Dear Pastor Jackson,
I hope everyone uses the Bible that creates certainty and faith!! Many Bibles create doubt, and uncertainty.
During
Easter many Christians open their Bibles to carefully read and study
the crucifixion, death, and resurrection and ascension of our Lord.
I have my Bible open to Mark 16:9-20. So, everyone, please open your
Bibles to this same passage in Mark 16 and take note of any footnotes
that cause you to doubt if it is actually a legitimate part of the
Bible. My Bible has NO footnotes. All of the other Bibles (ESV, NIV,
NKJV, etc) have footnotes. If you use the NIV you will see a footnote
that says something similar to this: "The most reliable early
manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20" If you
use the NKJV you will see a footnote that says something similar to
this: "Verses 9-20 are bracketed in NU-Texts as not original. They are
lacking in Codex Sinaticus and Codex Vaticanus, although nearly all
other manuscripts of Mark contain them."
Can
you imagine God the Holy Ghost using Bibles (NIV, ESV, NKJV etc.) with
doubt creating footnotes for the reformation? Can you picture God the
Holy Ghost using the NU-Texts, or Codex Sinaticus, or Codex Vaticanus
for the Reformation? Of course not!!
Erasmus
is well known for publishing the apostolic text (TEXTUS RECEPTUS) for
the reformation. He soundly rejected publishing Vaticanus for the
reformation. Luther's Bible, and the King James Bible are precisely
translated from the apostolic text (TEXTUS RECEPTUS). These are the
Bibles used for the reformation. You can buy them today. I just bought a
very nice King James pocket Bible from Hobby Lobby. Buying online is
even easier.
Now imagine you are in a field of
horse weeds towering over your head. You are completely lost. There are
so many Bibles to choose from.
Actually there
are only two families of Bibles: corrupted and apostolic. There is only
one English apostolic Bible: King James Bible. So stay out of the
weeds. Keep it simple. Use your King James Bible to create faith and
certainty in God's word.
Pastor Gregory L
Jackson, PhD has written a wonderful book to help you chop through the
horse weeds of corrupt Bible translations: The King James Version:
Apostolic Texts, Precise Translation versus Fraudulent Texts and
Heretical Translations. ISBN 9798429093451
Tom Fisher
