Verse of the Day 2/3

 Colossians 1:6 (NLT) This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God's wonderful grace.

 

Today's "Today in the Word" devotional from Moody Bible Institute  noted the following about the King James Bible.  "Last year was the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible. Believers and unbelievers alike acknowledge the powerful influence of the KJV throughout Western culture and history. One writer pointed out: "It's the Bible of the speeches of Lincoln. It's the Bible of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. It's the Bible of the speeches of Martin Luther King." More than 350 idiomatic expressions used in daily life come from the KJV. Many readers find that the archaic language still conveys a sense of the beauty and majesty of Scripture. In fact, the KJV is the best-selling Bible translation of all time!"
 

The KJV is the translation through which I did much of my memorization of Bible verses as a child in AWANA Clubs in grades 3 through 8.  The translation is somewhat maligned today for being out of date for using such words as "believeth" and "thou shalt".  But as was pointed out earlier, it was the vehicle by which the printed Word of God was brought to much of the world.

 

Today God's Word in the KJV and other translations is being brought to the world by way by new "vehicles".  Instead of "hard copy" books it is going out in e-books, and via e-mail, social media and other sources over the Internet.  Think of how His Word has reached you today. 

 

In this day of information, let us be thankful for the ways in which we receive and share His Word.  Who knows what the future holds as far as sharing information goes.  Translations and modes of communication will vary and change but one thing  is for sure, His name through His Word shall endure forever.

 

Psalm 72:17 (KJV) His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

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Blessings,
Mike
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Colossians 1:3-8  King James Version (KJV)

 ³We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

 ⁴Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

 ⁵For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

 ⁶Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: