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 and have Brother Sorensen come and share with us tonight some more truths that we can grab

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 a hold of here about the scripture.

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 And so Brother Sorensen.

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 And amen.

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 Good to be here again tonight at the Plains Baptist Church and our state in Lincoln, Nebraska

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 thus far.

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 And we're from Duluth, Minnesota.

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 Now the Chamber of Commerce doesn't advertise this, but in Duluth we are the coldest city

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 in the lower 48.

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 And therefore in Duluth many are cold, but few are frozen.

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 A couple of comments on the books now.

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 The table is getting picked over, but if there is something there you would like and it's

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 already off the table, see my wife and she'll give you a little yellow slip and fill it out

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 and we'll get that sent to you directly.

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 Probably first thing next week, maybe before.

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 And so don't let that deter you.

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 I forgot to mention yesterday, I think probably you've mostly already figured it out, but

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 we do accept credit cards also.

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 Now a book here on, still on the table, it's called The Faithful Word.

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 We're going to get into this in considerable detail on Wednesday night.

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 But it's the history of the received text, the traditional text, and particularly those that

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 were instrumental, the forerunners, such as William Tyndale.

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 There's a picture of him being burned at the stake.

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 William Tyndale was the first to put the New Testament, in fact, most of the Bible into

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 the English language in print.

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 And he was martyred for his effort.

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 But stories of him and stories of King James and who he was and his involvement.

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 So I would encourage you to check that out.

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 I think you'd find it very interesting.

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 One other book back there that's already gone off the table that I want to tell you about

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 it and you may want to order it.

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 It's called Touch Not the Unclean Thing.

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 And it was a book that actually was based on my doctoral dissertation years ago.

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 And after the book came out, we were allowed to print it.

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 Usually the institution, in this case Pensacola Theological Seminary, owns the dissertation,

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 but they allowed me to put it into print.

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 And after it had come out for just a short time, I got a phone call one day.

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 And on the other end, a party who asked to remain anonymous said, we've read your book,

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 Touch Not the Unclean Thing, and we'd like to send it all over America.

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 Wow.

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 And they said the only requirement, the thing we'd ask is that your fingerprints be on it

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 and not ours.

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 And so our phone number and our address and North Star Ministries, which is the publishing

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 department of North Star Baptist Church, our church there back home,

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 is on the cover.

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 So the day came, they said, we have the wherewithal to print it, and we have mailing lists, we know

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 postal regulations.

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 And the day came in October of 2001, when a 53-foot semi, ladies, that's as big as they

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 come, a 53-foot semi backed up to the freight dock at the Duluth, Minnesota Post Office.

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 And that truck was loaded from front to back with those books, Touch Not the Unclean Thing.

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 They are all addressed and packaged according to zip code and postal regulations.

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 And in the mail, they went.

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 Well, about a week later, my phone starts to ring.

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 And I went to independent Baptist churches all across America.

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 Folks, not all fundamental churches hold the same conviction that you and I do.

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 My phone started to ring and there were unhappy campers across the Fruited Plain.

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 And we were getting angry phone calls.

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 I mean, they were unhappy.

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 They were pointing out the problems in the NIV and the New American Standard and all the

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 apostasy connected to the critical text.

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 And one preacher out in California even challenged me to a fight.

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 Believe that or not.

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 All in Christian love, of course.

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 But, so we let our phone calls, incoming phone calls for about a month just go to voicemail.

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 It's kind of hard to get anything done when every time the phone rings or somebody there

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 yelling at you.

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 And, well, about a year passed.

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 And the next summer, I went to the Sword of the Lord conference down in Walkertown, North Carolina.

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 And we had a book table there.

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 And came home, this was before I had a cell phone.

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 And I got home, my wife said, there's a guy who's been trying to get a hold of you and

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 he wants to talk to you now.

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 I thought, oh boy, here we go again.

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 So I dialed the number.

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 And on the other end was, it was obviously an elderly man.

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 It turned out he was in his 90s.

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 And a high, scratchy, tender voice.

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 But he said, you don't know me, but I've read your book, Touch Not the Unclean Thing.

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 He kind of talked like that.

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 He said, I've read your book, Touch Not the Unclean Thing, and I want to help you advertise it.

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 Oh, interesting.

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 He said, let me tell you about myself.

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 I am a man of means.

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 I am the founder of Napa Auto Parts.

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 And his name was Robert Turner.

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 He got saved mid-life.

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 And along the way, it became a strong conviction of the King James Bible.

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 And he said, now, when I do business with somebody, I always like to do it face-to-face.

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 So I'm going to fly you down here to Palm Beach, Florida.

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 And I flew down to Florida.

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 And he was living with his wife in a senior high-rise building, very swank.

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 High-rise building.

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 Not far from Mar-a-Lago, you know, that cheap little real estate.

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 And so I went to the place and walked in the lobby.

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 And immediately I'm accosted by this butler type who says, please state your business.

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 And I said, well, I'm here to see Mr. Turner.

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 Does he know you're coming?

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 I said, yes, I have an appointment.

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 Oh, step right this way.

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 And I went up to the penthouse where he lived.

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 And long story short, he said, I want to pay for as many full-page, full-color advertisements

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 as you can get in as many Christian periodicals.

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 And so I went home and went to a professional advertising agency.

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 And they drew up these nice, professional-looking ads.

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 And he had said, now, you're the brains and I'm the money.

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 You drop those ads and I'll pay for them.

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 And so he found out the ads were done.

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 He said, I want to see them.

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 So this was before you could do it by email, or at least that I could do it by email.

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 And sent them down to him.

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 And he calls me back and says, oh, no, no, no.

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 We need to change this, this, and this.

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 And folks, when it was done, it looked like a Napa Auto Parts ad.

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 But that book has some notoriety.

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 Well, take your Bible tonight and turn to Psalm 119.

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 We're going to read one verse, Psalm 119, verse 160.

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 By the way, those books are not on the table, but you can order that.

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 Psalm 119, verse 160.

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 There we read, thy word is true from the beginning, and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever.

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 Father, this evening, as we would look at the greater issue of your word, and how you've given it to us, and preserved it, and transmitted it to us to this day.

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 Help us now to understand these issues and these matters, and I ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, the year 16, I should say, 2011, just not too many years ago, the year 2011 was the 400th anniversary of the publishing of the King James Bible.

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 As you no doubt know, it was released in 1611.

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 But in the year 1604, King James I of England authorized a new translation of the Bible into the English language.

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 We are going to get into that in some considerable detail on Wednesday night, and much will come from this book.

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 But that Bible, which also was called the Authorized Version, more commonly called the King James Version, was released on May 2nd of 1611.

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 And over the 400 and some ensuing years, over 6 billion copies of the King James Bible have been published and distributed around the world.

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 Folks, that is more than any other Bible translation.

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 That is more than all the rest put together.

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 Now try and get your mind around that.

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 It is the most widely published edition version of the Word of God in human history.

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 Over 6 billion copies.

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 It's had a greater impact on the Christian faith than any other one thing.

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 In fact, it is the Word of God in English.

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 And so tonight, I'd like just to share with you an overview of how God has given us the Bible,

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 and we're going to get into the problems of the modern versions here before long.

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 But five key words tonight.

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 Number one is the key word inspiration.

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 In 2 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 16, we read,

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 All scripture is given by, what's the word?

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 Inspiration.

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 Inspiration of God.

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 Now, that word inspiration, or inspiration of God, is actually two Greek words.

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 By the way, I know a little Greek.

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 You run the sandwich shop in Duluth.

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 But two words there, theonoustos.

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 It means God breathed.

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 We have a God breathed book.

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 But what does that mean?

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 Well, I would submit to you this.

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 When what I'm doing to you right now, or with you right now, is breathing out words.

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 God has so created us that when we speak, we literally breathe out words.

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 And all through the Bible, we find where we read in the Old Testament,

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 Thus saith the Lord, or saith the Lord.

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 Almost 800 times, saith the Lord, or thus saith the Lord.

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 This is a God-spoken book.

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 In Jeremiah chapter 30 and verse 2, we read,

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 Thus saith, speaketh, or thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying,

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 Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

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 Book.

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 That pretty well defines inspiration.

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 God spoke to Jeremiah and said,

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 Write the words that I have spoken to thee in a book.

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 Now, that is direct dictation, and God, in some cases, directly dictated his word.

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 He certainly did there on Mount Sinai to Moses.

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 But in other cases, for example, in 2 Peter chapter 1 and verse 21, we read,

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 For the prophets who came not in old time by the will of man,

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 but holy men of God, spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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 And God so superintended the minds of, whether it was David or Isaiah,

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 or Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, or Paul,

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 so superintended their minds that what came forth out of the tip of their pens

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 were, in fact, the very words of God.

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 Think of a sailboat on the sea where the wind carries that sailboat along.

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 The Holy Spirit so superintended the minds of those scriptural writers

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 that what they wrote were the words of God.

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 And so we have a God-spoken book.

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 And by the way, that is an important distinction to understand that definition

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 because some folks get all twisted and confused in the matter of inspiration

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 when it comes to translations.

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 But God worked through Moses and Ezra and David and Samuel and Isaiah and Jeremiah

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 and the various New Testament writers.

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 He spoke through them.

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 And they wrote.

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 God did not speak directly through the 47 different King James translators,

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 most of whom you've never heard of.

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 But because it's a God-spoken book,

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 therefore the Bible is inerrant and it is infallible.

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 And as we just touched briefly yesterday,

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 God's word is truth.

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 And so, number one tonight,

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 the word of God is inspired.

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 It's a God-spoken book.

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 Number two tonight is the key word preservation.

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 God has preserved his word in general.

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 And here is where we get right down to the nub of the issue.

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 God has preserved his very words.

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 I believe in verbal inspiration,

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 and I also believe in verbal preservation.

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 You say, where did you get that, Sorensen?

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 Well, in Matthew chapter 24 and verse 35,

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 Jesus said, Heaven and earth shall pass away,

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 but my words, notice plural,

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 my words shall not pass away.

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 Now, the problem with the critical text people,

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 the Westcott and Hort here,

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 and Vanessa Lalonde,

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 the United Bible Society,

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 we'll get into that tomorrow night,

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 that have produced all these modern language translations,

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 they do not believe that God has preserved his words.

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 Their philosophy is that the original New Testament documents

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 have been lost to history,

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 and that's a true statement.

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 And therefore, they have set out from Tischendorf down to this day

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 to try and rediscover what the New Testament really said.

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 And so they are continually scrounging around

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 and finding a fragment of a manuscript here

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 and a page of a manuscript there

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 and a paragraph from a manuscript there

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 and integrating that into their critical text,

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 and it's continuing to evolve.

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 We're going to get into that tomorrow night.

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 The Vanessa Lalonde Greek New Testament,

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 which is one flavor of the critical text,

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 is in its 28th edition.

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 That means it's changed 28 times

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 in about the last 100 years.

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 I'm going to loosen up the old medicine here tonight.

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 But Jesus said,

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 My words, plural, shall not pass away.

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 That is preservation.

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 But not only that,

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 in Matthew chapter 5 and verse 18,

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 Jesus said,

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 For verily I say unto you,

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 Till heaven and earth pass,

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 Not one jot or tittle

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 shall pass from the law

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 till all be fulfilled.

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 Now you say,

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 What in the world is a jot

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 and what in the world is a tittle?

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 I'm glad you asked.

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 A jot,

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 well,

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 it's a letter,

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 or they call them characters in Hebrew.

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 We call them letters in English.

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 But a jot is the smallest character

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 in the Hebrew alphabet.

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 Now,

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 you recall when you were in first grade long ago,

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 the teacher taught you to write the letters

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 on the line

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 and you wrote from left to right.

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 That's just standard writing in our culture.

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 In Hebrew,

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 the letters or the characters

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 are hung from the line

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 and the text goes from right to left.

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 But anyway,

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 the smallest character

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 or the smallest letter

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 in the Hebrew alphabet

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 is the jot,

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 sometimes called a yod,

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 depending on how you pronounce it

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 with European,

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 Hebrew,

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 or modern English.

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 But whatever.

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 It's a little right-angled mark.

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 Smallest letter

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 in the Hebrew alphabet.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Not one jot will pass

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 till all be fulfilled.

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 Now,

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 a jot is a part of a word.

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 It's a letter.

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 And letters,

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 by the way,

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 are the building block of Scripture.

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 Or words,

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 I should say.

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 But you say,

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 What in the world is a tittle?

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 Well,

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 a tittle is a part of a letter.

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 Think with me tonight,

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 oh,

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 for example,

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 in English,

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 of a capital L,

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 an uppercase L.

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 There's a foot on the bottom of it.

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 Or think of a,

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 perhaps a lowercase t.

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 There's a cross in the middle of it.

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 A crossbar.

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 And that would be analogous

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 to what a tittle is in Hebrew.

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 It's a little mark

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 or parts of a letter.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Not one jot

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 or one tittle

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 shall pass

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 till all be fulfilled.

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 Now,

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 think about that.

