0. THE WORD OF GOD OR:
To Whom It May Concern: Thus saith the Lord God:
“We believe that the Bible is the inspired and only infallible authoritative written word of God.”
How many mission statements and statements of faith of fellowships and churches have the above words or similar on their websites, literature etc.
Let me ask all of you some questions:
“Ye shall not surely die:” Gen. 3/4
WAS THIS STATEMENT BY THE SERPENT INSPIRED BY THE HOLY GHOST? WAS THIS THE “WORD (LOGOS) OF THE LORD?”
“And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had
done unto him. And he said Cursed be
WAS THIS STATEMENT BY NOAH SHOWING PARTIALITY (SIN Ja. 2/9) THE INSPIRED AUTHORITATIVE “WORD (LOGOS) OF
GOD”, KNOWING THAT PREVIOUSLY IN GEN 9/1 “GOD BLESSED NOAH AND HIS SONS,”
SHOWING NO PARTIALITY, NO CURSING? (“GOD IS NO RESPECTER OR PERSONS.” Acts
10/34) AND AGAIN, “THE GIFTS AND CALLING
OF GOD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE?”
When Abram came down to the
WAS THIS THE UNDULTERATED TRUTH, INSPIRED BY THE HOLY GHOST, REMEMBERING “GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE?” Num. 23/19.
“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die.” Job 2/9.
WERE THESE WORDS OF JOB`S WIFE THE LOGOS OF GOD?
When Jezebel contrived lies so that Ahab could procure Naboth`s vineyard, 1 Kings 21/7-16,
WAS THIS THE INSPIRED, INFALLIBLE, AUTHORITATIVE LOGOS OF GOD?
In his writings to the Corinthians was everything Paul wrote “THE INSPIRED INFALLIBLE AUTHORITATIVE LOGOS OF GOD? 1 Cor.7/6, 1 Cor. 7/12, 1 Cor. 7/25….by his own statements it wasn`t.
WERE THE FOLLOWING WORDS OF PAUL TO TIMOTHY “THE INSPIRED INFALLIBLE
AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD? “The cloak that I left at
“God shall smite thee, thou whited wall:” Acts 23/3.
WERE THESE WORDS OF PAUL INSPIRED BY THE LORD?
“Then began he to CURSE AND TO SWEAR, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.” Math. 26/74.
WAS THIS CURSING AND SWEARING BY PETER DENYING CHRIST “THE INSPIRED INFALLIBLE AUTHORITATIVE WORD (LOGOS) OF GOD?
Shall I go on?..... To say the Bible is the absolute inspired infallible authoritative “Word (Logos) of God,” “the absolute truth,” is totally false; THE BIBLE IS A TRULY STATED RECORD OF GOD`S DEALINGS WITH MAN, AND MAN`S RESPONSES TO HIS DEALINGS, IT IS A COMPILATION WHAT THE LORD SPOKE TO MAN, WHAT MAN SPOKE TO THE LORD, WHAT MAN SPOKE TO MAN, WHAT DEMONS SPOKE, WHAT THE DEVIL SPOKE, BUT TO SAY IN A SWEEPING STATEMENT THAT IT IS THE LOGOS, “THE WORD OF GOD,” FALLS WAY SHORT OF THE MARK. (The Bible is inspired by Loving Father: 2 Tim. 3/16: But there is a difference between "inspired" and "The Word of God".).
The Bible is the “holy Scriptures.” 2 Tim. 3/15, the gramma which
means “that which is written, a book, a letter,” or as in Math. 21/42, 22/29,
26/54,56, Mk. 12/24, 14/49, Luke24/27,32,45, John 5/39, Acts 17/2,11, 18/24,28,
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PREACHING AND TEACHING “THE WORD OF GOD SAYS” HOLDING UP YOUR BIBLES?
HOW MANY OF YOU WRONGLY REFER TO YOUR BIBLE AS “THE WORD OF GOD?”
ANSWER ME THIS, DID JESUS EVER SAY “THE WORD OF GOD SAYS?”
