Divinely Inspired and Preserved
The King James Bible is the prophesied final preservation of God’s Word in English.
Many things establish that the King James Bible is the preserved Word of God for the English speaking peoples. Here’s one of those indicators.
“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalms 12:6-7
See the fulfillment of this prophecy?
1. Tyndale Bible (1525)
2. Coverdale Bible (1535)
3. Matthews Bible (1537)
4. Great Bible (1538)
5. Geneva Bible (1560)
6. Bishop’s Bible (1568)
7. King James Bible (1611)
So the English Bible, ultimately called the King James Bible, went through a purification process, exactly how God foretold it would in Psalms 12:6-7.
Read this again:
Psalms 12:6 – 7
6 The words of the LORD [are] pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
The King James Bible for the English speaking peoples, is the fulfillment of the divine prophecy, the promise of Psalms 12:6-7.
One source notes:
“The King James Bible (KJB) and the English language have a deeply intertwined history, with the 1611 translation both shaping the development of modern English and eventually becoming more difficult to understand as the language continued to evolve.
The Impact on the English Language
The King James Bible has profoundly influenced the way English speakers write and speak. Many common idioms and phrases originated from or were popularized by the KJV, including:
- “Signs of the times”
- “Fly in the ointment”
- “Long-suffering” and “scapegoat”
Evolution of the Text
While the original 1611 text was written in Early Modern English, it has undergone various changes and standardizations over the centuries. [1, 2]
- Standardization (1769): To improve readability and fix early publishing errors, the Oxford edition of 1769 updated spelling (e.g., changing “speake” to “speak”) and standardized the language.
- Pronoun Distinction: The KJV intentionally used “thee,” “thou,” “thy,” and “thine” for singular address, and “ye,” “you,” and “your” for plural address to avoid ambiguity. Modern English has merged these into the generic “you,” which some argue can lead to a loss of nuance.”
Some people have the mistaken idea that somehow, when God’s Word in translated from one language to another, its lost it’s power, its impact. Is this true? No because God never let His hand off of His Word – He preserved it.
This position is actually the spirit of agnosticism influencing people which blames God for dropping the ball, for neglecting to be a part of the affairs of men.
“The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.” Daniel 4:32
Beware of those who do not understand that God is sovereign, that “the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men” (Daniel 4:32). If the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, that means He’s active in the affairs of mankind – always has been and always will be because He “is love” (1 John 4:8, 16). The LORD Himself was in charge of the translation of His Word into English, as He promised to preserve it to all generations. This is a cornerstone truth in understanding the real English Bible vs the counterfeits. The LORD used God fearing men throughout HIS-story to make sure all generations had His written Word. THIS is a cornerstone truth that if not remembered, could lead to one being deceived. We call them “Bible agnostics” because they believe God exists and yet they do NOT believe He has been active in the affairs of men. Heresy.
“Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalms 121:4
God oversaw the canon of His Word, just as He promised to do in Psalms 12:6-7. It’s exactly how He desired, ordained it to be in the King James Bible. To say God checked out, was negligent, is a lie, is bearing false witness, and is an indictment against the Almighty (Psalms 121:4; Daniel 4:32, etc.). There were specific reasons those apocryphal books were not included in the real Bible, as opposed to the catholic “bible.”
Things to consider when questioning the canon of God’s Word….. God gave us what He wanted us to have in His 66 books …. God’s hand was on the putting together of His canon, His Word. The books that were rejected did not qualify. That doesn’t mean those excluded books don’t have some valuable information and yet, the LORD saw fit not to include them in the canon of His Word. Some use the term “Bible agnostics” for those who believe God lifted, took His holy hand off of the Bible, His Word, somewhere along the line. But Scripture assures us that such would be impossible.
Personally I give ZERO credibility to the myriad of fake “bibles” that have littered the landscape and minds of millions. Poison. LORD, thank You for Your preserved Word.
The Doctrine of Divine Preservation: Summation of the Jeremiah 36 Scenario
“In Jeremiah 36, God demonstrates that His word cannot be destroyed by human power. Even after King Jehoiakim burned the original scroll in an attempt to silence the message, God commanded Jeremiah to rewrite the prophecy, adding even more words to it.
- The Command to Write: God instructed Jeremiah to write down all the prophecies He had spoken against Israel and Judah since the days of Josiah. Jeremiah dictated them to his scribe, Baruch, who read them to the people.
- The King’s Rejection: When King Jehoiakim heard the scroll read, he showed complete contempt by cutting it with a penknife and burning it in a firepot. He sought to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch, but the Lord hid them.
- God’s Response: Burning the scroll did not destroy the message. God told Jeremiah to take another scroll and write all the former words that were in the first one.
- The Outcome: The new scroll not only contained the original words but also included additional prophecies of judgment against the king and his house.
- Divine Sovereignty: No earthly ruler has the power to extinguish God’s truth.
- Persistence of Scripture: God’s word is enduring and will accomplish its purpose regardless of opposition.
- Accountability: Attempting to destroy the message does not remove the consequences of rejecting it.
To claim that God dropped the ball, that He didn’t keep His own word, and didn’t make sure the people of this day has His Word in their own language, just before He returns, is to say He is not love and does not care for those who are His children and alive on the earth today. To say that today we don’t have the in tact and fully living Word of God, is to completely pervert the character and truth the LORD has revealed to us of Himself.
To believe God inspired His Word in the originals and yet didn’t “preserve” them to every generation thereafter, is to indict God as being unloving, uncaring, and a liar, etc.
Oh and it seems that the people denying that we truly have God’s actual Word today, relish this as yet another excuse for them to live in sin. After all, we really don’t have and can’t understand God’s will, right? Wrong.
Did the LORD not make provision for His Word to be preserved to us?
Was His holy hand not integrally involved in the original inspiration and then the translating of His Word from one language to another for all generations?
Does He not know, dwell in, and integrally participate in the past, present, and future? (Isaiah 46:9-10).
Anyone who thinks God’s Word loses it’s power or anything He intended to import to us in His words, is missing what the divine import and promise of Psalms 12:6-7. And they are indicting God for not keeping this promise…. as if His Word doesn’t possess, loses it’s divine power due to being brought from one language to another. That is deception.
