When I go for early morning walks, I always think of this verse in the Bible about Jesus going out early to pray: ‘And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.’ Mark 1:35
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Walk a mile in my shoes
20/20 vision
When I think of 20/20 vision, I think of this Bible verse. A couple of massive armies came to fight against the people of God and the king and the people were so afraid. The king called the people together to fast and pray. Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel and he gave a prophecy that the LORD would fight the battle for them. The people went out against the armies singing praises to the LORD, and the enemy armies fought against each other and they all killed themselves.
You can read the whole story in all different translations on the bible gateway program.
Eternity – Are you ready?
Eternity is forever and ever, and Jesus promised us eternal life by believing in him.
One day there will be a new heaven and a new earth where the righteous will live. All the sinners are going to end up in the lake of fire.
Sin is so terrible in the eyes of God that it is only through the shedding of innocent blood that sin can be atoned for. In the old days, people had to sacrifice innocent animals to atone for their sins, but one day God decided to send his own Son to die for our sins. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth who had no sin.
He died on a cross for our sins, so that we can have our sins forgiven. Our job is to ask for forgiveness, and then to follow him and his teachings.
All these things I have written are in line with what is taught in the Holy Scriptures. The main book containing the Holy Scriptures is called the Bible. There are many types of Bibles in many different languages around the world. If you don’t believe me, I encourage you to go and search for the truth yourself, because your eternal life depends on it.
I want everyone in the world to have a happy eternal life with God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. If you don’t get saved, you will end up in the lake of fire for all eternity. That will be a terrible place to be, so that is why I am warning you.
Love yourself and your life, and surrender your life to Jesus the Christ. Jesus means “Saviour” and Christ means “Messiah.”
Here’s wishing you a happy eternal life! God bless.
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Related scriptures:
John 3:16: 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.
John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Leviticus 17:11: For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Revelation 21:8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Mark 16:15-16: And he (Jesus) said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
When you become a believer, it is your job to share the truth with other people too. May God bless you as you do it. Remember Jesus loves you!
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Forgive – It is not worth going to hell just because some idiot does you wrong!
Song – If you don’t forgive
Beloved, recently the Lord ministered to me concerning a song I wrote a long time ago. I was busy playing games on the computer, and found myself singing this song. Then I found myself changing the words. I found myself putting in names of people that have hurt me. One by one I put in the names of all the people who have hurt me.
If you are finding it a struggle to forgive people, it might be good therapy if you do the same thing, and put in all the names of the people who have hurt you.
This phrase came to me this morning as I was asking the Lord for wisdom, and so that is why I am putting this out there: “It is not worth going to hell just because some idiot does you wrong!”
In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus said we must forgive. Matthew chapter 6:
“9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Jesus said that if we want to experience miracles, then we must first forgive if we have anything against anybody. Mark chapter 11:
“20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
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So I found an old cassette tape recording of this song and have placed it on the YouTube last week.
Good and bad
I think that every person has their good points and their bad points.
I think that every country has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every government has it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every city has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every house has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every car has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every job has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
So I think we must enjoy the good things in life. Fix the bad things. But if we cannot fix the bad things, then we must just do the best we can with whatever the situation is.
Many times in my life, some people that I have known have been very good to me, but those same people have also been very bad to me. It shouldn’t be like that, but that is the way it is. Let me give you an example from the Bible.
One day Jesus asked his disciples who they thought he was, and Peter replied: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus commended him for that statement and said: “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.” So Peter was used by Almighty God at that moment!
Then, a few minutes later, Jesus says to Peter: “Get thee behind me Satan!” Wow. So Peter was used by God, and also used by Satan!
Later on, Peter denied that he ever even knew Jesus. Wow. But Jesus forgave him. Later on, Peter was mightily used by God to heal the sick and to raise the dead! So, don’t give up. There is hope for all of us yet!
Just keep on believing!
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Related scriptures: Matthew 16:16-23, Mark 8:29-33, Luke 22:31, Acts 9:33-42.
Wounded in the house of my friends
I grew up attending a church in Africa with the idea that the church people were the best people on the planet, and that the “worldly” people were the bad people who would hate us. This was based on the teachings of Jesus where he said: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” (John 15:18)
Jesus taught his disciples to love one another. (John 13:34) So my idea was that the church people were full of love, and the “worldly” people were full of hate.