NO HE DIDN`T, HE ALWAYS SAID WHILE HE WAS PREACHING AND TEACHING FROM THE SCRIPTURES, “IT IS WRITTEN,” Math. 4/4,7,10, 11/10, 21/13, 26/24,31, Mk. 7/6, 9/12,13, 11/17, 14/21,27, Luke 4/4,8, 7/27, 10/26, 18/31, 19/46, 20/17, 21/22, 22/37, 24/44, 24/46, John 6/45,8/17,10/34,15/25, “HAVE YE NOT READ,” Math. 12/3,5, 19/4, 21/16, 21/42, 22/31, Mk. 2/25, 12/10,26, Luke 6/3, “THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED,” “THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED,” “AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID,” “AND THE SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE BROKEN,” Math. 15/28, Luke 4/21, John 7/38, 10/35, 13/18, 17/12, “BECAUSE YE KNOW NOT THE SCRIPTURES,” “NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES,” Math. 21/42, 22/29, 26/54,56, Mk. 12/24,14/49, John 5/39. JESUS MADE CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE “HOLY WRITINGS,” “THE SCRIPTURES,” (which you commonly refer to as the “logos” of God,) AND THE SPOKEN, SAID, LOGOS, REHMA, OF GOD IN HIS TEACHINGS. Math. 4/4, 13/19, 13/20,21,22,23, 26/75, Mk. 4/14,15,16,18,19,20,33, 7/13, Luke 4/4, 8/11,12,13,15,21, 11/28, 12/10, John 5/24, 5/38, 8/31,37,43, 10/35, 12/48, 14/24, 15/3,20,25, 17/6,14,17, even the writers of the gospels did not refer to the scriptures as the “Word of God;” Mk. 15/28, John 7/42, 19/24,28,36,37, 20/9, Luke 24/27,32,45, they referred to them as “the scriptures;” rightly discerning between the two referring to the spoken “Word,” as such in the following scriptures; Math. 8/8,16, 15/23, 22/46, 27/14, Mk. 2/2,33, 14/72, 16/20, Luke 1/2,38, 2/29, 3/2, 4/32,36, 5/1,5, 7/7, 10/39, 22/61, 24/19, John 1/1,14, 2/22, 4/41,50; EVEN WHEN JESUS AND THE WRITERS OF THE GOSPELS REFERRED TO “THE WORD OF THE LORD” IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, SPOKEN BY THE PROPHETS AS THEY WERE MOVED AND INSPIRED BY THE HOLY GHOST, THEY STILL DIDN`T REFER TO THESE WORDS, AS, “THE WORD OF GOD,” BUT REFERRED TO THEM AS SCRIPTURE, SCRIPTURES, “GRAPHE,” THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN. Check it out for yourself; Mk. 12/10, Luke 4/21, John 13/18, John 17/12, Math. 21/42, 26/54,56, Mk. 14/49. OR WRITTEN “GRAPHO,” 41 references in the Gospels to the old testament scriptures, prophesy, and Jesus and the writers always said “WRITTEN,” “GRAPHO,” THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN, NOT “THE WORD OF GOD” SAYS:
Consider the following two scriptures; “As soon as Jesus heard the WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN…” Mk. 5/36, and, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me THROUGH THEIR WORD;” John 17/20. In both these scriptures the greek word for word is, wait for it, “LOGOS,” THAT WHICH IS UTTERED BY A LIVING VOICE, and these were words that men spoke not The Lord.
Consider this verse of scripture; “When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the SCRIPTURE, (Graphe, meaning to write, that which is written, the scriptures,) and the WORD (logos, that which is spoken, orally, said by the mouth,) which Jesus had said. John 2/22... IF THE LOGOS OF GOD IS THE SCRIPTURES, THEN WHY IS THE DISTINCTION PUT BETWEEN THE TWO IN THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE????
“STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.” 2 Tim. 2/15.
Lets have a closer look at the above scripture: “Study;” “spoudaz,” means, to be diligent, earnest or eager; “Dividing;” “orthotomeo,” means, to handle correctly, skillfully; to correctly teach the word of truth; “Word;” “logos,” means, that which is spoken, said by mouth, as uttered by a living voice, not that which is written.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO DISCERN CLEARLY IS WHAT IS SPOKEN BY GOD, UTTERED, SAID TO US NOW; AND WHAT IS SAID, UTTERED, WRITTEN ENSCRIBED BY MAN: AND WHAT HAS BEEN RECORDED AS HOLY SCRIPTURE SPOKEN BY THE LORD THROUGH HIS HOLY PROPHETS ATTESTED TO BY JESUS AND THE APOSTLES AS, SCRIPTURE, THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN.
