NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH OF CHRIST
December 8, 2024
Hospital: Mike Garrison, NAMC
Home: Gerald Clemmons, James Cole, Thomas Davis,
Virginia McDonald, Charles Miller
Please add Sherry Box to your prayer list. She is scheduled
To begin cancer treatment this week.
Cedar View: Barbara Parker
El Reposo: Eldora Clemmons/104
LCNH: Prue Kelley/1
SHUT INS: Freddie Davis, Stacy McCormack, Evelyn
Newton, Betty Scott, Vicki Wright.
Please remember those in the nursing homes and our
Shut-Ins
ISAIAH’S CALL: Please continue to bring Hamburger
Helper Meals or give your donations to Amy, Ann, or
Pat.
The Lesson for next week in the Auditorium Class is
Lesson #13 Review & Challenges
…please look at the new lessons for this quarter’s
Auditorium Class. Please pick a lesson and sign the list
on the table in the foyer.
We continue with Hosea Wednesday night. There are
a few more lessons on the table in the foyer.
Please check the Bulletin Board for cards, etc.
We will be collecting funds for Food Cards for
Christmas. These funds will go to give cards to
families at Rogers and Lexington schools. Please
make your checks out to North Carolina Church
of Christ with a “For” notation, Food Cards. If
you have any questions, see Phillip or Alene.
The Monthly Shut-In Meal will be this Friday. Please
bring your dish to the F’ship bldg. by 10 a.m. If you
can help deliver the meals, it would be much appreciated.
We are buying Christmas gifts for 3 girls at the Children’s Home this year. If you would like to donate money, please make your check payable to North Carolina Church of Christ. The notation should be Children’s Home.
The Fellowship Building is booked for the 7th, 14th & 15th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 31st of December
Midweek Services will be on Dec. 26th and
January 2nd.
There WILL NOT be a 5th Sunday Fellowship Meal this month.
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
Please keep these folks in your thoughts and
prayers.
Michelle Bernstein, Sherry Box, Alma Butler, Billy Bryant, Vicki Burbank, Haley Bugg, Donnie Carroll, Tom Childers, Jane Clark, Gerald Clemmons, Mitch Clemmons, Jim Clemmons, Brandon Cody, Jennifer Davis, Thomas Davis, Caitlyn Dennis, Tammy Dial, Kevin Dillon, Dakota Garner, Mike Garrison, Bridgett Gattis, Carter Glascock, Kayla Hamner, Lori Hargett, Shirley Harmon, Cypress Hayes, Taylor Hendrix, Charles and Joyce Hester, Lana Hines, Christine Holden, Cindy James, Josh Hones, Brock Killen, Don Lakey, Madalyn Littrell, Brenda McDonald, Charles Miller, Porter Mitchell, Peggy Montgomery, Luke Oliver, Tracy Pace, Ethan Pennington, Kenzie Perkins, Dennis Phillips, Tamika Powell, Mike Prince, Linda Rickard, Ricky Rogers, Lazaro Ruiz, Susan Schmidlkofer, Kim Sharp, Steve Shelton, Kristi Shollenberger, Barbara Smith, Betty Sparkman, Kevin Springer, Jean Symore, Earl Tank, Brad Tank, Patrice Tucker, Rene Voser, Luke White, Donna Wilkerson, Vicki Wright
THE “WICKED BIBLE” PRINTED IN 1631
The first copies of the King James Version of the Bible were printed in 1611, and it was not long before more and more copies were needed. Robert Baker and Martin Lucas were the royal printers (officially authorized to print official documents), who were commissioned to reprint 1,000 copies of the King James Version. They accidentally left out one vital word in Exodus 20:14, and it mistakenly said, “Thou shalt commit adultery.” The king ordered that all copies be burned, and less than 15 copies still exist. That printing is commonly called “The Wicked Bible.”
The word “not” is found 6,474 times in the entire Bible and 2,055 times in the New Testament. Imagine how popular it would be if a new “Wicked Bible” were printed today and all the “nots” of the Bible were removed on purpose. It would be a new “Wicked Bible,” and it would be widely loved by many.
A new “Wicked Bible” would be so loved by those who teach that all one has to do in order to be saved is to say the words of the modern sinner’s prayer. The new Bible would say, “Everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven” (Not-Matt. 7:21). The real Bible says, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father” (Matt. 7:21). We need to listen to the Bible instead of those televangelists who teach the opposite of what Jesus said.
A new “Wicked Bible” would be loved by many who have trouble dealing with others. It would say, “Be angry and sin” (Not-Eph. 4:26). It would also say, “Let us be conceited, provoking one another, envying one another” (Not-Gal. 5:26).
A new “Wicked Bible” would be loved by our immoral society which lives lawlessly, and their fleshly desires dominate sinful actions like fornication, lewdness, hate, contentions, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, envy, revelry and a long list of other sins also specifically mentioned in Galatians. The new “Wicked Bible” would say, “Those who practice such things will inherit the kingdom heaven” (Not-Gal. 5:19-21). Many would love reading this new Bible!
A new “Wicked Bible” would allow every man to change any and everything in the Bible they did not like by adding or subtracting what they like or dislike from the revelation of God. Sin would cease to exist, for the new Bible would license all that anyone wanted to do and encourage the fulfilment of every desire of every man.
All mankind will someday be judged by the eternal words God put in the Bible (Rev. 20:12). The King of kings has written His book, and there is no room for a modern “Wicked Bible.”