When I was a minister of a church in Canada, I did the Gospel of Mark in pictures, and it was then that I realized that the “world” who hated Jesus was not the bad sinners, but the religious people. That was a shock to me, and it became even more real to me when the church people turned against me, and wanted me dead.
They wanted to kick us out of the church in the middle of winter, when it was -20C at night and -10C in the day. We were living in the back of the church building, with no money, my car was broken, and my credit card was at the limit. We had no home to go to. The leader of the church made us both quit our jobs and move down there. In the old days people were burned at the stake, etc, but the modern day is more sophisticated, but the end result is the same! When my trial was on, I just sat there quietly with my head down.
So anyway, I can relate to the words that Jesus will one day say to his people as recorded in the words of the prophet: And one shall say unto him, “What are these wounds in thine hands?” Then he shall answer, “Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” (Zechariah 13:6)
At the last supper, Judas left the table to betray Jesus. Then Jesus referred to his disciples as his ”Friends.” (John 15:15) In the Garden of Gethsemane after Judas had betrayed Jesus with a kiss, Jesus called him “Friend.” (Matthew 26: 50)
So it seems like Jesus still loved Judas, even though he had betrayed him. Maybe Jesus still loves every one of us, no matter who we are or what we have done. Our job is to repent of our sins and get saved.
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Related scriptures:
Psalm 22:16 – For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Isaiah 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Zechariah 12:10 – And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zechariah 13:6 – And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Matthew 26
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
John 13:34 – A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:15 – Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
John 15:18 – If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
John 19:37 – And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Revelation 1:7 – Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
King’s Messengers Quartet
Apparently these folks hail from Butterworth area, and did recordings back in the 1950’s. I remember singing once in Butterworth back in the 1970’s. The name of the city of Butterworth has since been changed, the same as lots of cities of South Africa that I sang in back in the 1970’s.
One of the songs that touched my heart deeply was: “Softly and tenderly.” That song brings back lots of memories for me. Jesus is calling each one of us to come home to God and get saved. One verse they didn’t sing has these words:
“Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, Coming for you and for me.”
Beloved, each of us will die. The scripture says: “For it is appointed unto all men once to die and after that the judgment.” (Hebrews 9:27) We must all get right with God. It is the final call.
Face to face with Christ my Saviour
Farther along (Tempted and tried)
No one ever cared for me like Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Belfast Church hymns
I grew up in a British based church where the people were English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh, so I feel I can relate to these people. Most of these songs I heard when I was a kid.
- A wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord
- All that thrills my soul is Jesus
- Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
- Blessed assurance
- Great is Thy faithfulness
- Have you any room for Jesus? /On mountains high
- He lives, He lives, I know that my Redeemer lives
- He touched me
- Holy, holy, holy, LORD GOD Almighty
- How great Thou art
- I am so glad that Jesus loves me
- I know not why God’s wondrous grace
- I stand amazed
- I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
- I will sing the wondrous story
- If that isn’t love
- It is well with my soul
- Isn’t the love of Jesus something wonderful?
- Jesus keep me near the cross
- Just a closer walk with Thee
- Leaning on the everlasting arms
- My Jesus I love Thee
- No not one
- Now none but Christ can satisfy
- O for a thousand tongues to sing / He touched me
- O happy day
- Old rugged cross
- Power in the blood
- Standing on the promises
- The love of God
- There is a fountain filled with blood
- Thine be the glory
- This old world will never hold me/Give me oil in my lamp
- We’re marching to Zion
- When I survey the wondrous cross
- When we all get to heaven
- Whiter than the snow
- Worship
Bible – Searching for the “Right Bible”
Everybody in the world seems to think and believe differently. I think it has a lot to do with where we were born and raised, and what our parents taught us. So to start with, I feel I must share a little bit of my background so that you can try and understand the way I think.
I was born in England, but when I was a baby, my parents took me to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, and I grew up there till the age of 12. (The terrorists won the war and Salisbury is now called Harare, and the country is now called Zimbabwe). It was a lovely climate and I had a very happy childhood. My mother received Jesus as her Saviour when I was little, and she took us to church every week. It was a British based church, and the only Bible we had was the Authorized King James Version, which is slightly different from the American King James Version.