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 Not only are the words preserved

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 and the letters are preserved,

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 but even the parts of the letters

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 are preserved.

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 Folks,

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 that's verbal preservation.

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 And I believe

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 that God has preserved

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 His Word

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 through the traditional

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 received text.

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 We're going to get into this

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 in considerable detail

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 on Wednesday night.

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 God has preserved

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 His words.

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 And there are some

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 very substantial reasons

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 why that is true.

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 We'll get into that

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 Wednesday night.

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 And so,

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 preservation.

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 Down through the centuries,

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 God has preserved

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 His Word

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 in the New Testament,

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 in the received

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 or traditional received text,

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 and in the Old Testament,

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 in the Ben-Kaim

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 Masoretic text.

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 I'm not going to get into

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 the several

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 Old Testament texts.

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 We're going to focus

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 mainly in the New Testament

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 here,

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 in these messages.

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 But there are over

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 6,000

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 manuscripts

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 that are existing

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 of the Greek New Testament.

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 That's more than

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 any other piece of literature

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 in the world.

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 6,000

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 Greek

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 manuscripts.

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 And of those

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 6,000,

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 about 99%

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 support

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 or

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 are of the

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 traditional text.

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 And by the way,

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 in talking about

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 terminology or

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 nomenclature here tonight,

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 some like to use

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 the word received text,

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 and the Latin for that

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 is textus receptus,

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 which gets abbreviated

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 to TR.

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 I prefer

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 myself

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 the word

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 traditional text

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 because the

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 term received text

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 was not coined

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 until the year

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 1633

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 by two Dutch

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 printers

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 in Holland,

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 the Elzevier brothers.

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 But the New Testament

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 text was

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 long before

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 1633,

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 we call it

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 the traditional text.

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 And as we'll see

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 on Wednesday night,

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 we can trace that

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 back to the years

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 right after

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 the Apostle John.

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 It's been the

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 New Testament.

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 Well,

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 in the year

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 1516,

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 a Dutch

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 scholar,

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 and he was

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 truly a scholar,

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 a man by the name

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 of Erasmus,

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 did something

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 that had never

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 been done before

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 in human history,

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 and particularly

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 in biblical history.

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 And that is

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 in the year

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 1516,

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 Erasmus

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 took the

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 New Testament,

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 the traditional

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 text,

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 and he

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 printed it,

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 put it into

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 printed form,

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 and it began

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 to be mass

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 produced.

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 Prior to that

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 time,

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 copies of the

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 New Testament

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 were all

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 hand-copied,

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 manual script,

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 or manuscript.

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 But now

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 they're being,

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 and letterpress

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 printing was not

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 like the modern,

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 folks,

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 I've been to

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 the print shops

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 where they print

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 some of my books,

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 and in goes the

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 paper in one end,

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 and out comes the

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 book at the other

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 end,

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 and it's just like

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 a chunk,

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 a chunk,

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 a chunk,

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 a chunk.

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 That's not the

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 way the printing

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 was on that day.

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 Letterpress printing

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 was slow,

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 but still it was

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 far,

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 far faster than

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 hand-copying

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 a manuscript.

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 And so,

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 Erasmus

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 put the New

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 Testament into

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 print.

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 Now,

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 I'm going to be

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 dropping a lot

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 of names in

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 these next several

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 nights,

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 and I don't

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 expect you to

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 remember all of

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 them,

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 but Erasmus

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 is a name

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 that you should

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 remember,

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 and we'll get

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 into him on

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 Wednesday night.

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 He put the

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 New Testament

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 into print

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 in Greek,

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 and he did

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 five editions,

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 that is five

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 reprintings of

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 it.

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 The word

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 edition then

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 means a

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 little something

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 different than

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 the word

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 edition means

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 today,

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 and we'll get

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 into that on

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 Wednesday night.

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 He died,

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 and another

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 man by the

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 name of Robert

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 Stevens,

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 or Robert

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 Stephanas,

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 a Frenchman,

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 continued to

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 print the

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 text of the

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 New Testament.

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 He died,

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 and another

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 French printer,

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 and by the

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 way,

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 these guys

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 both got

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 saved from

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 studying the

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 New Testament.

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 They both

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 fled the

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 Catholic Church

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 and moved

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 to Geneva,

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 Switzerland,

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 but Robert

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 Beza continued

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 the work that

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 Erasmus had

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 begun,

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 and the

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 King James

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 translators

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 worked primarily

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 from Beza's

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 fifth edition.

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 God has

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 preserved his

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 word down

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 through the

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 centuries.

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 And so

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 key word

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 number one

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 tonight is

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 inspiration.

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 Key word

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 number two

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 tonight is

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 preservation.

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 Key word

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 number three

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 tonight is

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 translation.

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 God has

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 seen to it

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 that his

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 word has

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 been translated

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 into the

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 common languages,

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 the everyday

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 languages.

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 The technical

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 term is

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 vernacular.

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 Our vernacular

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 is English.

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 You most

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 likely do not

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 know Greek

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 or Hebrew,

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 and God

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 doesn't expect

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 you to know

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 Greek or Hebrew,

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 Hebrew.

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 But he

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 has seen

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 to it that

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 his word

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 has been

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 translated,

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 in our

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 case,

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 into English,

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 which is the

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 dominant language

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 in the world

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 today, by the

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 way.

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 It is the

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 lingua franca

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 of the world

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 today, the

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 trade language

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 of the world.

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 Everywhere we

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 go in the

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 world, you

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 usually see

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 subtext in

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 English in

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 other countries.

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 It's a major

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 language.

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 But anyway,

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 in the year

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 1526, an

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 Englishman who,

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 by the way,

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 had been a

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 Catholic priest,

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 but he began

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 reading Erasmus

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 printed New

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 Testament, and

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 as a result,

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 he got saved,

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 and got a

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 burden to put

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 the New

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 Testament, in

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 fact, the

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 entire Bible,

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 but particularly

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 the New

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 Testament, into

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 his native

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 tongue, English,

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 and he did

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 so.

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 He translated,

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 he was a

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 brilliant scholar,

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 translated the

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 New Testament,

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 and got started

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 on the Old

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 Testament before

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 he was martyred,

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 but he put the

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 New Testament

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 into print,

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 and for his

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 effort and for

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 his trouble,

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 he was burned

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 at the stake

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 by the Catholic

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 Church.

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 But his work

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 is based upon

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 the traditional

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 received text.

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 And 85% of

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 your King James

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 Bible tonight,

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 ladies and

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 gentlemen, is

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 the work of

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 William Tyndale.

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 That is the

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 translational

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 work, the

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 words and the

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 sentence structure,

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 85%.

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 Another very

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 key person to

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 remember in the

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 history of the

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 Bible.

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 Well, after

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 Tyndale was put

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 to death, there

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 was a succession

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 of six other

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 English Bibles in

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 relatively quick

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 succession.

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 After he died,

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 his associate, a

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 man by the name

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 of Miles

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 Coverdale, finished

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 Tyndale's work.

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 Tyndale only

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 translated the

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 Pentateuch, of

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 course the New

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 Testament, but the

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 Pentateuch, 2nd

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 Chronicles.

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 He did translate

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 Jonah, though it

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 was never published.

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 And Miles

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 Coverdale completed

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 the work that

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 Tyndale started,

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 though Coverdale

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 did not know

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 Hebrew well

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 enough to

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 translate the

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 Old Testament,

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 so he translated

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 from Latin and

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 German, which he

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 did know.

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 That's not the

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 best way, but

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 that's what he

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 did.

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 And then, in

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 the meantime,

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 King James, I'm

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 sorry, King

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 Henry, had left

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 the Catholic

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 Church, and

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 though it was

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 under King

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 Henry, Henry

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 VIII, that

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 William Tyndale

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 was burned at

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 the stake, now

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 he's a

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 Protestant, quote

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 unquote.

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 I don't think

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 Henry was a

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 born-again man,

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 but at least he

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 now had an

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 openness to the

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.960
 New Testament, and

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 he allowed the

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.460
 printing of the

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 Matthew Bible.

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 We'll get into

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 that on Wednesday

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 night.

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 And then there

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 was the Great

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 Bible he

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 commissioned,

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 Coverdale to,

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 it's called the

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 Great Bible, it's

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 a great big one,

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 like a pulpit

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.680
 Bible or a

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 family Bible.

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.059
 The Great

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 Bible.

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.639
 And then came

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 the Geneva

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.920
 Bible in 1560.

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 Many Englishmen

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 have been forced

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 to flee England

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 from the wrath

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 of Queen

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 Mary, known

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 as Bloody

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 Mary.

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 She put to

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 death, burned

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 at the stake

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 about 300

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 Puritan

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 Christians, born

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 again Christians

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 in England, and

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 about 800

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 Englishmen fled, and

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.779
 their families fled

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 to Geneva,

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 Switzerland, to

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 escape the

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:33.439
 persecution of

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 Mary.

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 She was trying to

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 take England

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 back and to be a

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 Catholic nation.

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 And while in

00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:39.639
 Geneva they

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.759
 translated the New

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.519
 Testament and the

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.500
 Old Testament, it's

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.099
 called the Geneva

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.419
 Bible.

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 It's still in print

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 to this day.

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 We'll talk more

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.200
 about that Wednesday

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 night.

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 That was followed

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.899
 in 1568, just

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.539
 eight years later,

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:52.200
 by the Bishop's

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.519
 Bible.

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 The bishops of the

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.460
 Church of England

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.319
 did not like the

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.379
 Geneva Bible because

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 it was critical of

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.700
 the church hierarchy,

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.139
 and it was also

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.899
 critical of the

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:05.000
 throne.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.159
 And so they

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.859
 commissioned their

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.559
 own Bible, the

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.200
 Bishop's Bible.

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.000
 Nobody liked it.

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.940
 Nobody read it.

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 And to make a long

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.380
 story short, in the

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:14.600
 year 1604, James

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.700
 I of England

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:17.460
 authorized a new

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:17.980
 translation.

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.620
 And again, we'll

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.620
 get into that detail

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:22.299
 on Wednesday night.

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 But the King James

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:27.259
 is the seventh of

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:29.140
 those seven Bibles.

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.059
 We touched on

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.100
 yesterday that the

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.660
 words of the Lord

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.299
 are pure words,

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.019
 purified in a

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.539
 furnace of earth

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.180
 seven times.

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.799
 So the King James

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.500
 is the seventh.

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:38.700
 From Tyndale to

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.860
 Coverdale to the

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.600
 Matthew Bible to

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.460
 the Great Bible to

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.480
 the Geneva Bible to

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.200
 the Bishop's Bible,

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.680
 number seven is the

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.500
 King James Bible.

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.900
 Interesting coincidence,

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.700
 or is it a

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.000
 coincidence?

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.880
 Subsequently, the

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.720
 King James has

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.340
 become the most

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:53.140
 widely produced

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:55.880
 Bible in history.

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:59.259
 Over six billion

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.220
 copies.

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.600
 Now, the

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.580
 Reina Valera is

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.799
 the Spanish Bible.

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.139
 It actually was

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:07.139
 translated in 1569 by

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:09.200
 Cassiodoro de

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.940
 Lorena.

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.680
 And he later was

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.339
 joined by

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.419
 Signor Valera, I

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:14.819
 can't remember his

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.299
 first name.

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.619
 But that work

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.759
 began in 1569.

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.759
 And though it is

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.960
 older in time than

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.220
 the King James Bible,

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:26.399
 it by no means has

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.279
 had the circulation

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.460
 and the distribution

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.960
 that the King James

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.139
 Bible has had down

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:32.700
 through the years.

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.140
 The Latin Vulgate

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.720
 Bible was

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.900
 translated by

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.519
 Jerome, the

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.220
 Catholics call him

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.860
 Saint Jerome.

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.220
 In the year 382,

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.660
 it was the Bible in

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.000
 Latin.

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:44.380
 And it remained the

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.120
 official Catholic

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.000
 Bible well up into

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.720
 the Middle Ages.

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.100
 And though later

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.819
 they allowed some

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.940
 translations such as

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:51.819
 the Douai version

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.120
 and several others.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.059
 In recent years,

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:56.279
 the NIV has been

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.759
 popular.

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.319
 The NIV, at the

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.259
 last I looked, had

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.500
 published about 110

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.319
 million copies.

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.460
 Folks, you do the

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.259
 arithmetic, 110

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.819
 million is just a

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.660
 tiny fraction of

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.180
 6 billion.

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.720
 And it is fading, it

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.160
 is waning.

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:11.039
 Most modern language

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.079
 translations have a

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.940
 shelf life of about

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.619
 30 years.

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.700
 And then along comes a

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.819
 new and better and

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:18.180
 improved version.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.440
 And the publishers

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.140
 know that and they

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.019
 make money off it and

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.000
 gullible people rush

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.779
 out and buy the latest

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.460
 and greatest new

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.759
 Bible.

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.859
 But they are all

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:26.940
 based on the critical

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.279
 text.

