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Originally Posted by niteowl1611
Hello all. I need some advice about confronting my pastor regarding his choice of bibles again. If you recall, my first post here was about our church switching our pew bibles to the ESV. Well I was informed Saturday at our prayer breakfast, that he is indeed going with the plans to do so. That alone was enough for me to upchuck my eggs. Well, before it got better it got worse. After breakfast we hold an informal bible study at the table for about 35-40 min. My pastor said he had another bible he highly recommend for devotions and when you don't want to "rack your brains with study". It was the message bible by eugene patterson (lower case intended)  Our verse study was Mat. 9:12-13. I did something I had never done before. I left church as soon as it was read. I didn't excuse myself, I just picked up my bible and walked out. Here is the butchering of Mat. 9:12-13 Jesus, overhearing, shot back, "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders." I am not sure if I can continue on at this church. He used to be a very powerful, AV preacher. He also of late has been letting women lead Thursday night bible studies. Him being the pastor, I just don't know how to go about it this time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and needed. Thank you, Keith. |
Keith, one of my favorite passages of Scripture is Ezekiel 2. Son of man, preach my word to them, they are stubborn and rebellious, and what's more, they will not listen to you. Why? That in their fall they will know a prophet of God has been among them.
I think that walking out and leaving without a word would be wrong. I know this because that's just what I did. I left a church and people I loved because a pastor killed, murdered, assassinated, obliterated in no uncertain terms and with no redress or dissent the street ministry of the church because his own flesh could not handle the cuties and the babes on the street, going into the clubs and bars and just having a jolly good old time partying. I was stunned, I was inexperienced in these things and just got up and walked out an left.
Woe be unto the next one.
I think you need to stand up at the next meeting and say that the KJV is given to us by inspiration, that the men "translating" and selling these pieces of spiritual pornography are handling the word of God deceitfully and corrupting it and making merchandise of all of us with their planned obsolescence of first this version and that version, and if the KJV was good enough for Billy Sunday, David Brainerd, and Dl Moody, it's good enough for me. As God told Jeremiah, be not afraid of anything, their looks, their sneers, the threats to their own wallets. There is nothing new under the sun, No "manuscript discoveries", and why use a stave when a sword is a better weapon. When I taught knife fighting, I demonstrated the old saying: Only person who ever showed up with a knife at a gunfight and prevailed was an Indian. To whatever objections they raise remind them to keep doing the work of Jesuits and diluting the word of God, which is perfect and incorruptable, and that
this issue, not "liberal theology" or "emerging churches" will be the cause of this church soon being an empty building. If they go forward with this plan of apostacy I'd leave, and
then shake the dust from the soles of your shoes.
The glory departed from the Southern Baptist Convention with their support of slavery in the Civil War and has been little more than an empty shell since. Why do they not use the Holman "Christian" Standard, their version of the NIV? Or were the perks or outright bribes of the publishers of the ESV greater?
De 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment;
thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Peter Ruckman
did not creat the "KJV-Only": BF Wescott and FJA Hort did.
At the Judgement Seat Of Christ they will all point their fingers at you but He will say, dudes, a prophet of God was among you, you have no excuse, as they watch their works and their "rewards" go up in flames.
Grace and peace to you Keith.
Tony