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Originally Posted by MDOC
the Word has become the idol; the Word is worshipped instead of the creator who spoke it. That's why they are so bound to this kind of flakiness.
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I just don't believe some of these folks are amenable to God's words. If some struggle with Elizabethan English, it is because they are lazy, or need a heart check. The call for an updated translation is nonsense. Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set!
I do not believe in Heavenly perfection of the King James Bible, but believe it is the closest we will ever have this side of Heaven. To say the word is worshiped over The Word is not to understand His words. There is only One that is perfect that deserves all praise and worship. Why did He magnify His word? For to worship Him!
What don't folks understand about
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It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Mat 4:4
"I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food." Job 23:12
"for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name" Psalm 138:2
I'll continue in my flakiness!
What of the words that some would trifle with?
The words make up the message. It is the words that are inspired.
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."Mat 24:35
"As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever." Is 59:21
"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth shall pass, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Mat 5:18
The King James Bible as is is an accurate faithful translation that will never be surpassed.