Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "WELS Discussion Overwhelmingly Against NNIV. Trans...":
AC V correctly posted this issue with the 2011 NIV earlier:
NNIV Romans 3:23,24:
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Italicized "all" is not in the original Greek. Yet the "ad fontes" WELS endorses the NNIV. In fact, the committee commending the NNIV to the synod in convention this summer highlights these verses as an improvement of the NIV.
(W)ELS Pastor Patterson will welcome this perversion of God's Word, having just excommunicated Joe and Lisa Krohn for holding to Justification by faith alone to the exclusion of forgiveness and righteousness declared by God to those without faith. They've taught the false gospel of UOJ for years, Kuske having adulterated Luther's Catechism in order to insert the anti-Christian doctrine into the section on Justification. Now they have a chance to officially use a Bible that finally teaches the doctrine.
Are they kidding?!? At least concerning the central doctrine of Justification a person could read the KJV, or even the troubled '84 NIV, and only come away, by the gracious work of the Holy Spirit, with Justification by faith in Christ alone. The KJV and NIV required the manipulated explanation of a trained UOJ false teacher to hear and believe in the false gospel. Now a small child will come away with Justification before and without faith on his own - no further Scriptural manipulation required.
Posting these verses again because they ought to ring in the ears of the Lutheran laity, clergy and synod officials.
Revelation 22:18-19, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
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Brett: It's interesting that you quote unintelligible and culturally irrelevant interpretations of God's Word. Who do you think will understand you? Here's a better translation of the verse you were trying to quote:
Revelation 22:18-19: I have to be straight with you dude: If anyone adds to this Book, God will be like "it's totally uncool, man." And if you cut out parts that you don't like? Whoa man, don't even go there. For Real. That's total Schwag, as in "not awesome", dude. You could wind up 6 feet under, man.
...or maybe your faith isn't ready to accept why this understanding of the verse better captures the essence of what God, through the Apostle John, was trying to convey in modern patterns of speech.
(har har har har)
Rev. Charles Westra of the Board for Home Missions just said at the WELS convention: "when Christ died on the cross he declared the world 'not guilty' of sin."
My question to you Rev. Westra: Why do mission work, if the world has been declared 'not guilty."
UOJ is indeed foundational to WELS philosophy of ministry.
I'm curious. How does the Jackson Living Translating render that Romans 3 selection? Say, starting at verse 21?
WOW I think the WELS killed the chat feature of the Convention Stream. (at least it ain't showing up on my screen) Were too many people engaging in Christian discernment?
We can be thankful the WELS wasn't around at the founding of our nation because if they were they'd have squashed the first amendment.
Garret, I also provide the Jackson Literal in some sermons, depending on the need. Here is the Jackson Living Translation, starting at Romans 3:21 -
"But now, without the Law, the righteousness of God is revealed, that righteousness being witnessed by both the Law and the Prophets. 22 Indeed, the righteousness of God (comes) through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and upon all who believe - for there is no distinction. 23 For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 24 Declared forgiven (justified) freely by His grace through the redemption of Jesus Christ.
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