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Jeremiah 6:16 – Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Notice the many things that have changed, not for the better. I am very much afraid we are much, much farther away from the truth as God desires us to have truth than we realize. We have not sought after God as we should, struggling instead to understand our present situation according to all the "experts" of the day. We have listened to all the rhetoric concerning what is right and wrong, and have disregarded much of what the Bible says, because we have not read the word, mediated on the word, studied the word, or searched the word for the answers to how we should live. We all desire the blessings of God, yet we do not measure ourselves according to the rule he has established. Instead we measure ourselves by ourselves, which is not good. I personally believe much of what we call religion today is nothing but trash in the eyes of God. Our society today is much like the days of Malachi, when the Jews did not understand what they were doing that was so wrong. When they were told of their error, they still did not understand, because the right and wrong of that society was so ingrained in their minds and hearts that the words could not be understood. What God was saying to them seemed completely illogical, therefore they rejected his word, and turned instead to their own words, which they understood because their minds were hardened to the word of God. Sometimes it is possible to use correct words, yet assign erroneous meanings to the words. This has also happened in our society, and in much of Christendom, even in Baptist churches. Popular preaching is not always Godly, or holy preaching. Men, even so called religious men are seeking preachers who will tickle their ears, men who will not offend them, and are able, by their great oratory, to draw in great crowds, who do not want to hear either. Thus, popular preaching is slowly and surely destroying the very foundations upon which our society and churches is built. (or I.D.); In Freudian theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.) Saturday Evening Post – July, August, 2007 Patient – Fix Thyself. a "new" kind of dealing with difficulties instead of using psychoanalysis using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) This system has had numerous successful trials, including treatments for depression (1977), stating that adding drugs to the treatment adds no clear, extra benefit; treatments for panic attacks (1992, 1994), which revealed that CBT is as effective as drugs for panic attacks; in 1994, CBT is shown to be better than old-fashioned psychoanalysis for generalized anxiety; 1999 a JAMA study found that CBT works for chronic insomnia; in 2004, Harvard researchers shows that six sessions of BCT ease hypochondria, and concluded that CBT beats Ambien over the long term for insomnia; in 2005, a study found that CBT holds its own versus Paxil in severe depression – and is better at preventing relapse, a 349-patient study concludes in the British Medical Journal, that exercise along with CBT is almost as good as major surgery for chronic low back pain, and a JAMA study finds CBT prevents suicide attempts in patients who have tried to kill themselves before; in 2007, a total 148 trials study CBT in everything from fibromyalgia to schizophrenia to irritable bowel syndrome. New government – communism – Carl Marx and Friedrich Engels – Communist Manifesto, first published in 1848. Westcott – Hort produced a new Greek text of the New Testament– 1881 Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947 and 1956. H. Leo Eddleman, President, Criswell Bible Instiutute, An Exegetical and Practical Commentary on Acts" – "The unfortunate rendering in [Acts] 2:38 has kept entire religious bodies from the peace and motivation of free grace. It is what Christ did for us, not what we do for Him (in ritual or philanthropy) that brings forgiveness." FACT: God made no mistake when he caused men to write Acts 2:38 as he did. Matthew 13:10-17 is fulfilled in this day as it was fulfilled to the Jews in the days of Christ. Consider the eternal election of God. Consider God’s ability to preserve his Word. Consider that men want religion, without life-changing salvation. Consider John 6:44. 1820 – William Patton thinks he has discovered a way to believe alcohol is bad, and that the wine used in the Lord’s Supper is not wine, but grape juice. Bible Wines, or the Laws of Fermentation, published in 1871, page 9-11. First sermon – September 17, 1820,
Preface to A Harmony of the Gospels by A. T. Robertson (born November 6, 1863) – speaking of John Broadus, (A. T. Robertson married John Broadus’s daughter, and helped her bury her father just four months later.) who prepared a harmony of the gospels, not based on the old plan of following the feasts as the turning points in the life of Christ. It is plain as a pikestaff that both our Matthew and Luke used practically all of Mark and followed his general order of events. For this reason Mark has been placed first on the pages where this Gospel appears at all. But another thing is equally clear and that is that both Matthew and Luke had another source in common because they each give practically identical matter for much that is not in Mark at all. This second common source for Matthew and Luke has been called Logia because it is chiefly discourses. It is sometimes referred to as "Q", the first letter of the German word Quelle (source). Unfortunately we do not have the whole of the Logia (Q) before us as in the case of Mark, though we probably do not possess the original ending of Mark in 16:9-20. But we can at least reproduce what is preserved. Still, just as sometimes either Matthew or Luke made use of Mark, so in the case of the Logia that is probably true. Hence, we cannot tell the precise limits of the Logia. Besides, a small part of mark is not employed by either Matthew or Luke and that may be true of the Logia. But the fact of these two sources for Matthew and Luke seems to be proven.A. T. Robertson was instrumental in the destruction of the doctrine of the local church in the Southern Baptist Convention. William Heth Whitsitt (1841-1911) was elected professor of church history at the seminary in 1872. In 1895 he succeeded Broadus as its third