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DiscipleDave said:
So you are saying that the Word of God is NOT perfect, NOT inspired, NOT from God? And the ESV Bible created in 2001, created by the last days generation is MORE perfect, and comes from God? Really?
No, I haven't said any of that. I'm not sure how you came to such conclusions.
The KJV, while the words of God like most other translations, is not inspired nor perfect, only the original autographs were.
DiscipleDave said:
So you are saying that the Word of God is NOT perfect, NOT inspired, NOT from God? And the ESV Bible created in 2001, created by the last days generation is MORE perfect, and comes from God? Really?
I'm not sure how you came to such conclusions.
The KJV, while the words of God like most other translations, is not inspired nor perfect,
The KJV is a translation of earlier and poorer manuscript evidence, just as newer translations are based on better and more numerous manuscript evidence.
Of course, the fact that there are several editions of the KJV alone proves the point that it is not perfect nor inspired.
You must necessarily believe that the deuterocanonicals are also perfect, inspired, and from God. So, do you?
Dave said "Believe as you will, but i have told you the Truth."
You have told me what you believe is the truth, but which
Then you would have read the following:
"But it is high time to leave them, and to show in brief what we proposed to ourselves, and what course we held in this our perusal and survey of the Bible. Truly (good Christian Reader) we never thought from the beginning, that we should need to make a new Translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one . . . but to make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against; that hath been our endeavor, that our mark."
"neither did we disdain to revise that which we had done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered: but having and using as great helps as were needful"
"it hath pleased God in his divine providence, here and there to scatter words and sentences of that difficulty and doubtfulness, not in doctrinal points that concern salvation, (for in such it hath been vouched that the Scriptures are plain) but in matters of less moment, that fearfulness would better beseem us than confidence, and if we will resolve, to resolve upon modesty with S. Augustine, (though not in this same case altogether, yet upon the same ground) Melius est dubitare de occultis, quam litigare de incertis, it is better to make doubt of those things which are secret, than to strive about those things that are uncertain."
"They that are wise, had rather have their judgments at liberty in differences of readings, than to be captivated to one, when it may be the other."
Nothing about making a perfect or inspired translation. What is interesting is that they set out to "make a good [translation] better, or out of many good ones, one principal good one." This is exactly why we have newer versions, such as the ESV.
Really, the very next comment you say, reveals my conclusion about what you believe:
This statement, i can now repeat what i said:
You say:
i plainly came up with that conclusion because of what you said:
The KJV came into existence the same as all other versions have come into existence--by humans, who may or may not have been encouraged by God to do so.Here is the Truth. God caused the KJV Bible to come into existence. Humans causes all other translations to come into existence, because they took thought, the KJV wasn't good enough.
No. As I pointed out, there have been several editions of the KJV, each with changes. And, the Apocrypha was removed sometime in the 1800s.How so? Coming into existence there was some turbulence, because satan did not want it to be a reality. But since God did want it to come into existence. We have had the KJV, unaltered for hundreds of years now. Leave it to the last days generation (starting in 1970) to say God didn't translate it right, and therefore we humans need to improve it by coming up with our own translations, that is more better, more accurate. (and a direct result of more confusion)
The Apocrypha. The original 1611 version had the Apocrypha, newer versions do not. It logically follows then, that anything but the 1611 could be said to be inspired. But, in reality, no version of the KJV was inspired, only the original autographs were.Can't say. i have no clue what deuterocanonicals even means.
God isn't telling you a number of these things, because God doesn't teach error or use fallacious reasoning.All i know, is what God told me. i do not lean unto my own understanding, i merely believe what God has told me, Those things are what i teach.
You should care about what they think because they said from the outset things that contradict things you have said.
But that is my point: you believe God is telling you things, but what you think he is telling you is simply what you believe.i have not told you what i believe, i have been very clear, that i say and teach what God told me. i do not teach what i believe, but teach those things God told me in conversations.
Both. Again, technically, if we want to use biblical terms, only Jesus is the Word of God. If, however, we want to refer to the Bible as the Word of God (somewhat erroneously), then all versions are the Word of God and all are human translations, aided by the Holy Spirit, of course. But none are inspired.Which Truth? The KJV Bible is the Word of God. All other versions comes from humans and their own understanding.
You're teaching errors here, so why should I go watch your videos to find more? At best, God has shown you some things and you have mixed in your own ideas, as is the case with most believers. At worst, you could be having conversations with demons, but I am not saying that your are.You do error, in trying to convince me what you believe is the Truth. Nor have i been trying to convince you of the Truths in which i teach, which i claim are from God, and that is TRUTH.
i can do nothing aside from believing what God told me, and those things are what i teach. So your trying to convince me that i am not right, is trying to tell me that God is wrong who told me the things that i teach.
i KNOW to whom i have had conversations with. YOU do not know. Therefore it would seem to me the most prudent thing for you to do, is to try to prove that what i teach, is contrary to any verse in Scriptures. i have made over a 100 videos, by all means try to find one thing i teach in any of them, that is contrary to even one verse in Scriptures. Should be an easy thing to do, if indeed i am having conversations with demons, right? Should be all kinds of false doctrines that i am teaching correct, if they are from demons, that is. But if you can't find one thing that i have said anywhere that is contrary to Scriptures, then would it not behoove you to believe that it was indeed God who has had conversations with me?