The answer is clear. No confusion here (1 Corinthians 14:33). Either God preserved His Word to us, or He lied. See Psalms 12:6-7 again. Read it slowly. Believe God.
God’s Word was perfectly translated in the King James Bible according to the foretold purpose of God. God’s Word is Inspired by Him and Preserved by Him.
Pride is the root sin that refuses to believe God kept His promise to preserve His Word, in tact to us (Psalms 12:6-7).
Pride wants to be able to manipulate things to fit its own self-serving agenda. Pride is rebellious, doing its own thing in lieu of doing God’s will.
Pride-filled rebels who want to arrogantly decide what truth is for themselves, instead of humble adhering to the words of our Maker, refuse to believe God’s Word is pure and perfectly preserved. Like lucifer, their father, they have their own agenda and will perish. This is why so many love the new, the corrupted fake news “bibles” of our day.
“Well, for me it has to be ALL or NOTHING. If I can’t have faith in the Word of God being pure and perfect, there is NOTHING to believe. How would we know which part is true and which is false? I would have to make up my own beliefs…and end up in Hell!” Debbie Lord
Do we or do we not have God’s Word in our language, English?
Deceived people can be seen regurgitating lies such as “if you want to be accurate study the original languages (Hebrew, Greek), original words and meanings.” This seems to come from those who are wise in their own eyes and want to be considered “deep” and/or desire to be able to manipulate the meaning of Scripture. They do not wish to simply learn of God in their own language.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” Proverbs 3:5-7
Yet God told us that He preserved His Word to us in our own language (Psalms 12:6-7). To say we can’t understand God’s Word in our own language and need the original languages would mean that no one can know God and His Word without going to learn those 2 now dead languages. We must cease peddling this lie and indictment against the LORD.
Eric Martini writes:
“I don’t need to learn Hebrew or Greek in order to understand God’s Word. I trust the Holy Spirit’s leadership of the translators of the King James Bible as God fulfilled His promise to preserve His Word to us in our language (Psalms 12:6-7). There’s much more behind why I use the KJB from my years of studies. The Word for Occult means hidden. So why would I have to learn Hebrew to get a secret understanding of what God is saying? God gave me exactly what He wants me to know in my own language. I don’t need to learn Hebrew. The enemy wants us to think we have to learn Hebrew and Greek in order to give one word many possible shades of meanings. Before you know it one person can say the Hebrew means this. The other person will say nope it means that. This is all a tactic to change doctrine. I trust the preservation of Scripture by the Holy Spirit who promised to do just that and God is not a liar! There is a much bigger subtle issue going on that many men have found out. For example, Jacob Prasch is so obsessed with the Hebrew he’s now mixing God’s Word with talmudic Judaism. So much for knowing Hebrew. Look where it got Jacob Prasch – he’s apostate.” | Jacob Prasch Exposed: Metatron Deception Busted
Do We Have God’s Word or Do You Need to Know the Original Languages?
If we DO have His Word, did He intend for us not to be able to understand HIS own Word in our language? What would be the use of Him having kept His promise to give us His Word in our language if we couldn’t understand it? | Bible Agnostics Exposed
God only ordained one Bible for our language. No other Bible was needed in English when the LORD gave us the King James Bible. Satan flooded the market with his counterfeit “bibles” peddled by his agents working within.
Some people don’t want there to be the real Word of God because if they know God really did give us His Word, and preserved it for us today, then they are accountable. And, personal responsibility, accountability is a plague to be avoided by un-repentant hell bound counterfeits.
Recently, when interacting with a man on Bible versions, he said: “I would just love to get my hands on a first century Bible I think that would be cool.”
REPLY:
No need to brother. GOD kept His promise to preserve His Word to us in this generation – Read Ps 12:6-7. Also, it’s SATAN who casts doubt on whether we really have God’s Word today. It’s Satan who is the liar (John 8:44). The King James Bible is the fulfillment of God to the English speaking peoples of the world.
WHENEVER you hear some wolf reading the King James Bible say “well, a better translation would be”, that’s your clue to rebuke that arrogant devil!
The King James Bible is the perfect preserved Word of God for the English speaking people (Psalms 12:6-7). As is always the case, God kept His promise perfectly. The King James Bible cannot and will not be improved and anyone pretending such is a fraud.
IF you believe the demonic notion that somehow God Almighty dropped the ball and didn’t follow all the way through with giving this generation His very Word, you are a Bible agnostic. You are calling God a liar (Psalms 12:6-7). Bible Agnostics Exposed
Those who don’t believe God could or did preserve His Word are unbelieving, faithless – and openly call God a liar! One disciple captures this truth when he writes:
“Jesus (from what we know) spoke Aramaic. But that has no bearing on anything. What language did Adam speak? What language did Job speak? Whatever language they spoke, God could TRANSLATE PERFECTLY to them so that they would get the EXACT WORDS that He wanted delivered. Do you not believe that He who bore our sins, healed the blind and raised the dead can deliver a perfect Word?”
SO MANY clueless frauds, amateurs, arrogantly claiming to be the authority on the Bible. Very few of them care to learn a few things. They insist they know it all when they are completely ignorant of the truth about God’s Word and how He kept His promise to preserve it to us in our language (Psalms 12:6-7). This reveals some serious depth of darkness these people are in. If they are casting doubt on God’s Word, they are under the power of SATAN who’s the first one to cast doubt on God’s Word (Genesis 3:1). And, we “know them by their FRUIT.” (Matthew 7:16, 20) True repentance needed.
WHEN someone casts doubt on God’s Word, in any way, they reveal they are not obeying God’s Word and refuse to. They are unrepentant (John 3:19-21; 8:47).
IF God’s Word doesn’t matter to you it could only be due to God Himself not mattering to you. If you have a King James Bible you have God’s Authentic Word in your own language and not a cheap counterfeit from the enemy of Christ and all souls.
Beware of those who want to refer to and rely upon the Hebrew and Greek because they simply do not like what the Bible, the Word of God says, in English, in their own language. They don’t believe God preserved His perfect Word to us in English – as He promised to do (Pslams 12:6-7). Many of them learned this in their vatican infiltrated seminaries and “bible” colleges. They were taught, not to believe, but rather to question God, to question His words – and we know where that comes from when we read Genesis 3:1, the serpent, Satan himself – the first to cast doubt upon and question God’s Word/words.
