Christ is referred to as “The Word,” and the writings themselves are referred to as “Holy.” Denial of the scripture, even in part, is a denial of Christ, Himself, and therefore renders faith in Him as null.
Christianity, in its most fundamental form, is this:
Jesus Christ is God, was present at the forming of the Earth in six literal days that He, Himself, cites as such.
Adam, a real, historical man, was the one through whom sin entered the human race as an inheritance. For all are cursed by sin, and commit personal sins as an inheritance from Adam.
This fall necessitated a savior, Christ, who would incarnate as the theanthropos, fully God and fully man, and live a perfect life, proving that Adam had the same opportunity and failed.
Christ, in His earthly lifetime, pointed to the scriptures as true and historical, citing them regularly. He did not question them.
Christ then was betrayed by Israel, the ones to whom He came first, and was crucified. He resurrected in three days, returning to his immediate followers, and remained on earth for another 40 days before ascending and taking His place at the right hand of the Father.
His apostles, including Paul (nee Saul of Tarsus), along with others were provided divine inspiration for the penning of the further scriptures that would explain the case for Christ’s life, divinity, sacrifice, resurrection and resumption of his rightful place on the Throne, as well as what the future holds for humanity via prophetic texts.
Salvation is simple: acknowledgement of one’s own sin, both personal and corporate, the need for a Savior, and the recognition of Jesus Christ as both God and Savior who did as scripture says: Formed the earth as God, incarnated as theanthropos, lived a perfect life, was crucified by the jews, dying for your sin, who rose again, and sits now in Heaven.
Perfectly worded
But then you also have the NLT which i was thinking of, which is denounced as a fake bible, so then if that one can be considered a "fake", wouldn't that go against the teachings of the Bible being holy? I can understand KJV being a thing, but then why are there so many different Bibles, with so many different interpretations? Where would I draw the line between the addition of propaganda, vs original content that is divinely inspired?
My scripture is the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Old Testament.
I couldn’t care less about retards translating it into other languages. NASB, NLT, KJV, none of these are “inspired” texts. They’re just copies of copies with varying degrees of success in the translation.
Well that's the thing, a lot of churches will use an inspired text that was translated 6 times or more, and edited well beyond that based off whatever propaganda was considered useful at the time. This is also why some of these translations are wildly all over the place, and either brush off or delete the original message. A good example is no sex before marriage. What is marriage? Is marriage now the same as before? What does it mean to cast a name in stone? Why does the church as a group pretend to be both independent and dependent on the government, if all power comes from God? Feels like a lot of churches play good cop bad cop whilst using the government as the scapegoat, and the solution to their problems
The Word of God is holy. If I take a copy of the Communist Manifesto and glue a Bible cover on it, that doesnt make it a Bible. Just an imposter.
But then you also have the NLT which i was thinking of, which is denounced as a fake bible
Denounced by some, certainly. The NLT isn’t a great study Bible given that it is not a word-for-word translation, but rather a paraphrase of the original language. It does have its place, however: I used it in my home when my children were very young because the language is accessible to them. Now that my children are older I use the ESV or KJV.
but then why are there so many different Bibles, with so many different interpretations?
The Adversary is the author of confusion, and so he seeks to undermine the confidence that we have in scripture. A multiplicity of translations certainly leads to confusion, especially for new believers. If you read the various legitimate translations, however, you will find that they essentially say the same thing. The thing about language is that there is an almost an unlimited number of ways to express an idea or truth. For example, take the statement “I went to the gas station today.” Or how about “I stopped at 7-11 this morning to gas up my car.” Or how about “on Monday June 11th I stopped by a convenience store and pumped 12 gallons of gas into my vehicle and bought a hot pocket.” Hopefully you get the point - each statement is describing the same event, but each statement may focus on different aspects and also may have a different degree of precision.
Gotta cut this short, outta time…I wanted to address what is a legitimate translation but maybe another time…
The devil convinced them to stray from the word of god
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