From the age of 12 to 24 I lived in Bulawayo. From there I went to South Africa as a gospel singer, and my manager lived in Salisbury, and he had a gospel film library called the Religious Film Service. I ended up spending 9 years in South Africa as a gospel singer, travelling all over the country. During that time, I got married, and the South African Government gave me one month to get out of the country, or to apply for immigration. Then they put me on a 6 month visa.
My home country was going through terrorist warfare at that time, and I was scared that if South Africa kicked me out, then I would have to be in a situation where I would have to kill or be killed in Rhodesia. So I thought that if I join a church, then they would give me permanent residence. So I joined a church, but was still on a 6 month visa for many years.
With joining a church, I was forced to study theology and become a minister of religion. During that time, TV came to South Africa, and my bookings went down to zero. One night I was singing at someone’s house and an American preacher heard me and invited me to come to America and sing in his church. My wife told me that I always go where I am invited, and suggested we go to America. So we sold everything we had, and went on a trip to America, and God and the church people were very good to us there.
In America we bought puppets, and my wife started doing puppet shows which were very popular. In Rhodesia, the warfare was getting worse all the time, and some of my best friends were killed there. We could have been killed a few times as we were ministering around the country with the puppet shows. I got scared and decided to apply for a job in America, but there were no openings there, but there was an opening in Canada. So we arranged to come to Canada. Just before we left South Africa, the South African government gave me permanent residence, but it was too late to change plans.
On the way to Canada, my wife wanted to go to Israel. From there we went to Rome, and the Holy Spirit spoke to me in Saint Peter’s Basilica, that totally changed my thinking. First we worked at an apartment building in Canada and paid off our airfares, then a church came open, and I applied for the job.
It was a problem church and in 10 years they had about 8 different ministers. I was about 33 years old, and had always experienced God’s blessings in South Africa, and thought I could get the church “right.” During that time I did the Book of Mark in pictures that later got published in America. It was just black and white drawings. Since then I have done it in colour using the paint program on the computer.
We were living in the back of the church building with an income of $25 a week, which was a gas allowance. It was at that time that I prayed for a guy in the wheelchair, who climbed out of his wheelchair and walked. Then the church turned against me on account of one word that Jesus spoke in Luke 13:32. The word was “perfected.” The leader of the church told me that the King James Bible was “no good” and that the Greek Interlinear was “wrong.” Since then I have been trying to find the “Right Bible.”
When the leader of the church told me that, it felt like he took the rock out from under my feet. Jesus said that if we hear his words and do them, it is like a man building his house on the rock. (Matthew 7:24 and Luke 6:47 – 48) When I came to Canada, I thought that my faith was so strong that nothing could shake it. I guess I was wrong. When we came to Canada, the leader of the church told us that he used to fight against A. A. Allen in Georgia. I guess that should have been a clue for us. On the way to Canada my wife had a vision in England and she said she saw the leader of the church come against me, and we left the church.
To cut a long story short, we left the church, and I travelled around Canada and America singing for Jesus. One time when were in America, I was reading a story about the guy who wrote the hymn: “The old rugged cross.” He said that the word “Calvary” is not supposed to be in the Bible. That was a surprise to me. When we were in Jerusalem looking at the place where Jesus was crucified an old hymn keep running through my mind that said: “At Calvary.” Now he says that word is not supposed to be in the Bible! Wow. In Strong’s Concordance it means the base of a skull or cranium. Jesus was actually crucified at the base of the rock formation. I guess the word cranium leads to the word “calvaria” in Latin which leads to the word “Calvary” in English. In Hebrew it is “Golgotha” which means “skull.” It is the rock face there outside the Damascus gate. (Luke 23:33) In the Greek Interlinear it says “skull.”
They wanted to kick me out of the church because of one word in the Bible that they said was the wrong translation, so does that mean that every Bible that has the word “Calvary” should be scrapped? Does that mean that every church that uses the word “Calvary” should close down? Does that mean that every song that has the word “Calvary” should be taken out of the hymn books?