Learn Hebrew and Greek??? WHAT kind of a God would make/want people to not be able to understand HIS Word preserved in their own language and therefore make them have to go learn to read and write 2 now dead, foreign languages (Hebrew and Greek)? NOT the God of the Bible – who promised to preserve and make understandable His Word to us in our own language! (Psalms 12:6-7)
WHY would God have gone through the trouble of keeping His own promise to have His Word translated into our language if we weren’t going to be able to understand it in our own language? THAT is an indictment against the Almighty and some are foolishly making such an indictment.
LIFE CHANGING! No true Christian can grow in the grace of God as HE intends without pure, organic divine nutrition which is the preserved Word of God to the English speaking peoples, the King James Bible. This is something I want to encourage you to learn…. fascinating truth. The promise of God to us in Psalms 12:6-7.
God sovereignly made sure everything He wanted in His Word, the Bible, is there. Beware of those who cast doubt on this by their “lost books” notion.
The idea that there are ANY lost books is pure fiction and just another lie of Satan to make believers think they don’t have everything they need, that God shorted them (see Genesis 3:1). Satan is always the one casting doubt on God’s Word. Jesus says Satan is the one who “taketh away the word.” (Mark 4:15) This is not only laughable, it’s an indictment against a Holy God. GOD oversaw HIS cannon of Holy Scripture and decided it would contain 66 books. God’s Word assures us that “ALLLLLLL things that pertain unto life and godliness” are found in the “exceeding great and precious promises” of His written Word which we have in the King James Bible. Read 2 Peter 1:3-4 and 19-21 and Psalms 12:6-7.
God promised to preserve His Word to all generations and that would clearly mean the Word we have is divinely inspired with nothing lost. If you don’t believe that God has given us His Word in our day, you are calling God a liar and currently an agnostic which perhaps means you are not accountable to God in your life and so don’t want to believe we really have His Word today. Some wish to excuse their own sin by saying we don’t have God’s Word and surmise therefore that we are not accountable. Isn’t this the same principle of the driver who is pulled over for speeding, denying to the officer that there was a speed limit sign? We all know that won’t fly. – “they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20)
Recently someone sent me a post that pretended to prove that the King James Bible is not God’s exclusive Word for the English speaking peoples. The first sentence gave away their erroneous position. The writer was saying that only the original manuscripts were inspired which is an unmitigated lie that denies that God kept His Word, His promise to preserve His Word to us – which transcends language (Psalms 12:6-7) This is what we call Bible agnosticism – where some people believe that God exists and yet is not active in the affairs of men, and has basically forsaken His creation. They claim He lied by not preserving His Word to us in our language as He specifically promised to do (Psalms 12:6-7). Ridiculous.
No need to read the ancient manuscripts – because God promised to preserve His Word to us in our language and He did in the KJB (Ps 12:6-7). With all due respect, did you know the BLOOD you claim to be washed in is removed from Colossians 1:14. Is that okay with you? 4 Verse KJB Comparison
Sherry Todd writes:
“The King James Bible is the very Word of God. You can reject it if you choose. I’m not going to. Didn’t turn out too well for king Saul did it? Rejecting the Word of the Lord brings dire consequences. No thanks. So you claim that the original text are perfect but not our Bible in English? Do you realize that you are saying that God decided that none of us today should have the incorruptible Word? Instead He gave us partial truths and is hiding His Word from us? Not. And you came to this conclusion how? You had to reject many verses to come to that conclusion including the direct promise of God in Psalms 12:6-7 to preserve His Word to all generations – that includes us! ‘God is not a man, that he should lie.’ (Numbers 23:19)”
—- IF PEOPLE can somehow convince themselves to think that God’s Word is not perfect and that most of it was “lost in translation,” they think they are somehow free to live as they wish or not truly die to self and conform to Christ in the daily cross. Self-idolatry and rebellion lie at the inner root of this. These are what some call “Bible agnostics.” Bible agnostics are those who believe that God gave us His Word originally but didn’t care enough to preside over the translation of it into our language …. as if to say the LORD is not still actively involved in His creation and the protection and blessing of His people, which is completely false and an evil indictment against the Almighty. This would be to say that God has changed and also that He doesn’t care about His own people today. Pure satanic lies. These people have bought the lie of Satan who was the first to cast doubt on God’s Word when he said “Hath God said?” (Genesis 3:1) In other words, did God REALLY mean that? Well, of course God meant what He had stated and booted the man and woman from His presence (the Garden) when they sinned (Genesis 3). Satan is today still doing this same exact thing by casting doubt on the perfect work of God who has preserved His Word for us (the English speaking people) in the King James Bible as He promised He’d do (Psalms 12:6-7). It’s not so much about the King James Bible as much as the manuscripts from which they came. The King James Bible comes from the Majority manuscripts while all the new versions were intentionally taken from the Catholic corrupted and controlled manuscripts (by satanic design). If you read a new version, you are reading a Catholic “bible.”
James Sanford writes:
“How can you be so blind on the issue of Bible preservation? Modern translations are the Catholic Church’s means to ‘divide and conquer’ Bible believing Christianity, and the reason (Isa. 1:18) for us being in the end times of apostasy. Paul said to Timothy, in verse one of chapter four, ‘…in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.’ Where do you suppose these doctrines of devils, and confusion, come from? I could go on and on, but let the King James speak for itself: ‘For we are not as many which corrupt the word of God…’ (2 Cor. 2:17a)”
“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
Here’s how we know the new versions are corrupt – because God does not change and they changed His Word. “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.” (Mark 13:31) This is another verse divinely guaranteeing preservation!
God’s Word is Inspired and Preserved. The divine Word He gave to us is not only inspired but also preserved by Him. Did the LORD just inspire His Word and then walk away? Are we agnostic? He not only inspired but also preserved His written Word to mankind so we could know and follow Him and be protected from His enemies (Psalms 12:6-7). It’s Satan himself and his human agents, who have warred against God’s Word.
Please never question or correct the Authorized Bible…. It is God’s preserved Word for the English speaking people of His world (Ps 12:6-7). It’s our understanding that lacks, never God’s Word. As we continue to study the full counsel of His Word all things come clear.
