God has placed a lot of importance upon His words.
- Matthew 24:35 reads, "Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but my WORDS
shall not pass away."
- Psalms 138:2 says, ". . . for thou
hast magnified thy WORD
above all thy name."
- Psalms 119:89 says, "For ever, O LORD,
thy WORD is settled in
heaven."
The spiritual life-blood of the human race is the
word of God.
It brings salvation: "Being born again,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God. . ." (1
Peter 1:23)
It produces faith: ". . . faith cometh
by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"
(Romans 10:17).
It produces spiritual growth: ". . .desire
the sincere milk of the word,
that ye may grow thereby:" (1 Peter 2:2)
Jesus Christ said in John 6:63, ". . .the words
that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT,
and they are LIFE." And
the first time Satan attacks the human race was a
direct attack on the word of God!
Genesis 3:1 says, "Now the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God
had made. And he said unto the woman, YEA,
HATH GOD SAID. . .?"
Satan planted a seed of doubt into
the mind of Eve. The serpent got Eve to question the
Word of God. Once he was able to get Eve to question
God's Word, Satan could then start the process of
replacing God's Word for Satan's Word.
Reviewing Luke 8, Jesus Christ tells us the parable
of the sower. When you review verses 11 and 12 you
read, "Now the parable is this: The SEED is
the word of God. . . THEN COMETH THE
DEVIL, and taketh away the word. .
."
Satan knows - if he can supplant even a small seed of
doubt in God's word - MANKIND WILL LOOK ELSEWHERE!
Then Satan will be free to give man what he is
looking for. Never in history has such doubt and
confusion over the Bible existed as it has today. And
nothing has flamed the fire of confusion and doubt
over the Bible more than the scores of different
translations flooding the scene. Time magazine
(April 20, 1981 p.62) reports, ". . . there
is an UNPRECEDENTED CONFUSION of choices in Bibles.
Never have so many major new translations been on the
market." Since 1880, over 200 different
translations have appeared. Every six months a new
English version appears!
NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED!
The question has to be asked - is God the author of
this flood of new versions? Is God the author of
CONFUSION in His word? 1 Corinthians 14:33, clearly
states, "God is NOT the author of CONFUSION."
BUT SATAN IS! He knows, if he can plant the
smallest seed of doubt and confusion - that
individual will not take God's word serious!
God promised to preserve His
word...
God promised in Psalms 12:7 that He would preserve
His word, "Thou shalt KEEP them, O LORD, thou
shalt PRESERVE them from this generation FOR EVER."
And God keeps His promise! I believe, without
a doubt, the King James Bible is the preserved
word of God. And the new versions are satanic
counterfeits to cast doubt, cause confusion and
ATTACK THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!
And I'm going to prove that on the remainder of this
message! If you've come this far, please keep
reading - what you're about to read - may be the most
important words YOU WILL EVER READ!
Are the new versions different?
Most people believe the different versions are
basically the same. They believe the newer versions
are just "harmless" updating of words and
made easier to understand.
NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM
THE TRUTH!
One of the clearest verses in the Bible proclaiming
the deity of Jesus Christ, that Jesus was God in the
flesh, is 1 Timothy 3:16. The King James Bible reads,
"And without controversy great is the mystery
of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.
. ." The King James says, clearly,
"GOD was manifest in the
flesh".
The New International Version (NIV) says, "HE
appeared in a body". The NIV, NASV, RSV,
NRSV, etc, change "GOD" to "HE".
"He appeared in a body"? Big deal!
Everyone has "appeared in a body"! The KJV
is clear and definite, "GOD was manifest in the
flesh". "He" is a pronoun that
refers to a noun or antecedent. There is no
antecedent in the context! The statement does NOT
even make grammatical sense!
AN ATTACK ON THE DEITY OF JESUS
CHRIST!
In Philippians 2:6, The KJV again, clearly declares
the deity of Jesus Christ: "Who, being in the
form of God, thought it not robbery TO BE
EQUAL WITH GOD" The new
translations completely re-word the verse to deny the
deity of Jesus Christ! The NIV, RSV, NASV, NRSV, NKJV(1979
ed.), etc. reads, "Who, being in very nature
God, DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD
something to be grasped,"
Someone is attacking the most important doctrine
in the Bible - the deity of Jesus Christ!