A couple of years ago I sang the Gaither song: “Thanks to Calvary I don’t live here anymore.” I thought that if I have to sing it correctly, I should have to sing: “Thanks to a skull I don’t live here anymore.” But that didn’t feel right. So I sang: “Thanks to Jesus I don’t live here anymore.”
If every church was judged the way I was, then every church should close down. If every Bible was judged the way I was, then every Bible should be scrapped. If every preacher was judged the way I was, then every preacher should be kicked out of the church. How far do we go on this matter? I am just searching for the truth.
Then another word came up. I was having meetings with a preacher in Arkansas, and the word “Easter” popped into my mind. So I looked in his Greek Interlinear Bible and found that it is supposed to read “Passover.” (Acts 12:4) So that is another word that is wrong in the King James Bible. That word “Easter” is the name of “the goddess of spring” (if you live in the northern hemisphere). I grew up in the southern hemisphere where it was autumn at that time of the year.
When Peter was in prison, it was the days of unleavened bread. In the scripture, first it was the Passover, followed by 7 days of unleavened bread. The Israelites celebrated Passover in Egypt then ate unleavened bread all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba where they crossed the Red Sea.
So let us get this straight. Herod wanted to bring Peter out of prison after “Easter” (King James Version) and most of the modern Bibles use the word “Passover” which probably means the end of the days of unleavened bread. Jesus was crucified at Passover as the Lamb of God.
On the internet, all the stories read that “Easter” was three days after Jesus was crucified. How can that be true? If it is at the end of the “Festival” as one version says, it would be 7 days later! So all these stories on the internet are all lying!
“Easter” has nothing to do with the resurrection of Jesus. God himself says we must not mention the names of other gods, neither must it be heard out of our mouths. (Exodus 23:13)
When I was a pastor, the leader of the church in Canada said to me: “You must celebrate Christ’s death on Good Friday morning at 11 am.” Jesus died in the afternoon, and the “Fri” day is named after a pagan sex goddess. So the leader of the church himself should be kicked out of the church! Jesus died at Passover which doesn’t fit into the Roman calendar either, and it varies from year to year.
So, if every church was judged the way I was judged, most of them should close down! In the city where I live, I saw a sign by the one church that said: “Easter worship 10 am.” So according to the sign they worship a pagan goddess! That is opposite to what is written in the Bible! Another church had a sign that said: “Sun worship 10 am.” Sun worship is death penalty according to the Law of Moses. (Deuteronomy 17)
At the time of the year when churches remember the death of Jesus, one church had a sign saying: “Pork roast.” Another church had a sign saying: “Ham dinner.” So the churches seem to believe that Jesus was a pig! John the Baptist called Jesus “The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) In the Book of Revelation Jesus is depicted as a “Lamb as it had been slain.” (Revelation 5:6)
How far do we go in searching for the truth? So many things that I have been taught in churches and Bible school are completely different to what is written in the scriptures. Stay with me, as we go on this journey. Jesus said that you will “know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)
Beloved, I have searched for many years to try and find the truth concerning many things. Stay with me, it is a long journey!
After that we got a job at an apartment building in Toronto, and the tenants kept bugging us, even when we were ‘off duty.’ So we had to get away from the building to have some peace, and took the subway to downtown Toronto.
One day when were at The World’s Biggest Bookstore, I saw a display of books called: “The Other Bible.” I was sceptical as I guess everyone is when it comes to something different to what we are used to. However, as I looked at it, they mentioned the “First and Second books of Enoch!” That spiked my interest because in 1977 I had a vision of the coming of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit said to me: “The Lord cometh with ten thousands of his holy ones.” In Jude verse 14, he is quoting from Enoch, but we do not have the writings of Enoch in our Bibles! However, the book was very expensive and I was heavily in debt, so I didn’t buy it.
About 2 weeks went by, and I was so burdened with wanting to know the truth about these writings of Enoch, that I took the subway back to Toronto to buy the book. As I approached the religious section, I noticed that there was only one book left on the shelf where the big display had been! So I ran and grabbed it, holding it to my chest as if it was gold!
When I got home and started reading it, I discovered that they were only ‘quoting’ from the writings of Enoch, and it wasn’t the complete writings. That was very disappointing. However, someone told me that there is a shop in Toronto that specializes in ordering books for students and that they might have the writings of Enoch.
