Lesson 2
So..... Do we have the Inspired, Infallible Word of God?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
In order to have the Word of God, it had to have been preserved down through the years. Is this possible? If God desires to communicate His Word to us, wouldn't he also want to guard and protect His Word?
Are we saying? This is Gods Word! It's perfect, infallible, inerrant, the very words of God himself! or I believe all this about the original writings, but this is a mistake filled translation.
When pastor has us hold our bibles in the air and repeat.... This is my bible, I believe what my bible says, more than what the devil says, more than what people say, more than what my circumstances say.... Do we really mean it? do we believe it is the true word of God?
We must believe what it says if we are going to stand boldly in the same type of faith that Abraham, David, even Christ himself and the apostles did. Otherwise, where is the strength of the Word? It would have no effect. It would be works without faith.
Psalm 12:6-7 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalm 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. (if a generation is approximately 40-60 years, then this would be at least 40,000 years - we are only at 6,000)
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Most books only survive a short time, few survive over 100 years, and a fraction represent those which have lasted a thousand years. Of all the ancient literature, the Holy Scriptures stick out like a sore thumb; the last survivor of an extinct race..... The very fact of the Bible's continued existence is an indication that, like it's Author, it is indestructible. When you think about it- consider that the Bible is the subject of a never-ending persecution, the fact that it has even survived is a Miracle in itself.
If there is perversion in the Word of God, where has it come from?
Jeremiah 23:36 ...ye, have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
Perversion comes from man. Satan desires to be worshipped. He has the ability, even as he has in the past, to counterfeit God's actions and will be attempting to destroy God's Word and/or our confidence in that Word while seeking to replace it with his own version. He will cause us to doubt and question... Hath God said?
Psalm 12:6-7 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
This is from the King James Version. God intends to preserve his pure words.
Notice how the new versions try to destroy this promise by making you think the context is people not words....
NIV you will keep us safe
NASB Thou wilt preserve him
Living Bible you will forever preserve your own
NAB You, O Lord, will keep us
NLT Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed
note: I checked for context in this- The entire psalm is comparing the words of the wicked with the Words of God.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
In order to have the Word of God, it had to have been preserved down through the years. Is this possible? If God desires to communicate His Word to us, wouldn't he also want to guard and protect His Word?
Are we saying? This is Gods Word! It's perfect, infallible, inerrant, the very words of God himself! or I believe all this about the original writings, but this is a mistake filled translation.
When pastor has us hold our bibles in the air and repeat.... This is my bible, I believe what my bible says, more than what the devil says, more than what people say, more than what my circumstances say.... Do we really mean it? do we believe it is the true word of God?
We must believe what it says if we are going to stand boldly in the same type of faith that Abraham, David, even Christ himself and the apostles did. Otherwise, where is the strength of the Word? It would have no effect. It would be works without faith.
Psalm 12:6-7 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalm 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. (if a generation is approximately 40-60 years, then this would be at least 40,000 years - we are only at 6,000)
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Most books only survive a short time, few survive over 100 years, and a fraction represent those which have lasted a thousand years. Of all the ancient literature, the Holy Scriptures stick out like a sore thumb; the last survivor of an extinct race..... The very fact of the Bible's continued existence is an indication that, like it's Author, it is indestructible. When you think about it- consider that the Bible is the subject of a never-ending persecution, the fact that it has even survived is a Miracle in itself.
If there is perversion in the Word of God, where has it come from?
Jeremiah 23:36 ...ye, have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
Perversion comes from man. Satan desires to be worshipped. He has the ability, even as he has in the past, to counterfeit God's actions and will be attempting to destroy God's Word and/or our confidence in that Word while seeking to replace it with his own version. He will cause us to doubt and question... Hath God said?
Psalm 12:6-7 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
This is from the King James Version. God intends to preserve his pure words.
Notice how the new versions try to destroy this promise by making you think the context is people not words....
NIV you will keep us safe
NASB Thou wilt preserve him
Living Bible you will forever preserve your own
NAB You, O Lord, will keep us
NLT Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed
note: I checked for context in this- The entire psalm is comparing the words of the wicked with the Words of God.
posted by Mrs Edgey at 3/15/2006 02:52:00 PM
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