They attack the virgin birth!
In Luke 2:33, The King James reads, "And
JOSEPH and his mother marvelled at those things which
were spoken of him." The NIV, NASV, NRSV,
etc. reads, "The CHILD'S FATHER and mother
marveled at what was said about him." The
"CHILD'S FATHER"? Do you believe that
Joseph was Jesus's father? Not if you believe the
virgin birth! Not if you believe John 3:16, that
Jesus Christ was the Son of God! A subtle, attack at
the virgin birth.
Think these are just isolated cases? NOT BY A LONG
SHOT! There are over 6,000 changes!
They remove the Blood!
Consider Colossians 1:14: the KJV reads, "In
whom we have redemption THROUGH HIS BLOOD,
even the forgiveness of sins:" The NIV reads,
"In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness
of sins." The NIV, NASV, RSV, NRSV and co.
rip the precious words "THROUGH HIS BLOOD"
out! Friend, salvation is only "THROUGH HIS
BLOOD". That old song says, "What
can wash away my sins, NOTHING BUT THE
BLOOD OF JESUS!"
They attack John 3:16!
And something has to be done with John 3:16! So the
NIV and company reads, "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" - removing the critical word "BEGOTTEN"!
If Jesus was "the one and only" then what
happens to the wonderful promise to believers like 1
John 3:2, "Beloved, now are we the sons of
God. . ."? AN OBVIOUS CONTRADICTION
APPEARS!
They tell lies!
A blatant error is found in the NIV, NASV,
NRSV and "buddies" in Mark 1:2,3: "It
is written in Isaiah the prophet: I will send my
messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way -a
voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way
for the Lord, make straight paths for him." It
is NOT written in Isaiah! "I will send my
messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way"
- is found in Malachi 3:1! The King James correctly
reads: "As it is written in the PROPHETS, . .
."
A better translation! Easier
to understand! BY A LIE!
Psalms 119:160 says, "Thy word is TRUE. .
." John 17:17 says, ". . .
thy word is TRUTH." Titus 1:2 clearly
says, ". . . God that CANNOT LIE"
How could the God of Titus 1:2 be the God of Mark 1:2,3
in these new versions? Either the translators of the
NIV, NASV, RSV, NRSV, "crowd" can't read or
have never read Isaiah nor Malachi (which is likely!)
or somebody is deliberately tampering with God's
Word to DISCREDIT IT!
Who would do such a thing?
I'll give you a hint - he's called the "A
LIAR, and the father of it" in John 8:44!
Oh, by the way, did you think David killed Goliath?
Not according to the NIV, NRSV, NASV, and "boys".
In 2 Samuel 21:19, they erroneously read, ".
. . Elhanan son of JaareOregim the Bethlehemite
killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a
shaft like a weaver's rod."
They make Lucifer and Jesus
Christ - THE SAME!
In Isaiah 14:12, the father of the new versions
removes his mask. The King James reads, "How
art thou fallen from heaven, O LUCIFER,
son of the morning!. . ." The NIV, NASV,
NRSV etc. reads, "How you have fallen from
heaven, O MORNING STAR, son of
the dawn. . ." The new per-versions change
"Lucifer" to "morning star".
According to Revelation 22:16, the "morning star"
is the Lord Jesus Christ! What blasphemy! What
perversion! And there's no basis whatsoever for the
change! The Hebrew word for star (kokab) is not even
found in Isaiah 14:12! Is there any doubt who
is the "daddy" of these new versions?
They take out hell!
If Satan is the author of these new versions, one
subject he will aim his attack, is the place the
Bible calls hell. And the new versions
go "into loony land" removing it!
Many times they change "hell" to "grave"
or "death", but the word "hell"
is far and few in the new versions! Like Psalm 9:17:
in the King James reads, "The wicked shall be
turned into HELL. . ." The
NIV, reads, "The wicked return to the GRAVE.
. ." We ALL "return to the GRAVE"!
Many times when the new versions come to the obvious
word "hell" - they replace it with the
Greek word "Hades" or Hebrew "Sheol"!
