We all know that the Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is infallible, inerrant and cannot be disproven, no matter how many theories and imaginations of man. I've read it my whole life and never gave it much thought on how we got it in English and other languages. I was just very glad we did but when I got curious and did a bit of research, thinking it would be a quick, short story, I found it so amazing that I knew, without a doubt, that the Bible is true. Not a doubt.
Some of you may already know the truth about the KJV Bible, others (like me), may think it was just like all other books, translated so others could read it too in their language. I even believed for 98% of my life that King James of England had commissioned it to be written for "the common man." How wrong I was. It's not short, nor boring but if you take the time to read Widipedia's account of everything that occurred because Mr. Tyndale did this in defiance of the Roman Catholic Church who demanded King James put him under the death sentence to prevent it from happening, you will know there's so much more to the Bible than meets the eye. Our Bible, the one we live by, almost never happened. It was by the GRACE OF GOD we do have it and many of our Church Fathers were taught the truth. He worked tirelessly and it is THE closest Bible to the original text that is humanly possible. It's perfect with no mistakes of any importance.
I want YOU to find a lot of info for yourself as I don't want to take away anything you will be so blessed by finding out but William Tyndale invented the printing press so it could be printed rather than hand-written so as many as wanted it, would have access to it 100% complete. I imagine he had so many people working 24/7, meticulously working, probably with little to no pay as it was a dark and well hidden secret since he had to stay hidden but ultimately he was martyred for it by King James. I find it stunning (and not in a good way but I don't know of a better word to use here) that he had the nerve (King James) to take it as his own work and took credit for it being written. The arrogance and hypocrisy of some people is just unbelievable to me. I'm not sure at what part of the Reformation this occurred but I do seem to remember it was a major part of it.
In a non-Spiritual way, which to me makes it even MORE perfect, is that back then, people like us didn't know how to read. They depended on the Papacy to translate the Bible and tell them what it said. They were adamant that we not know because of the lies and assumptions. They built St. Peter's Basillica in Rome by selling "indulgences" which they claimed you could buy to get a lost loved one who'd passed away, a way into Heaven. Well, Jesus Christ said "I AM the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father EXCEPT through me. Sorry, I use caps for emphasis, not yelling. I'm sure you already knew that, lol. I tend to try to use humor as it is a special and awesome gift from God when used for His glory. Playing and being joyous even if not in worship does bring Him honor and glory. I bet Jesus was a lot of fun to be around as a child. They were drawn to Him. Children don't like being around super-serious, no play/no fun adults. I imagine the fun they had with Him. Children are special. So pure, so innocent. Too bad that fades so quickly. Sorry, back to reading. People started wanting to read the Bible so the demand for literacy began. They found they loved reading and the demand for more books began. Most were Spiritual at the time BUT I do not in my heart believe that books (fiction or non-fiction; Spiritual or not) are bad or good. Of course there's some that's so unbelievably wrong why they're legal is beyond my comprehension and movies/TV, I cannot believe the absolute filth I hear, not necessarily on the show but the commercials. They are the absolute worst. I record what I watch so I can FF through them. Oh, and I saw a commercial not long ago about chocolate. THIS is what we have reduced SIN to...the ad said (as the ultra-undressed, over-sexed woman bit into a piece of chocolate) "Live SINFULLY." Are you kidding me? Sin today is to eat a piece of chocolate but beheading someone because they believe in Jesus Christ is okay in the name of Islam? Chocolate/beheading. Hmmm, tough one.