Arrogant King James Bible Correctors Rebuked
Most believe the Bible is divinely inspired and that’s true and yet, many believe God somehow dropped the ball and forgot about subsequent generations. Is this true? Let’s reason according to the Word.
So, since all versions of the Bible are different, are we to believe they are all inspired and preserved?
Tampering with God’s Word distorts the perfect image of Jesus Christ because He has chosen to be revealed to the hearts of men by His Word as taught by His written Word. Changing those words He inspired corrupts the message and the image of Christ revealed through that communication.
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they (the Scriptures) ARE they which testify of me.” John 5:39
God Himself told us that He reveals Himself to us through His written Word (Luke 24:44; John 5:39-40; 20:31, etc.). And, He further told us that His will and wisdom are synonymous with His written Word (Psalms 119:105, etc.).
The Message and amplified “Bibles” are where sinful man inserted his own thoughts into the text and then called it God’s Word … in my opinion, we are to simply accept that God kept His Word; that He: 1) inspired His Word to us (2 Timothy 3:16) and, that He also “preserved” His Word to our generation (Psalms 12:6-7). That preserved Word is clearly the King James Bible.
AS WAS FORETOLD (REVELATION 12:7-12), SATAN HAS RELEASED HIS FURY (WRATH) AGAINST THE LORD AND MANKIND WITH THESE CORRUPT VERSIONS THAT ARE WEAKENING, SICKENING, AND MISLEADING MILLIONS WHO VAINLY THINK THEY HAVE AND ARE READING GOD’S WORD IN THESE MODERN fake news FAIRY TALE “bible” VERSIONS.
GOD’S WORD IS …
INSPIRED
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” 2 Timothy 3:16
PRESERVED
“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalms 12:6-7
“purified seven times” – In specific, perfect fulfillment of His promise, the KJB is the 7th Bible in the lineage of English language Bible, which began with the Gothic language in the first century which is the beginning of what is now the English language.
God’s Word is Inspired by Him and Preserved by Him, Yes God kept His Promise to Preserve His Word to Our Generation.
To say that God inspired His written Word (2 Timothy 3:16) and then to turn around and say He didn’t preserve those Holy Scriptures (Psalms 12:6-7), is a blasphemous indictment against Him. To say such is to call the LORD a liar because He promised to preserve His Word to our generation. It also says that God has respect of persons while His Word says “There is no respect of persons with God.” (Romans 2:11) So there is yet another accusation against the Almighty – another instance in which He is being called a liar. To insinuate that the LORD cared for earlier generations of people more than now is a dangerous undertaking.
We can know that if God inspired His Word He also preserved it to our generation. He kept His promise and yet there is a great deceiver working among men and his human emissaries. All the English versions of the Bible cannot possibly be divinely inspired. They are clearly and demonstratively different in word and doctrine. So where should one draw the line? For me, the decision is simple. The King James Bible is God’s preserved Word to the English speaking world. The corruption in the new versions is nothing more than a catalyst for my heart to be grateful to our LORD for giving us His true Word. I have never been so thankful to Him for inspiring and preserving His written Word to us so that we can know Him, remain in Him, and be delivered from the evil wiles of Satan.
It’s a dangerous undertaking to insert our own thoughts into the text of the Bible and then say it’s the Bible … those men are in severe trouble who have even slightly altered the very Word of God (Rev 22:18-19).
Do you want to be a part of a cursed thing?
“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: 19 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
WHY DID THE LORD GIVE US HIS WRITTEN WORD?
So We May Know Him
— We have God’s written Word in order to be able to have that relationship with the LORD – otherwise we could not know Him.
“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” John 20:31
That written Word has been displaced by these corrupted versions of God’s Word and they are misleading many. This is an integral part of the great falling away (great apostasy). See 2 Thessalonians 2.
The Bible tells us that the Holy Scriptures were not given to us by the will of mere men – “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” (2 Peter 1:21)
“No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” (2 Peter 1:21) – We can only prayerfully and according to the full counsel of Scripture give the sense of the Holy Scriptures (Nehemiah 8:8; Isaiah 28:10, 13; 1 Corinthians 2:13) (help them understand what Scripture states) but have no license to insert our thoughts into the text and claim it’s divinely inspired. God has never and will never grant any mere human being such a place. We have the Bible, which contains the divinely inspired Holy Scriptures “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” (2 Peter 1:21) Those involved in the new versions are “men of corrupt minds” with great audacity of rebellion.
“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1:20-21
Where Does Mankind Obtain the Knowledge of the LORD His God and Maker?
How do we know about Jesus who died for us? By His Word. Where is John 3:16? In the Qur’an or the Bible? That being true, then we must realize that the enemy of Christ has corrupted His Words and then called it His Word.
The presence of the LORD is important but following His Word is more important … Then, upon that truth and protected by it, we can experience His presence and know it’s Him and not a devil.
His written Word is the very lamp unto our feet and light unto our paths so we will not be misled by a false gospel or another spirit.
The longest chapter in the Bible is on His written Word. This further underscores the importance He places on His written Word and hence the severe judgment upon those who would so much as slightly tamper with it. He has magnified His written Word even above His name (Psalms 138:2).
Jesus says that the Holy Spirit is the Teacher and if we simply put forth the pure Word of God, He will teach them (John 14:26; 16:13; 1 John 2:20; 27).
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense (understanding, wisdom), and caused them to understand the reading.” Nehemiah 8:8
Note here that the elders of Israel, after and while reading directly from the Holy Scriptures – “caused them to understand the reading.” Causing folk to peer into, pay attention to, and read the Holy Word and also helping them understand what it’s communicating is divinely sanctioned in the important passage. There is much insight here. Notice that the elders humbly read the Word of God. They did nothing to insert their own thoughts, to question the text, to add to it or take from it, or to change the text.
Placing a commentary in the margin next to the Bible with the earnest goal of helping the reader understand what the Scriptures are saying is a form of giving “the sense” of what is being communicated by the LORD. This is in order to help the reader understand the text and never to take them outside of the text. Yet that’s as far as man is given license to go. Going further is a violation of Revelation 22:18-19 where the LORD pronounces eternal condemnation upon any mere man who would tamper with (add to or take away from) His written Word. The new versions are completely corrupted by man’s contaminating thoughts that were audaciously inserted into the text of Scripture.
