Matthew 22:43 He
saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The LORD said
unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If David then
call him Lord,
how is he his son?
Hence,
we should never de-emphasize any place in the Bible where the Holy Spirit
employs the word Lord. Notice these
examples of the usage of the word Lord
in the AV. In Matthew 13:51 the disciples called Jesus “Lord.”
Matthew 13:51
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him,
Yea, Lord.
In
Mark 9:24 the father of a boy possessed of a devil prays to Jesus addressing Him
as “Lord.”
Mark 9:24 And
straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I
believe; help thou mine unbelief.
In
Luke 7:31 the gospel writer refers to Jesus as “Lord” when quoting Him.
Luke 7:31 And the
Lord
said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are
they like?
Then
the apostle Paul gives Jesus Christ the title of “Lord” in all of the following
passages of his epistles:
2 Corinthians
4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord
Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
Colossians 1:2 To
the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:1 I
charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom….
Titus 1:4 To
Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
This
word Lord is missing from every one
of these examples in the RSV, NASV, NIV, LB, DCV, and ESV. In fact, in the
citation of Luke 7:31, the whole phrase “and the Lord said” is missing. The LB
at least inserted the words “Jesus asked,” but left out the title “Lord.” Some
might argue by pointing to the several instances where Jesus is mentioned in
the AV without the title of “Lord.” Nevertheless, Jesus is called “Lord” more in
the AV than He is in the RSV, NASV, NIV, LB, DCV, and ESV. Hence, the AV
glorifies Christ more
in this respect than do these other versions. And remember, each
place the Holy Ghost employs the word Lord
is important, as we saw above. Doesn’t it glorify Christ more to have the
praying father call upon him as Lord, than to simply call upon Him without
addressing Him as Lord? Doesn’t calling someone “Lord” magnify that person?
Think about it.
Then
note this further testimony in the AV to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians
15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord
from heaven.
This
is a clear proof that the second man, Who is Jesus Christ, is the Lord. That
expression “the Lord” is missing from the RSV, NASV, NIV, DCV, and ESV. In
these verses Jesus is merely said to be the second man from heaven rather than
identified as “the Lord” from heaven. The LB says, “Christ came from heaven
above.” But none of these versions tell that this man is the Lord! This
demonstrates a distinct contrast between the AV which outright declares the
Lordship of Jesus Christ in this verse and the other versions that do not! This
again confirms that the AV is the testimony of the Holy Ghost glorifying
Christ.
One
of the single most important places where Jesus Christ is called Lord is found
in the prayer of the dying thief who was crucified next to Jesus.
Luke 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom.
The
thief addressed Jesus as “Lord.” According to 1Corinthians 12:3, “no man can
say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.” This unmistakably reveals
that the Holy Ghost was working on that thief, moving him call Jesus Lord. Yet
this word Lord
is deleted from the thief’s prayer in the RSV, NASV, NIV, LB, and
ESV. It seems the more recent and widely popular ESV is just as corrupt as the
rest of the modern versions. Note how these versions delete the very evidence
of the Holy Spirit leading a man to acknowledge Jesus as Lord. The AV
unquestionably bears the mark of the Holy Ghost in this verse as opposed to
these other versions. In this case the Roman Catholic DCV agrees with the AV.
John
the Baptist clearly exalted Christ above himself as is evident in this verse:
John 1:27 He it
is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy
to unloose.
That
expression “is preferred before me” is missing in the RSV, NASV, NIV, LB, and –
you guessed it – the ESV. Yet they have John quoting these words of his in
verse 30! But they don’t give the words in verse 27 that he was quoting in
verse 30. On the other hand, the AV has John speaking these words in verse 27
and then quoting himself in verse 30. In this instance the AV glorifies Christ
in verse 27 in plainly saying that He is preferred before John the Baptist. The
AV is also more consistent in that it renders the words John refers back to in
his statement in verse 30. Here again, the Catholic DCV confirms the AV. So far
we have found DCV to line up with the AV on three verses (John 3:13; Luke
23:42; JOH 1:27), which can’t be said of these other versions used among
Protestants and Baptists so called.
1 comment:
This may be a stretch, which would explain why you didn't mention it, but in this verse:
1Co 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
It plainly says that referring to Jesus as "Lord" is of the Holy Ghost. Doesn't this infer that books that do not do so are probably not of the Holy Ghost?
Thank you for your efforts in this series.
Terry
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