Of the same fateful times we read again from inspired
history:
"Satan well knew that the Holy Scriptures
would enable men to discern his deceptions and withstand his power. It
was by the Word that even the Saviour of the world had resisted his
attacks. At every assault, Christ presented the shield of eternal truth,
saying, ‘It is written.’ To every suggestion of the adversary, he
opposed the wisdom and power of the Word. In order for Satan to maintain
his sway over men, and establish the authority of the papal usurper, he
must keep them in ignorance of the Scriptures. The Bible would
exalt God and place finite men in their true position; therefore its
sacred truths must be concealed and suppressed. This logic was adopted
by the Roman Church. For hundreds of years the circulation of the
Bible was prohibited. The people were forbidden to read it or to have it
in their houses, and unprincipled priests and prelates
interpreted its teachings to sustain their pretensions. Thus the pope
came to be almost universally acknowledged as the vicegerent of God on
earth, endowed with authority over church and state.
"The detector of error having been
removed, Satan worked according to his will. Prophecy had declared that
the papacy was to ‘think to change times and laws.’ Daniel
7:25."—Great Controversy, 51.
"In the early part of the fourth century
the emperor Constantine issued a decree making Sunday a public
festival throughout the Roman Empire."—Great Controversy, 53.
The "fourth century," the century of
corruptions, saw apostasy flourish. This was the century that saw the
origin of Jerome’s Latin Vulgate; the basis of the Roman
Catholic Bible—the Douay Version.
Latin, the common medium of the learned world, had
become the language of the Church’s worship and doctrine. When the
Council of Trent reaffirmed the Faith [errors] and revived the
discipline of the Church amid the confusion of that age, its earliest
sessions (in 1546) repeated the list of the Bible’s books and the
truth of their sacred authority. At the time there were different Latin
versions known in Europe. To fix upon one of them as an authoritative
standard, the Council gave its approbation to "the Vulgate,"
prepared late in the fourth century by Saint Jerome, the greatest
[Catholic] biblical scholar of antiquity.
The same "fourth century" saw the origin of
the Vaticanus and the Sinaiticus. These two corrupt manuscripts
are the basis and foundation of the NIV and its companion perversions,
the other modern versions.
The enemy’s desire to downgrade God’s
Commandments is well known to you all. His corrupt methods are seen in
the Emphatic Diaglott. It is apparent that the work of deception
has not ceased. Notice the deliberate changing of the words. The
left hand column contains the Greek Text of the Vatican Manuscript and
interlined with it the literal word corresponding in English. Now read
the right hand column for deliberate change. Are they traded on the
ignorance of trusting people?
Rev 22:14 "
Blessed
those doing the commandments of him, so that shall be the authority of
them over the word of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the
city." [Majority] Greek manuscripts.
"Blessed are THOSE who WASH their ROBES, so that
their RIGHT may be to the word of the life and they may enter by gates
into the city."—Rev 22:14, Vatican Manuscript, #1200 in the
Vatican Library [Vaticanus].
Rev 22:14 has never been popular with nominal
"Christians" who reject "the commandments of God."
They would make void the law of their Creator by their professed faith
in Christ. The apostle Paul separated himself from such teachings and so
should we all.
Rom 3:31
"Do
we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law."
Despite this clear statement of Scripture we need not
be surprised by the rejection of God’s law. The sure word of prophecy
foretold of just such apostate teaching.
Psalm 119:126
"It
is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void Thy law."
The time has come when they have made void God’s
law and, wonder of wonders, they do it by claiming that faith makes
void this law! Therefore, with them Rev. 22:14 must be gotten rid of
so as to silence God’s Eternal Ten.
A well known religious periodical The Sword of the
Lord [and John R. Rice] rejected "do His commandments" of
Rev. 22:14. They declared it teaches "salvation by works."
They say it teaches "Legalism," "Works," as opposed
to "Grace." How inconsistent, for according to the NIV and all
other Jesuit versions they too teach legalism and works just the same.
"Oh, consistency thou art a jewel."
Notice, according to the popular NIV, the ones who
wash their robes have right to the tree of life.
They do the washing. Is that not works? Note, nothing
is said about the finished work of Christ. Nothing about the new birth.
Merely they wash their robes. In all my experience I have never heard
any one try to expound this perversion. It came from the corruption of Origen,
Jerome and Eusebius, and the flatterers of Constantine. It
came in the fourth century.
