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Lineage of the
Modern Corrupt Versions

Compiled by Dr. Ken Matto

(THIS is this the foundation for the King James Bible and the others (new versions) …. one foundation is solid and the other sand ….What foundation is your faith build upon? Romans 10:17)

Just as the King James Bible has a rich lineage of un-corrupted 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.

THE OLD TESTAMENT

Rudolph Kittel’s Biblical Hebraica**

Dead Sea Scrolls consulted

From the Translator’s Preface in the NIV:

“Sometimes a variant Hebrew reading in the margin of the Masoretic Text was followed instead of the text itself.”

“The translators also consulted the more important early versions-the Septuagint; Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion; the Vulgate; The Syriac Peshitta; the Targums; and for the Psalms the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome. Readings from these versions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading.”

This is known as “eclectic” scholarship. In other words, if I don’t like what I read in the manuscripts, there is always another writing by an unbelieving, perverted scholar who will tell me what I want to hear.

**The modern versions use Rudolph Kittel’s Biblia Hebraica for the Old Testament. The King James uses the 1524-25 Bomberg edition of the Masoretic Text known as the Ben Chayyim text. There were two editions of Biblia Hebraica in 1906 and 1913. In the third edition, changes took place, 20,000 to be exact from the Ben Chayyim text, when the editors incorporated the readings of the Leningrad Codex (circa 1008 A.D. and believed to be written in Egypt) in his 1937 edition (completed by Albrecht Alt and Otto Esselte – Stuttgart, 1937), and it is also used in the 1977 edition of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Their text was the Ben Asher text which they exchanged from the Ben Chayyim text and it contained the readings of a few minor Hebrew manuscripts.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

