself “under the mighty hand of God.”

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:” 1 Peter 5:6

The Last Days

God’s Word forewarns us that only a few among those once righteous will be in Heaven. “And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:18).

With all the popular last days type books in print, it is regrettable that few of them if any deal with readiness as the Scriptures present it. The human authors seem to completely overlook such an essential truth, because they have been schooled in this cross-denying way themselves. They completely overlook Christ’s severe words of warning in Luke 21:34-36. The typical modern church posture is that if one has at some moment in the past received Christ, he is forever and indelibly secure for Heaven no matter what, with no possibility of losing out with God. Is this what the Bible teaches us?

Great tribulation is coming, such as has never been experienced upon the earth. “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matthew 24:21).

We are told by the Son of God that only those with the oil of God in their vessels will be admitted into the marriage feast of the Lamb (Matthew 25:1-13). Only those who are intently connected with Jesus Christ, foregoing the things that would hinder their relationship with Him, will “escape all these things that shall come to pass.”

“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Luke 21:34-36

He told us that if we will overcome and be with Him, we must “be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” By this we know that some shall not “escape.”

The LORD Jesus beckoned those who would follow Him to the end, to be waiting and ready for His imminent and pending return:

“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.” Luke 12:35-40

The enduring saints must discern keenly, and the only way to do such is to fully repent, love Him personally and supremely, and cast off all worldly ties that draw us from the Bridegroom (Revelation 3:14-18).

In order to escape this promised and epidemic onslaught of the enemy of God, one must be daily “crucified with Christ,” being separate from iniquity and abiding in Christ (John 15:1-6; Galatians 2:20). It is only in being “dead” that we are “hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). It is only in experiencing His “death” that His “life” can work in us and through us to others (2 Corinthians 4:10-12). It is only in taking “root downward” that He will raise us up to “bear fruit upward” (Isaiah 37:31).

As was prophesied, the enemy’s seduction of souls is in full swing and ever-increasing as the time of the return of Jesus draws nigh:

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Revelation 12:12

In the above passage, those who are already safe with Him in Heaven are told to “rejoice,” while those who remain upon the earth in this last hour are solemnly warned to beware because “the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Perhaps there would yet remain among us some who are still ignorant of the devices of the enemy, and not so sure about the activities he is perpetrating among the remnant. Listen closely to what Jesus says concerning the final days which we are now living in:

These things have I written unto you concerning them that
seduce you (this is John’s inspired reason for writing to us). But
the anointing which ye have received of him abideth (remains)
in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same
anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
These things have I written unto you concerning them that
seduce you (this is John’s inspired reason for writing to us). But
the anointing which ye have received of him abideth (remains)
in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same
anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. And now,
little children, abide (remain) in him; that, when he shall
appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before
him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that
every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. Behold, what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth
us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we
shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him
(the hope of Christ’s soon return) purifieth himself, even as he
is pure. 1 John 2:26-3:3

According to these Holy Spirit inspired words penned by John the apostle, there are “many deceivers” seeking to “seduce you” (1 John 2:26; 2 John 7-11). One of the most insidious ways these wolves, who “lie in wait to deceive,” operate, is by refraining from preaching the true Gospel which includes the taking up of the daily cross (Matthew 16:24-27; Luke 9:23-24). If one will be safe in heavenly glory, never to suffer another iota of pain for all the eternal future, he must stay clear of the “many deceivers” who have answered the call of evil, and are sent forth to “deceive” those who would be prey due to:

• Having a lack of knowledge—not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God (Hosea 4:6; Matthew 22:29)
• Not watching and praying (Matthew 26:41)
• Not submitting to God (James 4:7)
• Not being crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20)
• Not being “dead” and having their lives “hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3)
• Not having their affections set upon things above (Colossians 3:1-4)
• Minding earthly things (Philippians 3:18-19)

There is abundant proof that so many today vainly believe they can have the benefits of the cross without the responsibility of the cross. They want the crown but not the cross. They are self-serving (“whose god is their belly”) and so desire to feel secure by trusting that because Christ died and was buried and rose again, they are safe.

