Which is real? Which is fake? How do you know?
And why does it matter?
Hi, I'm David Daniels from Chick Publications.
When I was a textbook manager at a college bookstore,
a Secret Service agent came over to tell about the difference
between real and counterfeit. When they trained him
they put him in a room, he said, and he was surrounded
by real dollar bills.
They could rip it, they could tear it, they could taste it, they could burn it,
they could feel it, they could crumple it up,
they could wet it, they could look at it...
And at the end of a numbers of hours, and with a little more instruction,
they could tell a counterfeit.
So what is a counterfeit? Here is a simple definition:
A counterfeit, a fake is absolutely anything, anything at all,
that is not 100% real.
You start with the genuine article. So what do you look for?
You don't look for similarities. You look for differences.
Because two items (one of these is counterfeit)
They can be 98% the same, but that 2% that proves
it's a counterfeit.
It's the same way with Bibles. You want to start with the right one.
How about the one that everyone seems to want to counterfeit
or to change? The one. That's right, the King James Bible.
Then you don't look for really big changes.
You look for little ones.
The King James Bible represents God's holy words,
preserved through the ages, correctly translated into English,
preserved for you and me, tested over 400 years...
It's the same Bible. This is what God said.
Then you don't look for giant differences. This is a dead giveaway.
Yes, that's really Joseph Smith Jr.'s name right there.
Kirtland Bank, a $3 bill. (Maybe that's where the saying comes from.)
It's the same with the Joseph Smith Bible. Big differences.
A great, dead giveaway is to go to Genesis 50.
You should check it out yourself.
In Genesis 50 in a real Bible there are only 26 verses.
But not in a Joseph Smith, personally "Inspired Version." There are 38.
And boy, are those verses long, like in the Book of Mormon.
Let me give you just a part of verse 33. That's where it says,
"...and his name shall be called Joseph, and it shall be after the name of his father;
and he shall be like unto you; for the thing which the Lord shall
bring forth by his hand shall bring my people unto salvation."
He's predicting himself in his "Inspired Version." And in verse 34 it predicts Moses by name,
tells that he is gonna lead his people like a flock,
he's gonna hold a rod in his hand, he's gonna smite the waters of the Red Sea...
I don't know what the mystery was to Moses in Exodus 2, 3 and 4! Because boy,
it's all here in Genesis in the "Inspired Version."
Then it mentions Aaron in verse 35... Ehh, come on!
This is BIG differences. I'm talking LITTLE differences in a counterfeit.
For instance, the King James II.
In the King James II, let's go to 1 Corinthians 1:18.
In a real Bible in 1 Corinthians 1:18, it talks about the preaching of the cross.
"But unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Us which are saved.
We are saved, no ifs, ands or buts.
But... in the King James II it says
"but to us who are BEING saved," in the process of salvation.
Little, but counterfeit!
What about the New King James? Well, the New King James,
in the same passage, 1 Corinthians 1:18, says "but to us who are BEING saved
it is the power of God." It's the exact same thing.
In fact, it is the same changed meaning that you find in
the various NIVs, Bible in Basic English, the Common English
Bible, the Complete Jewish Bible,
Holman Christian Standard, English Revised Version, English Standard,
God's Word, Idiomatic Translation, New American Bible,
New American Standard, NET Bible, New Jerusalem, New Living,
George Noyes, New Revised Standard, the Rotherham everybody's reading,
the RSV, Young's Literal, That's over 20,
and who knows what the Voice Bible is trying to say?
Listen for yourself. 1 Corinthians 1:18 in the Voice Bible:
"But for those of us who are already experiencing the reality
of being rescued and made right..."
Oh, come on. "Us which are saved."
It's so much easier.
Or saying it's not "narrow," the way that leads to life,
but in the New King James it's "difficult."
Or saying in Acts 3:26, not that Jesus is God's "Son,"
but rather God's "Servant." Capital "S," but still a servant.
Once I accept a bill, or a Bible, it becomes my responsibility,
because when I have a Bible, that's probably what I'm going to read,
but not only that, I am gonna recommend it,
I'm gonna teach it, and I'm probably gonna give it away.
As Jesus said in Matthew 12:36, "But I say unto you,
That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof
in the day of judgment."
We need God's actual words in our language, to know what it is
God is holding us accountable for.
Don't settle for a counterfeit.
God bless you, and have a wonderful day.