To me, the Bible is my direct and personal line to God YHWH. Yes, I find it appalling that I have to specify God's name because He has become anything or everyone to people God is whoever you WANT Him to be. I guess it's "God by any other name..." type of thinking. No, Islams and Christians do NOT worship the same God. We have a choice of 2, one of which IS God and the other just wants to be God. That "thing" is confusing. he's not stupid (and I hate dignifying him by capitalizing his name so even though it's not grammatically correct, I don't care, I'm changing it to a lower case h. he knows the Bible better than any man who ever lived yet he still thinks he has a chance. I guess knowing the Bible and believing it is 2 different things but...he KNEW God. So he did whatever he could to keep the Bible from ever reaching us but to me just proves how true it really is. It's about 5,000 years old, never disproven, and is still being taught as truth today. It's not mythology, not in a museum of how it use to be. It's as real to us now as it was to Peter, maybe even more so. We have advantages they didn't have. We see fulfilled prophecy today. The "explosion of knowledge" the Bible refers to is as much Spiritual as secular. New insights to foretold prophecy is coming to light. We are the fulfillment of Daniel. The angel told Daniel to seal up the book. It was not for him but for the end of the ages. It couldn't be understood...yet. That book, more than meets the eye and unless your Spiritual eyes and heart are wide-open, it WILL seem foolish but unharden your heart, open your eyes and LISTEN, you'll d Him. He isn't hidden and there is NOTHING you can't know.
Again, this is based on facts, personal experiences and my thoughts which are always based on scripture. It is not doctrine or necessarily the truth but when you want to know something, what is the very first thing you do? It's as natural as breathing, dear ones. Think! YOU ASK. Ask Him anything. Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God... and then "Ask, seek, knock." And get real on prayer and this "ask" thing. God is never going to give you the winning lottery numbers. He may put money in your bank account you have NO IDEA where it came from (TWICE) but it was exactly what you need. I know what some are thinking, if you gave more, you'd have gotten more. Nonsense. For one, I had $20 for me to buy myself something. I'm kinda cheap so that was a lot of money for me. However, I'd been blessed earlier in the week with saving $1200/year and while it wasn't "physical money," I saw no difference. So I decided I wanted to give something back and I was going to give away $5 but heard who and how much I was to give. Awesome story. Anyway, I was blessed that night of buying over $300 worth of food for less than $150. Maybe I'm simple or I don't get it but to me, I see that as a financial blessing. However, maybe, just maybe, there's truth to that. Maybe God gives you what you expect Him to give you. If you give because some "man of God" told you that IF you give him (pastor, not God) your money, God will reward you by wiping out debt or getting a stack of $100 bills. If you want to use God as your stock broker, that's your choice but I like the blessings so much more than the money. I can't count the times He's blessed me monetarily but it has never once depended on what I gave, not once. He gives at HIS pleasure. I got to see the Northern Lights from the Grand Canyon. That is RARE and you have to be in the right spot, the right time and be looking at THE perfect spot in order to see it. Anybody can go to New Zealand, Norway or wherever they are but to me, I never expected that but yet there I was. I felt like I was literally in His presence. You go ahead and want your money back if money means so much but you'll fare better with an accountant. Maybe God will, I don't know but I'll take the blessings. If I wanted money, I'd hire a stock broker but His money, if He does give it back, I'm just gonna give it away so I'll take the money, great way to help more Giving is a genuine joy to me. God is my reason for breathing. Financial increase is a means in which I can make another person's life a little better. We are not required to tithe and if we were, churches have messed that up horribly. There were specific commandments on how those tithes were to be used and it is nothing like what the physical churches do. LEARN TO UNLEARN THE LIES. Those who know this and have the guts to tell the truth to their flock, they get an average of 22% of their congregation's income. In stark contrast, those who demand 10% get exactly that, down to the very penny. Maybe they'll be a bit generous in offerings but not usually. The suffer the worst. God is NOT money and if so, why did Jesus Christ tell us that "money is the ROOT of ALL evil?" Maybe we should take a lesson from those who actually tell us what God says. NOVEL IDEA. Have we turned God's house of worship into a den of thieves? I wonder....
Be blessed this week, much love in Christ Jesus and be Holy Spirit filled. It's a renewable form of energy so you never have to worry about refills, lol. Our God is awesome! SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS TO THE WORLD. FIRST CORINTHIANS 15:1-11!
