FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD  

  

                               THAT       HE      GAVE      HIS

 

                           ONLY      BEGOTTEN      SON

 

   THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES  ON HIM

 

         SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE

   

                                EVERLASTING LIFE!

 

                              JOHN  3:16, KING JAMES VERSION

 

         WHY ALL THE FUSS ABOUT "KING JAMES ONLY"?

 

 

DON'T THE NEW BIBLE VERSIONS HAVE A MUCH MORE MODERN,  UNDERSTANDABLE  TEXT, FREE  OF   THE 'THEE'S"  AND  THE "THOU'S" THAT  WE  FIND  SO TROUBLESOME?

 

        IT IS TRUE THAT THE KING JAMES VERSION IS WRITTEN  IN  THE  FORM  OF  ENGLISH THAT WAS  SPOKEN

DURING THE TIME OF KING JAMES, WHEN HE ORDERED THE 42  BIBLICAL AND  LANGUAGE  EXPERTS TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE  A  DEFINATIVE  ENGLISH LANGUAGE  TRANSLATION  OF  THE  SACRED  TEXT.

 

     BUT  ALL  OF  THOSE  TRANSLATORS  HAD A REVERENCE  AND  RESPECT  FOR  THE   BIBLE  AS THE LIVING   WORD  OF   GOD.

          THEY WERE  SOLEMNLY PLEDGED  TO MAKE  THE

ORIGINAL  MEANING  CLEAR  IN THE   TRANSLATION-----

 NOT  HIDE  THE  MEANING,  CHANGE  THE  MEANING,

OR MUDDY  UP  THE  MEANING.

 

           THE   MODERN  " TRANSLATORS"  WHO HAVE WORKED ON SUCH THINGS AS THE  NIV,  HAVE  NOT  HAD SUCH  TENDER  CONSCIENCES .

 

            THE   " TRANSLATORS"   OF  TODAY, HAVE   NOT  BEEN   AFRAID  TO  CHOP  UP  THE  TEXT,  AND  RE-ARRANGE  AND  EDIT  IT ,  TO  MAKE  IT SAY  WHAT  THEY

WANT  IT  TO  MEAN.

 

       TODAY WE WILL LOOK AT  WHAT  THEY HAVE DONE

   WITH  ONLY  ONE  VERSE.

 

 

          "FOR  GOD  SO  LOVED  THE  WORLD, 

 

        THAT  HE  GAVE   HIS   ONE  AND  ONLY  SON,

 

THAT WHOSOEVER BELEIVES ON HIM, SHOULD HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE"    JOHN 3:16,   NIV

 

 

     JOHN  WROTE  BY  THE  INSPIRATION  OF  THE  HOLY SPIRIT.

 

     HE WROTE   " MONO GENII"

 

     IT STAYED  'MONO  GENII"  FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS.

 

    THEN  THE ENGLISH  TRANSLATION WAS  MADE.

 

   " MONO GENII "   MEANS    " ONLY  BEGOTTEN"

 

   IT IDENTIFIES THE SUPERNATURAL IDENTITY  OF JESUS  CHRIST.   ONLY  BEGOTTEN  OF  THE  FATHER.

                               THE SON OF GOD.

 

     THE BUTCHERS  WHO  PUT  TOGETHER  THE  NIV,  ARE TRYING TO ROB  JESUS  OF  HIS  DIVINE  IDENTITY  BY REPLACING THE   EXACT TERM  "ONLY BEGOTTEN"  WITH THE  WORDS  "ONE  AND  ONLY",  WHICH ARE VAGUE, NON-DESCRIPT, AND  CAN  MEAN ANYTHING YOU  WANT THEM  TO  MEAN.

 

        IF A "VERSION"
 OF THE BIBLE DOES NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFY JESUS CHRIST  FOR WHO HE REALLY IS AND WHAT HE REALLY DID, THEN IT IS A WORK OF THE DEVIL.

 

     THE  REASON  GOD  GAVE  US  THE  BIBLE  BY  INSPIRATION  OF THE  HOLY  SPIRIT,  WAS  SO  WE  WOULD  KNOW  WHO  HE  IS.

 

     BUT  MODERN  UNBELIEVERS  ARE  TRYING  TO TWIST  AND  CHANGE  GOD'S  WORD  AROUND  SO  IT  WILL  NOT

PROPERLY  IDENTIFY  GOD  ANYMORE!

 

 

      JESUS  SAID,  HEAVEN  AND EARTH  SHALL PASS  AWAY,  BUT  MY  WORD  SHALL  NOT PASS AWAY.

 

       HIS  WORD  IS  STILL  TRUE.   SO,  EVEN  IF  THERE  ARE A  FEW OLD FASHIONED WORDS  IN  IT,  READ  THE  VERSION  THAT  IS  TRUE  TO THE  ORIGINAL  WORDS  THE  LORD  HIMSELF  INSPIRED  THE PROPHETS  TO PUT  ON THE  PAPER.

 

         THOU   SHALT  NOT  FIND  IT  AS  DIFFICULT  AS  THOU

  THOUGHT   IT  WOULD  BE.