Men have been “handling the word of God deceitfully”

 

Men have been “handling the word of God deceitfully” (II Cor. 4:2) ever since the devil first taught Eve how. From Cain to Balaam, from Jehudi to the scribes and Pharisees, from the Dark Age theologians to present-day scholars, the living words of the Almighty God have been prime targets for man’s corrupting hand. The attacks on the Word of God are threefold: addition, subtraction, and substitution. From Adam’s day to the computer age, the strategies have remained the same. There is nothing new under the sun.

 

One attack which is receiving quite a bit of attention these days is a direct attack on the Word of God as preserved in the English language: the King James Version of 1611. The attack referred to is the myth which claims that since the King James Version has already been revised four times, there should be and can be no valid objection to other revisions. This myth was used by the English Revisers of 1881 and has been revived in recent years by Fundamentalist scholars hoping to sell their latest translation.

– David F. Reagan

 

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“Well, Well”

“Yes” is a word he says “right well.”

This insures that he may long dwell,

On said board, making things to jell,

Jumping to the “top’s” beck and bell,

Buying the big man’s constant sell,

(Pretending worship when he fell)

Loyally following the “spell,”

Both up the hill and through the dell,

No “No’s” are whispered in his shell,

He’d never think a “No” to yell.

Who is this man of whom I tell?

He’s a “yes man.”  You know him well. -eab, 9/29/08 

 

 

Written at Westfield,Indiana

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