30-95———-Original Autographs
150————-Tatian’s Diatesseron
200————-Clement’s Manuscripts
225————-Origen’s Hexapla
331————-Vaticanus (B) – Believed to be one of Constantine’s Bibles by Eusebius
331————-Sinaiticus (Aleph) – Believed to be one of Constantine’s Bible by Eusebius
400————-Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (official bible of Roman Catholic Institution for over 1,000 years)
450————-Codex Alexandrinus (circa)
450————-Codex Ephraemi (circa)
450————-Codex Bezae (circa)
1481———–Discovery of Vaticanus (B) Manuscript in Vatican Library
1582———–Douay-Rheims New Testament
1592———–Clementine Bible (By Pope Clement VIIII 1592-1605)
1610———–Douay-Rheims Complete Bible (Jesuit Bible)
1657———–Brian Walton’s Polyglot
1707———–John Mill’s Edition
1729———–The New Testament in Greek and English (Unitarian tendencies) by Daniel Mace
1745———–The Primitive New Testament – William Whiston
1750———–Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate – Richard Challoner
1764———–A new and literal translation of all the books of the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and explanatory by Anthony
                       Purver – Otherwise known as the Quaker Bible
1768———–A Literal Translation of the New Testament – Edward Harwood
1774———–Griesbach’s Greek New Testament
1790———–An Exposition of the New Testament – William Gilpin
1791———–A Translation of the New Testament – Gilbert Wakefield – He was a Unitarian
1795———–A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – Thomas Haweis
1796———–An Attempt toward revising our English Translation of the Greek Scriptures – William Newcome (Unitarian)
1798———–A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – Nathaniel Scarlett (A Unitarian Version)
1808———–The New Testament, An improved version upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome’s new translation with a corrected text
                       and notes critical and explanatory.  A Revision of Newcome’s 1796 Unitarian version
1808———–The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Covenant based upon the Septuagint – Charles Thomson
1823———–The New Testament in Greek and English based upon the manuscript of Greisbach
1826———–The Sacred Writing of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled The New Testament. Translated
                       from the Original Greek by Alexander Campbell
1828———–The Gospel of God’s Anointed, the Glory of Israel, and the Light of Revelation for the Gentiles by Alexander Greaves
1828———–The New Testament in the Common Version by John Gorham Palfrey
1833———–A New and Corrected Version of the New Testament by Rodolphus Dickinson
1836———–The Book of the New Covenant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Granville Penn
1840———–The New Testament translated from the text of J. J. Greisbach by Samuel Sharpe
1841———–The Holy Bible, containing the Authorized Version … with twenty thousand emendations – John Conquest, Editor
1842———–Carl Lachmann’s New Testament
1844———–Discovery of Sinaiticus (Aleph) in garbage pail at St. Helens Monastery in Sinai
1850———–The Commonly Received Version of the New Testament … With Several Hundred Emendations by Spencer Cone and
                       William Wyckoff
1851———–The New Testament translated from the Syriac Peshitta – James Murdock
1856———–A Translation of the Gospels – Andrews Norton
1857———–Tregelle’s New Testament
1858———–New Testament translated from the Original Greek based on Tischendorf’s text by Leicester Ambrose Sawyer
1859———–Tischendorf’s 7th Edition New Testament
1862———–The Life and Epistles of St. Paul – W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson
1863———–A Literal Translation of the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ based on the Vaticanus Manuscript by
                      Hermann Heinfitter – Real name Frederick Parker
1864———–The Emphatic Diaglott – Benjamin Wilson
1867———–The Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Book of Revelation: Commonly called the New Testament by J. N. Darby
1867———–The Holy Scriptures, Translated and Corrected by the Spirit of Revelation, by Joseph Smith, Jr. the Seer – Mormon
1869———–Alford’s New Testament
1869———–The New Testament – George R. Noyes (Unitarian)
1872———–Tischendorf’s New Testament
1872———–Rotherham Version – Translated from Tregelles Text – Joseph Bryant Rotherham
1875———–The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1876————The Holy Bible … translated literally from the original tongues by Julia Evelina Smith Parker
1881———–The Revised Version of Hort & Westcott
1888———–The New Covenant – J. W. Hansen
1890———–The Holy Scriptures – John Nelson Darby
1899———–Douay-Rheims American Edition
1900———–Epistles of the New Testament – Henry Hayman
1901———–The American Standard Version – Phllip Schaff – Editor
1901———–Modern American Bible – Frank Schell Ballentine (Revised in 1909)
1901———–Moffatt’s Historical New Testament – James Moffatt
1901———–Way’s Epistles – Arthur Way
1901———–Young People’s Bible or the Scriptures Corrected – Harriet Jones
1902———–The Emphasized Bible – Joseph Bryant Rotherham (4 Volumes)
1902———–Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek – W. B. Godbey (Based on Codex Sinaiticus)
1902———–Twentieth Century New Testament (Revised 1904)
1903———–The Holy Bible in Modern English – Ferrar Fenton
1903———–The New Testament in Modern Speech – Richard Weymouth
1904———–Worrell’s New Testament – A. S. Worrel (A mediocre revision of the ASV of 1901)
1904———–Century Bible (Contains both KJV text and RV of 1881)
1905———–LLoyd’s New Testament – Samuel LLoyd
1906———–Forrester Translation – Henry Forrester
1907———–Bourne’s Gospel – A. E. Bourne
1907———–Moulton’s Modern Reader’s Bible – Richard C. Moulton
1908———–Rutherford’s Epistles
1909———–Bible in Modern English
1909———–Weaver’s New Testament – S. Townsend Weaver
