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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: Gospels are OT books? |
Bible Note: Hello MJH, Whether or not Tim Hegg is evasive, he is definitely wrong. For instance, writing on Acts 15 he states: The "issue" at hand was whether or not someone who was not a Jew could be saved. To put it another way, how could a Gentile become a covenant member with Israel and share in the blessings of the covenant? The prevailing belief of the Judaisms [sic] in Paul's day was that only Jews had a place in the world to come since God had made the covenant of blessing with Israel and no other nation. (Tim Hegg, "Acts 15 and the Jerusalem Council," TorahResource, 2008) Here are just two misstatements in just this one paragraph: 1) There was never a question of whether Gentiles could become Christians. That had been answered Acts 11:1-8. 2) Hegg qoutes 15:1-2 to begin the article but completely ignores the actual point being made which is given in 15:5 "But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, 'It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.'" They wanted the Gentile believers to keep the Mosaic Law which Gentiles were never asked to keep. Steve |