(See Matt. 16:18, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:31 and many,
many more, the NEW King James does this 29 times!)
Rather than translate into the obvious word hell -
THEY REFUSE TO TRANSLATE IT!
And this is a better translation? And
these new versions are "easier to read" and
"understand"? Who in their right mind
thinks Hades or Sheol is "easier to understand"
than hell? Why didn't they leave in the Greek word
"Ouranos" for heaven? It's obvious! Because
someone is trying to remove and cast doubt on the
place called hell!
In Isaiah 14:15, the King James Bible condemns
Lucifer to hell: "Yet thou shalt be brought
down to HELL . . ." The
new versions refuse to send Lucifer to hell! The NIV
reads, "But you are brought down to the
GRAVE. . ." The NASV, NRSV, NEW
King James (NKJV) places him in "Sheol"!
hmm. . . I wonder which one the
Devil prefers?
The Lord's or
The Devil's Prayer?
An alarming display of Satanic perversion is found in
Luke 11. The "The Lord's Prayer" is subtly
(see 2 Cor. 11:3) transformed into "The Devil's
Prayer".
The King James Bible in Luke 11:2-4, reads, ".
. .Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us
our sins; for we also forgive every one that is
indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but
deliver us from evil." Incredibly,
the NIV, NASV, NRSV, etc. take out: "WHICH
ART IN HEAVEN. . . Thy will be done, AS IN HEAVEN, so
in earth. . . but
DELIVER US FROM EVIL." Heaven is
completely removed! The "father" of
the new versions is NOT IN HEAVEN
and DOES NOT DELIVER FROM EVIL!
I wonder who it could be? (hint:
see John 8:44)
Are you getting the picture? Do you see how subtil (see
Genesis 3:1), seemingly, harmless the changes are -
AND YET HOW DEADLY THEY ARE TO THE INTEGRITY OF GOD'S
WORD!
They attack the Lord Jesus
Christ!
They attack the plan of salvation!
They glorify Lucifer!
And they deny hell!
Yes friend. Satan has launched
an attack on your Bible!
YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT!
Did you know, the King James Bible is the only
English Bible in the world that has a command to
"study" your Bible! That's right! 2 Timothy
2:15, "STUDY to show thyself approved unto
God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth" - has
been changed in every English Bible on the face of
this earth! BUT ONE!
They take out whole verses!
In Acts 8:37, the King James reads, "And
Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart,
thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God." The NIV,
NASV, RSV, NRSV and "buddies" reads - ZIP!
NOTHING! THEY TOOK THE WHOLE VERSE OUT! One of
the best verses in the Bible on salvation through
Jesus Christ and they rip it out! Why?
Why is it that every time a sinner is saved by
grace in the book of Acts - THEY ATTACK IT? In
Acts 9:5,6: Paul is getting saved, and they take out
20 words! In Acts 16:31 when the Philippian jailor is
getting saved, the word "CHRIST" is
delicately removed! Why do these new bibles so
fiercely attack God's wonderful plan of salvation?
WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?
Several times the Lord warns against "adding and
taking away" from His Word.
Deuteronomy 4:2 reads: "YE SHALL
NOT ADD unto the word which I command you,
NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH ought from it .
. ."
Proverbs 30::6, reads, "ADD THOU
NOT unto his words . . ."
And just in case you missed it, GOD'S LAST WARNING
is Revelation 22:18,19, ". . . IF
ANY MAN SHALL ADD unto these things. . . 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 despite these clear warnings, the
new versions, take out and add text, over and over!
One of the greatest verses in all the Bible, Matthew
18:11: "For the Son of man is come to save
that which was lost." - THEY TAKE IT
OUT!
WHY!
They take out: Romans 16:24, Mark 11:25, Acts 15:34,
Luke 23:17, Acts 28:29, John 5:4, Mark 7:16, 9:44,46
and many, many more - as your Bible is literally cut
apart!
Jesus Christ says, in Luke 4:4, ". . . It is
written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but
by EVERY WORD OF GOD." Not according to
the NIV, NASV, NRSV and crew! In fact, the even
"tear out"the last half of Luke 4:4 - "BUT
BY EVERY WORD OF GOD"!
