Bob says there is an error,

Bob calls Jesus Christ a liar.

Do you?

Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Matthew 5:18 ForG1063 verilyG281 I sayG3004 unto you,G5213 TillG2193 heavenG3772 andG2532 earthG1093 pass,G3928 oneG1520 jotG2503 orG2228 oneG3391 tittleG2762 shall in no wiseG3364 passG3928 fromG575 theG3588 law,G3551 tillG2193 allG3956 be fulfilled.G1096

jotG2503 = Of Hebrew origin (the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet); "iota", the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put (figuratively) for a very small part of anything: - jot.

tittleG2762 =Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of G2768; something horn like, that is, (specifically) the apex of a Hebrew letter (figuratively the least particle)

The smallest part of...

law,G3551 = law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), generally (regulation), specifically (of Moses [including the volume]; also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)

[including the volume]

The smallest part of the volume, the Book.

Shall not pass away.

If the volume, or Book, of the Word of God, has 1 error, then the error replaces the truth. And the truth, that was there, before the error was there, has passed away.

We believe God created all things, He parted the Red Sea, He raises the dead, etc... But, alas, poor 'God', He hasn't the power to MAINTAIN 800,000 words in the precise way He wishes to!

John 17:17 Thy Word IS Truth.

Well, not if there is one error in it, Jesus.

See the problem, Bob?

This is the most devisive doctrine of all.

If I say there is an error in God's Holy Word, I have called Jesus a liar. Christians do not call Jesus a liar.

They believe what He says, in faith. Then they KNOW that there is one volume, somewhere on this planet, where God has PRESERVED His Holy Word, perfectly.

Psalm 138:2 ...for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psa 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

His Word = above all thy name, are pure words, thou shalt preserve them .

Cause and Effect

Act 1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

Act 1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Act 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

What happened there?

They did not know which one God wished to have replace Judas Iscariot. So, they prayed, then they drew lots.

This way GOD CAUSES THEM to draw the lot, HE WANTS THEM TO DRAW.

God has given man free will, (or the stupidity of Calvinism is true), BUT, God has absolute Sovereign rule over creation, ALL of it.

He CAUSED them to draw the lot He wanted them to. They had no say in the matter, and they knew that.

Genesis 20:1 - 6, culminates in this statement by God, "for I also withheld thee (Abimelech) from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. "

He CAUSED Abimelech not to sin against Him. And Abimelech had NO say in the matter.

Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

God will CAUSEa king to do His will, and the king has no say in the matter.

God does not say, He holds the name of the 12th apostle above His name, nor does He say He holds the prevention of Abimelech's sin above His name, nor does He say, He will turn a king's will whichever way He wishes to because He holds world history above all His name

He holds HIS HOLY WORD above His name!

But men will tell you, that God will not CAUSE men to choose this word, over that word, to PRESERVE HIS HOLY WORD!

Those men lie, God will do what ever He wants to do, to whom ever He wishes to do something to, and NO MAN stays His hand!

To cause a translator to choose this word or that word, over another word, is NOT inspiration, (that has already been done) !

THAT IS PRESERVATION, AND A SOVEREIGN GOD WILL PRESERVE HIS HOLY WORD, ANY WAY HE SEES FIT!

And woe to the man, (the 'Christian'), who says that He won't do that, or that He hasn't done that!

Bob, if we did not stand back and consider the weight of the matter, and see that God places His Word ABOVE His Name, and then, if we did not remember that He is JEALOUS of His name. Then we could simply say, the translators did the best they could, and open the volume that is the translators opinion, of God's Holy Word.

Nobody considers WHO THEY ARE DEALING WITH anymore!

In His Service,

Craig