Attacks on the Bible
The Bible has long suffered the disparaging attacks of men.
However, in times past the enemies of God's word were at least
easily identifiable. More and more as of late men who
claim to be friends of our Lord are casting aspersions upon the
Bible. While they profess a love for the Lord, they disingenuously
deny the miracles of the Bible, many of the recorded
actions and words of Jesus, and the inspiration of His
written legacy to us.
An example of this is the Jesus Seminar; a group of liberal,
modernistic theologians who, in effect, sit around a table and
vote on what words and actions of our Lord, recorded in the
gospels, are actually genuine. Predictably, they deny the
veracity of recorded miracles, as well as any judgmental language,
seeing fit only to accept the gentle and loving side of Jesus
nature. In doing so, they seek to remake Jesus in their own
image, and do violence to the historical Jesus revealed in the
inspired Word.
Contrast this denial of inspiration and general loose attitudes
toward the Bible with the words of Jesus and his followers.
Jesus promised the disciples in John 14:26, "But the Helper, the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will
teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things
that I said to you." Concerning these "things" delivered by the
Holy Spirit, Paul said to the Thessalonians, "For this reason
we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received
the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,
which also effectively works in you who believe"
(1 Thessalonians 2:13).
Further, the Apostle Peter asserts, "knowing this first, that no
prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for
prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God
spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:20-21).
To make the claim that the Bible is the work of man is to call
Peter, Paul, even the Lord liars. Liars, or deluded, or
superstitious, or some other unacceptable contention. This is
something you might would expect from the enemies of the cross,
but it is unconscionable that those who profess a friendship
with Christ would make such contentions.
Another attack on God's word has come in the form of certain
modern day, English translations of the Bible. The American
Bible Society recently released their Contemporary English
Bible, which they trumpet as, "the eternal truths of God's
Word in clear, understandable English" (ABS Advertisement).
In reality it is a blasphemous attack against the Bible. Imagine
the thousands of people who will be buying into this perversion
of the gospel of Christ, all the while thinking they are getting
a faithful, accurate translation of the original languages.
Satan is working rabidly to bring harm to those God would save!
In the next few weeks, we will examine the Contemporary
English Bible as well as examining how the Bible has come
down to us. In doing so I am convinced that your faith and
confidence in the Word of God will be strengthened.
Let the American Bible Society, the Jesus Seminar, and the
other enemies of the cross rail against the Bible. When all of
their "hammering" is done, and all their "hammers" are strewn
over the ground, the eternal and steadfast anvil that is God's
word will remain unscathed.
As Paul said, in Romans 3:3-4, "For what if some did not
believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without
effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a
liar..."
Stan Cox
LStanCox@aol.com
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