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.640
 We're going to get

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.259
 into that in much

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.259
 detail tomorrow night.

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:32.180
 But nevertheless, the

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.900
 Bible has been

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.480
 translated.

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.839
 So, number one

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.319
 tonight, key word is

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.059
 inspiration.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.460
 Key word number two

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:41.099
 tonight is preservation.

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.240
 Key word number three

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.480
 tonight is translation.

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.339
 Key word number four

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.240
 tonight is domination.

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.660
 Domination.

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.759
 And by the way, getting

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.200
 back to translation, I

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.879
 passed over early

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:56.279
 translations such as the

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.420
 Peshitta translation.

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:59.039
 Translated in the year

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.640
 150 A.D.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:02.660
 That's about 60 years

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.740
 after the death of the

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.320
 apostle John.

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.360
 More like 50 years.

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.180
 The Peshitta translation

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:09.060
 is a Syrian translation.

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.140
 What's significant about

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.440
 that?

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.840
 It follows the

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.759
 traditional text.

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:16.340
 It does not follow the

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.039
 critical text.

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.180
 Now, folks, it doesn't

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.120
 take a rocket scientist

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.019
 to figure out that a

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.580
 Bible translated in the

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:24.240
 year 150, if it follows

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.500
 the traditional text, it's

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.140
 based on the

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.920
 traditional text.

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.880
 And the so-called

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.820
 debate today of which

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.940
 is the right text, the

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.040
 traditional text, or the

00:27:32.040 --> 00:27:33.420
 critical text, that pretty

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.200
 well settles it right

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.500
 there.

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:38.200
 Year 157, churches in

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.300
 northern Italy, they were

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:40.000
 called the Italic

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.880
 churches, had nothing to

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.380
 do with Rome.

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.180
 The Catholic church wasn't

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.740
 invented until about 350

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.340
 A.D.

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.240
 Don't let them tell you it

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.759
 started with the

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.300
 apostle Peter.

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.100
 That is not true.

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:51.660
 But there were early

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.240
 translations.

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.240
 We'll go into that more

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.940
 on Wednesday night.

00:27:54.040 --> 00:27:54.560
 Well, number four

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.259
 tonight, key word number

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 four tonight, domination.

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 Not only is the King

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.460
 James Bible the most

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:03.220
 widely translated Bible

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:05.359
 in history, it has

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.720
 dominated the culture of

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.339
 the English-speaking

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.759
 world.

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:11.379
 According to the Thomas

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.379
 Nelson Publishing

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.940
 House, the King James

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.019
 Bible is the most

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.680
 frequently quoted

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.819
 document in existence

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:20.740
 in all of history.

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.740
 That's quite a statement,

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.700
 but I believe it's true.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:27.200
 British historian Robert

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:29.119
 McCrum said, the King

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.420
 James Bible is probably

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.440
 the single most

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:33.119
 influential book ever

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.019
 published in the

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.839
 English language.

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:38.759
 Ronald Reagan said, the

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.839
 King James Bible has been

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.059
 the best-selling book in

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.579
 the entire history of

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.200
 printing, and that's

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.480
 true.

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.500
 H.L.

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.099
 Mencken, who I don't

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.960
 think was even a born-again

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.240
 man.

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.859
 He was a journalist with a

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.359
 Baltimore Sun newspaper,

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:54.359
 paper, but he was well

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:56.199
 known as a literary expert.

00:28:56.979 --> 00:28:57.359
 H.L.

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.259
 Mencken said of the King

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.219
 James Bible, it is the

00:28:59.219 --> 00:29:00.439
 most beautiful of all the

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.659
 translations of the

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:01.919
 Bible.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.619
 Indeed, it is probably the

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.819
 most beautiful piece of

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.719
 writing in all the

00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.559
 literature of the world.

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.639
 That's from an unsaved

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.019
 man.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.419
 But he saw the beauty of

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.339
 the King James Bible.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.819
 I was having a little

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.839
 discussion online with a

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.740
 friend here not too long

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.819
 ago who was not quite

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.859
 convinced on the issue,

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:19.259
 but he said, Brother

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.500
 Dave, I will conceive

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.919
 this.

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.259
 When I need to sit down

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.259
 and just get alone with

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.059
 the Lord, I would much

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.779
 rather go to the King

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.579
 James than the NIV.

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.699
 There's just something

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:29.619
 beautiful that flows in

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.519
 the translation.

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.799
 Pardon me.

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.799
 If you weren't here

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.819
 yesterday, you didn't hear

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:36.419
 the story, but doctors

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.119
 have tried to help my

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.379
 throat.

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.699
 This works.

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:41.579
 Not permanently, but for

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.299
 about ten minutes.

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.779
 The King James Bible has

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.759
 shaped the English

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.419
 language.

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:47.679
 Historian Paul Cross

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.279
 wrote, whether we live

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.720
 in England or in

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:53.259
 America, Australia or

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:55.200
 Africa, Canada or the

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.460
 Caribbean, the English

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:58.460
 language was largely

00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:01.019
 shaped by one book, the

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.380
 King James Version of

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.759
 the Bible.

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.340
 It has influenced

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:05.259
 Western culture.

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:08.120
 Professor Russell Kirk

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:10.580
 said that a few years

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.860
 after the first

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:13.080
 Virginian settlement,

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.980
 he's talking about

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.860
 Jamestown in Virginia,

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.420
 I've been there and

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.900
 seen the place, but a

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.660
 few years after the

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.740
 first Virginian settlement,

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.759
 the King James

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.600
 translation of the

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.560
 Bible was read from

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:23.120
 American pulpits, and

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.400
 in the great majority of

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:25.940
 American households during

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:27.640
 colonial times, the

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.940
 authorized version shaped

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:30.940
 the style, informed the

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.440
 intellect, affected the

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.080
 laws, and decreed the

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:35.140
 morals of the North

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:37.080
 American colonies.

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.940
 This nation, folks, was

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.259
 built on the word of God.

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:43.840
 And that translation was

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.640
 the King James Bible.

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.800
 Let me say this tonight.

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.879
 Do you know what's wrong in

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.539
 America tonight?

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.399
 I mean, we see the riots

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.099
 and we see all the

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:52.680
 shootings and the moral

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:55.119
 confusion of girls being

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.240
 called boys and boys being

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.200
 called men in homosexual

00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:00.059
 marriage, and I could go on

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.680
 and on about that.

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.619
 Do you know what's wrong in

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.259
 America tonight?

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:04.359
 As a nation, we have

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.460
 departed from the word of

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.779
 God.

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.240
 Like I said yesterday, I am

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:09.220
 old enough to remember when

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.539
 there was Bible reading in the

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.299
 public schools.

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:14.259
 And the Supreme Court kicked

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.339
 it out in 1963.

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.980
 And things have gone downhill

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.639
 ever since.

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:20.119
 Professing themselves be wise,

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.839
 they became fools.

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:24.839
 But this nation was founded by

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.799
 people, they may not have been

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:28.159
 fundamental Baptists, but they

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:29.960
 had a reverence to the word of

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.339
 God.

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.519
 And they read it.

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.000
 And it shaped the culture and

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.119
 the character of this nation.

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.399
 Historian Marion Sims wrote,

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:41.820
 No nation in all history was

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:43.280
 ever founded by people so

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:45.380
 dominated by the Bible as

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.860
 America.

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:47.920
 And that Bible primarily was

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.780
 the King James Bible.

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:52.240
 Not only that, the King James

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:54.140
 Bible has influenced literature.

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:57.440
 Historian Alistair McGrath wrote,

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.640
 The two greatest influences on

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.700
 the shaping of the English

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:02.540
 language are the works of

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:04.800
 William Shakespeare and the

00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:06.340
 English translation of the Bible

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:08.200
 that appeared in 1611.

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.620
 And you know what that is.

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:12.539
 Now, many of these modern

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.180
 versions

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:16.160
 purport to be easier to read.

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.460
 And what they really mean is

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.240
 it's watered down.

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.779
 It's dumbed down.

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.059
 And

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:25.580
 imagine

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:28.039
 if

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:30.580
 they did to Shakespeare

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:32.500
 what they've done to the Bible.

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:35.839
 recall in Shakespeare's

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.180
 Romeo and Juliet

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:39.019
 where Romeo cried out,

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.680
 What light through yonder window

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.180
 breaks?

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.059
 It would be

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.400
 who turned the light on.

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.839
 Historian McAllister

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.940
 McGrath

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.640
 said that

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.920
 the King James Bible

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.920
 was the very greatest

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.980
 literary achievement

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.200
 in the English language.

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.880
 That's interesting.

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.700
 The King James Bible

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.519
 has influence

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.339
 spiritually.

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:59.039
 England's common

00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.039
 Christian culture

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.159
 was largely shaped

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:02.519
 by the King James Bible.

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.079
 And by the way,

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.980
 today England's

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.740
 even worse shape

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.279
 than America.

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.119
 Because

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.500
 they have departed

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.119
 from the Bible

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.699
 that they publish.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.480
 The King James Bible

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.000
 in England

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.819
 is

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.980
 in America

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.039
 we'd call it copyrighted.

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.299
 In England

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.179
 it's called patent.

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.139
 And in England

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:17.259
 the king

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.099
 or the crown

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.959
 holds the patent

00:33:18.959 --> 00:33:20.299
 on the King James Bible.

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.759
 In America

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.179
 it's not copyrighted.

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.299
 But

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.259
 my point is this

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.060
 that nation

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:26.160
 which holds the copyright

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.240
 which holds the patent

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.279
 on the word of God

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.279
 they departed from it.

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.279
 And England

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.640
 today

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.840
 is in sad shape.

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.200
 But

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.100
 it's common culture

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:37.000
 centuries ago

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.539
 was shaped

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.440
 by the word of God.

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.980
 One common denominator

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.880
 in the great awakening

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.660
 both in England

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.420
 and in America

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.860
 was using

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:45.060
 the same Bible

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:47.019
 the King James Bible.

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.440
 The aftermath

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.180
 of the first

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.860
 great awakening

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.620
 was the

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.200
 modern

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.920
 missions

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.620
 movement

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:54.440
 where churches

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.680
 sent missionaries

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.960
 all across the globe.

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:00.000
 And the vast

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.580
 majority

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:01.080
 of

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:02.080
 missionary

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.840
 translations

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.800
 on the field

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:05.160
 they work

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:06.140
 from the King James Bible.

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.500
 I think technically

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.099
 the best way

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.300
 is to go to the Greek

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.599
 and Hebrew

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.460
 but most missionaries

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.019
 aren't proficient

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.639
 to do that.

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.360
 And so

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.079
 they translated

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.579
 from the Bible

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.079
 they knew

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.420
 and that was

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.240
 the King James Bible.

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.639
 And my point is

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.960
 its influence

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.960
 on a secondary level

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.180
 is all over the world.

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.179
 It was said

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.699
 not that long ago

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.980
 that the sun

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.779
 never sets

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:27.059
 on the British Empire

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:29.419
 and that was true

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:30.819
 in the era

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:32.019
 prior to World War II

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.799
 and further backward

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.339
 in history.

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.539
 I mean

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.899
 the British

00:34:35.899 --> 00:34:36.519
 had colonies

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.779
 in South America

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.440
 they had colonies

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.099
 in Africa

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.500
 in South Africa

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.919
 in

00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.419
 oh goodness

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:42.039
 I can't think of

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:43.139
 but anyway

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.980
 there's several colonies

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.639
 in Africa

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.699
 there was India

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:47.199
 and what was now

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.039
 called Pakistan

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.679
 were British colonies

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.119
 Singapore

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.860
 Hong Kong

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.840
 were British colonies

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.840
 North America

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.139
 of course

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.759
 the United States

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.259
 and Canada

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.400
 British colonies

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.400
 colonies

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.920
 and there was a time

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.480
 when the sun

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.119
 never set

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.039
 on the British language

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.480
 but folks

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.280
 when the Brits

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.300
 went around the world

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.000
 they took their Bible

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.519
 with them

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.380
 and it was the

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.099
 King James Bible

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.680
 I'm not sure

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.579
 that was a coincidence

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.240
 I think God

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.340
 may have so ordained it

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.619
 that the influence

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.360
 of his word of God

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.360
 spread through an empire

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.920
 that at that time

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.139
 gave credence

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.940
 to the word of God

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:19.519
 but the Bible

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.820
 has been

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.920
 the King James Bible

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.680
 has been the Bible

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:23.079
 of modern translations

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:26.199
 now the question

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:27.519
 must be asked

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.319
 is the

00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:30.599
 supremacy

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.400
 of the Bible

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:33.179
 that is the supremacy

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.279
 of the King James Bible

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:36.079
 is it a fluke

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.679
 of history

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.019
 and a coincidence

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:42.460
 or has God

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.900
 had something

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.659
 to do with it

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.299
 well I would submit

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.480
 to you

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.960
 I think God

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.579
 has had something

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.139
 to do with it

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.579
 he knew in advance

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.319
 what the most

00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:50.539
 widely published

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.900
 translation of his word

