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To: SoConPubbie
And yet millions through multiple centuries have found God, have repented and believed and received the Holy Spirit using just that version.

True but expecting the modern churchgoer to wade through thiseth and thoueth and all sorts of archaic words is an impediment to understanding God's truths. It's like expecting today's people to understand Beowolf.

Languages change and words change their meaning. As long as the translations from the original Greek and Hebrew are steadfast, using the words and idioms of the 21st century can only enhance understanding, not impede it.

The KJV was a remarkable work in its time but so was the Model T.

40 posted on 10/22/2013 6:36:52 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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To: OrangeHoof
Languages change and words change their meaning. As long as the translations from the original Greek and Hebrew are steadfast, using the words and idioms of the 21st century can only enhance understanding, not impede it.

The KJV was a remarkable work in its time but so was the Model T.


Changing the version of the Bible is not going to change the results, until the Preachers preaching the message find out what it means to be saved from their sins.

Until they can preach a message of Repentance and Faith that leads the sinner to a salvation experience whereby God himself forgives the sinner of his/her sins AND CHANGES their heart, or gives them deliverance from their sins, nothing is going to changes.

The So-called Christianity of today has walked away from an experiential relationship with Christ whereby "His Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are the children of God" (Romans chapter 8 I think vs. 18), to one where you can simply accept Jesus and keep on sinning, because don't you know, there is no real victory on earth over our sin (Sarcasm intended).

I've heard many a preacher preach a sermon about Romans Chapter 7 being where Christians have to live and they completely ignore Romans Chapter 8 where Paul states "Now There is no Condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus".

Our preachers don't even know what it means to be saved from their sins, how can they lead?

We've got much bigger problems then just the version of the bible being used.
43 posted on 10/22/2013 7:18:26 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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