As was long ago foretold, many in this deceived generation are trusting in Christ’s atoning death without their own personal participation. They call Him “Lord, Lord,” but in the end will hear the horrific words of termination, “Depart from me”  (Matthew 7:21-23.) From His blessed presence they will be forever alienated, vanquished into “the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:11-15).

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (lawlessness).” Matthew 7:21-23

So many who claim the name of Christ conveniently ignore what Jesus said about taking up the cross and following Him to the end. In the riveting words listed in the above passage, did Jesus not tell us that only “he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” will be allowed into His Heaven? The daily denial of self, taking up the cross, and following Him is at the heart of the Gospel Jesus gave us.

According to the Son of God, overcomers will be allowed into Heaven and no one else (Revelation 2-3).

Readiness test:

• Are you daily taking up your cross? (Matthew 16:24-25)
• Do you daily deny yourself so that Christ can reign in your mortal body? (Luke 9:23-24; 2 Corinthians 4:11-12)
• Are you following Christ in the way He prescribed? (Matthew 7:21; John 8:47; 1 John 2:3-6)
• Are you purifying your life of all that offends God? (Acts 15:9; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 John 3:3)
• Are you coming out from this sinful world system and the apostate religious system? (2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; 1 John 2:14-17)
• In obedience to the LORD, are you remaining clear of any and all wolves, who preach or pen a cross-less gospel? (2 Corinthians. 11:2-5; Philippians 3:18-19)
• Are you learning yet more and more to hate this sinful and rebellious world system, lest you become the enemy of God? (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15-17)
• Are you daily in the Word so the Word is getting into you and washing your heart and mind of all that is not according to the mind of Christ? (Psalms 119:9, 11; Proverbs 4:4, 21; Jeremiah 15:16; John 15:3; Ephesians 5:26)
• Are you keeping your lamp full by daily communion with Jesus? (Matthew 25:1-13; 1 John 1:3-9)
• Are you abstaining from fleshly lusts and departing from all iniquity? (2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Peter 2:11)
• Are you overcoming the wiles of the enemy who seeks to seduce you from self-denial? (1 John 2:26-3:3)
• Are you watching and praying, so as to be blessed to take up your cross daily and not be seduced from essential obedience in following Christ? (Matthew 26:41; Luke 12:35-40)
• Are you watching and praying so as to escape all sin and remain ever ready for Christ’s soon appearing? (Proverbs 8:34; Matthew 26:41; Luke 21:34 -36)
• Are you calling others to come to the Fountain of living waters from which all life flows, and in which all blessings abide? (Revelation 22:17)

In this late hour, may God bless each of us—His children—to be in fellowship with those who are embracing instead of evading the daily cross, and who “call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22).

As we were long ago forewarned, the “great wrath” of the one who “knoweth that he hath but a short (brief) time” has “come down” upon us through an epidemic of apostate leaders, who like the deceivers of old, erroneously promise His eternal life to those who refuse to take up their crosses to follow Him (Jeremiah 23:17; Amos 9:10; 2 Peter 2; Jude 3-4). Beware! “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” (Colossians 2:8).

PRAYER: Jesus, please deeply quicken Your holy fear in my inner most being. From this instant forward, I look fervently for Your soon return. Heavenly Father, I beg You to unite my heart to fear Thy name and make ultra-sensitive my conscience—to be so easily convicted upon the slightest thought that varies from Your holy will. Into Your hands, I now commend my spirit. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Capture Points

• Read and discuss Matthew 27:43 and how it applied to Christ when He was on the cross, and how this same temptation applies to the believer in his daily walk with Jesus.
• Transcribe 1 Peter 4:18 on an index card and discuss. (KJB recommended)
• Read and discuss Luke 12:35-40. (KJB recommended)

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“The Collection for the Saints”

Are Money Collections Biblical?

Yes, yet what should money be collected to do?

