". . . ye have perverted the words of the living God . . ." Jer. 23:36)
"For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God . . ." (II Cor. 2:17)
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you." (Deu. 4:2)
"Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." (Pro. 30:6)
"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: 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." (Rev. 22:18-19)
The attack on God's word is very real, and it has been ongoing for thousands of years. In fact, it all started when the devil questioned God’s word at his very first appearance in the Bible in Genesis 3:1: "Yea, hath God said . . . ?"
But, being the author of confusion, he hasn’t produced just ONE bad Bible. That would be too easy to expose. No, he has produced hundreds! I recently read that over 900 complete or partial English translations exist. WHY? Is it not just to keep everything all confusing and cumbersome so that you’ll have to TRUST SOMEONE ELSE to tell you what’s right, what the true word of God is? NEVER!
You can do it all by yourself without taking anyone's word for anything. I Thessalonians 5:21 says to PROVE ALL THINGS, so YOU can do that. He didn’t say to trust someone else to do it for you. YOU can do it for yourself. Here’s ten ways, ten quick and easy checkpoints for you to show people exactly WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR BIBLE. You can waste your time trying to explain manuscript evidence to them or you can cut to the chase and show them what the devil has done to their Bible . . .
Daniel 3:25: The words "the Son of God" are changed to "a son of the gods," thus promoting polytheism instead of the deity of Christ.
Micah 5:2: The word "everlasting" is changed to "ancient times" or something similar, thus attacking the deity of Christ.
Matthew 1:25: The word "firstborn" is omitted, which allows for the Roman Catholic heresy of the perpetual virginity of Mary.
Matthew 5:22: The words "without a cause" are omitted, which makes it appear that it's a sin to become angry for ANY cause, an obvious error, since "the anger of the LORD" is mentioned thirty-two times in the Bible and Ephesians 4:26 tells us to "be ye angry, and sin not."
Luke 2:33: The word "Joseph" is replaced with the word "father", another attack on the virgin birth of Christ.
Romans 14:10: The word "Christ" is changed to "God', which attacks the deity of Christ (see verse 12) and allows for the teaching of a general judgment for everyone instead of a special judgment for Christians.
Colossians 1:14: The word "blood" is omitted.
I Timothy 3:16: The word "God" is replaced with the word "he", thus attacking the deity of Christ and the incarnation.
II Timothy 2:15: The word "study" is omitted from the Bible's only command to "study" the word of God.
I John 5:7: The words "the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost" are omitted, and sometimes the entire verse is missing.
Most modern translations will fall short on well over half of these verses, so these are good verses to memorize and use readily. Having this list printed out is good, but having it memorized is better and far more effective when dealing with a person, so please memorize it and use it skillfully for the glory of God.
-James L. Melton
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