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.299
 would be

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:53.519
 and to the contrary

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.220
 rather I think

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.360
 he so ordained that

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:58.019
 now the King James

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.700
 translators

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.160
 themselves

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.840
 were not

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.800
 inspired

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.320
 but I think

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.420
 God providentially

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.620
 helped them

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.360
 and guided them

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.340
 and worked through them

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:07.320
 and his word

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.039
 has gone all over

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.460
 the world

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.160
 I mean

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:11.240
 who wins

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.980
 the Super Bowl

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:14.640
 may be a fluke

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.019
 of history

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.539
 I don't think

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.039
 God cares

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.400
 who wins

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.880
 the Super Bowl

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.380
 to be honest

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.780
 with you

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:19.420
 World Series

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.960
 are coming up

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.420
 I don't think

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.240
 I have no idea

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.539
 who's going to be

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.039
 in the World Series

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.400
 this year

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.099
 I guarantee

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.539
 it won't be

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.360
 the Minnesota Twins

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.480
 but I don't think

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.079
 God cares

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.539
 who wins

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.259
 the Super Bowl

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:29.320
 or the Stanley Cup

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.440
 or a major

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.219
 sporting event

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:32.460
 but I do believe

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.019
 he cares about

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.480
 his word

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:35.599
 and the

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.940
 critical text

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.400
 crowd

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.279
 that says

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:38.960
 that God's

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.519
 words have been

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.300
 lost to history

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.659
 has the philosopher

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.259
 the idea

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:43.400
 that though God

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.380
 may have inspired

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.759
 his word

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.420
 and many of them

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.880
 don't even believe

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.179
 that

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:47.279
 but we'll give them

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:48.079
 we'll grant them

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:49.179
 that though God

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.880
 may have inspired

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.340
 his word

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.300
 he just cast it

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:52.079
 upon the oceans

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.619
 of time

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.619
 to fend for itself

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.280
 I don't believe

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.619
 that

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:56.019
 he has

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.200
 providentially

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:58.000
 preserved

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.500
 his word

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.539
 down through

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.180
 the centuries

00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:02.320
 I mean

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.940
 who wins

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.960
 a junior high school

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.880
 basketball game

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.800
 in Dubuque

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.160
 Iowa

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:06.920
 I don't think

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.599
 is much concern

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.099
 to God

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:10.200
 but I believe

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.800
 the publication

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:12.200
 and distribution

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.820
 of the most

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:14.380
 widely printed

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.320
 copy of

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:16.440
 scripture in history

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.059
 I think that is

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.820
 important to God

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.840
 and he's blessed

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.920
 and used

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.780
 his word

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.380
 and so

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.000
 number one

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.460
 tonight is

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.120
 inspiration

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:24.360
 number two

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.120
 is preservation

00:37:25.120 --> 00:37:25.920
 number three

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.720
 is translation

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.340
 number four

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.140
 is domination

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:29.539
 number five

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.160
 tonight is

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:30.900
 alteration

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.440
 by the way

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.740
 people sometimes

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.240
 say to me

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.140
 well brother

00:37:34.140 --> 00:37:34.519
 Sorensen

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.140
 don't you know

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.600
 that there are

00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:36.280
 mistakes in the

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.000
 King James Bible

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.100
 to which I say

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:39.660
 show me one

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:42.120
 well

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:43.220
 well don't you know

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.700
 there in Acts

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.320
 chapter 12

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.420
 where it says

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.039
 it's translated

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.360
 Easter

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.740
 should be

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.120
 translated

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.599
 Passover

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.460
 folks

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.700
 if you study

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.820
 that it's

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.360
 very clear

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.660
 that they

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.300
 did it right

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.300
 Easter had

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.740
 already

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.480
 Passover

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.280
 had already

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.940
 passed

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:57.539
 it was the

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.900
 days of

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.480
 unleavened bread

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.900
 that comes

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.960
 after Passover

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:02.000
 and Easter

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.740
 was a Roman

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.220
 holiday

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:04.200
 that was coming

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.200
 shortly thereafter

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:08.780
 but people

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.480
 pick at things

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.860
 like that

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.400
 and they don't

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.620
 know what

00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.079
 they're talking

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.440
 about

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.519
 and when

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.980
 someone says

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.180
 to me

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.660
 don't you know

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.360
 there's mistakes

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.800
 I say

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.140
 just say

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.700
 show me one

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:18.000
 show me one

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.039
 and they can't

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.439
 do it

00:38:19.439 --> 00:38:20.739
 well let's talk

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.619
 about alteration

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:21.960
 tonight

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.559
 and this is where

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.960
 we're going to go

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.019
 particularly tomorrow

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.399
 night

00:38:24.399 --> 00:38:26.000
 some will say

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.759
 well the King James

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:28.079
 Bible is in

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.799
 older English

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.859
 and the newer

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:30.879
 translations are

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:32.279
 simply more

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:34.239
 modern English

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:35.179
 that sounds

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:36.039
 plausible doesn't

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.579
 it

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.139
 but as we said

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.699
 yesterday

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.480
 thinking if you're

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.059
 in NIV

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.839
 and there's a bunch

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.339
 of others there

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:40.799
 on the stack

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:41.439
 and as I said

00:38:41.439 --> 00:38:42.079
 yesterday we could

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.919
 have scores of

00:38:42.919 --> 00:38:43.719
 different translations

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.099
 here

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:47.439
 what the salesman

00:38:47.439 --> 00:38:47.879
 at the religious

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.799
 bookstore doesn't

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.319
 tell people

00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:49.759
 and he probably

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.219
 doesn't even know

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.699
 it himself

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:52.539
 is that whether

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.239
 it's the NIV

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:54.199
 or the ESV

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.919
 or the new

00:38:54.919 --> 00:38:55.799
 American standard

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.399
 or all the

00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:57.719
 multiplicity of

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:59.879
 modern translations

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.379
 they're based

00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:01.119
 on a different

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.679
 text

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:03.639
 than the old

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.459
 King James Bible

00:39:04.459 --> 00:39:06.239
 it's the critical

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.599
 text

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:06.980
 we're going to go

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.419
 into it in much

00:39:07.419 --> 00:39:08.079
 detail tomorrow

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.379
 night

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:11.140
 and it is

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.920
 different

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:13.640
 than the

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.480
 traditional text

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.960
 as we're going

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.340
 to see here

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.920
 in just a moment

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.000
 there have been

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.160
 numerous alterations

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.519
 and deletions

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.579
 and changes

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.820
 in the modern

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.500
 Bibles because

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.280
 that's where the

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.300
 critical text is at

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.200
 for example

00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:27.320
 let's just look

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.940
 at a few things

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.440
 here tonight

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:30.119
 take your Bible

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.700
 and turn with me

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.920
 to Luke chapter 2

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:34.280
 and verse 33

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:36.039
 Luke chapter 2

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:37.380
 and verse 33

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:40.300
 notice here

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:42.860
 I guess I ought to

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.440
 find it in my

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.039
 own Bible first

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:46.760
 alright here we go

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:48.220
 Luke chapter 2

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:49.000
 and verse 33

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:50.599
 and Joseph

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.460
 and his mother

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.800
 marveled at those

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.680
 things which were

00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:54.760
 spoken of him

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:56.880
 now it's in the

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:58.079
 greater context

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.599
 of the Christmas

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.340
 story here

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.880
 Joseph and his

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.880
 mother marveled

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.400
 at the things

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.119
 which were spoken

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.680
 of him

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.360
 that is of Jesus

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:05.640
 now I won't take

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.220
 the time to open

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.760
 up the NIV

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:08.160
 but it'll read

00:40:08.160 --> 00:40:08.780
 something like

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.080
 this

00:40:09.080 --> 00:40:10.640
 and his father

00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:11.400
 and his mother

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.360
 wondered at the

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.760
 things written

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.180
 about him

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:16.100
 now I ask you

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:16.600
 tonight was

00:40:16.600 --> 00:40:17.460
 Joseph the father

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.880
 of Jesus

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:19.720
 he was not

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:21.860
 and what we have

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.560
 here is a

00:40:22.560 --> 00:40:23.740
 diminishing

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:25.940
 of the virgin

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.420
 birth

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:28.460
 of Jesus Christ

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:30.720
 and you say

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:31.540
 what's the big

00:40:31.540 --> 00:40:32.220
 deal about the

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.760
 virgin birth

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.440
 folks if Jesus

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.040
 had not been

00:40:34.040 --> 00:40:34.760
 virgin born

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.440
 born he could

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.960
 not have died

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.780
 for anyone's

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.440
 sin if he

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.920
 had not been

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:40.120
 virgin born he

00:40:40.120 --> 00:40:40.660
 would have had a

00:40:40.660 --> 00:40:41.740
 sinful human nature

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.420
 just like you and

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:44.060
 I have and he

00:40:44.060 --> 00:40:44.580
 couldn't pay for

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:45.960
 anybody's sin but

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.120
 in the critical text

00:40:47.120 --> 00:40:48.200
 and we're going to

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:49.860
 just touch a little

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.300
 of it on here

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:52.740
 tonight there is a

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.840
 systemic and

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.820
 systematic

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:57.840
 diminishing of the

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:59.200
 person of our

00:40:59.200 --> 00:41:00.600
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:41:00.600 --> 00:41:01.740
 here we see a

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.620
 diminishing of his

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:04.319
 virgin birth

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:05.099
 come with me to

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:06.000
 Ephesians chapter

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:07.139
 3 and verse 9

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.960
 and by the way

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:09.440
 I'm picking on

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.920
 the NIV

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:11.719
 but

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:13.659
 the reason that

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.480
 the NIV has

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.440
 these alterations

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.339
 is that it's

00:41:16.339 --> 00:41:17.380
 there in the

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.099
 critical text

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:19.519
 they're just

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.339
 translating what

00:41:20.339 --> 00:41:21.119
 is in the text

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:22.480
 Ephesians chapter

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:23.420
 3 and verse 9

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.619
 a long verse

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:27.420
 but I'll read it

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.179
 and to make all

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:28.859
 men see what is

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.480
 the fellowship of

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.179
 the mystery which

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.839
 from the beginning

00:41:30.839 --> 00:41:31.279
 of the world

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.440
 hath been hid in

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:34.140
 God who created

00:41:34.140 --> 00:41:35.480
 all things by

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.540
 Jesus Christ

00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:37.900
 now what the

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:39.000
 NIV will say

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.540
 and then the

00:41:39.540 --> 00:41:40.300
 ASV and the

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.080
 new ASV and

00:41:41.080 --> 00:41:42.240
 the ESV and

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:44.200
 all these modern

00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:45.380
 Bibles here's what

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.840
 they'll read

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:46.940
 something like this

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.880
 I'll just pick up

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.420
 the last part of

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.840
 the verse because

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.360
 it's the salient

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:49.740
 part

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:52.060
 which from the

00:41:52.060 --> 00:41:52.440
 beginning of the

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.980
 world hath been

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.620
 hid in God who

00:41:53.620 --> 00:41:54.540
 created all things

00:41:54.540 --> 00:41:55.019
 period

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:56.060
 what's been left

00:41:56.060 --> 00:41:57.880
 out by Jesus

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.440
 Christ

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.800
 now you say

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.320
 what's the big

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.000
 deal about that

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:02.340
 folks this is a

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:04.000
 diminishing of the

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:05.340
 creative work of

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.780
 our Lord

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:08.640
 the Bible teaches

00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:09.280
 that God

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.660
 delegated if I

00:42:10.660 --> 00:42:11.180
 could use that

00:42:11.180 --> 00:42:12.059
 word the actual

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.800
 creative work of

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:14.160
 the Son in John

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.820
 1 in the beginning

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.380
 was the Word and

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.019
 the Word was with

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.539
 God and the Word

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:18.260
 was God and it

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.019
 goes on to say all

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:20.019
 things were made by

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.760
 him and without

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.300
 him was not anything

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:23.080
 made that was made

00:42:23.080 --> 00:42:24.200
 talking about Jesus

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:26.420
 the Word but there

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.420
 are several places

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.360
 in the critical text

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.380
 where our Lord's

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:31.260
 creative work has

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:32.500
 been deleted and

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.180
 there's a reason for

00:42:33.180 --> 00:42:34.220
 that I'll get to it

00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:34.860
 here in just a second

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:36.920
 let's go to

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:38.340
 Revelation chapter 1

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:39.579
 and verse 11

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.599
 another long verse

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.280
 all right

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:42.559
 Revelation chapter 1

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.380
 and verse 11

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:45.200
 saying I am Alpha

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:45.579
 and Omega

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.099
 this is Jesus

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.660
 speaking I am Alpha

00:42:47.660 --> 00:42:48.800
 and Omega the first

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.380
 and the last

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.920
 and what thou

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:52.140
 seest write in a

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.960
 book and send it

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.680
 unto the seven

00:42:53.680 --> 00:42:54.300
 churches I won't

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:54.900
 read all of them

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:57.800
 but notice I am Alpha