1 Corinthians 16:1

KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE: Money collections to do GOD’s work are not a sin but rather an opportunity for God’s people to crucify, to put off the sins of greed and covetousness and to lay up treasure in Heaven as He commanded (Matthew 6:19-21; Ephesians 5:7-9). Also, to say that allowing people to support GOD’s work is wrong, is to declare Jesus to be a sinner because He had a treasurer which could only mean that people chose to support the work.

Recently the subject of giving has arisen several times in a short period of time so I wanted to treat it with God’s Word. When the topic of the Word of Faith prosperity pimps came up recently, a few people raised the question as to whether money should be collected by anyone today (any ministry). In addressing the question as to whether or not it is right or wrong for a ministry to facilitate the collection of money, the following reply was given.

There were collections among the saints in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 16:1-3), Jesus had a treasurer in case people wanted to participate and lay up treasure in Heaven…. yet the prosperity scammers falsely teach people to give in order to get God to bless them instead of giving out of love, obedience, gratitude, and worship to the LORD.

Okay, let me insert this: ANYone who doesn’t like ministers speaking about money has money as their god and are not saved according to Jesus because they have chosen money/mammon over God (Matthew 6:24). Those who truly serve the One who gives all good gifts delight in giving Him the first portion of what He gives them (Proverbs 3:10-11). By doing so they continue to establish that He alone is LORD and Master of their lives!

Collections were taken up in the early church (1 Corinthians 16:1-3). Jesus’ apostle Paul wrote:

“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.” 1 Corinthians 16:1-3

First off, this tells us that Paul set in order, set up the order, he had “given order to the churches” to collect, to take up a “collection for the saints” when they gathered. He instructs Christ’s saints to “let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.” There is much in this revelation. The saints of Christ are to be intentional and order the wealth God gives them, according “as God hath prospered” them. They are to “lay be him in store” or store up, to set aside that which they are going to give. The implication seems that we are to do such deliberately, and with joy as God prospers us.

According to the Word of God and the pattern and teaching of the apostles and early church, each disciple of Jesus should weekly and cheerfully set aside money, etc. to give. He/she is to “lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.” (1 Corinthians 16:2)

Note that the “collection” was “for the saints” and not to be wasted on building a physical building of an enterprising pastor or to buy him a million dollar home, expensive cars, and watches, not to mention the extravagant accessories lavished upon many modern pastor’s wives. Oh, don’t forget that in the modern apostate church world, while some struggle to make ends meet and others go under financially, we must not forget to throw the pastor a birthday party and give him an expensive gift, right?

So, obviously collections are ordained of God to grant privilege and opportunity to those who would choose to give to His cause of helping Christians who lack and ministers of His Gospel. The collections are a blessing to us and yet, what we give to is the question. Supporting true, Great Commission, New Testament ministries is very important lest we fund a work that is not fulfilling the mandate of Christ and in doing so waste the resources He put in our temporal of  care.

John Wesley writes:

“Let every one – Not the rich only: let him also that hath little, gladly give of that little. According as he hath been prospered – Increasing his alms as God increases his substance. According to this lowest rule of Christian prudence, if a man when he has or gains one pound give a tenth to God, when he has or gains an hundred he will give the tenth of this also. And yet I show unto you a more excellent way. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Stint yourself to no proportion at all. But lend to God all you can.”

Anthony Terry writes:

“Scripture is clear on the gatherings of the saints. They are for the saints only. They are to bring their offerings into the gatherings so when a need arises it can be met. Scripture also tells us that those with earthly goods should sell them when a saint is in need and to supply that need. This also is not done today. Too many are storing up treasures here and not in the kingdom. Scripture says if you have the ability to meet a need and don’t do it then how can you say God dwells in you? (1 Cor. 16:1-2; Acts 2:44-45; 4:34-35)”

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED IN THE MODERN HOUSES OF EXTORTION THAT SOME CALL “CHURCHES” THAT THE PASTORS WILL OFTEN SAY THINGS LIKE “WE’RE FAMILY” AND YET, WHEN YOU HAVE A NEED, THEY COULD CARE LESS? THEY ONLY CARE FOR YOU INASMUCH AS YOU ARE GIVING TO THEM! BUT THE BIBLE TEACHES EQUALITY AND EVEN DISTRIBUTION, ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WORKING AND DILIGENTLY OBEDIENT (ACTS 2:44-45; 4:32-35; EPHESIANS 4:28; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:11-12; 2 THESSALONIANS 3, ETC.).