The inspired words of the early church of the first
century must be our foundation. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus shows
who are going to Heaven and who will not go there. Our Lord closes His
sermon with an appeal to build on the Rock. He shows us how:-
Matt 7:24
"Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock."
Now from the words of our only Guide to Glory we see
the perfect harmony of Scripture and expose the perversions of the
"fourth century." Read again the two contrasting statements.
Rev 22:14 These two Bibles are teaching two different
doctrines:
"Wash their robes" is claimed by most NIV
users to mean forgiveness for past sins.
"They that do His commandments" are people
who are abiding in Christ.
Jesus clearly states:-
John 15:10
"If
ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love."
John 15:14 "Ye are My friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you."
John 14:15 "If ye love Me, keep My
commandments."
John 14:21 "He that hath My commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall
be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to
him."
When a person abides in Christ, he can—by that
abiding—do the commandments of God. Jesus promises:-
John 15:5
"He
that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
without Me ye can do nothing."
It is such exceeding great and precious promises of
Christ abiding in His servants that grants them power to obey and a
place in the City Eternal. Note these clear statements.
2 Peter 1:4
"Whereby
are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these
ye might be partakers of the divine nature."
By partaking of the divine nature of our Lord you are
enabled:-
2 Peter 1:10-11
"To
make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye
shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ."
That is why we read this:-
Rev 22:14
"Blessed
are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree
of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
Those who only "wash their robes," and then
keep on sinning, will never have right to the tree of life. The verses
just before call for a "holy," "righteous" people.
Jesus says this:-
Rev 22:12
"And,
behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man
according as his work shall be."
The Authorized (KJV) is correct:-
By the context.
By the early fathers before the fourth century.
By the earliest of manuscripts. The Syriac.
By the Coptic.
By the Received Text.
The NIV has the support of Origen, the
perverter of Scripture, Constantine and Jerome of the fourth
century—the century of corruption of truth. The century of the
change of the Sabbath to Sunday. The century of the introduction of the
pagan sign of the cross. The century of the first church father to quote
the perversion "wash their robes."
The Advocates of the NIV proudly claim that it is
based on "the two most reliable early manuscripts." These go
back to the "fourth century." They are the Vaticanus and
Sinaiticus. They are both from the Papacy. "Come out of her, My
people."
May our Lord lead you to love and follow:-
The Bible of the early church writers.
The Bible of the Waldenses.
The Bible of Tyndale, Luther, and all the Reformers.
The Bible of Wesley, Whitefield, and Spurgeon.
The Bible of the Adventists of 1844.
The Bible of God’s Truth of 1888.
The only Bible that S.D.A.’s ever published in
English—the Authorized Version (KJV).
Read again these inspired words. Note too that Sister
White repeatedly quoted Rev 22:14. Never once did she quote it as
found in the NIV or as found in the eighty other corrupt per - versions.
All of these per versions came from the Jesuit selected manuscripts.
In desperation to uphold the corrupt modern versions,
and "wash their robes" instead of "do His
commandments," Sister White’s statement in E.W. 17 was mentioned.
However, look it up for yourself. Here is the full statement. Jesus said
unto us:-
" ‘You have washed your robes in My blood, stood
stiffly for My truth, enter in.’ We all marched in and we felt
that we had a perfect right in the city."—Early Writings, 17.
Now look at this good statement again.
It certainly gives no support to any modern version.
None whatsoever. Note: "stood stiffly for My
truth."
In Psalms 119:142 we read "Thy righteousness is
an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth."
This favours the good, true version and refutes the modern corrupt
versions including the NIV.
There are two other statements in Early Writings
that leave no question as to where our Christ-given Spirit of Prophecy
stands.
"Jesus threw open the gates of the golden city
and led us in. Here we were made welcome, for we had kept the ‘commandments
of God’ and had a right to the tree of life."—Early
Writings, 35.
"All, all who keep the commandments of God,
will enter in through the gates into the city, and have right
to the tree of life."—Early Writings, 51.
CHAPTER 3
THE NIV AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
This is a shocking expose!
"9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Father which art in heaven, Hallowed by Thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our
daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."—Matt
6:9-13.
Now read it in the Douay Bible:-
Matt 6:13, Douay
"And
lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen."
Here is the NIV:-
Matt 6:13, NIV
"And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
Note both NIV and Douay finish the Lord’s Prayer
with evil!
They both omit "Thine be the glory" etc.