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.660
 and Omega the first

00:42:58.660 --> 00:43:00.599
 and the last and

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.240
 what thou seest

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:01.840
 write in a book

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:03.480
 in the modern

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.340
 language Bibles

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:05.400
 because they're based

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:06.539
 on the critical text

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:08.460
 it reads something

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:10.420
 like this I am

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.920
 well let me start

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.660
 over again it

00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:13.639
 reads what thou

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:14.519
 seest write in a

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:17.300
 book you notice

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.860
 what's been left

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:20.180
 out I am Alpha

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:21.440
 and Omega the

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.960
 beginning and the

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.740
 last or the first

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:24.180
 and the last and

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.899
 we're touching here

00:43:24.899 --> 00:43:26.059
 on the eternality

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:27.019
 of Jesus Christ

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:29.440
 again his

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:31.159
 his divine

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:32.059
 character is

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:33.500
 diminished in

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.019
 the modern

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.739
 critical text

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.619
 come with me to

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.399
 Revelation chapter

00:43:36.399 --> 00:43:39.079
 11 and

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.599
 verse 17

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:41.980
 Revelation 11

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.739
 verse 17

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.799
 saying we give

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:44.799
 thanks O Lord

00:43:44.799 --> 00:43:45.359
 God Almighty

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:46.259
 which art and

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:47.159
 wast and are to

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:48.419
 come because

00:43:48.419 --> 00:43:49.159
 thou hast taken

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.839
 unto thy great

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:50.599
 power and has

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.019
 reigned

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:53.359
 modern language

00:43:53.359 --> 00:43:54.059
 Bible says

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.659
 read something

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.199
 like this

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:56.299
 we give thee

00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:56.799
 thanks

00:43:56.799 --> 00:43:59.579
 because thou

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.059
 hast taken

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.420
 to thee

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.000
 thy great

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.480
 power and

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.820
 they leave

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.139
 out that

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.719
 whole section

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.579
 there who

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.019
 art and

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.579
 wast and are

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.039
 to come

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:07.719
 again the

00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:08.779
 eternality of

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:09.279
 our Lord

00:44:09.279 --> 00:44:10.480
 is diminished

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.960
 maybe not

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.920
 eliminated in the

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.799
 greater sense of

00:44:13.799 --> 00:44:14.519
 scripture but it

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.259
 certainly has been

00:44:15.259 --> 00:44:15.719
 diminished and

00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:17.320
 the reason is

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:18.519
 this and we'll

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:18.920
 get into this

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.480
 tomorrow night in

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:20.139
 greater detail

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:22.679
 the reason is

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.799
 that the

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.980
 Alexandrian family

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:27.099
 of manuscripts

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:28.539
 which were the

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.699
 precursors to

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.420
 Sinaiticus and

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.159
 Vaticanus we went

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:31.879
 into great detail

00:44:31.879 --> 00:44:32.400
 on that yesterday

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:34.779
 morning they were

00:44:34.779 --> 00:44:35.559
 rooted in the

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.599
 Alexandrian text

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.219
 family and

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:39.179
 Alexandria in the

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:40.299
 third second third

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.659
 and fourth

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:41.619
 centuries in fact

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:42.279
 even going back to

00:44:42.279 --> 00:44:43.000
 the first century

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:44.739
 Alexandria Egypt

00:44:44.739 --> 00:44:47.239
 was the hotbed

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:48.579
 of the seat of

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:50.219
 Gnosticism in the

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:50.899
 Roman Empire

00:44:50.899 --> 00:44:52.679
 now that sounds

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:54.079
 like an esoteric

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:55.039
 ancient philosophy

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.859
 and in some cases

00:44:55.859 --> 00:44:56.479
 that's true

00:44:56.479 --> 00:44:57.779
 but folks its

00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:58.439
 tentacles reach

00:44:58.439 --> 00:44:59.139
 right to this day

00:44:59.139 --> 00:44:59.699
 you remember

00:44:59.699 --> 00:45:01.879
 oh about 10

00:45:01.879 --> 00:45:02.479
 years ago

00:45:02.479 --> 00:45:03.419
 15 years ago

00:45:03.419 --> 00:45:05.979
 the popularity

00:45:05.979 --> 00:45:06.439
 of the book

00:45:06.439 --> 00:45:06.939
 The Da Vinci

00:45:06.939 --> 00:45:07.299
 Code

00:45:07.299 --> 00:45:09.159
 it was a book

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.859
 and it was a

00:45:09.859 --> 00:45:11.119
 movie and

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.919
 because there

00:45:11.919 --> 00:45:12.319
 was so much

00:45:12.319 --> 00:45:13.039
 noise about it

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.500
 when I was on

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.119
 the line to the

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:14.500
 west coast

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.039
 one day on

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:15.460
 an airplane

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.219
 I read it

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:18.300
 and it's based

00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:19.039
 on the gospel

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.960
 of Thomas

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:22.460
 which is a

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.199
 Gnostic

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:24.619
 gospel

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:26.619
 a false gospel

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:29.460
 but here is

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:31.420
 what the Gnostics

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.940
 believed

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.840
 and there are

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.260
 quite a number

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:33.519
 of things

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:33.920
 but as it

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.480
 pertained to

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:34.960
 our Lord

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:36.460
 they believed

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:37.300
 that anything

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:38.420
 that was material

00:45:38.420 --> 00:45:40.440
 knock on wood

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:41.960
 flesh and

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.199
 blood

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:44.839
 anything that

00:45:44.839 --> 00:45:45.519
 was physical

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:46.199
 or material

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:46.879
 was evil

00:45:46.879 --> 00:45:48.799
 and only

00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:49.259
 that which

00:45:49.259 --> 00:45:49.980
 was spiritual

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:51.239
 was good

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:53.359
 therefore

00:45:53.359 --> 00:45:53.919
 now catch

00:45:53.919 --> 00:45:54.259
 this

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:55.279
 therefore

00:45:55.279 --> 00:45:55.980
 the Gnostics

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.679
 believed that

00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.539
 Jesus of

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:58.059
 Nazareth

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:59.079
 was not the

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.559
 Christ

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:01.259
 because he

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:01.699
 had a physical

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:02.099
 body

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.819
 and that is

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.319
 heresy

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:06.519
 but it

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:07.900
 was that

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:09.400
 philosophy

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:10.160
 in Alexandria

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:10.500
 Egypt

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:11.740
 that influenced

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.460
 the Alexandrian

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:12.880
 manuscripts

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:13.720
 which wound up

00:46:13.720 --> 00:46:14.760
 coming up to

00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:15.300
 Sinaiticus

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:17.120
 and Vaticanus

00:46:17.120 --> 00:46:18.320
 now let me

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:18.740
 read to you

00:46:18.740 --> 00:46:18.980
 here in

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.420
 1st John

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:20.160
 chapter 4

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:20.759
 beloved

00:46:20.759 --> 00:46:21.659
 believe not

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:22.199
 every spirit

00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:22.659
 but try

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.219
 the spirits

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:23.639
 whether they

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:24.279
 be of God

00:46:24.279 --> 00:46:25.579
 because many

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:26.319
 false prophets

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:27.179
 are gone out

00:46:27.179 --> 00:46:27.960
 into the world

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:30.500
 hereby know

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:31.359
 ye the spirit

00:46:31.359 --> 00:46:31.819
 of God

00:46:31.819 --> 00:46:32.500
 every spirit

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.159
 that confesses

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:33.659
 that Jesus

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.379
 Christ is

00:46:34.379 --> 00:46:34.920
 come in the

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.219
 flesh

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:36.899
 is of God

00:46:36.899 --> 00:46:37.920
 and every

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:38.480
 spirit that

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:39.079
 confesses

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:39.699
 not

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:41.379
 that Jesus

00:46:41.379 --> 00:46:41.980
 Christ is

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:42.339
 come in the

00:46:42.339 --> 00:46:42.679
 flesh

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:43.399
 is not of

00:46:43.399 --> 00:46:43.759
 God

00:46:43.759 --> 00:46:44.879
 and this

00:46:44.879 --> 00:46:45.299
 is that

00:46:45.299 --> 00:46:45.799
 spirit of

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.259
 Antichrist

00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:46.519
 now

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:47.539
 John is

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:48.119
 dealing with

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:48.500
 the problem

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:49.299
 of Gnosticism

00:46:49.299 --> 00:46:49.879
 right here

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:52.019
 everyone that

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:52.920
 saith that

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.760
 Jesus

00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:55.680
 confesses

00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:56.140
 not that

00:46:56.140 --> 00:46:56.780
 Jesus Christ

00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:57.180
 is come in

00:46:57.180 --> 00:46:57.480
 the flesh

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.920
 is not of

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.260
 God

00:46:58.260 --> 00:46:59.200
 and that's

00:46:59.200 --> 00:46:59.940
 exactly what

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.400
 the Gnostics

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:00.640
 did

00:47:00.640 --> 00:47:02.019
 they denied

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.820
 Jesus was

00:47:02.820 --> 00:47:03.380
 the Christ

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:04.460
 and so

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:04.900
 there has

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.640
 been alteration

00:47:05.640 --> 00:47:05.900
 there have

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.039
 been

00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:06.579
 we don't

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:06.800
 have the

00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:07.180
 time to

00:47:07.180 --> 00:47:08.079
 go through

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.579
 this tonight

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:09.220
 but

00:47:09.220 --> 00:47:10.760
 in the

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:10.900
 book

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.320
 Touch Not

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:11.940
 what I've

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:12.200
 mentioned

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:12.680
 to you

00:47:12.680 --> 00:47:15.079
 it enumerates

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.500
 it in some

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:15.960
 detail

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:17.340
 how that

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 for example

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:19.320
 where in

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:20.559
 the King

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:21.059
 James Bible

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:21.580
 the traditional

00:47:21.580 --> 00:47:22.140
 text it'll

00:47:22.140 --> 00:47:22.539
 talk about

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:23.019
 the Lord

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:23.980
 Jesus Christ

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:26.039
 in the

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.640
 critical text

00:47:26.640 --> 00:47:27.220
 it may have

00:47:27.220 --> 00:47:27.559
 just

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:29.320