To illustrate the gross misuse of money in the modern church world, please allow me to relate the following true story:

An example comes to mind that was related to me by a good friend. The story goes …. This brother and his family (close friends of mine) were struggling financially and were on the brink of their second foreclosure. Their house was getting ready to be foreclosed on and a few members of the leadership fully knew this. Yet, during this same time period those very leaders organized and solicited the people of that particular local church to chip in to buy the pastor a $30,000 watch for his birthday. They totally ignored the needy brother’s necessity/lack and so that brother’s house was foreclosed on. This is an example of unthinkable inequity and brazen disobedience to God’s Word where one member of the body of Christ was elevated unduly above the other members. Among the earliest believers there was equity. Take note to what was transpiring just after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost at the end of Acts 2. Compare. Take close note to the blessed and exemplary state of the church before the greedy, self-serving wolves and their thieving practices entered in among the people of God (Acts 2:44-45; 4:32-35).

Now, the above is a revelation to most today who have been duped into believing that all the giving must be done to some “official” mere man or board of mere sinful men who have set up their church franchise businesses all over our cities. Before we move forward, let’s expand that revelation:

“And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.” Acts 2:44-45

Notice in the above passage that “EVERY MAN” mattered and not just some group of thieving wolves who were collecting and squandering the money on their own self-serving lusts!

While the collection of money is biblical the misuse of the money collected is sin. And for this reason, we must learn from God’s Word what that collected money is to be used for.

WE MUST STOP FEEDING THE WOLVES FRIENDS! FIND INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE NEEDS AND GIVE TO TRUE GOSPEL WORKERS/MINISTRIES. THAT’S THE TRUE NEW TESTAMENT WAY!

To further establish that collections were always allowed and encouraged in the gatherings of our LORD’s people, check out this explosive message titled Jesus Sat Over Against The Treasury [podcast]

Here’s more early church practice that we must model/follow:

“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own (they understood that God owns all and they were just stewards); but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.” Acts 4:32-35

Compare. You will want to read this passage prayerfully and several times, remembering where it is to share with others. Note in the above passage that “they had all things common.” In other words, as each individual saint had need, they would share. Today, we have multi-millionaire wolves who parade and flaunt their lavish riches before their prey who many times can’t even pay their bills. Go figure!

Collecting and giving are a vital part of the divine economy from Genesis to Revelation but not in order to misuse – to misappropriate those funds. That’s what covetous charlatans have always done and are doing today. Yet, such evil does zilch to negate the God-given personal responsibility the LORD has given every individual believer to be a giver – of their lives which will translate into the giving of their substance.

Now, so far we have exposed the greedy wolves we are so often warned about in the Scriptures. Yet, before someone gets the idea that God wants His honest, true workers broke, think again. The LORD says that those elders (Gospel workers, servants of God) are to “be counted worthy of double honour” which refers to a good financial reward. This would be at or a bit above the average income of the median earning man that that Gospel worker feeds/tends to.  Paul also inserted in his longest discourse on this very topic that those who are called out to labor for Christ can have a wife and family which of course requires more income to support (1 Corinthians 9:5).

“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.” 1 Timothy 5:17-18

Did you note that those who “rule well” is a condition and it is defined as “they who labour in the word and doctrine“? True Gospel work must involve diligently getting God’s Word into the hearts of men, especially God’s own people. It is never ending because there are always saints to edify, help mature, pray for, teach the Word to, etc. It never ends and neither does the need to reach lost souls.

