How to spot the Devil

Sidon said:

Do you read and speak fluent "koine greek"?

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No, I know just enough to do word studies and work my accordance software pretty much.

The Lord built my connections and I'm thankful. There's a balance in their words and behavior. Practicing what we preach is very important to us. We have a mutual sense of duty about our callings, influence, and presentations.

We don't ply one another with isms. It's fine to share a word but there's something else that follows. We look for application and accountability. Are you doing what you said? Where are you in the process? And so on.

There's a lot of things that tickle the ears. When you look under the hood its smoke and mirrors. I'm looking for testimonies. Not sound bytes. I'm leery of people who are word rich and poor in fruit. I don't eat from every tree. Or believe everything I hear. I test it.

Discernment has never been more important than it is today. Satan's aim is to take us off course and we have to stay on track. Minimizing my exposure and staying close to the Lord has helped a lot. The leaven is pleasing to the palate.

~bella

Sidon said:

Yes.

The best way to find out if your new version is a bible, or is a work of a pack of deceivers is to check it verse by verse with the KJV.

The first one to throw away would be the NIV.
But there are many others.

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I agree the NIV is horrendous

BeyondET said:

wheres the only begotten God you mentioned?

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John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.

BeyondET said:

Greek is not the end all for sure.
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Modern linguistics (thanks to the input of cognisant Messianic Jewish and gentile scholars) shows that the text themselves don't lend to an "original Greek" translation. A very good book you want to get with dozens of examples is, The Semitic Origin of the New Testament, by James Trimm. This can be ordered via www.nazarene.net. Also recommended is the Hebrew/Aramaic New Testament Research Institute at www.nazarene.net/hantri/

A HEBREW OR GREEK NEW TESTAMENT?

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It wouldn't be Hebrew since Jesus quotes the Septuagint. And the only places where Aramaic is used it is given and then translated.

Sidon said:

Do you read and speak fluent "koine greek"?

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Why don't you? Oh, yeah, that's right, seminaries don't require Greek to be known. They must expect you to trust the translation.

Sidon said:

Yes.

The best way to find out if your new version is a bible, or is a work of a pack of deceivers is to check it verse by verse with the KJV.

The first one to throw away would be the NIV.
But there are many others.

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See anything missing?

1 PETER 1:1 KJV "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,..."

1 Peter 1:1 Greek Text Analysis

The devil is real, the Bible can be trusted with its explanation of the evil and the influence on humans generally from this, but why focus attention on the enemy, while we have the advantage of focusing on who we serve who is without limit in power, and cares for us? Nothing is Satanic about obeying God in things.