1910———–The Cunard’s by F. W. Cunard
1912———–The Improved Bible Union Version – American Baptist Publishing Society
1913———–The New Testament: A Translation in Modern Speech by James Moffatt (Revised 1917)
1914———–The Numeric New Testament – Ivan Panin (Revised 1935)
1914———–Cunnington’s New Testament – E. E. Cunnington (Based on the Western Texts in the 4th Edition Greek nestle Text)
1916———–The McFayden Psalms in Modern Speech – John McFayden
1917———–The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text – Jewish Publication Society Bible
1918———–Anderson New Testament from the Sinaiticus Manuscript – Harry Tompkins Anderson
1919———–The Messages of the Bible – Frank Sanders & Charles Kent
1921———–Common Speech by T. W. Pym
1921———–The Shorter Bible – Charles Foster Kent
1921———–A Plain Translation of the New Testament by a Student – Bird McCarron
1922———–The Plainer Bible – Chaplain Frank Valentine
1923———–The New Testament: An American Translation – Edgar Goodspeed
1923———–The Riverside New Testament – William G. Ballenteen
1923———–The Robertson Translation – A. T. Robertson
1924———–The Labor Determinative Version
1924———–Centenary Translation of the New Testament – Helen Barrett Montgomery
1925———– Askwith’s Psalms – E.H. Askwith
1925———–People’s New Covenant -Arthur E. Overbury
1925———–Children’s Bible – Charles Foster Kent and Henry A. Sherman
1926———–The Moffatt Bible: A New Translation of the Bible – James Moffatt
1926———–Concordant Version – Adolph Ernst Knoch
1927———–Kent’s Student Old Testament
1927———–Smith’s and Goodspeed’s Translation
1928———–The Christian’s Bible – George LaFever
1928———–Good News according to Matthew for use by “Christian Spiritualists” – J. W. Potter
1928———– Czarnomska Version – Elizabeth Czarnomska
1929———–The Galwyn’s Psalms
1930———–The Loux Mark Edition – Dubois Loux
1931———–The Wales Psalms – Frank Wells
1932———–The Chaplain Ballenteen Edition – Frank Shell
1932———–The Kleists Memoirs of St. Peter – James Kleist
1933———–Torrey’s Four Gospels – Chaplain Cutler Torrey
1934———–Royd’s Epistles and Gospels – Thomas Fletcher Royd
1934———–The Old Testament in Colloquial English
1934———–The Wade Translation – G. W. Wade
1935———–The Westminster Version of the Sacred Scriptures (A Roman Catholic Version) – Revised 1948 – NT Only
1937———–The Cornish Translation of St. Paul – Gerald Warre Cornish
1937———–Greber’s New Testament – Johannes Greber
1937———–Martin’s New Testament – William Wallace Martin
1937———–21 Canonical Epistles
1937———–Spencer’s New Testament – Francis Spencer
1937———–The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People – Charles B. Williams
1938———–The Book of Books – United Society for Christian Literature
1938———–Buttonweiser’s Psalms – Moses Buttenweiser
1938———–Clementson’s New Testament – Edgar Lewis Clementson
1939———–The Osterley Psalms – W. O. E. Oesterley
1940———–Dakes’s Gospels – John A. Dakes
1941———–St. Mark in Current English – Mary Matheson
1941———–The New Testament of our Lord and Savior (Translated from Jerome’s Latin Vulgate)
1944———–The Callan’s Psalms – Charles J. Callan
1944———- Wand’s New Testament Letters – J. W. C. Wand
1945———- Stringfellow’s New Testament – Erwin Edward Stringfellow
1946———–Lenski’s Interpretation – by R. C. H. Lenski
1946———–The Revised Standard Version of the NCC – Luther Weigle, Editor
1947———–Eerdman’s Psalms – B. D. Erdman
1947———–Swann’s New Testament – George Swann – Translated from the Greek of Hort and Westcott
1948———–The Letchworth New Testament – Thomas and Ralph Ford
1949———–The Basic Bible containing the Old and New Testament in Basic English – S. H. Hooke, Editor
1949———–The Leslie Psalms – Elmer A. Leslie
1950———–The Sacred Name New Testament – Angelo Traina
1951———–The Authentic Version – Brotherhood Authentic Bible Society
1951———–The New Testament in Modern English – Olaf Morgan Norlie (Reprinted in 1962 as the Children’s Simplified NT
1951———–Vernon’s Mark – Edward Vernon
1951———–The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ commonly styled the New Testament by G. Campbell,
                      J. MacKnight, P. Doddridge
1952———–The Revised Standard Version update
1952———–The New Testament, a New Translation in Plain English – Charles Williams
1952———–The Penguin Bible – Emil Victor Rieu & C. H. Rieu
1952———–The Four Gospels, A new Translation from the Greek – Emil Victor Rieu
1954———–The New Testament rendered from the original Greek with Explanatory Notes by James A. Kleist and Joseph L. Lilly
1954———–Kleist and Lynam’s Psalms – James Kleist & Thomans Lynam
1954———–The Kissane’s Psalms – Monsignor Edward J. Kissane
1954———–St. Paul’s Shorter Letters – Hobart G. Hoerber
1954———–The Moore’s New Testament – George Albert Moore
1954———–The Amplified Gospel of John
1955———–The Holy Bible; A Translation from the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals by Ron Knox
1955———–The Authentic New Testament, edited and translated from the Greek for the General Reader by Hugh J. Schonfield
1956———–The Inspired Letters in Clearest English – Frank C. Laubach
1957———–The Concordant Version – Concordant Publishing Concern
1957———–The Lamsa Translation – Translated from the Peshitta – George M. Lamsa
1958———–The Amplified New Testament
1958———–The Hudson Translation – James T. Hudson
1958———–The Meissner’s Gospels – Lawrence Meissner
1958———– Tomanek New Testament – James L. Tomanek
1958———–Phillips New Testament in Modern English – J. B. Phillips
1959———–Mark – Annie Cressman
1959———–The Berkeley Version in Modern English by Gerrit Verkuyl and other translators
1959———–The Modern Language Bible
1960———–Reina-Valera Revision (Spanish)
1960———–The New American Standard Version
1960———–The Children’s King James
1961———–The New English Bible New Testament – C. H. Dodd
1961———–The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses) – Revised from the 1950 edition