Example of Attacks Against God in the New Versions:
—- IN JOHN 3:16 THE NIV (not inspired version) says: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” NOTE that supposedly referring to Jesus, saying that He is the “one and only Son.” Yet is this correct? No. This is a contradiction of other verses in the New Testament where we are said to be “the sons of God” and so how could Jesus be the “one and only Son”? More importantly, this idea purposely replaces the Bible doctrine of the virgin birth which is an essential to being saved. Jesus Christ was the only One in all of history to be born of a virgin – “Begotten of God” In the King James Bible, God’s pure and preserved Word says: “he gave his only begotten Son.” Jesus was the only begotten Son of God …the only One whom the Father brought through a virgin as a sign that He is the Messiah and so His blood was not contaminated by a sinful man (father) See Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7 …. The divine heavenly Father was His Father … With the exception of Adam who was made of the dust of the earth, Jesus was the only sinless human ever born and of course we know He was more than human – He was and is and will always be God Almighty (Revelation 1:8). This is an attack on a cardinal doctrine of the Christian faith and just one more of thousands of attacks against the LORD in the new versions of the Bible which were translated from corrupt manuscripts. More on this here: Ridiculous King James Bible Corrections
QUESTION ASKED:
“So what about everyone before kjv? They didn’t have authoritative scripture? Are you suggesting King James had the right message and Paul and James and John and everyone else, like Geneva Bible were wrong? Also where did the KJV get the manuscript, before it was a book?”
REPLY:
Of course there was authoritative Scripture before the KJB. The KJB comes from the preserved manuscripts instead of the lineage of corrupt manuscripts which is where the enemy got his new version “bibles.” It’s obvious which English Bible is the preserved Word of God for the English speaking peoples – in keeping with the promise God gave in Ps 12:6-7. Comparing verses side by side between the KJB and the new “bibles” makes it more than obvious that the KJB is God’s Word. Lineage of the Corrupt Manuscripts
MESSAGE RECEIVED:
“What is our language and when do you see that promise? The Lord promised to preserve His Word. His Word is for a people of all nations and tribes and tongues so what makes you assume that English was the final language the Bible would be in?”
REPLY:
Not at all. Common misconception. There are 2 lines of manuscripts – 1 of God (Majority Text) and 1 of Satan (appr 2-3% altered manuscripts). So it’s not about the English language but rather the underlying manuscripts. Appr. 98% of all the manuscripts in existence agree. The ones that differ are those which were perverted by evil men. All the new version “bibles” comes from the corrupted lineage of manuscripts. Yet, if you are a man of truth, a simple side-by-side comparison will clear things up with no need to know about he manuscripts. I don’t mean to insinuate that you aren’t a God fearing man and yet, it’s clear that you should do a bit of investigating. Lineage of the Modern Corrupt Versions | 4 Verse Comparison
MESSAGE RECEIVED:
“The original text was Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Not 16th Century English. Just sayin'”
REPLY:
Hello. Not a good answer. Here’s why…. English was at it’s highest form in previous centuries (note in the Scriptures the term “holy and profane” where profane means common). God’s Word was never to be reduced to the common language especially when the gullible have been taught that it’s “easier to understand” yet not told that the new “bibles” stripped and perverted volumes of God’s Word). Hebrew and Greed are dead languages (not growing)…. the LORD promised to preserve His Word to us in our language, did He not? Did He lie? Read Ps 12:6-7.
MESSAGE RECEIVED:
“If one has the other translations at their finger tips, and we do in this internet age, we owe it to ourselves to do comparisons and word studies, since we are easily able to now. We can go to the original Greek and Hebrew and really study deeply. I have discovered our well loved King James has used words that we don’t use anymore in English or the meaning has changed and when we read it is not giving today’s reader the exact meaning… so to be able to compare is best if you are a Bible student doing Bible study. Otherwise the Holy Spirit is with us when we study and pray and you will get what you need from the King James.” Michelle
REPLY:
Hi Michelle. Myself and many others have no respect for the other versions due to their butchering of God’s Word … for example, look at this comparison … frightening in light of what Jesus warned of in Revelation 22:18-19 … KJV vs. NIV
KNOWING Hebrew and Greek is NOT the most reliable way to understand God’s Word. In fact, you don’t even need it. And, the dupes running around saying you have to know Hebrew and Greek to understand the Word, can’t speak or write in Hebrew or Greek. Laughable. The Bible tell us how to understand the Bible!
Jesus told us that the divine Person of the Holy Spirit is our Teacher – not the Greek or Hebrew (original languages) (John 14:26; 16:13-14; 1 John 2:20, 27, etc.). Yes it’s good to look at the Hebrew and Greek here and there but His Word in our language, which He preserved (Psalms 12:6-7) and Himself are more than able to teach us. In fact, the very best way to learn is actually a system He put in His Word – line upon line learning – stacking Precept upon Precept (Isaiah 28:10, 13; 1 Corinthians 2:13). Thoroughly studying a topic by searching and stacking (collating) Scripture upon Scripture which speaks of that subject you are peering into, is the ultimate method to apprehend the mind of Christ on any topic … Not the original languages.
The good news is that we have God’s preserved Word and have no need to look further but rather to simply peer deeper into it. The new versions are corrupt and in my opinion should be shunned and discarded as any type of source. The King James Bible is a direct translation into the English language. The new version editors used “dynamic equivalence” which means they used/inserted their own thoughts. That’s a no-no and forbidden by God (Revelation 2:18-19). Correcting God’s Word is something I will not agree with. Show us where the KJB misses it? … the KJB uses Sodom and sodomy. Only the new versions use toned down, sin-justifying language to lessen conviction upon the hearts of sinners. Sodom was the city God judged for the specific sin of men with men. What KJB word can you not personally look up in the Hebrew and Greek to learn a bit further what it means? Do you have access to Webster’s dictionary (especially the older one)? It’s online.