 Jesus Christ

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:30.080
 but not

00:47:30.080 --> 00:47:30.580
 Lord Jesus

00:47:30.580 --> 00:47:31.039
 Christ

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:32.280
 or

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:33.559
 where we

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.220
 would say

00:47:34.220 --> 00:47:34.860
 Christ Jesus

00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:35.280
 or Jesus

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:35.620
 Christ

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 oftentimes

00:47:36.140 --> 00:47:37.340
 just the

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:37.860
 Christ or

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:38.280
 the Jesus

00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:38.900
 will be left

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.300
 off

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 and there

00:47:40.820 --> 00:47:41.080
 is a

00:47:41.080 --> 00:47:41.700
 diminishing

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 of the

00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:42.340
 Lordship

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.800
 of Christ

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 and a

00:47:43.100 --> 00:47:43.660
 diminishing

00:47:43.660 --> 00:47:44.600
 of Jesus

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 as the

00:47:45.080 --> 00:47:45.440
 Christ

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 and it's

00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:46.740
 all over

00:47:46.740 --> 00:47:47.000
 when you

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 know what

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:47.599
 to look

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:47.840
 for it

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:48.220
 in these

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.519
 modern

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:48.900
 Bibles

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:50.320
 because they're

00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:50.920
 based on

00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:51.340
 the critical

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.740
 text

00:47:51.740 --> 00:47:52.420
 okay

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 now

00:47:52.820 --> 00:47:53.800
 I need

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:54.519
 a volunteer

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:55.059
 to come up

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.440
 here tonight

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 someone who can

00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:56.280
 read pretty

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 well

00:47:56.579 --> 00:47:57.200
 who would like

00:47:57.200 --> 00:47:57.760
 to volunteer

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 seriously

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 I need

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 someone

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 all right

00:48:00.700 --> 00:48:01.039
 come on up

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:01.220
 brother

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 I am going

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.340
 to hand

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:02.780
 him an

00:48:02.780 --> 00:48:03.200
 NIV

00:48:03.200 --> 00:48:06.000
 and all

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:06.340
 together

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:06.659
 we're going

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 to look

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:07.280
 up several

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:07.599
 verses

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:08.639
 let's turn

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 to Matthew

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 chapter 17

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 and verse

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 31

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 Matthew

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 chapter 17

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:14.440
 and verse

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 31

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 yeah I've

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:16.920
 got to find

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 it here

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:18.820
 wait a minute

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 you're right

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 Matthew 17

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 21

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 can't read

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 my own

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 writing

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 Matthew

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 17

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 21

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 turn to

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 the right

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 page too

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 all right

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 Matthew

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 17

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 21

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 how be it

00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:38.699
 this kind

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 goeth not

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 out by

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 but by

00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:41.199
 prayer and

00:48:41.199 --> 00:48:41.559
 fasting

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.159
 will you

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:42.619
 read that

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 in the

00:48:42.939 --> 00:48:43.259
 NIV

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:43.779
 my brother

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 I'm

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:45.379
 sorry

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 what

00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:47.460
 what did

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:47.899
 you say

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 nothing

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 say it

00:48:49.779 --> 00:48:50.079
 again

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 nothing

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 it's not

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 there

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 all right

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 let's

00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:54.539
 turn over

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 to Matthew

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 18

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 11

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 Matthew

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 chapter

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 18

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 and verse

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 11

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 and there

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 we read

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 for the

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 son of

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 man has

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 come to

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 seek

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 or to

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 save

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 that

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 which

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 was

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 lost

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 read

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 that

00:49:06.799 --> 00:49:07.019
 in the

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.299
 NIV

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 please

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 it's

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 absent

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:11.039
 it's

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 not

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 there

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 all

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 right

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 let's

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 turn

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 over

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 to

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 Matthew

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 23

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 14

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 Matthew

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 chapter

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 23

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 and

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 verse

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 14

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 and there

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 we read

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 woe

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 unto you

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 scribes

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 Pharisees

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 hypocrites

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 for you

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 devour

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 widows

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 houses

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 and for

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 a

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 pretense

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 make

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 long

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 prayer

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 therefore

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 you

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 shall

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 receive

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 the

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 greater

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:33.659
 damnation

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 what's

00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:34.559
 that say

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:34.740
 in the

00:49:34.740 --> 00:49:35.019
 NIV

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:37.639
 I'm

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:37.860
 sorry

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:38.519
 they forgot

00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:38.820
 to put

00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:39.119
 it in

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 it's not

00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:40.480
 there

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:42.260
 all right

00:49:42.260 --> 00:49:42.980
 let's

00:49:42.980 --> 00:49:43.800
 look at

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:44.639
 Mark

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:45.039
 chapter

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:45.539
 9

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:45.800
 and

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:46.039
 verse

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.680
 44

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 44

00:49:46.940 --> 00:49:47.359
 I get

00:49:47.359 --> 00:49:47.819
 my pages

00:49:47.819 --> 00:49:48.239
 to turn

00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:48.460
 here

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 all right

00:49:50.379 --> 00:49:51.039
 Mark

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:51.940
 9

00:49:51.940 --> 00:49:53.679
 and

00:49:53.679 --> 00:49:54.039
 verse

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 44

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 says

00:49:56.940 --> 00:49:58.699
 where

00:49:58.699 --> 00:49:59.259
 their worm

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 dieth not

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 and the

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 fire is

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 not

00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:01.460
 quenched

00:50:01.460 --> 00:50:02.480
 what's

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:02.859
 the NIV

00:50:02.859 --> 00:50:03.339
 say

00:50:03.339 --> 00:50:05.599
 verse

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 43

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 44

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 48

00:50:08.239 --> 00:50:09.679
 or 47

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 are all

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 gone

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 all right

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:12.019
 they're all

00:50:12.019 --> 00:50:12.419
 gone

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 wow

00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:15.360
 let's

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 go to

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 Acts

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 8

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 37

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 Acts

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 chapter

00:50:21.719 --> 00:50:22.059
 8

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 and

00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:22.440
 verse

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 37

00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:25.960
 all right

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:26.420
 okay

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:26.799
 Acts

00:50:26.799 --> 00:50:27.000
 8

00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.460
 37

00:50:27.460 --> 00:50:28.400
 we read

00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:28.539
 and

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:28.759
 Philip

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 said

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 if thou

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 believest

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 with all

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:30.199
 thine

00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:30.440
 heart

00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:30.659
 thou

00:50:30.659 --> 00:50:31.000
 mayest

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 and

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:31.759
 he

00:50:31.759 --> 00:50:32.059
 answered

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:32.219
 and

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:32.340
 said

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:32.480
 I

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:32.779
 believe

00:50:32.779 --> 00:50:32.980
 that

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:33.239
 Jesus

00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:33.679
 Christ

00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:33.920
 is

00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:34.099
 the

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.259
 son

00:50:34.259 --> 00:50:34.380
 of

00:50:34.380 --> 00:50:34.699
 God

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:35.559
 what's

00:50:35.559 --> 00:50:35.639
 it

00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:35.799
 say

00:50:35.799 --> 00:50:35.920
 in

00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:36.000
 the

00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:36.319
 NIV

00:50:36.319 --> 00:50:38.500
 it's

00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:38.699
 not

00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:39.039
 there

00:50:39.039 --> 00:50:39.699
 well

00:50:39.699 --> 00:50:39.860
 we

00:50:39.860 --> 00:50:39.980
 could

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:40.119
 go

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:40.259
 on

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 and

00:50:40.340 --> 00:50:40.440
 on

00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:40.579
 but

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:40.779
 thank

00:50:40.779 --> 00:50:40.900
 you

00:50:40.900 --> 00:50:41.139
 brother

00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:43.360
 folks

00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:43.640
 when I

00:50:43.640 --> 00:50:43.900
 say

00:50:43.900 --> 00:50:44.260
 the

00:50:44.260 --> 00:50:45.400
 Bible

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:45.579
 has

00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:45.700
 been

00:50:45.700 --> 00:50:46.099
 altered

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:46.380
 that

00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:46.579
 is

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:46.740
 a

00:50:46.740 --> 00:50:47.280