Because so many wolves have devoured people’s lives and finances, some want to forbid any and all provision from going to God’s workers which would be unscriptural and certainly to Satan’s advantage. The distribution of resources is to go to all of God’s people, not just the people collecting the money, which is what the modern, apostate church is doing. Compare what they are doing to Acts 2:44-45; 4:32-35. It’s a scam. People should study this topic in their Bible as the article link above seeks to help them do. We cannot exclude the provision of those God calls out into full-time serving. The apostles gave themselves “continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Acts 6:4) The Word of God sets forth the clear argument and case for provision for divinely called-out servants – those called out to give themselves to prayer and to the ministry of God’s Word. There’s no other calling so important in the earth or with eternal consequences. We must rightly divide and not overcompensate because others have abused. God bless you all.

Some people like to throw around cliches that are not direct Bible quotes such as, “Where God guides, God provides.” While that is generally true, we must be careful of blocking full-counsel Bible learning by cliches that are only half-truths. To stand on ANY cliches is a dangerous endeavor to the truth-seeking disciple. Stand on God’s Word alone which is what David said it is:  “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” (Psalms 119:105)  Of our Father’s written Word, Christ said “Thy word is truth.” (John 17:17)

God’s people are divinely called and are to be allowed and granted the blessed opportunity to give to HIS work – not forcefully coerced but given opportunity (2 Corinthians 9:7). This is clear in Scripture.  When we give, we thereby learn to trust Him who replenishes our supply as He so often promised to do (Proverbs 3:9-10; 2 Corinthians 9:6-11, etc.). It would be wrong to disallow God’s people from giving actually. Moses did not stop God’s people from giving until there was so much given by God’s people that there was nowhere else to contain it! He had to tell them to stop bringing their things to the work of the LORD because they had nowhere else to store it – there was too much of it (Exodus 35). To tell people not to give to God’s work(ers) would mean he forbade them from doing what the LORD told His people to do from the beginning – give. The Levites were one of the twelve tribes of Israel set forth to continually worship and serve the LORD and His people and Paul, Christ’s apostle, draws from this very truth/fact in 1 Corinthians 9 – below.

God provides, yes, and His stated desire to supply, at least in part, is through His body – and that is so that they partake of the blessings both now and eternally (Galatians 6:6; 1 Corinthians 9:1-14; 1 Timothy 5:17-18). A proper and more thorough view of God’s kingdom reveals that to shut off the opportunity of giving and forbid His children from giving, stifles blessings.

The apostle Paul’s case for provision being given to called-out servants of Christ is clearly and profoundly set forth below.

1 Corinthians 9

1 Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

The above passage makes it abundantly clear that God wants those He calls out to serve Him full-time supplied.

Collecting money is biblical – for the right use and reason which the LORD reveals in His Word. We must simply make sure that the collection is going to bless the people of God and not just one or a few staged deceivers who are running an entertainment business they have set up and call “church.”

One problem we see today is the defense of these beguiling, thieving wolves by the covetous, greedy folks who support them. These deceived people are full of self and “love to have it so.” (Jeremiah 5:31) In other words they love the greedy, covetous wolves they have submitted themselves to because these worldly rich wolves model the lifestyle their greedy, self-serving audience want (Hosea 4:9; 2 Timothy 3:1-6; 4:2-4).

There is a correct use of collections. Receiving money for true Gospel ministry work is according to the apostolic doctrine which we are to continue “stedfastly in.” (1 Corinthians 9:1-14; 1 Timothy 5:17-18; Philippians 4, Acts 2:42, etc.) Now, manipulating people – making merchandise of them – is the work of “false prophets,” Peter told us (2 Peter 2:1-3). Yet, that doesn’t negate the opportunity given to disciples of Christ to lay up treasure in Heaven by giving to God’s true work (Matthew 6:19-21). The key is simply to make sure the ministry is doing the Word and not just entertaining and keeping folks biblically illiterate in order to be able to continue to control them.