The blessed brothers and sisters on the links I posted above have done detailed research for our benefit to uncover the dark, diabolical scheme of Satan to pervert the Word of our God. Please look at them … also Gail Riplinger’s books are very enlightening on this topic … there are many others also. AVpublications.com
Lamar Tucker notes:
“THE KING JAMES BIBLE UNDER ATTACK
We now have ‘educated’ idiots trying to discredit the Bible because as they claim it does not fit into or translate the way they think it should have been. The Bible does NOT make mistakes. IF one studies the Bible as a whole they will always find that God intended and did supply the reason for everything written. God knew that these so called scholars would come and he supplied a pure Language for the Bible to be translated in…The English Language.
Zephaniah 3 9 ‘For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.’”
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FEEDBACK:
“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 its 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.
I never knew why was I was not growing, or learning as a believer till i realized it was what I was putting inside me spiritually as spiritual food, I wouldn’t say the NIV is poison, it just has no nutritional value, this is what Satan wants. He knows he can’t stop people reading the Bible, so he invented one of his own…NEW INVENTED VERSION. Look how many churches read from it!…And look at the state of the modern church!!” T. | Bible Versions
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The High Treason of False Leaders [podcast]
PWT = Preach, WARN, Teach
“Whom we PREACH, WARNING every man, and TEACHING every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:” Colossians 1:28
Did you catch what the apostle Paul did to prepare the church to meet Christ?
- Preach
- WARN
- Teach
Letting God Speak for Himself
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15
Bible truths/words you never hear from wolves: Repent, obedience, the cross – crucified life, holiness, judgment, eternal Hell, the lake of fire, being spotless and ready for Christ’s return, etc..
Many today preach the crown but not the cross, the promise without the condition. They perpetually peddle half truths as they use words like “soar” and “rise up” and “elevation,” a going upward but never the essential non-negotiable condition of going downward before God will raise one upward (Isaiah 37:31; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12). Their misleading cross-less messages are “another gospel” and we know that because there is no cross, no mention of dying downward, no crucified life (2 Corinthians 11:2-5; Galatians 1:6-9; Philippians 3:18-19). The LORD will raise no one upward who doesn’t first humbly bow downward before His Majestic holiness (Luke 9:23-24; James 4:6-10). | Myth of Elevation without the Cross
“MANY pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.” Jeremiah 12:10-11
Were we not warned repeatedly to beware of those who would spoil us (ruin us eternally)?
This “famine” is here and has been induced by the “MANY false prophets” Jesus and His apostles foretold (Amos 8:11; Matthew 24:11; Isaiah 9:16; 2 Peter 2:1-3, etc.).
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:” Amos 8:11
Self-induced “famine”: Those rebels who refuse to repent and get into God’s Word for themselves are starved out and deceived by the false gospel of the apostate modern church world. In contrast, every true disciple will study God’s Word diligently for themselves and feast in the midst of this prophesied “famine” for the Word of God.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
PAUL GAVE LITTLE PLACE TO FALSE LEADERS (GALATIANS 2:4-5). THEY ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED, REBUKED, REJECTED, AND MARKED UNLESS THEY REPENT (ROMANS 16:17-18; TITUS 1:13).
Jesus warned:
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening (devouring) wolves.” Matthew 7:15
The false leaders Christ speaks of here would have all the trappings of a true Christian leader so as not to be detected. But the true remnant cling to Christ and therefore His Word and are thereby able to discern (Ezekiel 44:23).
“The majority has always believed the lies, gone the wrong way, never changed, and suffered great devastation. The pattern is repeated every third or fourth generation. People warning them are always considered alarmist or fools (conspiracy theorists). But God ordains faithful people. They will not cease to warn them until repentance is no longer an option.” C.
Paul Speaking to the Ephesians
“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” Acts 20:27-32
God’s Word informs us that Christ’s true servant-elders WILL TEACH God’s people to discern by weighing all against the standard of the Word of God (Ezekiel 44:23; Acts 17:10-11; 1 John 4:1, etc.). Therefore we know that any man in leadership not teaching people to discern between the holy and profane, between true and false, is himself a wolf!
“Even the very elect! We need to be guarding our hearts every moment because the devil loves an idle mind.” Charles Pray
“DISCERN”
“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.” Ezekiel 44:23
For a moment, let’s explore what true ministry is so that we can see what is not true ministry. Perhaps one good definition of what true ministry is would be: Giving people God’s Word in order to endear them to Him by His very own words. Is not the divine Person of the Holy Spirit integrally involved in that exchange? Did He not orchestrate it?
Watch closely at what the elders of Israel did when they stood before the people:
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly (directly, literally), and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” Nehemiah 8:8
Truly God-fearing servants of Christ get people into HIS Word so that they follow Him and not them – mere men. Note that in this important passage in Nehemiah 8, we see the principle for leadership: Leading the souls of men to Christ, not to self.
Those who flatter you by refusing to preach the absolute necessity of repenting, taking up the cross daily and following Jesus…. Are setting you up for the kill …. You may vainly believe that it’s all fun and games now but judgment is coming if you don’t repent and diligently study and adhere to the whole counsel of God’s Word. When you do truly repent, you will no long put yourself under a smooth talking wolf who refuses to preach the whole counsel of the original Gospel of Christ (Isaiah 30:9-10; 2 Timothy 4:2-4).
“A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.” Proverbs 29:5
All ministers who soft peddle and do not endeavor to unapologetically declare the whole counsel of God’s Word, are deceivers. Run.
JUST because a preacher has a few good quotes does NOT at all mean he’s not a false teacher. If he has one false doctrine, he is false. Speaking of false doctrine, Paul wrote: “A little leaveneth the WHOLE lump” (Galatians 5:9). Example: There are many teachers/pastors of old who left behind good quotes and yet were false teachers. Examples would include the often quoted wolf C.S. Lewis, the diabolical monstrostity John Calvin, and the vile legalist Charles Finney. Also, there are many today who say a lot of good things and yet, then you find out they believe calvinism or the lie of eternal security/OSAS. Run.
One minister of Christ declared:
“People think that because I skin the brethren alive when I preach, that I’m not showing any love. That’s because they’ve been brainwashed by the glass toilet (the TV), and they respond to the tone of my voice much as my German Shepherd would. But I do love the brethren. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t preach against their sins. I would preach on coping and sharing and family values and let them hit a bonfire at the Judgment Seat of Christ.”
Think about how many people are promoting THEIR ministries and how much money is wasted on such trash.
“For THE LEADERS of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.” Isaiah 9:16
Leaders who betray the LORD and His people.