 graphic

00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:47.880
 illustration

00:50:47.880 --> 00:50:49.980
 as I

00:50:49.980 --> 00:50:50.440
 pointed out

00:50:50.440 --> 00:50:50.960
 yesterday

00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:51.960
 16

00:50:51.960 --> 00:50:52.440
 verses

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:52.880
 have been

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:53.519
 deleted

00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:55.140
 256

00:50:55.140 --> 00:50:55.840
 verses

00:50:55.840 --> 00:50:56.260
 have had

00:50:56.260 --> 00:50:56.840
 substantial

00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:57.480
 changes

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:57.920
 at least

00:50:57.920 --> 00:50:58.120
 of a

00:50:58.120 --> 00:50:58.579
 key word

00:50:58.579 --> 00:50:58.820
 or a

00:50:58.820 --> 00:50:58.940
 key

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 thought

00:50:59.320 --> 00:51:01.140
 8,000

00:51:01.140 --> 00:51:01.519
 words

00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:01.740
 have been

00:51:01.740 --> 00:51:02.000
 omitted

00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:02.340
 between

00:51:02.340 --> 00:51:02.620
 the

00:51:02.620 --> 00:51:03.700
 traditional

00:51:03.700 --> 00:51:04.160
 text

00:51:04.160 --> 00:51:04.400
 and

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:04.660
 the

00:51:04.660 --> 00:51:04.920
 critical

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:05.340
 text

00:51:05.340 --> 00:51:06.300
 when I

00:51:06.300 --> 00:51:06.599
 was in

00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:06.980
 seminary

00:51:06.980 --> 00:51:07.240
 years

00:51:07.240 --> 00:51:07.579
 ago

00:51:07.579 --> 00:51:09.180
 my

00:51:09.180 --> 00:51:09.660
 seminary

00:51:09.660 --> 00:51:10.039
 professor

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:10.420
 said

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:11.180
 students

00:51:11.180 --> 00:51:11.760
 the

00:51:11.760 --> 00:51:12.099
 difference

00:51:12.099 --> 00:51:12.539
 between

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:12.820
 the

00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:13.860
 modern

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.200
 critical

00:51:14.200 --> 00:51:14.500
 text

00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:14.700
 and

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 the

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.700
 traditional

00:51:15.700 --> 00:51:16.039
 text

00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:16.480
 it would

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:16.600
 be

00:51:16.600 --> 00:51:16.760
 just

00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:16.940
 like

00:51:16.940 --> 00:51:17.080
 the

00:51:17.080 --> 00:51:17.460
 footnotes

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:17.640
 on the

00:51:17.640 --> 00:51:17.840
 bottom

00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:18.140
 of one

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 page

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 and

00:51:20.420 --> 00:51:20.519
 he

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 is

00:51:20.640 --> 00:51:21.080
 wrong

00:51:21.080 --> 00:51:22.059
 and

00:51:22.059 --> 00:51:22.160
 I

00:51:22.160 --> 00:51:22.280
 don't

00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:22.480
 think

00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:22.620
 he

00:51:22.620 --> 00:51:23.039
 was

00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:23.500
 trying

00:51:23.500 --> 00:51:23.640
 to

00:51:23.640 --> 00:51:24.019
 mislead

00:51:24.019 --> 00:51:24.160
 us

00:51:24.160 --> 00:51:24.240
 he

00:51:24.240 --> 00:51:24.320
 was

00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:24.460
 just

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:24.780
 repeating

00:51:24.780 --> 00:51:24.960
 what

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:25.220
 somebody

00:51:25.220 --> 00:51:25.519
 told

00:51:25.519 --> 00:51:25.820
 him

00:51:25.820 --> 00:51:27.460
 the

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:27.700
 folks

00:51:27.700 --> 00:51:27.880
 there

00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:28.000
 are

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.360
 profound

00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:28.860
 differences

00:51:28.860 --> 00:51:29.980
 and

00:51:29.980 --> 00:51:30.500
 many

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:30.640
 of

00:51:30.640 --> 00:51:30.780
 them

00:51:30.780 --> 00:51:31.120
 pertain

00:51:31.120 --> 00:51:31.260
 to

00:51:31.260 --> 00:51:31.380
 our

00:51:31.380 --> 00:51:31.580
 Lord

00:51:31.580 --> 00:51:31.820
 Jesus

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:32.320
 Christ

00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:33.660
 now

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:34.260
 I'm

00:51:34.260 --> 00:51:34.300
 going

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:34.380
 to

00:51:34.380 --> 00:51:34.580
 wind

00:51:34.580 --> 00:51:34.840
 down

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:35.000
 with

00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:35.180
 this

00:51:35.180 --> 00:51:35.720
 circle

00:51:35.720 --> 00:51:35.900
 the

00:51:35.900 --> 00:51:36.080
 field

00:51:36.080 --> 00:51:36.260
 here

00:51:36.260 --> 00:51:36.519
 brother

00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:38.740
 but

00:51:38.740 --> 00:51:40.580
 the

00:51:40.579 --> 00:51:41.179
 buzz

00:51:41.179 --> 00:51:41.539
 going

00:51:41.539 --> 00:51:41.940
 around

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:42.460
 today

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:42.759
 very

00:51:42.759 --> 00:51:43.199
 loudly

00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:43.699
 in

00:51:43.699 --> 00:51:44.460
 some

00:51:44.460 --> 00:51:44.900
 fundamental

00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:45.360
 circles

00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:47.579
 is that

00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:48.000
 the

00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:48.500
 King James

00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:48.860
 Bible

00:51:48.860 --> 00:51:49.219
 is too

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:49.579
 difficult

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.219
 to read

00:51:50.219 --> 00:51:52.139
 and

00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:52.519
 therefore

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:53.199
 we need

00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:53.679
 an easier

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:54.059
 Bible

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:54.480
 and

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:54.799
 therefore

00:51:54.799 --> 00:51:55.039
 the

00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:55.719
 NIV

00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:56.059
 or the

00:51:56.059 --> 00:51:56.340
 emperor

00:51:56.340 --> 00:51:56.579
 and

00:51:56.579 --> 00:51:56.960
 particularly

00:51:56.960 --> 00:51:57.380
 that crowd

00:51:57.380 --> 00:51:57.719
 is pointing

00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:57.980
 at the

00:51:57.980 --> 00:51:58.460
 ESV

00:51:58.460 --> 00:51:59.340
 but it's a

00:51:59.340 --> 00:51:59.819
 critical text

00:51:59.819 --> 00:52:00.139
 Bible

00:52:00.139 --> 00:52:00.900
 incidentally

00:52:00.900 --> 00:52:01.400
 I've had

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:01.780
 people come

00:52:01.780 --> 00:52:01.980
 to me

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:02.300
 and say

00:52:02.300 --> 00:52:02.760
 brother

00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:03.079
 Sorensen

00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:03.420
 I have

00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:03.720
 read that

00:52:03.720 --> 00:52:04.260
 the ESV

00:52:04.260 --> 00:52:04.539
 is the

00:52:04.539 --> 00:52:04.720
 most

00:52:04.720 --> 00:52:05.180
 accurate

00:52:05.180 --> 00:52:05.840
 translation

00:52:05.840 --> 00:52:07.380
 well it's

00:52:07.380 --> 00:52:07.720
 an accurate

00:52:07.720 --> 00:52:08.280
 translation

00:52:08.280 --> 00:52:09.400
 of a

00:52:09.400 --> 00:52:09.639
 corrupt

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:10.059
 text

00:52:10.059 --> 00:52:10.559
 and you

00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:10.840
 see the

00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:11.139
 issue

00:52:11.139 --> 00:52:11.440
 is

00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:12.420
 textual

00:52:12.420 --> 00:52:13.300
 it's

00:52:13.300 --> 00:52:13.519
 not

00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:14.340
 translational

00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:14.920
 and as

00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:15.180
 I said

00:52:15.180 --> 00:52:15.539
 yesterday

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:15.860
 there's

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:16.380
 about

00:52:16.380 --> 00:52:18.200
 750,000

00:52:18.200 --> 00:52:18.599
 words

00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:18.840
 in the

00:52:18.840 --> 00:52:19.000
 King

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.240
 James

00:52:19.240 --> 00:52:19.579
 Bible

00:52:19.579 --> 00:52:20.380
 of

00:52:20.380 --> 00:52:20.940
 which

00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:21.639
 about

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:22.500
 750

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:23.119
 are

00:52:23.119 --> 00:52:23.920
 archaic

00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:25.059
 yeah

00:52:25.059 --> 00:52:25.260
 there's

00:52:25.260 --> 00:52:25.519
 some old

00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:25.860
 words in

00:52:25.860 --> 00:52:25.960
 the

00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:26.099
 King

00:52:26.099 --> 00:52:26.320
 James

00:52:26.320 --> 00:52:26.639
 Bible

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:27.300
 but do

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:27.480
 the

00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:27.960
 arithmetic

00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:29.760
 divide

00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:31.420
 750

00:52:31.420 --> 00:52:31.700
 by

00:52:31.700 --> 00:52:32.920
 750,000

00:52:32.920 --> 00:52:33.440
 it's

00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:33.620
 about

00:52:33.620 --> 00:52:33.880
 one

00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:34.460
 for

00:52:34.460 --> 00:52:34.680
 every

00:52:34.680 --> 00:52:35.080
 thousand

00:52:35.080 --> 00:52:35.560
 words

00:52:35.560 --> 00:52:36.360
 we've

00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:36.640
 become

00:52:36.640 --> 00:52:37.300
 so lazy

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:37.520
 in

00:52:37.520 --> 00:52:37.880
 America

00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:39.440
 that if

00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:39.720
 there is

00:52:39.720 --> 00:52:40.240
 a word

00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:40.600
 we don't

00:52:40.600 --> 00:52:40.960
 understand

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:41.140
 oh

00:52:41.140 --> 00:52:41.860
 I gotta

00:52:41.860 --> 00:52:42.120
 go get

00:52:42.120 --> 00:52:42.380
 a different

00:52:42.380 --> 00:52:42.680
 Bible

00:52:42.680 --> 00:52:43.840
 and like

00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:44.120
 I said

00:52:44.120 --> 00:52:44.620
 yesterday

00:52:44.620 --> 00:52:46.120
 I mean

00:52:46.120 --> 00:52:46.600
 you can

00:52:46.600 --> 00:52:47.140
 pull the

00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:47.420
 old

00:52:47.420 --> 00:52:48.740
 phone out

00:52:48.740 --> 00:52:48.920
 here

00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:49.120
 and I

00:52:49.120 --> 00:52:49.280
 just

00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:49.440
 hit

00:52:49.440 --> 00:52:49.780
 Google

00:52:49.780 --> 00:52:50.760
 or

00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:51.040
 whatever

00:52:51.040 --> 00:52:51.480
 search

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:51.720
 engine

00:52:51.720 --> 00:52:52.080
 you want

00:52:52.080 --> 00:52:52.480
 to use

00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:52.720
 and you

00:52:52.720 --> 00:52:53.000
 can type

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.320
 the word

00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:53.440
 in

00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:54.120
 and right

00:52:54.120 --> 00:52:54.320
 now

00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:54.760
 I mean

00:52:54.760 --> 00:52:55.060
 I read

00:52:55.060 --> 00:52:55.280
 books

00:52:55.280 --> 00:52:55.540
 all the

00:52:55.540 --> 00:52:55.800
 time

00:52:55.800 --> 00:52:56.360
 and just

00:52:56.360 --> 00:52:56.900
 for kind

00:52:56.900 --> 00:52:57.200
 of history

00:52:57.200 --> 00:52:57.440
 and for

00:52:57.440 --> 00:52:57.640
 fun

00:52:57.640 --> 00:52:57.900
 and some

00:52:57.900 --> 00:52:58.440
 authors like

00:52:58.440 --> 00:52:58.760
 to throw

00:52:58.760 --> 00:52:59.220
 in fancy

00:52:59.220 --> 00:52:59.579
 words

00:52:59.579 --> 00:52:59.880
 that I've

00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:00.240
 never heard

00:53:00.240 --> 00:53:00.559
 before

00:53:00.559 --> 00:53:02.300
 and you

00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:02.380
 know

00:53:02.380 --> 00:53:02.579
 it takes

00:53:02.579 --> 00:53:02.980
 about five

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:03.260
 seconds

00:53:03.260 --> 00:53:03.559
 to look

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:03.900
 it up

00:53:03.900 --> 00:53:05.619
 but

00:53:05.619 --> 00:53:08.119
 let me

00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:08.619
 close with

00:53:08.619 --> 00:53:09.200
 this story

00:53:09.200 --> 00:53:11.599
 back in

00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:12.700
 the 1930s

00:53:12.700 --> 00:53:14.260
 there was a

00:53:14.260 --> 00:53:14.840
 man in

00:53:14.840 --> 00:53:15.460
 Chicago by

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:15.720
 the name

00:53:15.720 --> 00:53:16.179
 of George

00:53:16.179 --> 00:53:16.800
 Mensick

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:17.619
 anybody ever

00:53:17.619 --> 00:53:18.059
 hear George

00:53:18.059 --> 00:53:18.500
 Mensick

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:19.179
 know where

00:53:19.179 --> 00:53:19.460
 I'm going

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:19.720
 with the

00:53:19.720 --> 00:53:20.019
 story

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:21.579
 it's

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:21.940
 basically

00:53:21.940 --> 00:53:22.360
 from an

00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:22.880
 earlier

00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:23.519
 generation

00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:25.700
 but George

00:53:25.700 --> 00:53:26.400
 Mensick

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:28.760
 was part

00:53:28.760 --> 00:53:29.220
 of the

00:53:29.220 --> 00:53:29.820
 Al Capone

00:53:29.820 --> 00:53:30.280
 mob

00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:32.599
 and

00:53:32.599 --> 00:53:33.740
 his part

00:53:33.740 --> 00:53:34.019
 in the

00:53:34.019 --> 00:53:34.360
 mob

00:53:34.360 --> 00:53:35.280
 was that

00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:37.300
 he was

00:53:37.300 --> 00:53:38.019
 a chauffeur

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:38.780
 for Al Capone

00:53:38.780 --> 00:53:39.519
 they lived

00:53:39.519 --> 00:53:39.780
 on the

00:53:39.780 --> 00:53:40.119
 southwest

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:40.740
 side of

00:53:40.740 --> 00:53:41.160
 Chicago

00:53:41.160 --> 00:53:43.059
 not far

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:43.619
 from Market

00:53:43.619 --> 00:53:44.160
 Manor Baptist

00:53:44.160 --> 00:53:44.559
 Church

00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:45.139
 now Market

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:45.619
 Manor Baptist

00:53:45.619 --> 00:53:45.920
 Church

00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:46.500
 still exists

00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:46.900
 but they've

00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:47.300
 moved out

00:53:47.300 --> 00:53:47.619
 into the

00:53:47.619 --> 00:53:48.039
 suburbs

00:53:48.039 --> 00:53:50.639
 not

00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:51.160
 Schaumburg

00:53:51.160 --> 00:53:51.500
 I can't

00:53:51.500 --> 00:53:51.700
 think of

00:53:51.700 --> 00:53:52.079
 the suburbs

00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:53.340
 but anyway

00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:54.360
 that's neither

00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:54.619
 here nor

00:53:54.619 --> 00:53:54.780
 there

00:53:54.780 --> 00:53:55.400
 but anyway

00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:57.340
 the Mensick

00:53:57.340 --> 00:53:57.680
 and his

00:53:57.680 --> 00:53:57.980
 wife

00:53:57.980 --> 00:53:58.960
 lived near

00:53:58.960 --> 00:53:59.519
 Market

00:53:59.519 --> 00:53:59.980
 Manor Baptist

00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:00.320
 Church

00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:00.980
 one day

00:54:00.980 --> 00:54:01.440
 somebody from

00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:01.660
 Market

00:54:01.660 --> 00:54:02.220
 Manor Baptist

00:54:02.220 --> 00:54:02.820
 Church

00:54:02.820 --> 00:54:03.300
 knocked on

00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:03.800
 their door

00:54:03.800 --> 00:54:05.240
 and through

00:54:05.240 --> 00:54:06.039
 that contact

00:54:06.039 --> 00:54:06.639
 and witness

00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:07.340
 and invitation

00:54:07.340 --> 00:54:08.180
 Mrs.

