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Question: Is the Living Bible truth of God's message?

Intro. The Living Bible is not a translation of scripture. It is a
paraphrase. A translation renders the message of one language into
another language.  In a paraphrase, one simply puts the message in
his own words. The Living Bible is entitled "The Living Bible
Paraphrased." Kenneth Taylor, the author, has neither studied
Hebrew or Greek, the languages in which the Bible was written.
Consequently, when one reads The Living Bible Paraphrased, he is
not reading the Bible; he is simply reading one man's opinion of
what the Bible says.

1. The Doctrine of Original Sin. Ps.51:5: "But I was born a sinner,
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me...." Eph. 2:3 reads,
"We started out bad, being born with evil natures...."
     a. cf. 1 John 3:4.

2. Premillinnial Doctrine. 2 Tim. 4:1: "Who will judged the living
and the dead when He appears to set up His kingdom" 
     a. Acts 2; Col. 1:13.

3. Faith only. Rom. 4:12: "for Abraham found favor with God by
faith alone, before he was circumcised."
     a. Context. cf. Jas.2.

4. Perverts purpose of baptism. 1 Pet 3:21: "That, by the way, is
what baptism pictures for us: in baptism we show that we have been
saved from death and doom by the resurrection of Christ."
     a. context, cf. Acts 2:38.


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