what
Life is all about…
“Make” vs “Set”
The issue of what John 8:32 and 8:36
truthfully say has come up… Virtually
all translations, except for the KJV, say “set free.” KJV says “make free.” There is a huge difference in those two
statements.
Now keep in mind, that ever since the
Garden of Eden, our enemy has been after one thing with all his might: “yea,
hath God said?” Diversion, dilution,
deletion, disdain, distrust, distraction…any way he can get God’s children to
doubt or deviate from the Word(s) of God.
This is the effort of some to use subtlety to get Christians to deviate
and to use faulty or false translations.
Without going into that battle once more, let me give you a simple
illustration to show the falsehood of “set free” in those verses.
Let’s say someone has committed a
crime. For a good picture, think back to
the old western movies when an outlaw’s compadres would tear out the window of
the back of the jail, blow a hole in the back wall, or simply come into the
front with guns drawn and “set” the jailed
outlaw “free.” Was the outlaw completely
and permanently “free,” or just removed from the jail? But, IF a judge, or jury, or Governor reversed
the verdict or pardoned the outlaw, the outlaw was “made free,” no longer with any guilt hanging over his head. See the huge difference?
Jesus
has MADE us Believers FREE from ANY
GUILT. In fact, God has said, “There is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ…” (Romans 8:1). Would you rather be “set free,” basically temporarily, OR “made free” permanently?
This is an example of one of many very
subtle tools our enemy uses in perverted translations. Those WALKING IN THE SPIRIT and TESTING THE
SPIRITS will know the difference by the grace of God, in due time, with good
fellowship with Holy Spirit.
Don’t you really want to know if you
absolutely have THE Word of God in your hands?
p.s.
anytime you see “truth” in Scripture, you can substitute “Jesus” and still be
handling Truth.
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