There are issues with the KJV. It is irrelevant that it has been called the Word of God for hundreds of years. It is a good translation but is based on inferior manuscript evidence that contained many copyist errors. Hence why there is more than one edition.There is NOTHING wrong with the KJV Bible, it is the Word of God and has always been called the Word of God for hundreds of years. ALWAYS called the Word of God, and still is to this very day, and still will be until Jesus Returns to the Earth. There was absolutely NO REASON whatsoever to make a good translation Better. Merely even saying that about the WORD OF GOD, is to say, that it lacked in some way, in order to THINK it needed to be better.
How do you know that God didn't tell other humans that it needed to be better, needed to be corrected? Or do you think you are the only Christian in history that God speaks to?HUMANS thought it needed to be better.
You don't seem at all to be following what I am saying. Never have I made an argument that the ESV would be or should be the last version. If more manuscript evidence is found that would, in some way, be considered to have superior renderings of passages, then it would be prudent to have another version, or update current versions, with the newer, better evidence.Do you really think the ESV will be the last version? lol. No, Because humans will find that the ESV even though is a good translation needs to be better.
This is begging the question. The one truth is found in almost all Bible translations, some of which are better than others.There is only ONE TRUTH, not many truths.
This is the height of spiritual pride. You are in a far more dangerous position than you realize.Sigh .. .. Anyone who says or teaches something that is contrary to what i teach, are not of God, Because as i have plainly said and testify in the name of Jesus Christ, is that i teach those things God has told me, if then someone is teaching something that is contrary to what i teach, which i say is from God, they are teaching things contrary to God, if then they are doing that, they are not being taught by the Spirit of God, but they are teaching themselves, doing nothing but leaning unto their own understanding, something we are plainly Told to not do.
Sigh .. .. Anyone who says or teaches something that is contrary to what i teach, are not of God, Because as i have plainly said and testify in the name of Jesus Christ, is that i teach those things God has told me, if then someone is teaching something that is contrary to what i teach, which i say is from God, they are teaching things contrary to God, if then they are doing that, they are not being taught by the Spirit of God, but they are teaching themselves, doing nothing but leaning unto their own understanding, something we are plainly Told to not do.
DiscipleDave said:
i have not told you what i believe, i have been very clear, that i say and teach what God told me. i do not teach what i believe, but teach those things God told me in conversations.
But that is my point: you believe God is telling you things, but what you think he is telling you is simply what you believe.
Both. Again, technically, if we want to use biblical terms, only Jesus is the Word of God.
If, however, we want to refer to the Bible as the Word of God (somewhat erroneously)
, then all versions are the Word of God and all are human translations, aided by the Holy Spirit, of course. But none are inspired
aided by the Holy Spirit, of course. But none are inspired.
You're teaching errors here, so why should I go watch your videos to find more?
God has shown you some things and you have mixed in your own ideas, as is the case with most believers.
At worst, you could be having conversations with demons, but I am not saying that your are.
but I am not saying that your are.
There are issues with the KJV. It is irrelevant that it has been called the Word of God for hundreds of years. It is a good translation but is based on inferior manuscript evidence that contained many copyist errors.
It is a good translation but is based on inferior manuscript evidence that contained many copyist errors.
If, if if God has actually told one something. But yet, he has. It's all in the Bible.Not True. If God tells you a thing, that Thing is TRUTH.
Exactly, especially when what they say God has told them is false and uses fallacious reasoning.Now i can see where your coming from though, when people THINK they are hearing from God, and therefore believe it is from God, because that is what think.
I don't doubt that God can and occasionally does do things like this, but they are very few and far between. There have been quite a number of users on these forums over the years who believed only in listening to the Spirit for biblical understanding. There were even a few of them at one time. Yet, they all contradicted each other in understanding various portions of Scripture.i made a video called "Lady In Distress" God in audible voice, led me to a girl on a bridge, that was going to kill herself, because her boyfriend just let all his friends rape her.
So when i was driving home after work one night, and God spoke "DAVID" i jumped in my seat, thinking someone was in the back seat of my car. When i seen nobody there, i knew it was the Lord, calling upon me again. i said "Yes Lord"
and then He said "Next road you see turn left" Do you think i believed i was hearing from God or did i KNOW it was God yet again. Did i THINK that God wanted me to turn left at the next road, or did i KNOW God wanted me to turn left at the next road?
The problem is, you don't believe i have had actual conversations with God and He with me, audible conversations, like He did with Adam, like He did with Noah, like He did with Moses, like He did with all of His chosen prophets, like He did throughout all of the Bible.
