Bible editing by the church.?

Question

I have read that they edited out a whole chapter in the bible.

I also witnessed it. I was encouraged to go to the Assemblies of God church by my then boyfriend I went where they were preaching about the wrongness of gays, pagans, hindus, muslims, etc even catholics, church of england etc. So even against other christians.

I found the passage in the bible. And now Im can't remember the numbers exactly its been quite a few years.

But it was in Romans 14 verse something..//????

He who is of the faith do not judge another man who comes and is not a faith of his own. I pointed this out to a priest/clergyman/pastor.

A whole month later a new and revised edition of the king james bible was in the church and that paragraph was not in it.

I want to know why man thinks he has the right to edit GODS words??? I want to know who thinks he is qualified to do such a thing??? Afterall GOD didn't put it in the bible if he himself didn't believe in it. So why take it out.

Answer 1

Dear Tania S,

i'm not sure exactly what was taught at the Assemblies of God church you attended but it doesn't sound very biblical. The church is supposed to be teaching the Bible and showing people what God wants for them through the word of God.

In the book of Revelation 22:18-19 (specifically referring to the book of Revelation) we are reminded not to add or take away from God's word.

i'm not sure as to the passage you are referring to- but i do know that what you described is unbiblical and it's a good thing to separate yourself from that church- as their teachings will not be based on what is pleasing to God- but seemingly what is pleasing to the men who run that church. People who serve God should be interested in what God is interested in- not in their own thing... after all the Bible teaches it is God who appoints men to that job so that they can equip (help others) follow God and do the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:12).

Hope that helps. Kindly,

Nickster

Answer 2

There are both books and websites where the apocryphal writings can be read. Such writings were never part of the Bible, so no Bible contains them. The Bible was compiled at the end of the 4th Century by the bishops of the Catholic Church, at the direction of the Pope. After studying and discerning nearly 200 texts from many different sources, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they selected 73 texts which they could say with certainty were divinely inspired. They bound those 73 texts into a single book for the first time, and called that book "the book" - in Greek, "Biblios". Those 73 divinely inspired texts, no more and no less, constitute the Holy Christian Bible. Every Bible that existed for the next 1,200 years had exactly the same texts as the original Bible compiled in 396 A.D. If he had his way, Protestants today would be using an incomplete Bible of 63 books instead of the incomplete Bible of 66 books they do use. But the complete Holy Bible can still be found in any Catholic book store, without a word removed, added, or changed from the original. In the 16th Century, Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, decided to remove 10 books of God's Holy Word that contained teaching contrary to some of his novel doctrinal ideas - 7 Old Testament books and 3 New Testament books. His followers were on the verge of rebellion over trashing the writings of the Apostles, so he had to back down on removing the New Testament books, but he still removed the 7 Old Testament books that every Christian on Earth had used during the previous 1,200 years.

Answer 3

Wow, that's odd. But, there are so many translations of the Bible (NIV, New Living Translation, The Message, The Amplified Bible, English Standard Version, et cetera) that there is no way that one church can edit all of them....especially since the Assembly of God isn't even really that big of a denomination.
Therefore, either it wasn't really removed, you just can't find it now...or, worse, you're lying. I really hope you're not lying. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure it's in the Bible somewhere, in that case.
There is another option. At that time, there was only one denomination of Christianity. Why would something have been in the Bible, which was not a prophesy, about respecting those of other faiths?
Perhaps you misread the passage. I've never read anything like that, and I've been studying the Bible since I learned how to read (I was three or four.).

Answer 4

I am an Assembly of God minister, so let me give you what is hopefully an informed answer. I'm assuming you are a believer in Christ disturbed by whatever happened here.

First of all, if you believe in the Bible, then you understand that certain behaviors are sin and that God hates sin (not sinners, of which I am one). He hatest my sin and he hates sexual sin - including homosexuality.

And, if the Bible teachest Truth, and there are others who disagree with the Truth, then they are in error. We can't proclaim the Bible to be True and then state other religions are true. The Christian faith described by the Bible is radically different that other faith systems, despite what you may hear in the media.

Back to the topic - all this preaching is against the sin and false belief systems, not against the people who hold these different views. We love all people - including our enemies. All sharing of the Good News, the gospel, must be done with love (Eph 4:15). So this type of discussion/preaching must be done carefully out of LOVE.

