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Many people write and ask
about a certain version of the Bible. With over 200 different English
versions available and a new one coming out every 6 months, it’s difficult to
individually separate Satan’s counterfeits from the Word of God.
We created 25 simple
checks to spot one of Satan’s counterfeits.
If any Bible version
fails any one of the following tests – it is one of Satan’s counterfeits. You
can click on any of the check verses to display the authentic Word of God for
comparison.
Note: This is by no means ALL the fraud and corruption found in the
counterfeits. There are thousands of such distortions. This is a simple and
quick checklist.
Check
your Bible and see if it is a counterfeit.
1.
Genesis 22:8
The counterfeits change ". . . My son, God will provide himself a lamb
for a burnt offering:. . ." to distort the prophesy that God would
become the Lamb. The counterfeits read as, "God will provide for Himself
the lamb. . ." or "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt
offering". The fulfillment of Genesis 22:8 is found in John 1:29.
2.
Isaiah 14:12
Most counterfeits confuse the Lord Jesus Christ with Lucifer. They replace
the word "Lucifer" with "morning star, day star, star of the
morning". Morning star is a title reserved for the Lord Jesus in Revelation
22:16. This is also the only time the word "Lucifer" is found
in the Word of God. In Isaiah
14:15 the counterfeits do not send Lucifer to "hell" but only
to the confusing "Sheol", or the "grave".
3.
Matthew 20:20
Many counterfeits remove the words "worshipping him" and rob
worship from the Lord Jesus Christ. Some will replace "worshipping
him" with "kneeling down" or "kneeling before", but
just simply "kneeling" is not worship.
4.
Matthew 26:28
Many counterfeits replace the phrase "new testament" with the
generic phrase "new agreement" or "new covenant". This is
an obvious attack on the written Word of God. It’s interesting, even though
the counterfeits remove the phrase "new testament", they do not
title their New Testaments as "New Agreement" or "New
Covenant". Why? The counterfeiters know they could not sell their
counterfeit bearing the title "New Agreement" or "New
Covenant" on the cover, so like any good counterfeiter, they disguise
it.
5.
Mark 3:29
The counterfeits change the serious consequences of blaspheme against the
Holy Ghost from "eternal damnation" to "eternal sin" or
"eternal condemnation".
6.
Luke 4:4
Many counterfeits remove the last half of Luke 4:4, ". . . but by every
word of God" This is another assault on the Word of God. In Luke 4:4,
the Lord Jesus Christ is quoting Deuteronomy 8:3. Do the counterfeiters
believe the Lord Jesus does not know what Deuteronomy 8:3 says?
7.
Luke 4:8
Many counterfeits remove the words "get thee behind me, Satan".
Here the Lord Jesus Christ openly rebukes Satan – but the counterfeits do not
rebuke Satan.
8.
Luke 16:23
Many counterfeits refuse to translate the Greek word "haides".
Rather than translate "haides" to the word "hell", the
counterfeit will transliterate the Greek word "haides" into the
English "hades". By this trick the counterfeit attempts to
extinguish the flames of hell. Hades is not "hell". Hell is flames,
torments, weeping and wailing, complete darkness – forever. Hades is a
new-age place of purification, or a fantasy place in Greek mythology. The
Assyrian Hades is an abode of blessedness with silver skies called Happy
Fields.
9.
John 4:24
Many counterfeits change "God is a spirit" to "God is
spirit". By removing the critical article "a", the
counterfeits teach an impersonal, formless, esoteric, new-age "spirit
god".
10.
John 14:16
Many counterfeits change the Holy Spirit from a loving, concerned
"Comforter" to simply another "Helper, Counselor".
11.
Acts 2:47
Many counterfeits change the completed act of "saved" to the
working, in progress "being saved". With this change, the
counterfeits deny the complete and finished salvation in the blood of Jesus
Christ to a progressive, salvation by works. You are no longer
"saved" but in the process of "being saved". See also in
1 Corinthian 1:18 and 2 Corinthians 2:15.
12.
