John 14:26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your rememberance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
I believe that the Holy Spirit outpouring is to lead us BACK into ALL TRUTH. The Spirit of God is trying to do in one generation what we have been undoing for many generations. We must keep in mind that words which are translated in the New Testament from the Greek sometimes do not have the same meaning today as they did in the year 1611, when the King James Bible was translated. For example, today, if we use the word “infirmity” we usually have reference to a sickness. But the Greek word used in this passage does not refer to sickness as we will see as we move further along in our study.
Through the years, man has attempted to bring out Bibles that are “easier” to read and understand because some folks found it difficult to read certain translations. Some of these references which are called “paraphrase,” which are not “translations.”
There are many paraphrases on the market today and they have many good things to say. However, these paraphrases will carry with them the theological stand of the person who did the paraphrasing. If these people have been steeped in tradition that divine healing is NOT FOR TODAY, then their paraphrasing would tend to twist the scriptures to conform to their thinking. Let me give you 2nd Corinthians 12:7-9 from one such paraphrase: “God was afraid I might be puffed up by them (that is the revelations), so I was given a physical condition. I begged God to make me well again. He said “NO.”
Nothing could be further from the truth. This person DID NOT TRANSLATE the passage of scripture; he paraphrased his theology into it. I’m only bringing this out to indicate that we should recognize “paraphrases” for what they are. Use them as references–but don’t use them as your only source of reading the Bible. Yes, they may be easy to read because they are written in modern language, but be wise, they may tend to lead you astray from the TRUTH!
MOD SQUAD: thanks so much for all in attendance last night, what a BLESSING you all are!
Yesterday’s trivia: Jesus, Matthew 5:24.
Today’s trivia: What priest led a movement in which the people tore down the Baal altars and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal? Hint: 2nd Kings 10-11.
You are BLESSED to be a BLESSING and YOU ARE WELL ABLE!
PD & Kathy