president. He was a product of the seminary and also had studied abroad in Germany. The "Whitsitt Controversy" arose in 1886 when Whitsitt published an article in Johnson’s Universal Cyclopedia affirming that the Baptists as a denomination had emerged from English Separatism in the early 1600s. At this time, many Southern Baptists were divided between this view and that of J.R. Graves who, in an effort to refute a growing Campbell movement, espoused a view that Baptists found their origin in an unbroken succession of churches back to the apostles. The controversy was such that Whitsitt was forced to resign as president of the seminary in 1899. Robertson took a leading role in defending Whitsitt, along with other young professors such as John R. Sampey. Robertson wrote an article in the Western Recorder of Louisville, KY as well as in the Courier-Journal of the same city. This article was widely distributed throughout the South and aligned Robertson, as well as the seminary, with the Whitsitt view. Though Whitsitt had to resign, neither the faculty nor the seminary were obliged to change their view and the Louisville school became one of the major opponents of Landmarkism in the Convention. Preface of A Harmony of the Gospels by A. T. Robertson, Harper & Row, 1950, page vii: It is now just thirty years since one day his young assistant suggested to Dr. John A. Broadus that the prepare a harmony of the Gospels that should depart from the old plan of following the feasts as the turning points in the life of Jesus. He acted on the hint and led the way that all modern harmonies have followed. The book has gone through a dozen large editions all over the world. Broadus was concerned to bring out "the inner movements of history, towards that long-delayed, but foreseen and inevitable collision, in which, beyond all other instances, the wrath of man was made to praise God." This he succeeded in doing with marvelous power. a. John A. Broadus - John A. Broadus was born on January 24, 1827 in Culpepper County, Virginia. Time would prove it fitting that the man A. H. Newman later called "perhaps the greatest man the Baptists have produced" was born near the famous Culpepper jail. Only fifty years earlier numerous Baptist preachers had been imprisoned there for preaching the gospel. That county jail hosted a veritable who’s who of great Baptist pioneers including James Leland and James Ireland. A.T. Robertson observed that Culpepper County, Virginia, is "sacred soil for all lovers of religious freedom, and has become a nursery for Baptist preachers." b. On May 1st, 1858, Broadus attended the Educational Convention in Greenville, South Carolina and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was formally established. Four professors were named: John A. Broadus, J.P. Boyce, Basil Manly, Jr., and E.T. Winkler. c. Charlottesville {South Carolina}. During his ministry there, Broadus baptized 241 precious people including a young lady by the name of Lottie Moon.d. Though not officially a chaplain, Broadus traveled many miles preaching to the Confederate troops. Stonewall Jackson personally sought him out to preach to his army.e. In 1870 Broadus published his book, On the Preparation and Deliver of Sermon. That work became an almost instant classic and is used to this day as primer on homiletics and sermon preparation. He was "Mr. Baptist" in America.f. The same year as the publication of his book John D. Rockefeller helped to finance a trip for Broadus to Europe.g. Broadus was first to warn of the effect modernism was having on Dr. Toy. Sensing the leanings of Dr. Toy, Broadus wrote to this wife: "It was hard for Doctor Toy to realize that such teaching was quite out of question in this institution. … He thought strange of the prediction made in conversation that within twenty years he would utterly discard all belief in the supernatural…" Broadus’ prediction was correct. After leaving Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Toy soon turned to the Unitarian persuasion and eventually denied nearly every tenant that Abstract and Principles called for at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In spite of various problems, the Seminary flourished and established itself as the flagship of Biblical scholarship in the Southern Baptist Convention. h. While thoroughly evangelistic, Broadus had no problem in defending the doctrines of grace. He wrote: "The people who sneer at what is called Calvinism might as well sneer at Mont Blanc. We are not in the least bound to defend all of Calvin’s opinions or actions, but I do not see how any one who really understands the Greek of the Apostle Paul or the Latin of Calvin and Turretin can fail to see that these latter did but interpret and formulate substantially what the former teaches." Doctrine is important to every age of the church. That is why Broadus said, "Brethren, we must preach the doctrines; we must emphasize the doctrines; we must go back to the doctrines. I fear that the new generation does not know the doctrines as our fathers knew them."i. Broadus had a high regard for the Bible. Edwin C. Dargan, who himself wrote a history of preaching, wrote that Broadus had a "profound personal belief in the divine inspiration and authority of the Bible … his reverence for the word of God was one of the deepest feelings of his nature." That high view of the Bible gives a desire to interpret correctly. One of his maxims was "Be willing to let the Scripture mean what it wants to mean."j. Though he was a premiere theologian, Broadus was first and foremost a preacher of the Gospel. He wrote: "In every age of Christianity, since John the Baptist drew crowds into the desert, there has been no great religious movement, no restoration of Scripture truth, and reanimation of genuine piety, without new power in preaching, both as cause and as effect."k. The above points reflect the religious stand of John Broadus, which, in many points, was not shared by his son in law - J. T. Robertson. Changes in the KJV since 1611. Printing press invented in 1450 by Johann Gutenberg, printing done by hand. The first edition of the Bible had many printing errors.
All of this revising of the KJV is in the eyes of some a new translation, but it is not a new translation. It is simply correcting printing errors, and standardizing spelling. |