Acts 4:27
Many counterfeits abort the Lord Jesus Christ as the Father’s "holy
child" to His "holy servant". A subtle (see Genesis 3:1) and
clever denial of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. The counterfeits do this
again in Acts 4:30.
13.
Acts 8:37
Some counterfeits completely remove this wonderful verse (and several
others). Acts 8:37 is the Ethiopian eunuch getting saved. The counterfeits
stop him from getting saved. Some counterfeits are a little more subtle. They
do not remove the verse from the text, but will add a footnote questioning
the verse and plant a seed of doubt. Sound familiar? "Yea, hath God
said. . .?" Many counterfeits also remove: Matthew 17:21, 18:11, 23:14, Mark
7:16, 9:44, 9:46, Mark 11:26, 15:28, Luke 17:36, 23:17, John 5:4, Acts 8:37,
15:34, 24:7, 28:28, Romans 16:24 and 1 John 5:7!
14.
Acts 17:29
The counterfeits change "Godhead" to the new age doctrine of
"Divine Nature" or "Divine Being".
15.
Romans 6:22
Many counterfeits demote Christians from the voluntary, loving "servants
of God" to cruel "enslaved" or "slaves of God". The
counterfeits describe my Father as a "slave owner" and His precious
children as "slaves". Oh how contrary and wicked to the character
of my loving and wonderful Heavenly Father! This is done many times in the counterfeits.
It's amazing because the first part of Romans 6:22 reads ". . . being
made free from sin,. . ." and according to the counterfeits we now are
slaves!
16.
1 Corinthians 1:21
Many counterfeits change ". . .the foolishness of preaching. . ."
to the "foolishness of what was preached" or "foolishness of
the message preached". The deceitful counterfeits change the object
of "foolishness" from the act of "preaching" to the
"message" of preaching – the gospel of the Lord Jesus. There’s
nothing "foolish" about the "message" of Jesus Christ –
it’s the greatest and most reasonable message in the history of the universe!
1 Corinthians 1:18, shines some eye-opening light on the counterfeiters. 1
Corinthians 1:18 says ". . . the preaching of the cross is to them
that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of
God." It makes you wonder. . . are the publishers of these counterfeits
saved?
17.
1 Corinthians 6:9
The counterfeits change the word "effeminate" to
"homosexual" or "male prostitutes". This dilutes the
serious warning of just the appearance or mannerism (effeminate) to the
sexual act of homosexuals.
18.
2 Corinthians 2:17
The counterfeits change the word "corrupt the word of God" to
"peddling (or selling) the word of God". An apparent attempt by the
counterfeiters to hide the fact they are "corrupting the word of
God". It won’t work. . . God knows what they are doing.
19.
2 Corinthians 10:5
The counterfeits change "imaginations" to "arguments" or
"obstacles" or "speculations". This change lines the
counterfeit up with the new age religion, as the new age is built upon
"imaging" and "imaginations". It also removes the
spiritual identification to where sin begins – in our imaginations.
20.
Colossians 1:14
Many counterfeits remove the phrase "through his blood". Salvation
is only "through his blood". Without shedding of blood is no
remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22)
21.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
The counterfeits change "all appearance of evil" to "every
form (or kind) of evil".
22.
1 Timothy 3:16
Many counterfeits change the crucial word "God" to the unmodified,
vague pronoun "he". This is the clearest verse in the Bible stating
that Jesus Christ was "God manifest in the flesh" and the
counterfeits destroy it.
23.
1 Timothy 6:10
The counterfeits add the words "kinds of". This addition dilutes
the conclusive statement, ". . .the love of money is the root of all
evil" to the subjective ". . .the love of money is a root of all
kinds of evil".
24.
2 Timothy 2:15
The counterfeits remove the word "study". The counterfeits do not
want you to study your Bible. You might just find out they are mutilating it.
25.
Revelation 1:5
Many counterfeits change the wonderful words "washed us from our sins in
his own blood," to "loosed" or "freed" us from our
sins. Revelation 1:5 is the only verse in the Bible that says you are washed
in the blood – and the counterfeits destroy it. What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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