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The Doctrine of Preservation?

Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by franklinmonroe, Aug 4, 2009.

  1. Harold Garvey

    Harold Garvey New Member

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    A task of enormity for man to be sure he had it all right.

    Nonsense and makes way for suspicions to take advantage here.
    Do you really want to go there? God has not provided anything inferior, unless you want to blame God for allowing inferior Bibles to remain inferior.
    Um, dont we still have the Canon?
    Don't know, but since you seem to know, tell us.
     
  2. franklinmonroe

    franklinmonroe Active Member

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    As best I can tell, God did not promise a perfect jot-&-tittle preservation of the Scriptures on Earth.

    Generations of common people since Moses wrote the first inspired words had limited access to Scripture, and the few handwritten documents they may have seen all had copiest flaws. Literate folks (but non-scholars) before the advent of printing (15th century AD) would not have recognized these errors since they would not likely ever had the opportunity to compare their Bible (probably in Latin) closely with another. They did not get a perfect Bible text, but it was what God provided them. God did not fail them. It was enough.

    Despite great efforts to combine the best texts from ancient documents there are still a few small places where it seems the text is uncertain; at least, (lacking originals) we cannot objectively state that we now have a perfect Bible text. This is what God has provided the post-printing generation. God has not failed us. It is enough.
     
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  3. Harold Garvey

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    We're not talking "text" when it comes to the Bible, well, you are, but I'm not.

    Preservation of the intention deemed forth of the wordings and making sure the context is right is where we find the Lord has His word for us all. Misinformation comes from the altered manuscripts.

    Many excerpts from the KJV are left out altogether due to the use of some of these altered ones.

    What about the discrepencies?
     
  4. Jim1999

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    The only "preserves" I know are sitting in sealed jars in the pantry. They do keep well, and serves us well in time.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
  5. franklinmonroe

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    It would seem that (primarily) some single version exclusivists are attempting to hijack the historic meaning of the Doctrine of Preservation. They are compelled by their own presuppositions and convinced in their minds by their own reasoning. They ask: Would God inspire the text and not also 'perfectly' preserve it? (They are also saying that Inspiration is worthless without their particular concept of Preservation).

    They have not presented a convincing Scriptural argument to support their claim that God "promised" to preserve the Scripture for us on Earth. I believe God has preserved the Scriptures, but I cannot find an obligation in Scripture for Him to do so.
     
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  6. Harold Garvey

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    I'm preserved by the Preserved word of God and I'm not in a jar as of yet.:laugh:
     
  7. Harold Garvey

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    If you're going to make that claim you'll need something to back it up other than your words above.

    God is never under any obligation, so you'll never find that one.:sleep:

    A concept of "forever settled in heaven" is that the word of God is just above man's ability to rationalize it away.:thumbsup:
     
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