It’s time to get biblically learned, astute and cease being ignorant! – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6)

Further, Paul gave the divine promise that God would supply all the needs of those who gave (Philippians 4). That promise and blessing of divine provision is specifically to those who had given to Paul who was a Gospel worker.

“But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.” Philippians 4:10

Taking care of those whom the LORD has called out – not self-appointed but God-appointed – is the privilege of the saints. Those giving are the blessed ones according to Jesus (Acts 20:35). If you can’t give out of a “cheerful” (joyful, generous, thankful) heart then don’t bother – you are wasting your money. The Bible reveals to us that Jesus actually watches each one of us and how we give (Mark 12:41-44). He looks at the heart posture and percentage that we give (Mark 12:41-44; 2 Corinthians 9:7).

You want to be blessed? If so, find a true Gospel worker and begin giving into his life and work. In fact, a lady called this week who said that as she gave to a certain Gospel ministry, God blessed her. This is biblical. It doesn’t matter if some have collected and wasted money. The true Gospel worker is “worthy of his reward” and not just honor but “double honour” which means sufficient supply, pay, and a bit more (1 Timothy 5:17-18). Anyone who doesn’t like that needs to take up their beef with the LORD. Getting a biblical foundation in this subject by thorough study of the Scriptures on this topic is essential. Begin with 1 Corinthians 9:1-14. Those who do the infinitely most important and only eternal work on the earth are the most worthy souls on earth to be sustained, and supplied – so they can continue to fruitfully serve the LORD and His blessed people, equipping them to “do the work of the ministry.” (Ephesians 4:11-12) This is God’s program and anyone who participates in it is going to be blessed – now and eternally!

The LORD told us He would fill the barns and overflow with blessings the person who puts His “firstfruits” into His cause (Proverbs 3:9-10).

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” Proverbs 3:9-10

It’s not a sin or wrong to facilitate what the Bible teaches – giving. The early believers in Jesus went so far as to sell off the things they didn’t need in order to liquidate and turn those properties, etc., into cash to help the other believers who were in need and surely a bit of that went to the apostles to sustain them as they gave themselves “continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Acts 6:4) See Acts 2:44-45; 4:32-35.  The apostles didn’t tell those people to take their money back because giving is an integral part of serving God who “So loved the world that he gave” (John 3:16) In fact, Christ says that “It is MORE blessed to GIVE than to receive.” (Acts 20:35) It would be wrong to disallow God’s people from giving actually.

Jesus Christ was betrayed by a thieving wolf!

Extorting thieves are nothing new. Jesus had one in His ministry while on earth.  The fact that charlatans have misused money they collected from gullible people who didn’t discern correctly does not make giving wrong. The people who give must examine, best they can, if that ministry is fulfilling a New Testament purpose. Most people don’t even know the Bible, regrettably, so they have little to go by. A good place to begin is to see what Jesus’ commission to His church is (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20). After reading Christ’s commission, one should begin to examine the fruit of any ministry they are thinking of giving to – such as 1) are they endeavoring to teach the whole counsel of God’s Word in His holy fear and with no fear of any mere man (Matthew 28:18-20), 2) are they reaching out to lost souls (Mark 16:15-20).

Notice for example that the Word of Faith wolves don’t bother to give money to the general body of Christ – individual saints. That’s obvious in that they take that money to themselves in undue fashion and build mansions. Most of them have several mansions, fly over the the world on their own jets, stay at the most elite hotels, etc. This is complete misuse of resources given to them by people and fulfilling what Peter wrote about.

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” 2 Peter 2:1-3

We have the divine promise here that God is going to eternally judge those who “make merchandise” of others. There are some extorting wolves operating as pastors, evangelists, etc., but that doesn’t mean His disciples shouldn’t give!

