A Sick Nation: No Guidance

1/16/2019

It is easy to be an observer of human frailty and faultiness. It is easy to wag the tongue about what goes on amongst the ungodly of the land. The critics abound toward the actions of others, either observed or perceived. But taking the evil activities down to the raw and looking at those who do such things as they are; the decadent, the immoral, the godless: these sometimes turn out to be people we know: people theretofore we would have been in the company of, if not in our own families. We are a people with no authoritative guidance. 

Why do you suppose that sort of reasoning is even remotely a possible answer to today’s dilemma? Because of something that took place one hundred and 18 years ago: the removal of the King James Bible as the standard for understanding and applying God’s will for this earth. Ask as many “open-minded” people, or believers in modern discipline (no corporal punishment), or left-leaning socialistic politicians, or denominationalists in the religious world—ask them, “where can I lay my hands on the infallible word of God in the world today?” 99%+ will say, “you can’t.” And people wonder what’s wrong with our world.

IN 1901, the American Bible Society published a bible: The American Standard Version. This version left out 17 extremely important verses in the New Testament. It altered drastically hundreds of others, all of which changed the usual understanding of whole passages and /or fundamental belief in who the “righteous judge” of all mankind was, who was His Son’s father, the cost and worth of the cross of Jesus Christ, His death, burial and resurrection and how one could obtain eternal life. These changes didn’t obliterate the doctrines, just muddied the water so that “intellectuals” of the day could cast doubt on core beliefs and tear down the foundational studies of God’s word. (Take the time to read the history of BIOLA University of Los Angeles. Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Why is it now just a liberal arts school? What happened to bible study and why? It is a clear picture of what happened nation-: yea, worldwide.)

In the ensuing 99 years of the 20th Century after our Lord Jesus Christ came to this earth, there were 99 more versions of the bible written: virtually everyone who had an opinion wrote his/her/their own version, some having the audacity to refer to it as a “holy bible!” The shame, the putrifying sore boil of religious bigotry! What a travesty!

I hope this keeps you awake just a little longer tonight. Sorry to be so long writing this short essay today

Thanks for reading, the Elder