1961———–Noli’s Greek Orthodox New Testament – Fan Noli
1961———–One Way Bible
1961———–Simplified New Testament – Olaf M. Norlie
1961———–Wuest Expanded New Testament – Kenneth Wuest
1962———–The Children’s Version
1962———–The New Jewish Version – Jewish Publication Society
1962———–Four Gospels and the Revelation – Richard Lattimore
1963———–Beck’s New Testament – William F. Beck
1963———–Holy Name Bible – A. B. Traina
1963———–The New Testament: A New Translation in Plain English – Charles Williams
1963———–Gelineau’s Psalms – Joseph Gelineau
1964———–The Anchor Bible – William Albright & David Freedman
1964———–The Hadas Psalms – Gershon Hadas
1965———–Bruce’s Expanded Paraphrase of the Letters of Paul – Frederick Bruce, Moulton, & Scrivener
1965———–The Complete Amplified Bible – Frances Siwert
1966———–Today’s English Version (Good News for Modern Man) New Testament – Robert Bratcher
1966———–Jerusalem Bible – Alexander Jones, Editor
1966———–The Bible in Simplified English – The Liturgical Press
1966———–The Burke Translation – Carl F. Burke
1966———–The Living Scriptures – Jay Green
1967———–Dale’s New World Bible – Alan T. Dale
1967———–The Liverpool Vernacular Gospels – Dick Williams & Frank Shaw
1968———–The Cotton Patch Version – Clarence Jordan
1968———–Hanson’s Psalms in Modern Speech – Richard Hanson
1968———–Restoration of Original Name New Testament – Rotherham
1969———–Barclay’s New Testament – William Barclay
1969———–The Children’s New Testament – Gleason H. Ledyard
1969———–The New Life Testament – Gleason H. Ledyard
1969———–New Life Version
1969———– Worldwide English New Testament – Annie Cressman
1970———–King James II New Testament by Jay Green (1)
1970———–New English Bible with the Apocrypha – C. H. Dodd
1970———–New American Bible (Roman Catholic) – Louis F. Hartman and Myles M. Bourke Editors
1971———–Blackwell Exegetical Translation – Boyce Blackwelder
1971———–The Living Bible – Kenneth Taylor
1972———–J. B. Phillips Translation
1972———–The Bible in Living English – Steven Byington (Jehovah’s Witness)
1972———–The Alba House New Testament – Kevin Condon
1972———–Today’s English New Testament – Don Klingensmith
1973———–New International Version
1973———–The Common Bible – RSV plus Apocrypha
1973———–The Translator’s New Testament – W. D. McHardy
1973———–The Better Version of the New Testament by Chester Estes (Based on Greisbach’s Text)
1973———–The Psalms – Mother Maus
1973———–A Child’s Bible – Anne Edwards
1974———–Klingensmith New Testament – Don J. Klingensmith
1975———–The Word Made Fresh – Andrew Edington
1976———–Train Up A Child – Ben Nutt
1976———–The Holy Bible in the Language of Today – William F. Beck
1976———–New Life Testament – Gleason Ledyard
1976———–The Heart of Paul: A Relational Paraphrase of the New Testament – Ben Johnson
1976———–Concise Jewish Bible – Philip Birnbaum
1976———–Good News Bible – both Old & New Testament – Robert Bratcher
1976———–Renaissance New Testament – Randolph O. Yeager
1977———–The Gospels in Scouse – Dick Williams and Frank Shaw
1977———–Marrow Gospels
1977———–The Psalms – David L. Frost
1977———–Christian Counselor’s New Testament – Jay Adams
1977———–Holy Bible for Children  – Allan Hart Johnson
1978———–The New Testament for the Deaf – Deaf Missions
1978———–Holy Name Bible – Scripture Research Association
1979———–New King James Version
1979———–English Messianic Jewish Version
1979———–Ephesians – R. Paul Caudill
1979———–Lattimore’s Gospels and Revelation – Richmond Lattimore
1979———–Sasson’s Ruth – Jack Sasson
1979———–The Psalms – Bonaventure Zerr
1979———–Mitchell’s Job – Stephen Mitchell
1980———–The Four Gospels: An Exegetical Translation
1981———–The Simple English New Testament – International Bible Translators
1982———–The Messianic Edition of the Living Bible – David Bronstein
1982———–The Basic Bible
1982———–Reader’s Digest Bible
1985———–New Jerusalem Bible – Henry Wansbrough Editor
1985———–The New Testament Recovery Version
1987———–The Everyday Bible: New Century Version – Ervin Bishop
1988———–McCord’s New Testament Translation of the Everlasting Gospel by Hugo McCord
1989———–The New Revised Standard Version
1989———–The Revised English Version with Apocrypha ( A revision of the 1970 New English Bible)
1989———–Jewish New Testament – David H. Stern
1993———–The Message – Eugene Peterson
1993———–The Five Gospels: The search for the authentic words of Jesus – Robert W. Funk
1994———–The Inclusive New Testament – Craig Smith Editor
1995 ———-New American Standard Version Update
1995———–Contemporary English Version
1995———–New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version – Victor Gold
1995———–God’s Word – Eugene Bunkowske
1995———–The New Testament: An Understandable Version – William Paul
1995———–Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version – Barclay M. Newman (American Bible Society)
1995———–The Five Books of Moses – Everett Fox
1996———–NIV: Inclusive Language Version – London, England
1996———–The New Testament – Richard Lattimore
1996———–New Living Translation
1996———–Bible in Worldwide English
1996———–New International Readers Version
2001———–English Standard Version  (National Council of Churches production)
2001———–New English Translation – W. Hall Harris, Editor
2002———–The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language – Eugene Peterson
2002———–Today’s New International Version
2003———–Holman Christian Standard Bible
2003———–Revolve New Testament (New Century Version)
2004———–The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary – Robert Alter
2004———–New Living Translation – Second edition – Mark Norton, Editor
2004———–Good As New: A Radical Retelling of The Scriptures – John Henson of the One Community
2005———–Today’s New International Version (Complete Bible)
2010———–Lexham English Bible
2010———–Common English Bible
2011———–2011 New International Version

