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NASB | 1 John 5:7 For there are three that testify: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:7 For there are three witnesses: |
Subject: put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! |
Bible Note: Dear Friend, You are missing the point. If you simply "entertain" yourself with religion in the comfort of your favorite chair, it's no big deal whether 1 John 5:7 should be acknowledged as "canon" or not. BUT IF you are actually living your life and making your decisions in such a way that IF you "got it wrong" you are sure to "crash and burn", then every jot and tittle in the Bible is life-and-death crucial. We need to know WHAT God wanted us to respond to, and we need to know that we understood it rightly. Take for example John 6:27 and Matthew 6:19-34. Some folks will be making crucial, life determining decisions based on what they think those words and phrases mean. Some - in the hope of obedience that is vindicated by God, will NOT buy life insurance nor wll they save up that retirement fund for their old age. If they were WRONG in what they thought those scriptures meant, there is a sore and sad reality waiting for them just a few existential moments away. When you are "betting" not only your "eternal condition (after this life)on the COUNSEL of the Bible - but when you are "betting" your temporal health and welfare on that counsel, it is infinitely crucial to BE RIGHT in your perceptions. To cast a doubt upon the veracity and authenticity of 1 John 5:7 at this stage of the game, is to bring the whole Bible into question. WHO KNOWS what "new discovery" will prove that this word or that passage was not authentic? This is the classic case of the "slippery slope" syndrome. For the unavoidable REALITY is that IF 1 John 5:7 is not inspired, authentic and trustworthy, we also do not know WHAT ELSE will sooner or later be changed or deleted or added. Can I beseech you to go to our main web-site and read just chapter 1 of THE GREAT DREAM? (only 5 letter sized pages long)? Tell me - are you willing to let Acts 8:37 and the doxology at the end of The Lord's Prayer go down the same hole as 1 John 5:7? AND WHERE does this thing end? Say The Lord's Prayer aloud to yourself - but just leave off these words: *For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.* Does it not feel and sound WRONG? Matthew 23:14 is also gone along with 1 John 5:7 - no problem? Have you really thought this ALL THE WAY THROUGH? WHAT is it, in your present life, that is dependent on your understanding of something in the Bible? Is there anything in your present life that is at risk if you "got it wrong"? What might that be, that is at risk if you misunderstood the Bible (in this present life)? Are you risking your health, or your money, or the approval of your friends and family on the idea that you understood something from the Bible that was CONTRARY to the common wisdom that ALL MEN share? WHAT you decide about 1 John 5:7 has infinite ramifications for your life: for the entire Bible is truly on trial with just this one question about this one verse. 1 John 5:7 is part of the Bible I am depending on to guide me through this sick, sad, treacherous and dying world. If I concede to let 1 John 5:7 go, then I cannot but wonder about what's next. It sure would be easier to "not be ashamed" of the teachings of Christ if we could just delete that annoying and disconcerting little section of Luke 14:26-33 (especially that SCANDALOUS verse 26). Someone wanted to tell me that Psalm 68:11 COULD BE translated to "women singing and dancing" or some such thing. I already knew that - but is that really where we want to go? Should we take a "could be" and make that cancel out an "always was"? This is THE DIMINISHING GROUND OF THE ABSOLUTE, when the longer and harder you look, the more faint everything becomes..... 2 Tim 3:16-17 (KJV) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. justanother(needs a reliable Bible)christian jac@lacglobal.net www.apostasynow.com |