So I took the subway to Britnell’s Bookstore, and they had a book of Enoch, but the lady didn’t know if it was the first or the second book. So I ordered it anyway. They called me about two weeks later and I bought the First Book of Enoch. Lots of the books that cost me so much money in the old days, are now freely available on the internet! So you are so lucky!
My book of Enoch is from the Ethiopic Version. In 1768 a Scotsman by the name of James Bruce went to Ethiopia for 6 years and came back with 3 copies of Enoch. He gave one copy to the British Museum in London that sat there for over 50 years until someone could translate it. The experts say that it could have been written by 4 different authors. So some things may be genuine and some things may be fake.
In Jude verse 14 it is written: “Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,” (KJV). In chapter 2 from Enoch it is written: “Behold he comes with ten thousands of his saints,” I read somewhere that when the Roman Catholic Church was making the Bible that they had the first book of Enoch, didn’t accept it.
In Jude verse 6 it is written: ”And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” (KJV)
The women on earth were so beautiful that 200 angels decided to leave heaven and marry women on earth. (Enoch chapter 7) Their children were giants, and were eating everything they could find, including people. So God sent judgment on those angels as is recorded in Jude verse 6. The angels also taught people lots of things that they didn’t know. (Enoch chapter 7) I seem to remember being taught in history that people became cleverer over time, but that may not be the case. They were taught by the fallen angels!
I watched a movie based on the old days in Greece where women were married to gods. I think they were married to the fallen angels who were supernatural creatures that the people considered as gods. That is my theory. The story of the Trojan horse is quite famous and Paul went to Troas many times as is recorded in the book of Acts. I went on Google Maps and typed in Troas, and took 6 screen shots of 2 different Trojan horses.
In 2 Peter 2:4 it is written: “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;” In the Greek it says “Tartarus” which I guess is a division of hell. (Enoch chapter 10)
Judgment was also dished out to the children of the angels. They would kill each other (Enoch chapter 10), but their spirits would remain on earth and be known as evil spirits. (Enoch chapter 15) Jesus cast out many evil spirits in his ministry.
In Jude verse 9, he quotes from a different Bible again, and I have not yet found where he is quoting from: “Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” (KJV)
In Enoch’s writings, he refers to Jesus about 8 times as: “The Son of man.” (Example chapter 46) Jesus referred to himself by that title many times.
When we were in Toronto in about 1983-1985, I bought many ancient writings, and one of them was The Lost Books of the Bible, that has some very exciting stories about the childhood of Jesus, etc. When I read The Gospel of Nicodemus I kept feeling that there was some hidden mystery in that book, and I read it many times in two different versions, but I couldn’t find the hidden mystery. Many years later, in 1995 when we were back in South Africa, I felt I should read it again to see if I could find the hidden mystery, but to no avail. However, that night I had a dream where the Holy Spirit supernaturally showed me the names “Jannes and Jambres.”
The next morning, before I even had a cup of tea, I went back to the Gospel of Nicodemus, and found their names in chapter 5, verse 5. They were the magicians in Egypt. My brain were one step forward and I thought that I had read those words somewhere in the Bible, but I couldn`t remember where. So I went to the concordance expecting to find an Old Testament reference. There was none! Only a New Testament reference: 2 Timothy 3:8.
It said something like this: “As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these men oppose the truth.” As I sat there staring at the page, I realized that verse 16 was the main verse that I was taught in theology.
2 Timothy 3:16-17: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” (KJV)
I was taught that “All Scripture” meant the Bible, but right here in the same chapter, Paul is quoting from a different Bible! This was like the “cherry on the cake” or “the tip of the iceberg” for me, concerning all the things I had read.
Beloved, every writer in the New Testament quotes scriptures that are from a different Bible! Jesus himself quotes scriptures that are from a different Bible!
So, NOBODY has the right Bible!
And they wanted to kick me out of the church because of one word in the Bible that they said was the wrong translation!
The churches all need to get right with God!
Everybody needs to get right with God!
One day we all have to give an account at the judgment seat of Christ.