(1) Jay Green’s translation is listed here because he, like the modern scholars, disputes whether Acts 8:37 & 1 John 5:7 are really in the text. 1 John 5:7-8 has been found in the Old Latin Vulgate (not Jerome’s) and early church lectionaries. Acts 8:37 is found in the Old Latin Vulgate Version, a Middle Egyptian Version and a Syriac Version.

Are There Significant Differences in the Bible Versions? | The Audacity of Defending the New Versions |

“Modern scholarship” comes out of the jesuit-corrupted seminaries and is a belly laugh. Layers and layers of lies covering its dirty tracts are stack up to “confirm” the previous lies. Most modern so-called “scholars” use Satan’s “bibles” which is all we need to know! The corrupt defend corrupted “bibles.” Any man who can use those horrible excuses for a Bible is in darkness. What’s that say for the lightweights many call “pastors” today? You have to cast away the “Spirit of truth” and the common sense God gave you to be indoctrinated by the doctors of damnation and to buy into the new “bible” version lies (John 16:13-14). SMH

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Apostasy

Concerns about the writings of C.S. Lewis [podcast]


“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105

It’s a dangerous proposition to attempt to convey the divine doctrine, the truth, via fiction. Such an undertaking begins on skaky ground. The saints of Christ must get all their doctrine strictly from Scripture, and Holy Scripture only (Deut 4:1-10; Isaiah 34:16; John 5:39-40; 2 Tim 2:15; 3:15-17; 2 Pet 1:12-21, etc.). The writings of CS Lewis have zero divine inspiration and zero divine authority. Anyone who spends their time reading the writings of men, especially those which include very little Scripture (as in the case of Lewis), are inevitably going to be deceived. God gave us His Word to know Him and warned us that “MANY false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:11).

Beware. CS Lewis never even claimed to be born again and yet still has a cult following.

Being born again means one “is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God…” (2 Corinthians 5:17-18) Yet Lewis asserts that “there are people in other religions who are being led by God’s secret influence to concentrate on those parts of their religion which are in agreement with Christianity, and who thus belong to Christ without knowing it.” So, the most profound divine miracle can happen to a person, they can be changed from the inside out, freely forgiven and regenerated, and not even know it? Such a statement from Lewis alone moves me to conclude that he was never born again. And this isn’t even to mention that he was at least in bed with the works-based antichrist Roman Catholic church.

Something to think about, to help you: Why would you be so strongly defending a mere man if that man and his writings didn’t mean so much to you? There seems to be a cult fiction following of Lewis involving people who seem to spend more times of a mere sinner’s fictional musings about God than they do reading about God for themselves in His own Word.

Of CS Lewis, one pastor notes problematic things in Lewis’s writings:

“(1) he was not an inerrantist; (2) he viewed the Protestant Reformation as avoidable; (3) he remained in the Church of England, despite his largely Protestant beliefs; (4) he allowed for “at least some people to be saved through imperfect representations of Christ in other religions”; (5) he gave little attention to the doctrine of atonement.” Then he says: “Lewis is not a writer to which we should turn for growth in a careful biblical understanding of Christian doctrine … There is almost no passage of Scripture on which I would turn to Lewis for exegetical illumination.”

CS Lewis stated: “I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside.” Lewis, “The Problem of Pain,” 538.

One minister notes of Lewis’ doctrine that “Lewis never believed in a literal hell, but instead believed hell is a state of mind one chooses to possess and become.” In other words, CS Lewis believe hell was not literal but rather a fiction.

Of CS Lewis, Rick Miesel wrote the following 15 conclusions about the beliefs of CS Lewis:

1. Lewis indicates that shortly before his death he was turning toward the Catholic Church. Lewis termed himself “very Catholic.” His prayers for the dead, belief in purgatory, and rejection of the literal resurrection of the body are serious deviations from Biblical Christianity.

2. His contention that some pagans may “belong to Christ without knowing it” is a destructive heresy…, as was his statement that “Christ fulfils both Paganism and Judaism …”

3. Lewis believed that we’re to become “gods,” an apparent affirmation of theistic evolution.

4. He also believed the Book of Job is “unhistorical” (Reflections on the Psalms, pp. 110), and that the Bible contained “error” (pp. 110, 112) and is not divinely inspired.

5. Lewis never believed in a literal hell, but instead believed hell is a state of mind one chooses to possess and become…

6. On heaven: “All the scriptural imagery (harps, crowns, gold, etc.) is, of course, a merely symbolical attempt to express the inexpressible.”

7. C.S. Lewis’s most outrageous misunderstanding was about the purpose of the death of Christ, which of course mars all subsequent propositions about the effects of the cross and salvation.

