I would be careful how you speak of the word of God. It is not simply ink and paper it is sacred and holy and is the very heart of God himself,
The Bible itself is nothing but wood and ink. Even the KJV is but wood and ink. When the Words are written on our hearts, is when it becomes the Word of God. But when people start talking such things like, oh you can't put the Bible on the floor, then they have indeed made the Bible an idol, as if the book itself was something to be worshiped or placed on a pedestal. The Word of God is powerful, the Book is not.
it is alive and is filled with his power and his spirit and you speaking ill of his word just because it is not the version of the one you prefer is the same thing as speaking ill of him.
Just because you believe this does not make it True. speaking against a book, whether other versions, or even the KJV, is not what is against God.
It is not for you a mere man to decide God's word because it is not your word it is his. Have you ever had to use scriptures in spiritual warfare? Or have you ever had to quote a verse to give you peace in a time of great distress? I have, I spoke of this one So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
This verse alone has saved me from great distress more times than I can count and guess what? I read it from an niv bible and the power of the scriptures were more than evident.
Do you think the power came from the Book or from the Faith that was in you?
The Book holds no power at all, it is but a mere book, man-made, made of wood and ink. The power did not come from the Book, but from the Faith that you had inside of you. It does not matter if it were the NIV, the ghetto version, the KJV. it is the Faith that gives you the power of God, not any of the Books made of paper and ink.
You can speak of ill of the versions of his word but until you have seen the power and seen his spirit work in them then all your doing is accusing God's word of being bologna.
Again, the Power is not in the Book, but in the Faith of what the Book says.
A book can tell you that Jesus is the Son of God, just because a book tells you that, does not give that book power. Now when a person reads that, and then FAITH happens inside of them, and they believe that Jesus is the Son of God. It is the Faith that Saved them, NOT the book which merely informed them about Jesus Christ.
The Word is NOT powerful. Believing in what the Word says, now that is Powerful.
That verse that you have used so many times, you would still believe that in your heart, regardless if you are holding your NIV in your hand. The Power is within us, NOT in that Book.
As a personal witness to the power a single verse can have not just in spiritual warfare but also in the hearts of those who we speak the scriptures to I can attest that his word regardless if we believe it to be his word or not is very much alive and very sacred it is not a toy and it is not something we can simply pick and choose.
The Power does not come from the Book, but it comes from YOU. The Book only reveals to you what is TRUE, it is what is inside of you, that grants that belief power. Again. Power is within us, not in a book. KJV or otherwise.
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††† In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ †††
DiscipleDave