My next problem was to find where Paul was quoting from. How can the man of God be “perfect” if he doesn’t have all the right scriptures? In my ancient writings I had a paper called The Damascus document, and it mentions “Jannes and his brother.” But that didn’t fit the equation.
I went to work for a church school on South Africa, and they promised me 3 months probation, but dumped me after 2 weeks. So I ended up without a job and eventually had to sell the house and fly back to Canada.
One day in America, a very important lady told us of an ancient writing that someone had given her. She was very excited about the book, and I couldn’t help asking what it was called. She said: “Jasher or something. It is mentioned in the Bible.”
When we got back to Canada I checked the concordance again, and found 2 references to the Book of Jasher: Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18.
Then I remembered how many years before that I had to do house sitting for my wife when she was doing real estate in South Africa. I borrowed her Amplified Bible and was reading from it to pass the time. I remembered reading how the sun and the moon stood still, and that it was written in the book of Jasher! I remembered putting ‘a question mark’ in the margin of her Amplified Bible, which is still there! I have read the Bible many times, and lots of other books, but cannot contain all the information in my brain. But it seemed like the Holy Spirit had prompted my curiosity way back then!
We were very poor at the time and didn’t own an internet computer, but I saw a paper stuck on a light pole offering a free computer course downtown. During the one coffee break my wife suggested I type in the ‘Book of Jasher’ in one of the search engines. So I did that and took the first advert that I saw and ordered a book. I sent the US$26 and got the book in the mail.
After some speed reading I found the names Jannes and Jambres in chapter 79, verse 27. They were related to Balaam the sorcerer.
Jesus said that by the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses let every word be established. (Matthew 18:16)
So there are 3 witnesses in the Bible. Joshua, Samuel and Paul. If you believe in the Gospel of Nicodemus, it makes 4. So how come the guys who make the Bibles don’t have the Book of Jasher in our Bibles? Apparently there are a number of different versions of the Book of Jasher, the same as there are a number of different versions of the First Book of Enoch. So the plot thickens old chap! Get Sherlock Holmes on the job!
Matthew reports that when Jesus died there was an earthquake and some of the graves were opened. After the resurrection of Jesus, many saints came out of the graves and appeared to people in the holy city. (Matthew 27:51-53)
Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews, and in his Gospel he reports how saints who had died were alive again. They find the two sons of Simeon the high priest who blessed Jesus when he was a baby. Simeon’s two sons had died but were alive again. They give an account of how Jesus went down to the underworld and released all the saints. Neither Satan nor Beelzebub, the prince of hell, could stop him.
The righteous saints went to paradise and met the thief on the cross there. On their way they met Enoch and Elijah who will come back later as reported in the Book of Revelation. I personally think that The Gospel of Nicodemus should be in the Bible.
Jesus said these words in Matthew 23:37: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
I think Jesus is quoting from one of the books in the Apocrypha which says: “I gathered you together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out from my face.” (2 Esdras 1:30)
Paul said these words: “I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35) We do not have these words of Jesus in our Gospels in the Bible. So Paul had some different Gospels.
Paul said these words to the church in Corinth: “Know ye not that we shall judge angels? (1 Corinthians 6:3) In the First Book of Enoch, Enoch had to speak to the angels about their sinning. Maybe that is what Paul is talking about.
Paul also said other words to the church in Corinth regarding the scriptures: “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) We don’t have those scriptures in our Bibles, but I found those words in The ascension of Isaiah where he says how Jesus is going to be crucified, buried and rise from the dead on the third day. (The Other Bible page 521-522)
In the past when I have spoken these things to other people, they always quote Psalm 16:10: “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” But that verse is not saying the same thing.
Paul wrote a letter to the church in Laodicea, and asked for it to be read in the church, but the Bible makers didn’t put it in the Bible. Colossians 4:16: “And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.” There is a copy of that letter in The Lost Books of the Bible. I read that letter in a church once and had big hatred against me!
In James 4:5 it is written: “Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?” I looked in the Dake’s Bible and he says he doesn’t know what scripture James is quoting from.
In the Gospel of John 7:37-39 it is written: “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)”
I have never found the scripture that Jesus is quoting from.
Matthew 2:23: “And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.” I have never found that verse in the Old Testament.
In Mark 12:24 it is written: “And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.” Jesus may be referring to the First Book of Enoch where the fallen angels are punished for getting married.
