WHAT AND WHERE IS THE WORD OF GOD?

WHAT AND WHERE IS THE WORD OF GOD?

WHAT AND WHERE IS THE WORD OF GOD?

Compiled by Herb Evans

THE FOUR THEORIES

1. Only the Original Manuscripts

2. Only the Hebrew and Greek Texts

3. The mystical Bible of all the translations

4. The AV 1611 Bible for English speaking people

FOUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES TO AVOID BIBLE ISSUE CONFUSION

1 Cor. 2:5: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in

the power of God.

Acts 17:11: These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they

received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures

daily, whether those things were so.

2 Tim 3:16: All scripture is . . . profitable for doctrine, for reproof,

for correction ...

2 Tim 3:17: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto

all good works.

1 Sam. 3:1: And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was

no open vision.

1 Sam 3:19: . . . the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words

fall to the ground.

2 Tim 3:15: . . . the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise

unto salvation ...

WHICH BIBLE WAS PRIMARILY INSTRUMENTAL IN YOUR SALVATION

AND WHICH SHALL JUDGE YOU?

Rom 10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

1 Pet 1:23: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of

incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

James 1:18: Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth ...

John 12:48: He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one

that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, ... shall judge him in the

last day.

Rom. 10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

WHICH BIBLE PRIMARILY FED YOU AND CAUSED YOU TO GROW IN THE LORD?

1 Pet 2:2: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye

may grow thereby:

Acts 20:32: . . . the word of his grace, which is able to build you up . .
.

Matt. 4:4: . . . Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that

proceedeth out of the mouth of God

WHICH BIBLE CLEANSES THE CHURCH AND YOUNG MEN?

Eph. 5:26: That he might sanctify and cleanse it (church) with the washing

of water by the word,

Psa. 119:9: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed

thereto according to thy word.

1 Th. 2:13: . . . when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us,

ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of

God, which

effectually worketh also in you . . .

HOW IMPORTANT IS THE WORD OF GOD?

Psa 138:21: . . . thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Jer. 23:28: . . . he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully.

WHICH BIBLE SHALL WE PREACH, WITNESS, AND USE FOR DOCTRINE?

2 Tim. 4:2: Preach the word . . . reprove, rebuke, exhort with all

longsuffering and doctrine.

Heb. 4:12: For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than

any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and

spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts

and intents of the heart.

Titus 1:9: Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he

may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Titus 2:8: Sound speech, that cannot be condemned . . .

2 Tim 3:15: . . . the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise

unto salvation . . .

2 Tim 3:16,17: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is

profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in

righteousness:

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

THE PURITY OF THE SCRIPTURES

Psa. 119:140: The words of the LORD are pure words tried in a furnace ...

purified seven times.

Psa. 119:160: . . . true from the beginning and every one of thy righteous

judgments endureth for ever.

Prov. 30:5: Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put

their trust in him.

THE INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES

2 Pet. 1:21: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but

holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

2 Tim 3:16,17: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is

profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in

righteousness:

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Jer. 36:1-4: . . . this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have

spoken unto thee against Israel . . . from the days of Josiah, even unto

this day. ... Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch

wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had

spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

Jer. 36:32: Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the

scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all

the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire:

and there were added besides unto them many like words.

THE PRESERVATION OF THE SCRIPURES

Psa. 12:7: Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from

this generation for ever.

Psa. 119:89: For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Psa. 119:140: Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

Psa. 119:160: Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy

righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Isa. 40:8: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God

shall stand for ever.

Isa. 59:21: . . . my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart

out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of

thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Heb. 3:7: Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his

voice,

1 Pet. 1:23-25: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of

incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever . . .

the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the

gospel is preached unto you.

Matt. 24:35: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass

away.

John 10:35: . . . unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot

be broken;

2 Tim. 4:2: Preach the word . . . reprove, rebuke, exhort with all

longsuffering and doctrine.

John 17:6: . . . they have kept thy word.

Rev. 22:7: . . . blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of

this book.

WARNINGS TO THE BRETHREN REGARDING BIBLE CORRECTORS

Isa. 8:20: . . . if they speak not according to this word, it is because

there is no light in them.

Jer. 23:30: I am against the prophets . . . that steal my words every one

from his neighbour.

Jer. 23:36-38: . . . ye have perverted the words of the living God . . .

Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you,

saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

Mark 7:13: Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition,

which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

John 12:48: He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one

that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in

the last day.

John 14:24: He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word

which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

2 Cor. 2:17: For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God . . .

Prov. 30:6: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be

found a liar.

Deut. 4:2: Ye shall not add unto the word . . . neither shall ye diminish

ought from it . . .

2 Pet. 1:20: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of

any private interpretation.

1 Tim. 6:3: If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome

words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which

is according to godliness;

2 Pet. 3:16: . . .some things hard to be understood, which they that are

unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto

their own destruction.

Rev. 22:18-19: . . . If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add

unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 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.