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Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WHO IS THE WHO?

« Last post by doug on February 28, 2026, 03:55:51 pm »

Who is being talked about in this verse?
[1 Timothy 6:16 KJV] "Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen."

"Who only hath immortality" refers to both the Father and the Son........... [John 1:1 KJV] "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
[John 1:4 KJV] "In him was life; and the life was the light of men." .............Both the Father and the Son have eternal life and both are immortal..............[1 John 1:2 KJV] "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"
[1 John 5:20 KJV] "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."

"dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see" This refers to God the Father, of whom it is said no man can see............[John 1:18 KJV] "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him]."

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / COULD THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM BE ANOTHER GOSPEL?

« Last post by doug on February 28, 2026, 10:26:26 am »

[Galatians 1:6 KJV] "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:"
[Galatians 1:7 KJV] "Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.".........Peter was preaching another gospel which included the Mosaic law, it was the gospel of the kingdom. The kingdom was the promised earthly kingdom, in which, the believing remnant of Israel would reign with Christ for a thousand years............[Matthew 5:18 KJV] "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
[Matthew 5:19 KJV] "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.".........The kingdom of heaven was the prophetic earthly millennial kingdom. Whoever failed to keep the law and taught others to do likewise would be least in the kingdom.........[Acts 15:1 KJV] "And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved."...........keeping the law was a requirement for the kingdom, which would motivate these men to compel brethren to be circumcised so they would be saved to enter the kingdom and be great in it as well.........[Acts 2:16 KJV] "But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;"
[Acts 2:20 KJV] "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:".........Peter, preaching at Pentecost, was saying that the filling of the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues was a fulfilment of Joel. Peter was preaching to Israel that before the day of the Lord would come, they would endure the tribulation........... [Acts 2:40 KJV] "And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation."...........Peter was preaching that they had to repent and believe, so they wouldn't face judgement along with unbelieving Israel in the tribulation. Peter was preaching the gospel of the kingdom.............[Galatians 1:8 KJV] "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
[Galatians 1:9 KJV] "As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.".........those that were troubling them by presenting a perverted gospel were the ones who were accursed. The gospel of the kingdom is not an accursed gospel. Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom and sent the disciples to preach it. The gospel of the kingdom will once again be preached before the end................[Matthew 24:14 KJV] "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.".............Paul said the other gospel being preached was a perversion of his gospel, the gospel of Christ. Paul said the brethren were being "removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel". By embracing the other gospel, they were frustrating/setting aside grace and placing themselves back under the law.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WHAT IS THE FULNESS OF THE GENTILES?

« Last post by doug on February 26, 2026, 03:35:24 pm »

[Romans 11:25 KJV] "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in."...........I have a different view on the fulness of the Gentiles. I don't think the fulness of the Gentiles is the last saved Gentile, but rather, it refers to the fulfillment of God's purpose for the Gentiles. Look how fulness is used here.......[Ephesians 1:10 KJV] "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:".............This verse is saying all things will be gathered when the times are fulfilled; in other words, times up, everything has been fulfilled. Here is a verse where fulness (Strong's word G4138) is translated as fulfilling.........[Romans 13:10 KJV] "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.".......... I would say we could understand this verse by thinking of it as blindness in part is happened to Israel, until God's purpose for the Gentiles has been fulfilled.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WE HAVE THE PRESERVED WORD OF GOD

« Last post by doug on February 26, 2026, 03:19:27 pm »

[Isaiah 59:21 KJV] "As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.".........God's words will be preserved......... [Matthew 4:4 KJV] "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."...........to live we have to have EVERY word of God, which he said would be preserved for ever.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / THE DISPENSATIONAL GOSPEL

« Last post by doug on February 25, 2026, 06:21:53 pm »

[1 Corinthians 9:17 KJV] "For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.".........Paul's gospel was that Christ died for our sins and rose for our justification. The gospel must be different in different dispensations. This is the case; Jesus didn't preach his death and resurrection; Jesus preached that the time was fulfilled for the prophetic kingdom to be at hand/immediate.........[Mark 1:14 KJV] "Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,"
[Mark 1:15 KJV] "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.".........This gospel of the kingdom is the gospel Jesus sent the twelve apostles out to preach........[Matthew 10:5 KJV] "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:"
[Matthew 10:6 KJV] "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
[Matthew 10:7 KJV] "And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand."
[Mark 16:15 KJV] "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / PETER PREACHED ANOTHER GOSPEL

« Last post by doug on February 25, 2026, 06:08:36 pm »

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / Thread watched ERRORS IN THE KJV

« Last post by doug on February 25, 2026, 05:16:11 pm »

I wanted to share an excerpt of an article listing KJV errors.

