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Old 09-03-2008, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rbratt View Post
I am asking for someone to explain why (even though the message is the same) you are saying one is a perversion and the other isn't? Matthew, Mark, Luke and John's are the same message, right? If your argument holds true they should all be exact duplicates of each other. They aren't becasue Gods Word came into their hearts, they wrote it in the way that they understood it and it makes it easier for ALL MEN to understand now. How then can you say that a translation with the same message (and not all translations have the same message, do I agree) is a perversion?
Those Holy men of God actually wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, not in the way they understood it. We certainly see their unique styles, but God inspired the Words.

"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Peter 1:20-21).

The real issue is this. Am I reading the exact preserved written Word of God?

Personally, I want to know that I am. He WILL show you. Get alone, ask, and seek. You can trust Him.