8. In his speculations on the hereafter, Lewis is to be criticized for being so extra-biblical.

9. In spite of what many believe to be brilliant exegesis on Christian apologetics (In light of the above, one wonders which of Lewis’s books these people have been reading?), there appears to have been in C.S. Lewis a seemingly irresistible attraction to the shadow world of occult fantasy — a mingling of darkness with light evident in writings apart from his apologetics.

10. Lewis’s early favorite literature included E. Nesbit’s trilogy: Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Wishing Carpet, plus The Amulet — all occult fantasies.

11. So much was Lewis’s life steeped in fantasy that he wrote, “The central story of my life is about nothing else” (p. 17). From Nesbit and Gulliver he advanced to Longfellow’s Saga of King Olaf and fell in love with the magic and pagan myths of Norse legend. By the age of twelve, there had grown in Lewis’s mind an intense relationship with the world of fantasy and elves… Although one would expect childhood fantasies to subside after a time, in Lewis’s case they became more a delight as he grew older.

12. After advancing to preparatory school at Wyvern, Lewis gradually “ceased to be a Christian.” He became interested in the occult and embraced an attitude of pessimism about what he considered a faulty world. His taste for the occult was nurtured and grew as he became enthralled with Wagnerian operas and their Norse sagas derived from Celtic mythology.

13. It was during their long association that both Lewis and JR Tolkien developed their most prestigious “sword and sorcery” material.

13. It is argued that in presenting a blend of fantasy with analogy to Christian truth, Lewis hoped to encourage his readers to search out the truth further. This, however, was not Lewis’s intention in writing his fantasies… Many of Lewis’s characters in his fantasies depicted as “good” are in reality associated with witchcraft, pagan mythology, and the Norse mysteries.

14. One of the more pronounced confusions of good and evil is Till We Have Faces, Lewis’s retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, written just a few years before his death. In this work, several ungodly concepts are espoused as valid truths.

15. In fact, there has developed a cult of sorts which venerates the fantasies of Lewis along with those of other writers who do not claim to be Christians. Evidence of this is the fact that Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia is listed along with other occult writings as recommended inspirational reading by the makers of the demonically-oriented game Dungeons and Dragons!

CONCLUSION

According to Miesel, Lewis is also heretical on the depravity of man, how salvation works, being “Born Again,” and animals in heaven. He concludes,

“While there may be insights into life that are profitable to be found in the works of C.S. Lewis, we think it not wise to encourage young or untaught Christians to feed on such a presentation of so-called Christian truth. Some may be readily attracted to Lewis’s style and logic, but let us not be blinded and thus miss the plain and simple truth of Scripture.”

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How to Spot a Fake Bible [podcast]


Please don’t balk till you read these 3 verses. This is indefensible to the sane mind! “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.” (Proverbs 18:13)

Satan loves to borrow from the authentic. This is so he can attempt to borrow credibility from the real and he pawns off, he promulgates his counterfeits. This is why one of his fake “bibles” is called the “New King James Bible.” The Word “Berean” immediately evokes the truth of the disciples there who stood on God’s written Word and compared everything to it to prove it was true or false (Acts 17:10-11). In 2016 the Berean Study Bible (BSB) was introduced. Sounds good, right? Not! There are 4 verses we use to acid test “bibles”: Matthew 17:21; Acts 8:37; Romans 8:1; and Colossians 1:14

As usual, this BSB was taken from the known corrupted manuscripts instead of the Textus Receptus from which the KJB comes from. In the BSB, typically, we find:

  • Matthew 17:21 was removed and so was Acts 8:37,
  • Romans 8:1 was chopped in half, and
  • The blood of Jesus was removed from Colossians 1:14.

Many times I hold people’s feet to the fire on Colossians 1:14 and ask them if they truly believe they are washed in Christ’s blood and if they believe they could be saved without His blood (Hebrews 9:22). Then when they agree that our LORD’s blood is the only way they could have been and are saved, I ask them how they could possibly agree with, condone the removing of His precious blood and bring in Revelation 22:18-19.

“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

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

People are constantly bragging about “their” translation they love and swear it’s the best. So, all you have to do to blow up their little deception is to go online and find that version and go to the following 3 verses: Matthew 17:21, Colossians 1:14, Romans 8:1

Keep in mind that the King James Bible uses the word “fornication” and not “sexual immorality” like the new versions which can be manipulated and redefined by sinful men. Let’s use the King James Bible saints, not a cheap counterfeit.

IF you are going to dare still argue to defend the fake news new “bibles” after being told that the BLOOD of Jesus is removed from Colossians 1:14 and Matthew 17:21 is removed and Romans 8:1 is chopped in half…. I have no more responsibility to communicate truth to you according to (Matthew 7:6; Titus 3:10-11; Revelation 22:18-19; Proverbs 30:5-6). You are not a man of truth.