Hebrews 11:5: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” It doesn’t say that in the Bible, it says it in the writings of Enoch.
I think I have covered every writer in the New Testament, and all of them quote scriptures that are not found in our Bibles!
What is The Book of the Wars of the Lord? Numbers 21:14: “Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,” I am curious about this book that is mentioned in the Bible, but is not found in our Bibles today.
So the Bibles we have on the market today do not have all the scriptures that are quoted in the Bible.
The next problem is the translations. Some of the modern Bibles have words like “Friday” and “Sunday.” Those words are not correct translations. The only days of the week that are mentioned are ‘the Sabbath day’ and ‘the first day of the week.’ In the Bible, days end at sunset, not at midnight like in Pope Gregory’s calendar.
Another example is the word: ”Christian.” In most translations that word is only found 3 times. Twice it is used by unbelievers and only once used by a disciple. Peter uses it only in connection with persecution: “Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.” (1 Peter 4:16) Peter says: “Love the Brotherhood.” (1 Peter 2:17) One of the Bibles uses the word “Christian” 133 times. Another version uses the word 333 times. So they are not translating correctly.
Some Bibles ADD in words that are not there in the Greek Interlinear. Here is an example:
Mark 7:15: “There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.” (KJV)
Mark 7:19: “Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?” (King James Version)
Lots of the Bible versions ADD on words that Jesus didn’t say, and claim the he said that all foods are now clean.
But in the Bible there are rules about clean and unclean meats. When Peter had the vision about unclean animals in Acts chapter 10, he took it to mean that he must preach the gospel to the Romans.
“And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” (Acts 10:28) He saw the unclean animals in the vision as being the Gentiles, who were now allowed to get saved by faith in Jesus.
Some Bible versions TAKE OUT words that are in the Greek Interlinear. Here is an example:
1 John 5:7: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (KJV)
Most of the Bible versions just say that there are ‘3 witnesses’ or ‘3 that testify.’ That is pretty vague! It makes no sense at all.
So you will have to do a lot of research to try and find the right translation that suits your beliefs.
A BIG WARNING There is a very scary warning in the Book of Revelation 22:18-19:
“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
I pray that everyone who visits my websites will get saved and have eternal life. God bless you all.
Footnote 1
Different Bible versions can leave a person with very different beliefs. I was at a conference once in Cape Town where a preacher from South America was speaking. He was reading from Hebrews 6:2 about ‘baptisms.’ But the Bible version I was using at that time had the word ‘ablutions.’
That took my mind back to Gwelo in Rhodesia where I was doing forced military training, and we were staying in the ‘Ablution Block.’ They told us that was where the toilets used to be. So my mind associates ‘ablution’ as going to the toilet. Now, going to the toilet and getting baptized are two completely different things!
Footnote 2
In one book, I read the writings of Caiaphas. In the third book of Caiaphas, he tells how he was sitting in his office after the death of Jesus, and Jesus appeared to him. Jesus told him that he had killed his last lamb. He fainted. His father-in-law Annas, found him there and revived him. They looked for Jesus, but couldn’t find him. The door was locked with a soldier outside the door, but no Jesus.
Then Caiaphas resigned from being high priest. That is contrary to the rules. A high priest is supposed to be high priest until he dies. Like Aaron. Then Annas took the job.
When I read that, I went to check if that was true according to the Bible, and I discovered that Caiaphas was still alive and no longer high priest!
“And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.” (Acts 4:6)
There are rules in the scriptures about the cities of refuge, that when the high priest dies, then the people can go back to their homes, etc. (The book of Numbers chapter 35)
There are lots and lots of exciting things that I have read in the ancient writings. I am old now, and I have difficulty reading, but if you want to know more, search for the truth!
Footnote 3
As I lay in bed the other night, I got to thinking that some people may think that I didn’t mention anything about Luke’s writings. However, Luke wrote the Book of Acts, and I mentioned Paul quoting from a different gospel. Also Luke quotes Jesus talking about a hen and her brood, the same as Matthew, and is quoting from one of the books of the Apocrypha.
Luke 13:34: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
2 Esdras 1:30: “I gathered you together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out from my face.”