More evil done in the fourth century. A grand
cover-up. Taking away God’s glory.
Constantine, Jerome, Origen, Augustine.
It is claimed that St. Jerome omitted the half of
Matt. 6:13. He with Origen and Eusebius. They taught that the world was
getting better.
They taught they were entering into the millennium.
The kingdom was being set up on earth. The Douay (Roman Catholic) has
this note. Dan. 2:44:-
Dan 2:44
"A kingdom. The kingdom of Christ in the Catholic
Church, which cannot be destroyed."
Both St. Jerome and Eusebius were greatly influenced
by Origen. History claims that Origen "did most to create and give
direction to the forces of apostasy." Origen wrote "The
Scriptures are of little use to those who understand them as they are
written." (McClintock and Strong. Article, Origen.)
The Scriptures warn "Beware lest any man
spoil you through philosophy" (Col 2:8). Origen
ignored God’s warning and, while professing to be a Christian,
worshipped Greek philosophy. Philosophy was his supreme
authority, where Scripture got in his road, he changed it to suit
his pagan philosophies.
In Early Writings, Sister White makes this
illuminating statement:-
"I saw that God had especially guarded the
Bible; yet when copies were few, learned men had in some instances
changed the words, thinking that they were making it more plain, when in
reality they were mystifying that which was plain, by causing it to
lean to their established views, which were governed by tradition."—Early
Writings, 220-221.
St. Jerome was greatly influenced by Origen and so
was Bishop Eusebius. Both of these men were the servants and devoted
followers of Constantine. Changing Scripture meant little to these men.
They were church leaders and lived in the time when Sunday took the
place of the Sabbath. The cross began to be used, and placed on
professed Christian Churches. This is repeatedly stated by Catholic
Authorities. See "The Cross. Should We Display a Cross?" by
G. Burnside.
This "Fourth Century" was famous for
the climax of apostasy. It was in this century that Sunday was
exalted. The Sabbath of our Lord was pushed into the background. In this
same fourth century the pagan symbol of the cross was made a symbol
of Christianity. This was the century when the Vulgate was
compiled by St. Jerome. This contained "many errors" (GC
245). This was due to the corruptions, omissions, and changes by
such men as Origen and Jerome.
This was when "many errors" came
into the Catholic versions. These omissions and errors have been passed
on to the NIV and the other modern versions which are based largely on
the Vaticanus and Sinaitus, both Catholic Manuscripts.
The parallel, for instance between the NIV and the
Jesuit-prepared Douay version, is too close for comfort. The parallel is
no mistake. They come from a common source.
Remember! They both end the Lord’s prayer with
evil.
They both omit the words of our Lord.
They both omit the same important words of holy
Scripture in hundreds of other places.
Thank God, the Spirit of Prophecy still
upholds and exalts these words of Jesus:
"THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE
GLORY."
Here, read it for yourself, from the book, Mount
of Blessing:
" ‘Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory.’ Matthew 6:13.
"The last like the first sentence of the Lord’s
prayer, points to our Father as above all power and authority
and every name that is named. The Saviour beheld the years that
stretched out before His disciples, not, as they had dreamed, lying in
the sunshine of worldly prosperity and honor, but dark with the tempests
of human hatred and satanic wrath.
"Amid national strife and ruin, the steps of the
disciples would be beset with perils, and often their hearts would be
oppressed by fear. They were to see Jerusalem a desolation, the temple
swept away, its worship forever ended, and Israel scattered to all
lands, like wrecks on a desert shore.
"Jesus said, ‘Ye shall hear of wars and rumors
of wars.’ ‘Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,
in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.’ Matthew
24:6-8.
"Yet Christ’s followers were not to fear that
their hope was lost, or that God had forsaken the earth. The power and
the glory belong unto Him whose great purposes would still move on
unthwarted toward their consummation. In the prayer that breathes their
daily wants, the disciples of Christ were directed to look above all the
power and dominion of evil, unto the Lord their God, whose kingdom
ruleth over all, and who is their Father and everlasting Friend."—Mount
of Blessing, 120.
1 Chron 29:11-12 "Thine, O Lord, is
the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the
victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth
is Thine . . In Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand
it is to make great, and to give strength unto all."
Isaiah 8:20 "To the law and to the
testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there
is no light in them."
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"We cannot overestimate the value of simple
faith and unquestioning obedience."—That I May Know Him, 116.
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