You have to wonder if professing Christians actually know and take this severe warning seriously by the crass attitude we see concerning the fake “bibles” which deliberately butchered God’s words and changed major doctrines (Revelation 22:18-19). Where O where is the holy fear of God?

“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

Compare to the KJB which came from the Textus Receptus manuscripts which make up 98% of all manuscripts in existence and agree with each other. The underlying manuscripts are most important. When you compare these 3 verses you immediately see if their version is accurate. There’s more to it though because apparently some of the fake “bibles” use both sets of manuscripts. Yet, usually the fake “bibles” come wholly from the corrupted manuscripts and comparing these 3 verses reveals such.

The new versions of the Bible are rooted in rebellion no matter what the sales pitch they put on gullible minds. They are man’s thoughts and philosophies inserted into God’s (Isaiah 55:8-9). Total rebellion. Read Revelation 22:18-19. They are cursed at the root. The Holy Ghost is our Teacher not the Hebrew, Greek, or supposed, self-appointed “experts.”

90% of the time you will find that their “bible” version came from the corrupted manuscripts.

Personally, I cannot endorse what are clearly Satan’s CORRUPTIONS, cheap substitutes, and counterfeits of God’s Word and therefore cannot recommend them. I definitely encourage any and all believers, no matter the maturity level, to read the King James Bible.

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How do We Know Who is “of God” and Who is “Not of God”? [podcast]


Scripture vs Subjectivity/Human Reasoning

“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

There are many people pretending to be representing Christ. Many pretend to speak for God but how do we know who is truly “of God” and who is “not of God”? Jesus gave us the answer to this important question because He desires His people to be protected by proper discernment. He has warned us repeatedly to “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know (discern) them by their fruits. … And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many” (Matthew 7:15-16, 24:11).

Jesus says to use that we shall “know” (discern) others “by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:16, 20)

“You’re taking things out of context” is what unrepentant heretics throw at you when you state the Word. And they say “rightly divide the word of truth,” using it out of context for their own self-serving agenda because they don’t like what the plain truth of God states in His written Word. They are clearly “not of God” according to Christ who also said “by their fruits” we are to “know” (discern) others (Matthew 7:16, 20).

Here’s the clear proof that most of the “church” is not Christ’s church, not His people at all. They falsely claim to be, as did the Jews of Jesus’ day. Memorize John 8:47  – who is “of God” and who is “NOT of God.”

“He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:47

Simply put: We know who is truly “of God” and who is “NOT of God” by how they treat God’s Word.

True Heaven bound disciples of Jesus follow God according to the Bible (Psalms 119:105). All others follow a false god they concocted in their own deceived imagination (John 8:47).

One of the examples in this late hour of those who pose a threat to believers is the New Apostolic Reformation movement which has produced and sent forth an army of false prophets. Their false insinuations and claims include that their prophetic words, visions, apostles, prophets, and prophecies are equal to the divine authority of Holy Scripture. More on the New Apostolic Reformation Cult and its false teachings and false prophets is here.

When you or I or any other mere human claims to be hearing from the Holy Spirit, such is purely subjective and must be tested against the Holy Scriptures (1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 John 4:1, etc.). THAT’s WHY we have the written Word – to protect us from being misled from the “MANY false prophets” who are deceiving “MANY” as Jesus forewarned would be the case (Matthew 24:11). Final divine authority is the written Word, not some mere sinful man or woman posing as God’s voice.

The LORD gave us His Word in order that we could know Him who is “the truth” and not be “led away (from God) with the error of the wicked” by following “cunningly devised fables” (John 14:6; 2 Peter 1:16; 3:17).

2 Peter 1:16-21

16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 

17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

19 We have also a MORE SURE WORD of prophecy (the written Word); 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.

The Word of God is sure and steadfast as is its Author who is eternally perfect and unchanging in His divine nature. Our faith is not based on mere fables or stories, but rather on the Word of the very One who created and sustains all life in His vast Universe (Colossians 1:16-17).

“The apostasy is here. Everyone is a Christian until it gets biblical.” F.

You wanna know who is really “of God” and who is “NOT of God”? John 8:47  – memory truth.

“He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:47

Every person who is “of God” has their conscience captive to His Word. Any person who is casual about God’s Word instead of fervently attentive, is “not of God.” When the true follower of Jesus hears Scripture, they hearken, are comforted, corrected, edified, etc. They love God and therefore change to conform to the Word. His words are the highest authority of their lives.

Is God’s Word your final authority or not?

IF God’s WRITTEN Word is not the final authority of your personal life, we have nothing in common – you are not saved. Jesus says you are “NOT of God” (John 8:47).

LOTS of biblically-illiterate guys hanging out on social media arguing using subjectivity, lies, and false notions when they should be diligently studying and speaking only the Word. The problem is not only “lack of knowledge” but also the pride that underlies their refusal to be teachable (Hosea 4:6).

