“Obey My voice [Hebrew, qôl, voice, sound, noise], and I will be your God” (Jeremiah 7:23 KJV). The NET and NIV just as correctly translate this as “obey Me,” since the emphasis is on the command. But, do we obey the voice of God? Is that righteous thought in your head the voice of God, which should be obeyed? We have come a long way since we have confined the voice of God only to the inspired, canonized Scripture. We are rightly concerned that anyone can claim God spoke to them in their thoughts; but, are we so biblically illiterate that we cannot discern the false from the true? “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20). Let us again be a people sensitive to the voice of God, though it be a small voice, in our head.
Inspired Scripture
FTV: Bible Translation to Avoid
I use many English translations of the Bible, but the King James Version (KJV), I trust the most, and admire for the beauty of its language. The New International Version (NIV) is best for continuity with mainstream Evangelicals. The New English Translation (NET) is quite useful for its translators’ notes. Asking different people to translate the same Original Text is getting their opinion on the meaning of that text. However, I facetiously warn against the Fairy Tale Version (FTV) of the Bible. Since a fairy tale is an incredible, idealized, highly improbable story that you only wish was true, then may the Spirit of God guard us from treating His Word in that fashion. “5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples [examples] to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 9 For they themselves shew [shō] of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come” (1Thessalonians 1:5-10 KJV).
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