Remember that according to the record of the Gospels, it was the wicked religious leaders, the Jews of Christ’s day, who betrayed the Son of God their KING to the Roman authorities, calling out for His crucifixion (Matthew 27; John 19, etc.).
The kingdom of God is not about mere men’s ministries or churches or church organizations. Reading the history of Israel and the New Testament plainly reveals that false leaders have done inestimable damage – they have done so very much to oust Christ right out of the hearts and minds of the people they are misleading while posing as those who are leading them in the ways of the LORD (Isaiah 9:16).
“And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer (true worship); but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Matthew 21:13
Today is no different – In fact we are told it will get even worse in these final days at the hands of deceivers (2 Timothy 3:13). Like the wolves of old who were constantly exposed by Israel’s prophets, modern beguilers are intercepting the heart affections and resources of those they have misled. Listen to God’s prophet Ezekiel:
“There is a conspiracy of her prophets (false leaders) in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening (devouring) the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening (devouring) the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.” Ezekiel 22:25-27
Ready to Magnify Christ?
“O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Psalms 34:3
The eternal kingdom of God is all about KING Jesus.
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil (ruin) you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power … Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.” Colossians 2:6-10, 18, 19
Most men in ministry are “not holding the Head” of the body – Christ – and therefore have intercepted the affections of the people in order to exploit them to build their own ministry business.
Any leader who is not constantly doing every possible thing he can to get YOU into God’s Word for yourself, is an absolute wolf of the worst kind.
Revelation: People don’t need you and me – they need the LORD – and He reveals Himself through His Word.
Christ must be magnified, not mere men – “And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another” (1 Corinthians 4:6).
IT’S SO very important not to over aggrandize any mere man. We must rid our hearts of all idols (Ezekiel 14:3). The personality cults must be seen for what they really are and shunned by Christ’s true remnant. Think about the personalities so many (most) modern popular ministries are built upon? Think about the ingratiating, manipulative, and flamboyant personalities of circus clowns like Jesse Duplantis, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren, and a host of other false leaders who have built their enterprises/empires on THEIR own personalities and telling people what THEIR unrepentant hearts want to hear instead of what God says in the full counsel of His Holy Word (2 Timothy 4:2-4). Others we could name are more subtle and yet nevertheless draw people to THEMSELVES, not Christ! This is robbery – robbing Christ of the glory due only to Himself.
The great apostle went out of his way – he made sure and steadfast provision – to never draw or entice the affections of men’s hearts to himself. That would be theft – high treason against Heaven. In the holy fear of God, Paul took great precaution not to endear the hearts of men to himself, a mere man, but rather he espoused them to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2-5). Listen to him:
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
Have you memorized the above verse yet?
“I Have Espoused You to … Christ”
Let’s again listen closely to the heart of Paul to the people of God, Christ’s messenger/apostle:
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?” 2 Corinthians 11:2-7
Paul espoused those he oversaw to Jesus, not to himself. He caused them to trust Christ through His blessed Word and invited others to compare what he taught to the Holy Scriptures (Acts 17:11; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:15-17). Is this what your pastor is doing?
In a recent conversation with my friend Tim, he was edified to hear the encouragement that every time he gets someone into the Word of God for themselves, he is doing much more than most pastors or “Christian” authors who make people dependent upon them – so that they get repeat customers for their business.
Are you in the Word daily friend?
How can God’s Word get into you if you don’t get into it?
Are you drawing and remaining close to the Savior in this late hour like the wise virgins who kept the oil of His presence in the lamp of their lives and were therefore ready when He returned? (Matthew 25:1-13)
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly (abundantly) in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
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Why Did God Give Us His Word? [podcast]
The 4 Pillar Purposes for the Holy Scriptures
There are 4 reasons detailed in 2 Timothy 3:16 for the Holy Scriptures being given to us by God. Under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the apostle Paul wrote:
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16
According to this verse, the Bible, God’s very Word, has been given to the people of God for 4 reasons: Doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. Let us take a brief look at these 4 reasons for the written Word so carefully presented here concerning the very purpose of the Bible.
Doctrine – (Gr. DIDASKALIA): that which is taught; teaching, instruction. An individual’s doctrinal body of truth consists of that which he has been taught and holds to be true.
Reproof – (Gr. ELEGMOS): proof, proving, test. As the noble Berean believers demonstrate and John commands, to test every doctrine that comes from the mouth or pen of men, against the holy Standard – the Scriptures. This is, in part, what is being spoken to us by the Holy Spirit in this verse at hand. Therefore, we conclude that we have been given “All scripture” in order to exercise “reproof,” or the testing of men’s doctrines against Holy Writ and to test every notion of belief we currently hold against the divine standard of the written Word which is final divine authority (Acts 17:10-11; 1 John 4:1).
Correction – (Gr. EPANORTHOSIS): a restoration to an upright state or right state. The Scriptures are “given by inspiration of God” to bring correction into our own hearts, and into the hearts of all who heed the divine message (James 1:21-25).
Instruction in Righteousness – (Gr. PAIDEIA): training in righteousness is what is meant here. The Bible is given to train us in the ways of the One who inspired the same. The divinely given Precepts of life can never fail anyone who would search out and do its commands (Isaiah 34:16). All of life’s answers, as pertains to man, are found within its pages (2 Peter 1:3-4; Psalms 119:128a). Millions of godly pilgrims, journeying through this earthly life, has found the perfect divine will and direction by studying the words of Holy Scripture (Psalms 119).
The verse following this monumental 16th verse, v17, also reveals to us another reason for the Scriptures – “That the man of God may be perfect (mature), throughly furnished (equipped) unto all good works.” This maturity will come as a result of the workings of God as we walk with Him. He will teach our hearts His doctrine, His correction, His reproof, and instruct us in righteousness.
In review, what are the 4 reasons that God gave us His Word in written form?
- doctrine
- reproof
- correction
- instruction in righteousness
The Bible was written to CHANGE you – TO CORRECT FALSE THINKING – and not to accommodate the lies you believe. Are you washing your mind of every false notion – by daily study of God’s Word, OR are you backslidden? (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 5:26) Repent now and conform to Christ by learning, embracing, adhering to, searching, studying, and obeying His truth (2 Timothy 3:16-17). WHY DID GOD GIVE US HIS WORD? WHAT are the stated 4 reasons God gave us His Word? Do you know this truth, and are you ready to share it with others?