The godly man will own the truth – he will surrender and allow it to own him – even when it is correcting him (Proverbs 1:5; 15:32; Romans 3:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17, etc.).

IF you refuse to allow God’s Word to correct you, you are “not of God” (John 8:47).

The righteous declare with Christ’s apostle Paul to “Let God be true and EVERY man a liar” (Romans 3:4).

IF you don’t love God enough to voraciously study His Word, you do not love Him!

“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” Job 23:12

We know who is truly “of God” by their resolved, unwavering love for God’s Word.

Those who preach the Word of God continue sending a whole slew of ungodly men packing! These ungodly men who vainly believe they are of God, prove their rebellion by their refusal to be corrected by God’s Word (Romans 3:4; Matthew 7:6; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Titus 3:10-11; 2 John 7-11).

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:15-17

IF it is discovered that God’s written Word is not your absolute final divine authority, you will be rebuked and sent packing if you don’t repent. You are “NOT of God” (John 8:47). Time to clean house! Time to flip the tables of the hypocrites.

The only way to be rooted and grounded in Christ is to be an ardent student of His Word. There are no shortcuts and all who are not rich in His Word will be misled for not loving Jesus enough to prayerfully, daily pour over, learn, apply, and walk in His Word.

“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 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:” Colossians 2:6-10

We are “complete in Christ” and Christ is revealed to us in His Word (John 5:39-40, etc.).

IF you are living by human reasoning instead of strictly by God’s written Word, you are a lost soul in need of repentance. Repent now and when you do, the proof will be that God’s Word will become the authority of your life (John 8:47). Those who truly repent are in Christ and live by His Word and nothing else.

There are so very many people today acting like they know Jesus while His Word is not the final divine authority of their lives – which clearly proves they have either never repented or have since backslidden and are lost!

“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

Satan is able to master the lives of those who “received not the love of the truth. … for this cause God shall send them strong delusion.”

Not getting into God’s Word will cost us everything. Those who do not love God’s Word, clearly prove they do not love Him.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6

Many modern “pastors” are little more than those who entertain goats/counterfeits and we know this because they are not fervent but rather casual about the Holy Scriptures and most of them use fake “bibles.”

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:2-4

Jesus told Peter to feed his sheep (John 21:15-17). Christ never instructed Peter or anyone else to merely hold church services. Of course believers are to gather and yet, when we gather, what’s most important is feasting on God’s word (Nehemiah 8:8; Acts 2:42, etc.). Instead though, today most gatherings called “church” are little more than an hour of empty entertainment, void of the fear, the holiness, and the Word of God.

“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

Hireling wolves aren’t getting people into the Word for themselves because they want people to need, to depend upon THEM instead of God so they can build their own brand, church, club! They are using people, building a busine$$ on the gullibility of their prey! (John 21:15-17; 2 Timothy 2:15; 4:2-4; 1 Peter 4:11).

Sink or swim! Get into God’s Word daily for yourself and stop trusting entirely on your Sunday morning gathering – which if you attend such, should be just one of many times you are fellowshiping with God and His people in a week’s time frame and not an end in itself -which inevitably it becomes!

After Pentecost, the birth of the New Testament church, the earliest believers are seen in temples (Jewish church buildings) for a time. They are also seen fellowshiping “house to house.”

“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine (the Word) and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 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. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” Acts 2:42-47 

Jesus told Peter to “feed my sheep” (John 21:15-17). Perhaps more like “Go feed them” as Jesus and His apostle did. They went to the people (Matthew 9:35-38; Acts 1:8; 8:4; 10:38, etc.), and not “Go get them to come to you for their weekly entertainment and so you can fleece them with your church membership program and system you’ve set up to catch unsuspecting souls.” Gathering together is God’s will and yet, being corralled to be preyed upon is something about which we see warnings throughout God’s Word.

Corralling and entrapping unsuspecting souls is one of the schemes, devices used by beguilers. In my opinion, this is what the apostate modern church world has become – a baited trap, a stage performed on by pied pipers who use music, bands, and story-telling to seek to capture, to ensnare souls.

“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.” Jeremiah 5:27-28

Those who allow themselves to become indoctrinated and ensnared in this system become “twofold more the child of hell” and continue this campaign of evil for generations (Matthew 23:15).

“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:2-4

PRAYER: Holy Father in Heaven, I come to You now solely on the basis of Christ’s perfect sacrifice for my sins. Please forgive my sin of self-idolatry and spiritual adultery where I have not put You first but had other false gods before You. In this very instant, right now, I repent. I turn back to You dear Jesus and ask You to wash my sins afresh in Your precious blood. I love You LORD Jesus and from this moment forward, I am relishing, worshiping, loving, obeying, and seeking Your holy face relentlessly. Please fill me afresh with Your Holy Spirit and use me dear LORD. Also, please give me the deep desire for more of You and for a photographic memory of Your words. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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