Which Bible Is God's Word by Gail Riplinger

Author:Gail Riplinger
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion, Biblical Commentary, General
ISBN: 9780963584588
Publisher: A V Pubns
Published: 1993-12-01T06:00:00+00:00

Question: Concerning all the changes that you have mentioned in the newer versions, do you think this is coincidental or is this a conspiracy?

Answer: The word “conspiracy” or “conspired” is used in the Old Testament thirty times, so it is a biblical word. Note the following examples: “There is a conspiracy of her prophets... they have devoured souls . . . they have put no difference between the holy and profane” (Ezek. 22:25-26). “And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men... which refused to hear my words” (Jer. 11:9-10).

Isaiah 14 tells of Lucifer’s plan to usurp God’s authority. In Genesis 3 we can hear his method of accomplishing this goal. The target of God’s authority—his word. The method—cast doubt upon it, saying, “Yea, hath God said?” The technique was successful in seducing Adam and Eve, and it is still effective.

The most common characteristic of the cults is moving the authority away from the bible. They always lead their followers to a source outside the bible. It may be a man, another book, or some experience. This is precisely what is happening in the church today. Pastors in the pulpit are questioning the authority of the word of God. The leadership is moving people to Greek scholars, Greek lexicons, and Greek dictionaries, or some other kind of book. Numerous conflicting versions set up the need for a man (i.e., a pastor with a lexicon) to supersede the bible. This is a move, ever so “subtle,” back to the Roman Catholic or Old Testament priesthood which

established an intermediary between God and man. In history past, Luther rebelled against this notion, saying there was a priesthood of all believers.

Question: A recent survey in U.S. News and World Report claimed that only thirty-four percent of church members today believe that the bible is the word of God. The vast majority believe that the bible contains the word of God. Would you care to comment on that?

Answer: The King James Bible is the word of God. New versions contain some of the word of God. As new versions replace the KJV in sales and use, it is no wonder people sense this void. Unsaved scholars have pointed out for years that the omissions in new versions are not wholesale. The doctrine is removed only fifty to eighty percent of the time. As long as the doctrine can be found somewhere in the bible, apostates claim that version is acceptable. This contention fails when tested by scripture. The bible says that “a little leaven leaventh the whole lump” (1 Cor. 5:6). So, when there is an error one place, the poison destroys the entire version. The bible also says: “In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” (Matt. 18:16).

God made four gospels. A doctrine needs to be there several times to prove its authenticity. You cannot proof text when you have only one bible verse. If you were leaning on a table and someone removed one of the legs, it would be unstable.

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