STEWARDSHIP IS SAID TO BE THE MOST PREVALENT OR FREQUENTLY OCCURRING SUBJECT IN GOD’S WORD. ACTUALLY, ABOUT HALF OF JESUS’ PARABLES DEALT WITH STEWARDSHIP. THIS IS A HUGE TOPIC AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LORD. HE TOLD US THAT WE ARE TO BE “RICH TOWARD GOD” AND THAT OUR VERY “HEART” AFFECTIONS WOULD FOLLOW WHERE WE PUT OUR “TREASURE.”(MATTHEW 6:19-24; LUKE 12:15-20, ETC.) OUR LORD EVEN TOLD US THROUGH JAMES THAT IF WE HOARD INSTEAD OF FREELY GIVING, THAT WHICH WE HAVE LAID UP WILL FRIGHTENINGLY BE A WITNESS AGAINST US IN THE JUDGMENT (JAMES 5:2-3).

Some hide their own greed behind exposing the obvious greedy wolves who hold ministry positions. They use those beguiling thieves as an excuse to stop giving altogether. Don’t cease giving just because you were deceived by a wolf. If you do, you will hurt and hinder the work of our LORD Jesus in this late hour. Continue to obey God by giving Him your whole being and will daily. Your treasure will be His as long as you are truly His (Matthew 6:19-24). Just pray for more discernment and stay in the Word. Measure everything according to His Word (Acts 17:11). Be ready to help other Christians in need all around you and prayerfully find a good called-out brother in Christ who fears the LORD truly and preaches His pure Word and begin giving to his life and work – God’s work!  The LORD promises to bless you for doing so.

Where you give is very important. You should ask: Is this ministry or church fully vested in Christ and His mission to save souls and feed His flock and teach HIS pure Word? Such a question eliminates 95% of all ministries which are nothing more than a flesh-flattering entity designed to rob the resources Christ ordains to go directly into His work and workers. There is no work on earth today that has eternal ramifications except the work of Christ. Are you a contributor? Why did He give you a way or ways to earn money? See in Ephesians 4:28 and begin supporting His true Gospel work – His Great Commission.

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QUESTION:

“Should those in ministry take up collections? Is that biblical? Also, should those who write books have to pay for the whole funding of those books and for that matter, should they have to fund the LORD’s work themselves?” What does God’s Word tell us about money?”

ANSWER:

So, where are true ministries supposed to get their money/resources? Question: Is that not our privilege and opportunity to give and thereby support the work of Jesus? In fact, is this not exactly why God gave us an income – to support His work? And, on top of that He puts money into an eternal investment “account” in Heaven? Wow! Philippians 4:17; Matthew 6:19-21.

“Collections” are biblical yes and they are the privilege of the giver much more than the mere human servants receiving the treasures to be stored up in Heaven for their own eternal benefit (Matthew 6:19-21). Giving also keep idolatry and greed away from the one who gives, securing his eternal soul with Christ. These are clearly soul damning sins specifically listed in Holy Scripture as such (Ephesians 5:5-7; Revelation 21:8, etc.).

Is it a sin for a person in ministry to not have enough money to pay for everything? No, that’s not a sin at all and in fact, it’s a blessing to those ministered to by that outreach. God actually ordains it that way usually so that other of His people can lay up treasures in Heaven, just like Jesus told us to do (Matthew 6:19-21). In fact, the apostle Paul cared much about the heavenly “accounts” of those he ministered to and so should we – “Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.” (Philippians 4:17) Most men in ministry have not studied biblical stewardship very closely and for instance, do not even know about the verse posted in the previous sentence. God told us here that we have an “ACCOUNT” in Heaven. Now the question is, what’s in our “account”? What have we given into His true New Testament work?

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) 11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

Some are misled by their own situations, opinions, and impartial knowledge of this important subject …. go read about some people Jesus actually puts in His trophy case in what we call “The Hall of Faith” …. read Heb. 11:37-39 and let’s talk about that.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6) Notice that it’s not that most people don’t have at least some knowledge of a topic and yet that can be deadly. God is good….. a little knowledge is enough to kill us all.

Getting a tad of knowledge can be deadly …. if we don’t keep studying the topic all the way through Scripture to gain a thorough biblical knowledge on that subject and thereby be blessed to rightly divide the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).

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