If the Foundations Be Destroyed by Chick Salliby

Author:Chick Salliby
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Bible
Publisher: Word and Prayer Ministries
Published: 1994-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

CURRENT INDIFFERENCE

God’s Word is not to be trifled with, especially when it is dealing with the crucial subject of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, in spite of its shameful attacks upon the Person and work of Jesus, some not only prefer the NIV, but also will vigorously defend it on every ground. It is a strange philosophy, indeed, that persuades a Christian to be more loyal to a book that dishonors his Lord than he is to his Lord.

It should be mentioned here, for the benefit of all readers, that most modern translations of the Bible are generally as inaccurate as the NIV though not always in the same places. To see this for yourself, compare your version of the Bible with the King James Version in each of the verse comparisons found on pages 3 through 65. The results, I assure you, will be disturbing.

While the corruption in modern translations has to be exposed, it is doubtful the information will be received by all. In fact, what is nearly as incredible as this molestation of Scripture, is the willingness of a lot of Christians today to sit back and accept it all without raising so much as an eyebrow. When shown these discrepancies, they prefer to side step the issue rather than to admit that we have a problem. I suppose if some can excuse everything from the inquisition of the past to rosary beads in Christian book stores today, they can excuse this as well—and in fact have.

For example, some excuse the omission of words, statements, and whole verses, by claiming that the reader can assume what truths are missing, even in their absence. However, this could only be true if there were a higher written authority than the Bible to turn to. We might assume an author’s intention if key words were left out of some other Christian book—but not from the Bible that furnishes all of the facts and information upon which we base our assumptions. How can a truth be assumed if it is not in the very Book that supplies us our truth?

Others defend the inaccuracies in modern versions of the Bible with this appeal: “Let’s stick to where our Bibles agree rather than quarrel over where they disagree.” “After all,” they tell us, “since so much of any modern translation is accurate and only a small portion inaccurate, we don’t really have cause for alarm.”

I wonder if these Christians take the same attitude with their health. Could they reasonably say for instance: “Ninety per cent of me is in perfect health. I do, however, have a little cancer developing that threatens my life but why should I worry, the rest of me is in great shape.” Now, that makes no sense at all, does it. Neither does the idea that error should be condoned because it is found within the company of so much that is correct. Error is error, and even the smallest one permits no amount of right answers to produce a perfect score.

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