John 20
This week we are in John 20. Here’s a quick outline of the chapter:
I. 20:1-10 Mary Magdalene, Peter and John Go to the Tomb
II. 20:11-18 Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
III. 20:19-23 Jesus Appears to the Disciples with Thomas Absent
IV. 20:24-29 Jesus Appears to the Disciples with Thomas Present
V. 20:30-31 John’s Purpose in Writing This Book
You can find the notes on the notes and mp3s page.
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Posted on June 28, 2008, in Bible, calvary chapel, christian, Horizon Central, Horizon Christian Fellowship, indianapolis and tagged Gospel of John, Jesus. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Lost Bible Books
In the Protestant church only the 66 books approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1885, which today is known as the Authorized King James Bible, are allowed.
Fourteen other books, which were included in the original King James Bible, and 22 other books which were mentioned or quoted in the King James Bible, are not included today.
There was no specific list or accounting of all the books that made up the Bible until the commission of the first Bible by the Emperor Constantine in the 4th Century AD.
It is believed there were up to 600 books, taken out by the formation of Catholicism by Constantine; even one lost book is a great loss.
Also many do not know that the Apocryphal books were actually included in the King James translation until they were officially taken out by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1885.
I will now give you the names of some of the other Holy books, mentioned in the Bible.
Book of Jasher. = Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher?
2 Samuel 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
Book of Enoch. = Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Book of Samuel the seer, = Book of Nathan the prophet, = Book of Gad the seer.
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
There are many more Holy Scripture books named, which can be found mentioned in the Bible. As Paul said “all scripture is given by inspiration of God” 2 Timothy 3:16 :: King James
My conclusion is that if these books mentioned by God’s people in the Bible, was good enough for them to read and to study, and to accept that it is the word of God, then I to accept that these other books mentioned in the Bible is the word of God. And to reject them would be a grave loss to me. But we do know that if man has any involvement in writing God’s Word, he makes mistakes and sometimes changes the Word of God, therefore we must always seek the Holy Spirits teaching when we are reading holy scriptures today, for the Holy Spirit will always lead us into all truth as Jesus said.
EVANGELIST BILLY BOLITHO
http://www.evangelistbillybolitho.blogspot.com
Thanks for your input Billy, but I’m afraid I can’t agree with you here. The Old Testament we use is simply the text of the Jewish tanach. They decided it long before protestants accepted it. It seems the Archbishop of Canterbury was actually abit late in catching on, perhaps because of Catholic/Protestant discussions in England over the Centuries. Suffice it to say the Bible as we have it is not an English development at all and has little to do with the old KJV.
Here are a few sites that explain the process of determining the Bible text or “canon” of Scripture as we know it. They can do a better job than I can in the space of a comment. There is a lot of literature out there as well.
http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=697
http://blueletterbible.org/faq/canon.html#71
http://www.biblestudymanuals.net/canon.htm