Personally, I generally think it is a bad idea to even discuss other Christian groups by name from the pulpit. It's best to put forth Biblical truth and let the listener think about it. (ie, I would preach to pray to the Father in the name of Jesus. I don't specifically address prayer to Mary and the Saints, which is a misguided Catholic teaching).

Ok, I just reread Romans 14 and the general idea here is that Paul wrote this letter to the Romans encouraging the people not to squabble and have division over nonessentials of the faith - such as what food to eat, what day to keep holy, etc. The early church struggled with the new freedoms found in Christ and some wanted to keep the Kosher rules and tradition Sabbath -while others disagreed. So, when it comes to such unimportant topics, we need to not judge one another. If you worship on Saturday - great. If you worship Sunday - wonderful. Give it all to the LORD. The real question is - Do you know Jesus? Have you confessed him as your LORD and believed that He rose from the dead (Romans 10:9, etc)

Romans 14 does not address believing completely different faiths - Paul was addressing differences of opinion within the Christian church. This is the context. (Always remember the context of a scripture passage when you are seeking understanding.)

The Bible never condones non-Christian faiths. In fact, the apostles all went to their death (except John) because they knew that faith in God through Christ is critically important.

As for editing God's word - that would be an abomination. If you have an example of the Bible being editing by your pastor and/or church leadership, that would be a gravely, serious offense and I would recommend that you bring it up with your AG district offices. I don't know where you live, but most district offices have websites that you can find through ag.org.

That kind of behavior is NOT acceptable in any Christian church, including the Assemblies of God.

Always bring your own mainstream Bible to church and make sure that your preacher uses it for his sermons. That way you can make sure he sticks with the truth and doesn't insert a lot of personal opinions.

I hope this helps. God bless!

Answer 5

My trusty NIV has that verse you mentioned, and I call it "trusty" because since I've learned Greek (which the New Testament was written in) my NIV has held up pretty well.

Firstly, that scripture you posted concerned holy days and dietary laws, and if one wants to eat meat then for that person meat is clean, but if another wants to eat just vegetables or whatever, they should not be compelled to eat meat because it would be forsaking their beliefs, even if meat is clean (that is, spiritually lawful to eat).

Concerning the church's views against sexual immorality, Paul, who wrote that scripture you gave the pastor, also wrote, "I have written you in my latter not to associate with sexually immoral people - not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother [that is, a Christian] but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." (1st Cor 5:9-13)

Now Paul is a bit strict, but he is not saying "do not let immoral people come to church" but instead that the church cannot endorse people who claim to be Christians yet are stricken with such immorality, and Christians cannot say homosexuality isn't a sin just so homosexuals might embrace Christianity. We have to abide by our moral principles because we are supposed to be bound by righteousness, set free from immorality. We are not charged with going out on the streets and telling everyone they are wicked sinners, our responsibility is our own spiritual walk and assisting our brethren.

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses have noted that some recent printings of the ostensible "King James Version" have actually removed the four occurences of "Jehovah" which have been there for almost four hundred years!

It is either unexplainable superstition, hatred of Jehovah's Witnesses, or the influence of Satan.

(2 Corinthians 4:4) The god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/

Answer 7

I know there's a verse how you should judge someone who is on the inside who calls himself a christian, but that you have no right to judge those on the outside. Something like that.

Maybe the wording was different.

I have never seen anything like that.

Answer 8

J Ws have been doin it since 1949 so whats your point. They made their own bible.

Mormons beleived a demonically possessed man and his cohorts and added a book they beleive is greater than the bible. So what?

Muhammed denies the deity of Christ and wrote a book and millions follow him.

The WORD of GOD has never changed. Men try to change the WORD to suit their doctrine instead of changing the doctrine to suit the WORD. Go figure Eh!!

Answer 9

revelations 22:18 ( the last page in the bible) "i warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds anything to them: god will add to him the plagues described in this book and if anyone takes away words from this book, god will take away from him his share in the tree of life."

Answer 10

It makes no difference whatsoever to people like him. He is one of those fundies who will use lies and deceit to justify the use of religion in supporting his intolerence. It's a typical trick of the fundies. They will lie and lie just to support their hatred and ignorance.