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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE AND WHEN YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU BELIEVE, THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WRONG? I HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BEING A SIN TO CARVE AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING OUT OF A PALM TREE TRUNK AND I SAID THAT ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, I DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A SIN. THEY ASKED ME WHAT I DID WITH THE SECOND OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, DEUTERONOMY 5:8, WHICH READS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION "Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth." WHEN THEY QUOTED THAT, THEY DID NOT CONTINUE WITH VERSE 9 WHICH READS, "Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them."
I LIKE USING THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE BUT A LOT OF TIMES I SEE WHAT OTHER VERSIONS SAY. I DID THIS ON THIS VERSE AND HERE IS WHAT IT SAYS IN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, "You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them." NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THIS TRANSLATION OR THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE WHICH READS, "You shall not make for yourself [to worship] a graven image or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them." IT SEEMS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT MAKING AN IMAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP, IT WOULD BE OK TO CARVE AN ANIMAL FIGURE FOR ITS BEAUTY.
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURE IS SAYING BUT YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BIBLE, BE SURE IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING AN ANSWER, NOT TO TRY TO ARGUE WITH SOMEONE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND TO BELIEVE. THIS, TO ME, IS A SIN.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