So, let`s have a look at this scripture now; “Be diligent, earnest and eager to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly handling, skillfully and correctly teaching the word (logos) of truth as spoken to you in the ear by the Lord himself.
Let`s have a look at another, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” 2 Tim. 3/16. The two is`es are in italics in the original King James, which means that they were added by the translators, if you take them out and link it to verse 17, which it is anyway, it changes the meaning of this verse entirely: “All scripture given by inspiration of God, and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. But you knew this didn`t you?
“WHAT I TELL YOU IN DARKNESS, THAT SPEAK YE IN LIGHT: AND WHAT YE HEAR IN THE EAR, THAT PREACH YE UPON THE HOUSETOPS. Math.10/27. Notice in this scripture He doesn`t say “WHAT YOU READ IN DARKNESS,” HE SAYS…. “WHAT I TELL YOU….. SPEAK… SAY…. AND AGAIN…. “WHAT YE….HEAR….IN THE….EAR…..NOT WHAT YOU READ WITH YOUR EYES AND MIND:
“MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD (REHMA) THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.” Math. 4/4.
Why am I being so pedantic about this issue; IF YOU CAN`T
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD, (LOGOS/REHMA,) AND THE “HOLY
WRITINGS,” THE HOLY SCRIPTURES,” AND YOU ARE UNCLEAR ABOUT WHO IS “THE WORD OF
GOD” AND THE “HOLY SCRIPTURES” AND THE SPOKEN “WORD OF GOD,” HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THE CHILDREN OF GOD TO WALK BY FAITH AND NOT THE LAW OF
THEIR MIND??? BECAUSE “FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD (REHMA)
OF GOD.”
SO, ARE YOU AN “ABLE MINISTER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; NOT OF THE LETTER, BUT OF THE SPIRIT, FOR THE LETTER KILLETH, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVETH LIFE?” 2 Cor. 3/6.
WHEN YOU MINISTER, DO YOU “SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD?” 1 Pet. 4/11.
WHEN YOU SPEAK, IS IT THE VOICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD BEING HEARD IN YOU, OR IS IT THE VOICE OF A STRANGER?
ARE YOU SPEAKING “THE WORD OF THE LORD,” OR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN? (it`s OK to preach and teach “that which is written,” “the scriptures,” JUST MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION TO THE SHEEP JUST AS CHRIST DID AND THE APOSTLES, SO YOU DON`T PREACH CONFUSION AND BONDAGE INTO THEIR LIVES.)
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY, THEN HOW CAN YOU TEACH THE SHEEP TO GO ON UNTO PERFECTION IF YOU HAVE THEM COMPLETELY CONFUSED GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST,
“REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS, AND OF FAITH TOWARD GOD.” Heb. 6/1.
IF THEY ARE OBEYING THE LAW, THE LETTER OF THEIR MIND, THEN THEY ARE IN DEAD WORKS, IN THE FLESH, AND ARE NOT HAVING FAITH TOWARD GOD! IF THIS ISSUE IS CONFUSED IN YOUR MINISTRY, THEN YOUR PEOPLE ARE IN BONDAGE, JUST LIKE THE GALATIANS WERE…. AND IT`S SO SIMPLE TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HOLD YOUR BIBLE UP AND SAY, “THE WORD OF GOD SAYS,” ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO REFER TO YOUR BIBLE AS “THE WORD OF GOD,” WHEN YOU SHOULD BE SAYING “THE SCRIPTURES SAY,” AND YOU`VE SOWN AN ENORMOUS TARE THAT WILL CONFUSE, DISSALLUSION, PUT TO SLEEP, AND FINALLY DISCOURAGE YOUR CONGREGATIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT????
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“WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.” Phil 2/12.
“see that ye refuse not Him that speaketh;”
Bevan Kluver,
Straight Talk Ministries,
Ph/Fax 07 55452874,
Website www.straighttalkmin.org
bevan.kluver@bigpond.com
“speaking the truth in love, in the spirit of meekness, earnestly contending for the faith;”