Yes, but the new versions have the deity in other
places. They contain the plan of salvation in other
places. There is good in them. Did you know ONE tiny,
microscopic AIDS virus will "defile" a
whole batch of perfectly "good" blood? It
has some "good" in it - BUT IT
WOULD BE DEADLY!
Would you "inject" it into your child,
loved one or congregation? And would you "inject"
them with a Bible that is "defiled" because
it has some "good"? It could be
far more costly than their physical life - THEIR
ETERNAL SOUL! Galatians 5:9 says, "A
LITTLE leaven leaveneth THE WHOLE lump."
But aren't the new versions
easier to read?
One of the lies used to promote these per-versions
is "they're easier to read and understand".
But according to a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
research study, The King James Bible is by far the
easiest! Out of 26 different categories - the King
James graded easier in a whopping 23! (New Age
Bible Versions, Riplinger, pp.195-209)
But haven't "older and more
reliable" manuscripts been discovered?
But haven't "older and more reliable manuscripts
been discovered" since the King James Bible. Dr.
Sam Gipp writes, "The fact is, that the King
James translators had ALL OF THE READINGS
available to them that modern critics have available
to them today." (The Answer Book, Gipp, p.110)
Not only that, but most of the recent discoveries
support the King James Bible! And furthermore, it
is a well documented fact that 85 - 90 per cent of
all readings agree with the King James Bible! SO WHY
ALL THE CHANGES? See Genesis 3:1.
What about the "ORIGINALS"?
Your King James Bible is attacked by preachers, some
intentional and some simply out of ignorance, by
"correcting" it with "THE ORIGINALS".
There is one itsy-bitsy problem. THERE
IS NO SUCH THING AS "THE ORIGINALS"!
We don't have the "originals" Moses, or
Paul, or David wrote. There are no set of "ORIGINALS"
on the face of this earth! The ghost of "THE
ORIGINALS" is a LIE! See John 8:44!
Preachers, by the thousands, will stand weekly in the
pulpit and "correct" your King James Bible
by saying, "This is an unfortunate translation"
or "a better reading would be" or "this
word in the 'Greek' can also be translated. . ."
Friend, where is the Lord God? The One that "spoke"
the worlds into existence - can He not preserve
His word as He promised in Psalm 12:7 and Matthew 24:35?
Did God Almighty NOT know what He was "inspiring"?
Does the Lord need these "Bible correctors"
to "help" Him "straighten-out"
His word?
As God promised, He has preserved His
word for the English people in the King James Bible.
Proverbs 16:10 says, "A divine sentence is in
the lips of the KING. . ." Ecclesiastes 8:4
says, "Where the word of a KING is, there is
power . . ." King James. "James"
is not an English word but a Hebrew word. Did you
know the Hebrew word for James is Jacob!
You'll never guess what Psalms 147:19 says, "He
showeth His WORD unto
JACOB . . ."
2 Timothy 2:9, reads, " . . . the word of God
is NOT BOUND." Anybody can freely (there's
that word Eve omitted in Genesis 3:2) print,
distribute, and reproduce the King James Bible,
without asking anybody for permission! All other
translations are "bound" by ©
copyright laws. New American Standard, - copyright© Lockman
Foundation, New International Version -
copyright© New York International Bible Society,
New King James Version - copyright© Thomas Nelson
Publishers. Who with a brain, would seriously
think the word of Almighty God is "BOUND"
by copyright laws?
IF YOU HAVE A KING JAMES BIBLE
YOU HAVE THE WORD OF GOD!
And don't let anybody take it
from you!
Dr. Frank Logsdon was co-founder of The New
American Standard Version. As people begin
confronting Dr. Logsdon on some the NASV's serious
omissions and errors. He re-examined the evidence and
this was his verdict:
"I must under God
denounce every attachment to the New American
Standard Version. I'm afraid I'm in trouble with
the Lord . . . I wrote the format . . . I wrote
the preface . . . I'm in trouble; . . . its
wrong, terribly wrong; its frighteningly wrong
. . .The deletions are absolutely frightening . .
. there are so many . . . Are we so
naive that we do not suspect Satanic deception in
all of this?"
Dr. Frank Logsdon
Co-founder, New American Standard Version