You are obviously saved when you are putting God’s Word as final divine authority of your life and that’s pleasing to the LORD (John 8:47). When we allow God’s Word to correct us, we prove He is authentically the LORD of our lives (2 Timothy 3:16).
SOFT-PEDDLING, HALF-TRUTH preachers are Satan’s agents. No conviction, no cross, no holiness, no repentance, no readiness for the return of Christ, no judgment to come, no hell, no lake of fire! RUNNNNNN
WHY did God give us His Word? It was to establish His truth in and to protect His people from the many deceivers – “them that seduce you.”
“These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.” 1 John 2:26
God gave us His Word so that we may be established in him and kept safe from the “Many false prophets” He so often warned us about. He provided His written Word, his tangible revelation, so that we may fear Him (Deuteronomy 4:10), and so we can know Him (John 5:39). As you study Scripture, be on the look out for the many divinely stated reasons our LORD gave us His written Word.
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Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16
God gave us His Word in written format so they’d be no confusion and also, no excuse on Judgment Day (John 12:48; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2 Timothy 3:16-17, etc.). The Word of God is the basis by which the LORD shall judge each of us.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
“Read your Bible for yourself. Please. A YouTube sermon clip is not enough. A podcast is not enough. Your favorite preacher is not enough. Know your Bible.” Biblical Man
“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail…” Isaiah 34:16
Read God’s Word itself, yourself (KJB). THAT is God speaking. Every time you read His Word, God is speaking to you.
In Christ’s Love.
PASS IT ON
Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16
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If it’s not the Word, it’s Waste [podcast]
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Christ’s true followers are known in that they love Him truly and therefore hear and are corrected and guided only by His voice, His written Word (John 8:47).
“He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:47
God will Never Anoint and Bless Us to do our Own Thing! Watch this Closely …..
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Matthew 28:18-20
Did you catch what Jesus just said? – That God is with His people to the end of the world to help them do what He said – teach His Word to all!
LOTS of people on social media claiming and preaching their own visions and dreams and not the Gospel! Beware.
When I hear someone speaking live or in a video, if the Word is not coming from their mouths, I soon close it out and unfriend. What is it that we don’t understand about the divine command to “Preach the word”? (2 Timothy 4:2) Wolves entertain goats while true under-shepherds of Christ feed sheep. Beware.
IF we stick with God’s Word, if we do things His way and no other way, we will be involved in the preaching, the teaching – dissemination – of His Word (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20).
“That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.” Philemon 1:6-7
“The bowels of the saints are refreshed” when God’s people communicate His Word!
The Waste of the Modern Church World
If you are born again and abiding presently in Christ, you have “mansion” in glory awaiting you! (John 14:1-6) Did you know that you also have an “account” in Heaven? Now, what’s in that “account”? Is it empty or full?
“Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.” Philippians 4:17
Paul, Christ’s apostle, wanted to see the heavenly accounts of God’s people full!
God is not going to reward you good for not contributing to that which He stated is most important.
ANY leadership curriculum that isn’t literally the Scriptures – and learning THEM – is a scam! (Psalm 119; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21, etc.) How long shall prop of the wolves and their self-agenda “ministries”? How long shall we be be deceived?
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
“Read your Bible for yourself. Please. A YouTube sermon clip is not enough. A podcast is not enough. Your favorite preacher is not enough. Know your Bible.” Biblical Man
“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail…” Isaiah 34:16
Read God’s Word itself, yourself (KJB). THAT is God speaking. Every time you read His Word, God is speaking to you.
Today we see LOTS of clowns raising money to continue to fund their circuses they have and are building using the name of Jesus in vain to do so (Exodus 20:7).
Looking around us and perhaps beginning with our own lives, we see a biblically illiterate generation of Christians – people who can’t quote 10 Bible verses. Yet, those same people have been good church members for many years.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” Hosea 4:6
The vast majority of “churches” today are simply not teaching God’s Word to the people which alone makes them disobedient frauds. Fruit.
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16
If you help a “ministry” that is not instilling God’s truth in people, you are bidding Godspeed to these workers of iniquity and will be judged with them (2 John 10-11). The teaching of God’s Word is paramount and for the divine purpose for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom in the hearts of men (Colossians 3:16).
“And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.” Acts 28:30-31
Many today campaign aggressively to raise money for and promote things that do not involve the communication of God’s truth into the hearts of men. In fact, very little “ministry” being done today even has the unchanging divine goal of instilling God’s Word into the hearts and lives of His people. God will only reward that which is in keeping with what He’s clearly stated – which will never change. His New Testament Gospel program is plain. Are you walking in it?
- “Preach the gospel.” (Mark 16:15)
- “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
- “Preach the word.” (2 Timothy 4:2)
- “Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly (abundantly).” (Colossians 3:16)
Saints, God forbid that we waste the wealth on the waste of spreading the false modern gospel and the trinkets used to promote it!
If it’s a ministry and they’re not the teaching of God’s Word, it’s not of God (John 8:47).
“Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” Acts 8:4
If people are not literally learning and obeying and speaking God’s truth, it’s not of God! (Joshua 1:8; Proverbs 12:17)
The “Success” of Christ’s Saints Depends on This….
“This book of the law (God’s written Word) shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Joshua 1:8
Can you personally name just 5 “Christians” you know who can quote 10 Bible verses from the King James Bible?
I can’t.
The Danger of Endorsing – Bidding Godspeed – to False Teachers, False Ministries
“For MANY deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” 2 John 7-11
Wolves entertain goats while true servants of Christ feed sheep! (John 21:15-17)
Prayer: Holy Father, I come now to You in the name of the LORD Jesus Christ. LORD, this moment I stop this life You gave and I ask You to make me truly, authentically Your disciple. Teach me Thy Word and forgive me for the sin of supporting, for bidding Godspeed to anything claiming to be of You while not truly and literally teaching Your people Your Word and to know it thoroughly for themselves. Please forgive me of this sin Father, in Jesus’ name. I love You Jesus. Thank You for dying for me, for finding, and for saving me by Your blood. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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