Introduction
Did you know that Jesus IS God? This seems fairly obvious to people that read God's word, yet there are many self-professing Christians out there that don't know this or believe it.
Further, the modern bibles a.k.a. all bibles NOT the King James Bible put Jesus as unequal with God. This article will show that Jesus IS God, and that the modern bibles pervert that fact ever so subtly.
Jesus Is God
First, we must establish one thing. Jesus IS God. This is quite clear in the Bible. This is the most clear cut verse in the Bible stating this fact when Jesus simply says he IS God.
(John 10:30) "I and my Father are one."
I'm not sure it gets any more clear cut than that, but here is another verse showing that Jesus is God.
(Philippians 2:5-6) "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: {6} Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"
Again, this is very clear cut. Jesus is God. It can be hard to wrap our minds around how Jesus can be God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus all at once, but that is what the Bible says.
Modern Bibles Lower Jesus
Now that it's been established that Jesus is God, lets look at how the modern bibles make Jesus unequal with God the Father.
The verse we'll examine today is John 1:3. First, here is the correct version of John 1:3 from the King James Bible. The one from God's mouth to our eyes and ears.
(John 1:3) "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
This chapter is talking about Jesus(I encourage you to read the first 14 verses of John 1 yourself to see that). So the King James Bible clearly states that Jesus made everything.
Now lets look how the New King James version has the verse.
All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
This is a very subtil deception. Notice how the word, "by" in the KJB is changed to "through" in the NKJV? So now the NKJV has reduced Jesus to some type of a middle man for God. Of course, we know that's impossible because Jesus IS God.
This deception is in every major modern bible today whether it be the NIV, NASB, NLT, LSB, NKJV, CSB, ASV, ESV, AMP to name a few.
Conclusion
The above deception is but one of many in the modern bibles. If they aren't reducing Jesus' divinity, they are omitting important doctrine, calling Jesus a sinner, and many other perversions of God's word.
Remember that the devil is very subtil. This is how he operates. He lures you in to his snares with subtilty and before you know it, you are trapped.
(Genesis 3:1) "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"
There will be many that disagree with this article. This is for two reasons.
There are many deceivers in the world that are working for the devil.
Man's flesh is very, very prideful. Imagine you are a Christian who has been reading a modern bible like the NASB for 20+ years and then someone tells you what you've been reading is not God's perfect word. It takes an extremely humble spirit to swallow that pill.
I encourage you to ask Jesus for yourself which Bible he wants you to read. Literally ask him to show you. Also, do some study for yourself. There is NOTHING more important than God's word for us. Nothing. Not your kids, your spouse, your own life. If you profess to be a Christian, you should act like that and study this issue very deeply. The information is out there and in abundance.
How To Get Saved
If you are not saved yet by Jesus Christ for all of eternity, God wants you to know that you can be. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you've done. God loves us so much he gave his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins on the cross even though we don't even deserve it. He was then buried for 3 days, and then gloriously resurrected 3 days later.
This is what the Bible says about how you can be saved:
(Acts 16:30-31) "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? {31} And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
If you want to know more about salvation and how to live a victorious Christian life after you get saved, I have a salvation guide on profile or here:
Superb and to the point.