The first is from Deuteronomy 8:9 –
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
One cannot “dig brass” out of hills where it doesn’t exist. Other than an infinitesimal amount of mineral brass found in Siberia, brass is an alloy produced by man. One digs copper out of hills. 1 demerit.............Brass was used in the Bible to refer to bronze. Strongs G5178 is also translated as
brasen (28x), which is objects made of brass or bronze. G5178 is also translated as cooper.

The next is from Deuteronomy 33:17 –
The word “unicorns” is decidedly incorrect. First, there are no such things. But even if the old English word speaks of a rhino or something else with one horn, the Hebrew word is singular – “unicorn.” And so, no matter what, the translation is wrong because a unicorn has only one horn. Therefore, this is another of the innumerable errors found in the translation. It is just a ridiculously funny one........."His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns:" Horns is plural because so is unicorns. Strongs H7214 can be plural in certain contexts

I searched for more but couldn't find anything that wasn't critics about the wrong word/the wrong tense/needs italics. I think these two examples reflect most KJV assertions of error. They are superficial, not well researched and studied, or just aren't understood. A lot of Bible verses mean something different than initial readings. I think they are biased and are determined to validate their bias.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / MY ANSWER TO THERE NOT BEING TWO GOSPELS

« Last post by doug on February 24, 2026, 05:09:21 pm »

This a response to this post; There aren't 2 different gospel messages

My answer: First of all, you continue just to say there are 2 gospels. I would like you to tell me how Peter and Paul can be said to preach the same gospel after reading what they preach:

PETER'S PREACHING

Peter didn't preach the cross for salvation; Peter preached only the name of Christ.

First of all, I need to demonstrate the basis of Peter's preaching.

[John 3:16 KJV] "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.".............Jesus preached to believe on his name for eternal life. This was for Israel to believe, but Gentiles could also believe. Jesus did not preach the cross because he hadn't gone to the cross yet.
[John 3:17 KJV] "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
[John 3:18 KJV] "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."..................If they didn't believe on his NAME, they are condemned...................[John 20:31 KJV] "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."............Jesus came to save Israel from their sins (Matthew 1:21). Israel had to believe on his name, which entailed believing that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God.

[Acts 2:38 KJV] "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.".............Peter didn't preach the cross for the remission of sins, he preached water baptism in Christ's NAME................[Acts 3:16 KJV] "And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.".................Peter didn't preach the cross; he preached faith in the NAME of Christ................[Acts 4:12 KJV] "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."..........Peter preached that salvation was in Christ's NAME................[Acts 10:43 KJV] "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.".............Peter preached Christ's NAME for the remission of sins.

PAUL'S PREACHING

Paul preached the redemption of Christ's cross for salvation.

[1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV] "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."...........Paul preached the CROSS.
[Galatians 5:11 KJV] "And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.".............Paul didn't preach the circumcision of the law for salvation; he preached the cross.
[Galatians 6:14 KJV] "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."..............Paul didn't glory in keeping the law for salvation; Paul gloried in the cross. Peter never did; preach the glory of the cross Peter only spoke of the cross as an indictment against Israel.
[Ephesians 2:16 KJV] "And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:"...........Paul preached that the cross reconciled both Jew and Gentile to form one body.
[Colossians 1:20 KJV] "And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven."..........Paul preached that by the cross all could be reconciled unto God.

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH

« Last post by doug on February 24, 2026, 04:57:04 pm »

Here are some differences between Israel and the church:

The kingdom was only being offered to Israel. Israel was promised to be a kingdom of priests in the kingdom and reign with Christ for a thousand years. Gentiles could become proselytes and believe the preaching of Peter and the disciples to enter the kingdom. The kingdom wasn't being offered to the church, the body of Christ. The body inherits heaven not the kingdom.

Israel believed the gospel of the kingdom and on the name of Jesus for salvation; the church the body of Christ believed the gospel of Christ.

Israel can be found in the old testament prophets; the church the body can not.

Jew or Gentile can attend the church bodies assembly; Israel forbade the Gentiles from worshiping in the temple.

Israel was given the covenants; The church the body isn't under covenants.

Israel was given the Law; the church is under grace not law

Israel was given prophecy; the church the body is given the mystery

Study to Shew Thyself Approved Unto God. . . / WHAT COULD ENTER INTO LIFE MEAN?

« Last post by doug on February 24, 2026, 04:39:00 pm »

[Matthew 19:17 KJV] "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
[Matthew 19:23 KJV] "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven."..............The rich man was told to keep the commandments to ENTER into life; Jesus told the disciples a rich man shall hardly ENTER into the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is the millennial kingdom, in which, Christ will govern the nations for a thousand years. Entering life is equated with entering the kingdom.