00:54:08.340 --> 00:54:08.760
 Mensick

00:54:08.760 --> 00:54:09.680
 went to

00:54:09.680 --> 00:54:10.099
 Market

00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:10.680
 Manor Baptist

00:54:10.680 --> 00:54:11.000
 Church

00:54:11.000 --> 00:54:11.280
 and she

00:54:11.280 --> 00:54:11.980
 got saved

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:14.900
 and she

00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:15.460
 came home

00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:15.900
 and began

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:16.639
 witnessing to

00:54:16.639 --> 00:54:17.260
 her gangster

00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:17.860
 husband

00:54:17.860 --> 00:54:18.880
 folks he

00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:19.460
 was not a

00:54:19.460 --> 00:54:20.059
 happy camper

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.920
 and they

00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:21.519
 had a little

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:22.079
 I think

00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:22.639
 four year old

00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:22.960
 daughter

00:54:22.960 --> 00:54:24.960
 and they

00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:25.340
 fought

00:54:25.340 --> 00:54:27.240
 vehemently

00:54:27.240 --> 00:54:29.539
 and so

00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:30.220
 one night

00:54:30.220 --> 00:54:31.480
 George came

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:32.160
 home high

00:54:32.160 --> 00:54:32.660
 on something

00:54:32.660 --> 00:54:33.059
 or other

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:34.980
 and angry

00:54:34.980 --> 00:54:35.539
 at his wife

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:35.920
 and pulled

00:54:35.920 --> 00:54:36.440
 out of his

00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:37.340
 shoulder holster

00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:37.960
 a gun

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:38.760
 and pointed

00:54:38.760 --> 00:54:39.840
 at the wife

00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:40.260
 of his head

00:54:40.260 --> 00:54:40.579
 and the little

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:40.920
 girl said

00:54:40.920 --> 00:54:41.519
 daddy please

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:41.940
 don't hurt

00:54:41.940 --> 00:54:42.280
 mommy

00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:43.420
 and it

00:54:43.420 --> 00:54:43.760
 pierced

00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:44.200
 his heart

00:54:44.200 --> 00:54:45.680
 the next

00:54:45.680 --> 00:54:46.140
 day he

00:54:46.140 --> 00:54:46.460
 wandered

00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:46.640
 into

00:54:46.640 --> 00:54:48.559
 Marquette

00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:48.920
 Manor

00:54:48.920 --> 00:54:49.300
 Baptist

00:54:49.300 --> 00:54:49.800
 Church

00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:51.100
 someone took

00:54:51.100 --> 00:54:51.440
 him to the

00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:51.720
 side

00:54:51.720 --> 00:54:52.059
 and led

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:52.360
 George

00:54:52.360 --> 00:54:52.700
 Mensick

00:54:52.699 --> 00:54:53.279
 to Christ

00:54:53.279 --> 00:54:54.199
 and it

00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:55.539
 wasn't long

00:54:55.539 --> 00:54:56.059
 before

00:54:56.059 --> 00:54:56.779
 Mensick

00:54:56.779 --> 00:54:57.519
 figured out

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:57.739
 you know

00:54:57.739 --> 00:54:57.980
 I don't

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:58.460
 belong in

00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:58.939
 the mob

00:54:58.939 --> 00:55:00.659
 and so

00:55:00.659 --> 00:55:01.219
 he resigned

00:55:01.219 --> 00:55:01.619
 the mob

00:55:01.619 --> 00:55:01.859
 and they

00:55:01.859 --> 00:55:02.079
 let him

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.259
 go

00:55:02.259 --> 00:55:02.699
 usually

00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.059
 you left

00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:03.379
 the mob

00:55:03.379 --> 00:55:03.579
 in a

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:04.239
 fine box

00:55:04.239 --> 00:55:06.339
 but they

00:55:06.339 --> 00:55:06.559
 figured

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:07.019
 well old

00:55:07.019 --> 00:55:07.299
 George

00:55:07.299 --> 00:55:07.579
 has got

00:55:07.579 --> 00:55:07.960
 religion

00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:08.299
 and he's

00:55:08.299 --> 00:55:08.599
 not going

00:55:08.599 --> 00:55:08.859
 to rat

00:55:08.859 --> 00:55:09.279
 on us

00:55:09.279 --> 00:55:10.699
 and he

00:55:10.699 --> 00:55:11.219
 didn't

00:55:11.219 --> 00:55:12.759
 started a

00:55:12.759 --> 00:55:13.019
 business

00:55:13.019 --> 00:55:13.399
 ran a

00:55:13.399 --> 00:55:13.960
 restaurant

00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:14.419
 there in

00:55:14.419 --> 00:55:14.759
 Chicago

00:55:14.759 --> 00:55:15.960
 but he

00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:16.299
 had done

00:55:16.299 --> 00:55:16.759
 time

00:55:16.759 --> 00:55:17.199
 in the

00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:17.619
 Cook County

00:55:17.619 --> 00:55:17.899
 jail

00:55:17.899 --> 00:55:18.139
 he had

00:55:18.139 --> 00:55:18.279
 done

00:55:18.279 --> 00:55:18.619
 time

00:55:18.619 --> 00:55:19.019
 at the

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.219
 old

00:55:19.219 --> 00:55:19.779
 Statesville

00:55:19.779 --> 00:55:20.000
 which

00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:20.319
 has now

00:55:20.319 --> 00:55:20.679
 closed

00:55:20.679 --> 00:55:20.960
 but for

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:21.199
 many

00:55:21.199 --> 00:55:21.779
 years

00:55:21.779 --> 00:55:22.679
 it was

00:55:22.679 --> 00:55:23.000
 the main

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:23.339
 prison

00:55:23.339 --> 00:55:23.839
 in Illinois

00:55:23.839 --> 00:55:24.599
 just outside

00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:25.079
 of Chicago

00:55:25.079 --> 00:55:25.960
 near Joliet

00:55:25.960 --> 00:55:28.099
 he'd done

00:55:28.099 --> 00:55:28.719
 time there

00:55:28.719 --> 00:55:29.899
 and so

00:55:29.899 --> 00:55:30.559
 he would go

00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:31.039
 back to

00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:31.599
 these prisons

00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:32.000
 and ask

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:32.440
 the warden

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:33.000
 can I

00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:33.399
 come in

00:55:33.399 --> 00:55:34.000
 and preach

00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:34.319
 and he'd

00:55:34.319 --> 00:55:34.679
 give his

00:55:34.679 --> 00:55:35.099
 testimony

00:55:35.099 --> 00:55:35.539
 and try

00:55:35.539 --> 00:55:35.779
 and win

00:55:35.779 --> 00:55:36.159
 people to

00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:36.539
 Christ

00:55:36.539 --> 00:55:37.819
 and over

00:55:37.819 --> 00:55:38.440
 the years

00:55:38.440 --> 00:55:39.799
 I think

00:55:39.799 --> 00:55:40.399
 the warden

00:55:40.399 --> 00:55:40.699
 there at

00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:41.079
 Statesville

00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:41.440
 gave him

00:55:41.440 --> 00:55:41.719
 a little

00:55:41.719 --> 00:55:42.179
 introductory

00:55:42.179 --> 00:55:42.539
 card

00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:43.059
 which he

00:55:43.059 --> 00:55:43.460
 could use

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:45.179
 basically

00:55:45.179 --> 00:55:45.519
 to get

00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:45.960
 into any

00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:46.259
 prison

00:55:46.259 --> 00:55:46.500
 in the

00:55:46.500 --> 00:55:46.699
 United

00:55:46.699 --> 00:55:47.039
 States

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:47.339
 and he'd

00:55:47.339 --> 00:55:47.599
 go from

00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:47.819
 prison

00:55:47.819 --> 00:55:48.199
 to prison

00:55:48.199 --> 00:55:48.960
 and preach

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:50.219
 well I

00:55:50.219 --> 00:55:50.659
 heard him

00:55:50.659 --> 00:55:50.939
 when I was

00:55:50.939 --> 00:55:51.239
 a Bible

00:55:51.239 --> 00:55:51.539
 college

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:51.859
 student

00:55:51.859 --> 00:55:52.259
 back in

00:55:52.259 --> 00:55:53.239
 the 1960s

00:55:53.239 --> 00:55:54.199
 and he

00:55:54.199 --> 00:55:54.500
 came to

00:55:54.500 --> 00:55:54.739
 the old

00:55:54.739 --> 00:55:55.059
 Pillsbury

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:55.339
 Baptist

00:55:55.339 --> 00:55:55.679
 Bible

00:55:55.679 --> 00:55:56.139
 College

00:55:56.139 --> 00:55:57.799
 and he

00:55:57.799 --> 00:55:58.239
 said no

00:55:58.239 --> 00:55:58.519
 and he

00:55:58.519 --> 00:55:58.899
 talked like

00:55:58.899 --> 00:55:59.039
 this

00:55:59.039 --> 00:55:59.279
 he had a

00:55:59.279 --> 00:55:59.899
 gravelly voice

00:55:59.899 --> 00:56:00.500
 like a

00:56:00.500 --> 00:56:00.819
 gangster

00:56:00.819 --> 00:56:01.459
 sounds like

00:56:01.459 --> 00:56:02.980
 but he

00:56:02.980 --> 00:56:03.559
 said students

00:56:03.559 --> 00:56:05.679
 when I got

00:56:05.679 --> 00:56:06.179
 saved I

00:56:06.179 --> 00:56:06.699
 only had an

00:56:06.699 --> 00:56:07.159
 eighth grade

00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:07.779
 education

00:56:07.779 --> 00:56:10.139
 but I sat

00:56:10.139 --> 00:56:10.519
 down with

00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:10.859
 my King

00:56:10.859 --> 00:56:11.519
 James Bible

00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:11.939
 and a

00:56:11.939 --> 00:56:12.319
 dictionary

00:56:12.319 --> 00:56:14.299
 and if I

00:56:14.299 --> 00:56:14.559
 didn't

00:56:14.559 --> 00:56:15.179
 understand a

00:56:15.179 --> 00:56:15.659
 word I

00:56:15.659 --> 00:56:16.079
 looked it

00:56:16.079 --> 00:56:16.359
 up

00:56:16.359 --> 00:56:17.079
 folks what's

00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:17.480
 wrong with

00:56:17.480 --> 00:56:18.119
 checking out

00:56:18.119 --> 00:56:18.399
 a word you

00:56:18.399 --> 00:56:19.039
 don't understand

00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:21.440
 I mean you

00:56:21.440 --> 00:56:21.940
 can take your

00:56:21.940 --> 00:56:23.340
 Bible turn to

00:56:23.340 --> 00:56:24.139
 almost any

00:56:24.139 --> 00:56:24.940
 page in fact

00:56:24.940 --> 00:56:25.380
 you can turn to

00:56:25.380 --> 00:56:26.400
 any page and

00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:26.779
 just start

00:56:26.779 --> 00:56:28.019
 reading and

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:30.119
 you know 99.99%

00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:30.779
 of the words

00:56:30.779 --> 00:56:31.480
 you'll understand

00:56:31.480 --> 00:56:33.360
 I have a

00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:33.880
 preacher friend of

00:56:33.880 --> 00:56:34.300
 mine he says

00:56:34.300 --> 00:56:34.980
 bus kids don't

00:56:34.980 --> 00:56:35.440
 have a problem

00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:35.820
 with the King

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:36.380
 James Bible

00:56:36.380 --> 00:56:37.239
 just seminary

00:56:37.239 --> 00:56:37.940
 professors do

00:56:37.940 --> 00:56:40.400
 and that's a

00:56:40.400 --> 00:56:41.119
 true statement

00:56:41.119 --> 00:56:41.779
 trust me

00:56:41.779 --> 00:56:43.300
 I mean we

00:56:43.300 --> 00:56:44.000
 see bus kids

00:56:44.000 --> 00:56:44.679
 get saved at

00:56:44.679 --> 00:56:45.380
 our church and

00:56:45.380 --> 00:56:46.119
 we use the King

00:56:46.119 --> 00:56:46.880
 James Bible and

00:56:46.880 --> 00:56:47.380
 they don't have

00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:47.940
 any problem with

00:56:47.940 --> 00:56:48.099
 it

00:56:48.099 --> 00:56:49.059
 my wife by the

00:56:49.059 --> 00:56:49.360
 way is a

00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:51.039
 bus kid and

00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:51.819
 got saved and

00:56:51.819 --> 00:56:52.159
 grew in the

00:56:52.159 --> 00:56:52.559
 King James

00:56:52.559 --> 00:56:53.519
 Bible I

00:56:53.519 --> 00:56:53.960
 told you that

00:56:53.960 --> 00:56:54.639
 story yesterday

00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:55.339
 about Tyrone

00:56:55.339 --> 00:56:55.860
 and Vince

00:56:55.860 --> 00:56:59.079
 and you know

00:56:59.079 --> 00:56:59.860
 deep into crime

00:56:59.860 --> 00:57:00.539
 and sin and

00:57:00.539 --> 00:57:01.659
 Satanism I

00:57:01.659 --> 00:57:02.119
 mean they got

00:57:02.119 --> 00:57:02.639
 saved and grew

00:57:02.639 --> 00:57:03.000
 in the King

00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:03.500
 James Bible

00:57:03.500 --> 00:57:04.239
 don't let

00:57:04.239 --> 00:57:04.739
 somebody tell

00:57:04.739 --> 00:57:05.159
 you it's too

00:57:05.159 --> 00:57:05.779
 hard to read

00:57:05.779 --> 00:57:07.179
 that's just

00:57:07.179 --> 00:57:08.219
 marketing

00:57:08.219 --> 00:57:09.440
 advertisements

00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:11.440
 to sell

00:57:11.440 --> 00:57:12.039
 another Bible

00:57:12.039 --> 00:57:12.799
 well tomorrow

00:57:12.799 --> 00:57:14.779
 night we're

00:57:14.779 --> 00:57:15.119
 going to look

00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:16.179
 at the history

00:57:16.179 --> 00:57:16.739
 of the critical

00:57:16.739 --> 00:57:17.960
 text where

00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:18.359
 it came

00:57:18.359 --> 00:57:19.259
 from who

00:57:19.259 --> 00:57:20.000
 has produced

00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:20.699
 it its

00:57:20.699 --> 00:57:21.599
 principal editors

00:57:21.599 --> 00:57:22.559
 and you're

00:57:22.559 --> 00:57:22.859
 going to see

00:57:22.859 --> 00:57:23.319
 tomorrow night

00:57:23.319 --> 00:57:24.199
 a who's who

00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:26.139
 of apostasy

00:57:26.139 --> 00:57:27.319
 liberalism

00:57:27.319 --> 00:57:28.139
 heresy

00:57:28.139 --> 00:57:29.419
 adultery

00:57:29.419 --> 00:57:30.619
 and even the

00:57:30.619 --> 00:57:31.819
 occult I

00:57:31.819 --> 00:57:32.299
 mean these

00:57:32.299 --> 00:57:32.839
 I mean these

00:57:32.839 --> 00:57:33.639
 these are people

00:57:33.639 --> 00:57:34.179
 that are involved

00:57:34.179 --> 00:57:35.279
 in developing

00:57:35.279 --> 00:57:35.719
 the critical

00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:36.299
 text and it's

00:57:36.299 --> 00:57:37.019
 all documentable

00:57:37.019 --> 00:57:38.819
 history I

00:57:38.819 --> 00:57:39.739
 call tomorrow's

00:57:39.739 --> 00:57:40.659
 message the

00:57:40.659 --> 00:57:41.279
 bad guys

00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:43.280
 Wednesday night

00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:43.960
 we're going

00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:44.580
 to talk about

00:57:44.580 --> 00:57:46.260
 the good

00:57:46.260 --> 00:57:48.220
 guys the

00:57:48.220 --> 00:57:48.900
 history of

00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:50.620
 the traditional

00:57:50.620 --> 00:57:51.360
 text editors

00:57:51.360 --> 00:57:52.240
 and men who

00:57:52.240 --> 00:57:52.820
 were martyred

00:57:52.820 --> 00:57:53.400
 for the cause

00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:53.700
 of the word

00:57:53.700 --> 00:57:54.320
 of God and

00:57:54.320 --> 00:57:55.300
 men who are

00:57:55.300 --> 00:57:56.000
 soul winners

00:57:56.000 --> 00:57:56.820
 and men who

00:57:56.820 --> 00:57:57.620
 got saved

00:57:57.620 --> 00:57:58.900
 from studying

00:57:58.900 --> 00:58:00.280
 the text and

00:58:00.280 --> 00:58:01.580
 printing it and

00:58:01.580 --> 00:58:02.540
 it's a fascinating

00:58:02.540 --> 00:58:03.260
 story that message

00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:03.800
 is about the good

00:58:03.800 --> 00:58:05.080
 guys so tomorrow

00:58:05.080 --> 00:58:05.860
 night is the bad

00:58:05.860 --> 00:58:07.280
 guys Wednesday

00:58:07.280 --> 00:58:08.200
 night is the good

00:58:08.200 --> 00:58:10.040
 guys don't miss

00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:11.059
 either father this

00:58:11.059 --> 00:58:11.820
 evening thank you

00:58:11.820 --> 00:58:12.360
 for the privilege

00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:13.079
 and the opportunity

00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:14.039
 to talk about your

00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:14.380
 word