Anyways here is the video of the details about How God, not me, changed her life forever:
How do you know that God didn't tell other humans that it needed to be better, needed to be corrected?
Or do you think you are the only Christian in history that God speaks to?
You don't seem at all to be following what I am saying.
Never have I made an argument that the ESV would be or should be the last version.
If more manuscript evidence is found that would, in some way, be considered to have superior renderings of passages, then it would be prudent to have another version, or update current versions, with the newer, better evidence.
DiscipleDave said:
Now i can see where your coming from though, when people THINK they are hearing from God, and therefore believe it is from God, because that is what think.
Exactly, especially when what they say God has told them is false and uses fallacious reasoning.
I don't doubt that God can and occasionally does do things like this, but they are very few and far between.
There have been quite a number of users on these forums over the years who believed only in listening to the Spirit for biblical understanding.
There were even a few of them at one time. Yet, they all contradicted each other in understanding various portions of Scripture.
Why is that? Because God rarely does things that way and people often confuse God's voice or the leading of the Spirit with their own voice and their own reasoning.
I, too, find myself repeating the same thing over and over again to you. The KJV is the Word of God in the exact same way that the NIV is the Word of God, that the ESV is the Word of God, that the NASB is the Word of God, etc. The KJV was not inspired, only the original autographs were.i am finding myself repeating the same thing over and over again to you. The KJV is the Word of God, and it indeed was inspired by God to come into existence so that all could have access to His Words. The other versions that started in 1970 were inspired by humans, NOT by God. Because they took thought the KJV was outdated.
Not at all. The Holy Spirit helps give us biblical understanding. But he does not inspire Bible versions. Only the original autographs were inspired, in that God used the writers to write what he wanted written, albeit in their own words. It's complex, but if you want to speak of "inspiration" when it comes to the Bible, that is more or less what it means.This statement is an oxymoron. If something is Aided by the Holy Ghost, how is it NOT inspired?
If all you mean is that the Holy Spirit prompted men to write the KJV and aided in their understanding, but didn't actually inspire the words in the same way as the autographs, then that is different, and no different than any other Bible version.If the Holy Spirit of Truth, which knows all things, aids in a particular version, then it is most certainly inspired by God, because it is the Holy Spirit which is AIDING in the translation thereof. If then the Holy Ghost is aiding in a particular translation, then it is inspired by God and is the TRUTH.
This simply isn't true as there were Bibles being printed for the public for quite some time before the KJV.Before the KJV Bible came into existence. The general public could only HEAR the Word from those who were learned. The general public had no other choice but to believe what these human learned men were teaching, telling them what the Word of God says.
Again, you are going far beyond what the translators of the 1611 KJV claim. They would very much disagree with you.Most of these men were corrupt, and were teaching from their own interpretation, their own ideals, their own beliefs. NOT what the Word actually said and taught.
God put a stop to this, by allowing EVERYONE to read the Word for themselves, to gain Truths via their own houses, instead of relying on other humans to teach them His Word. So God INSPIRED the KJV Bible to come into existence, for EVERYONE to have His Word, and God is so awesome, that He made sure this version was written in such a way that would last until He Returns to the Earth. So then the Holy Spirit of Truth, knowing all things, was present to make sure that all that was translated in making the KJV was EXACTLY as the Holy Spirit wanted it to be. The men who translated and created the KJV Bible, were not writing what they personally thought, they were most certainly be TOLD what to write by the Holy Spirit. It was NOT their interpretation, nor their translations, it was what the HOLY GHOST wanted them write, is what was written, exactly as the Holy Spirit of All Truth desired. Again, NOT their interpretations or translations. This Bible was going to have God's Name on it. God made sure this version was going to be PERFECT. And it was so.
English versions already existed.So then the Word of God was written in ENGLISH so that EVERYONE could not read the Word of God for themselves, to learn from it, to believe it.
After all I said, with links and an example provided, you still don't understand? Are you not reading what I am writing? Firstly, you do understand that the books of the Bible were first written in Hebrew and Greek, yes? The KJV is based on inferior manuscript evidence with thousands of copyist errors. The majority of the manuscript evidence we now have for the NT, has come to light since the KJV was first printed. Secondly, no one speaks in KJV English anymore.Now we come to the last days, in 1970 a group of people decided that the PERFECT KJV Bible needed to be replaced. Sure they had very good intentions, and their heart was in the right place in trying to correct something that they FELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. So their intentions was OK, but they were WRONG nonetheless. The KJV Bible does not, nor ever did, need to be replaced.
Tell me, since it seems you are so adamant about there was a need for it to be replaced, then plainly tell me what is written in the King James Version that is so WRONG that it was warranted to create another version?
And save your breath if it is a trivial matter. Tell me what is SO WRONG with the King James Version, that those people felt it NEEDED to be Better, updated, retranslated.
Seriously, if the ESV is so much better than the KJV, then surely you can reveal why the KJV is wrong.