Dear Anonymous, greetings and Happy New Year. May I be blunt? What you have done in this post is make an ultimatum to God--either rescue me or else. Threatening God will not hasten his answer to your prayer of delivery. He does not work that way. If you are a born-again believer in His only begotten Son, you belong to Him. He makes demands of you, not the other way around.
If you are under the blood, He will deliver you, for He did not send His only begotten Son to die for you and raise Him again only to abandon you. He promised to be with you always. I advise you to do three things in addition to what has already been said by others:
1. Humble yourself before Him in the belief that He will lead you out of this trial, Ecclesiasticus 2:6 "Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him."
2. Have faith that He will rescue you, Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
3. WAIT on Him to act when it is His will to act. Accept his timeline. That is the best way, Isaiah 40:31
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
Before I was saved I had a Catholic Bible. Ecclesiasticus was there but you won't find it in a Christian Bible. That's why it's not in the KJV. It's apocryphal. The 1611 King James Bible did have it written separately with a header that read "Apocryphal books." Later on these were further examined (as we know there were a few revisions afterward to the King James Bible). It was eventually determined that there was no reason to keep them in as they're not inspired.
If you go back even further and study the dates in which scripture was written...every apocryphal books seems to be written long after where it should have been. That alone should have been reason for early Bibles to not include it and they were found separately to begin with.
It is evident that the accuser will find a "logical" way. Even adding the word cus .
The preacher would find this amusing if it were not real! Like the sands that are removed through time, such are these times of uncertainty! How hard is it to kick against the pricks of unbelief! Is not the word of God enough for us to learn? The archeology of a scroll with nothing but hot air my friend!
Hi Charles. Ecclesiasticus is considered an Old Testament Apocryphal book, one of many. This KJBO site lists them under the Tab, 'More', at the top of the page. Some present day Bibles contain the Apocrypha, chiefly the RC Edition & those used by the Orthodox Churches.
When the Canon of Scripture was formed, this book alongwith others, were considered suspect for various reasons (e.g. authorship, incorrect teaching when compared with accepted Scriptures, etc.). Not to say that there's no truth within them, but the fact of some errors within them, should give warning to either approach them carefully or not refer to them at all.
My King James Version of the Bible does not contain the book of Ecclesiacticus. Could you explain this?
I saw a twitter post using Ecclesiacticus 2:1. While I agree with the statement the verse makes, still it is not in the King James Version, mine or any other KJV I've ever read.
Both of those are on the red Link page you come into first.
The Apocrypha are books thst we're not canonized into the Bible. I've only read them once.
Explore everything out on the Link Page. Testimonies is a blessing. There's a wonderful Search Engine. It will fetch all scriptures on a single word. If it fetches a 1000 verses you may have to separate Old Testament from New Testament.
There are strong disputes between eastern and western Christianity one of those is the western version of the books the Bible, believe that some holy scriptures are not good enough to be in the Bible, some denominations disclaim there importance at all. In the east the books include other holy texts left out of the western bible. Check out Eastern Orthodoxy...
A person claims the book of Ecclesiasticus does not line up with remainder of bible because " This book claims that giving alms justifies a man. We know that only JESUS CHRIST justifies!" Now the Words of God will not be fully understood if its not read in the Spirit of God. The justification in the giving of alms lies in the heart of man. Mark 12: 43,44. Proverbs 3: 5,9. Proverbs 14: 30.
a place of solace to the weary mind a place of preparation for determined pilgrim for acceptable men are tested and tried in the furnance of adversity.
This is beautiful. Lord help me to cleave unto you and Your Word esp in times of tribulation. Please have mercy upon me and heal my infirmity. In Your only begotten Son's name YAHAWSHI I pray and cry out to You.
If you are under the blood, He will deliver you, for He did not send His only begotten Son to die for you and raise Him again only to abandon you. He promised to be with you always. I advise you to do three things in addition to what has already been said by others:
1. Humble yourself before Him in the belief that He will lead you out of this trial, Ecclesiasticus 2:6 "Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him."
2. Have faith that He will rescue you, Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
3. WAIT on Him to act when it is His will to act. Accept his timeline. That is the best way, Isaiah 40:31
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
God bless you!
If you go back even further and study the dates in which scripture was written...every apocryphal books seems to be written long after where it should have been. That alone should have been reason for early Bibles to not include it and they were found separately to begin with.
The preacher would find this amusing if it were not real! Like the sands that are removed through time, such are these times of uncertainty! How hard is it to kick against the pricks of unbelief! Is not the word of God enough for us to learn? The archeology of a scroll with nothing but hot air my friend!
When the Canon of Scripture was formed, this book alongwith others, were considered suspect for various reasons (e.g. authorship, incorrect teaching when compared with accepted Scriptures, etc.). Not to say that there's no truth within them, but the fact of some errors within them, should give warning to either approach them carefully or not refer to them at all.
I saw a twitter post using Ecclesiacticus 2:1. While I agree with the statement the verse makes, still it is not in the King James Version, mine or any other KJV I've ever read.
Ecclesiastes is in the Bible.
Both of those are on the red Link page you come into first.
The Apocrypha are books thst we're not canonized into the Bible. I've only read them once.
Explore everything out on the Link Page. Testimonies is a blessing. There's a wonderful Search Engine. It will fetch all scriptures on a single word. If it fetches a 1000 verses you may have to separate Old Testament from New Testament.
Ecclesiastes that have 12 scriptures in my bible. But on here this book have I believe 40
chapters. I've been in church many years and do know about the Bible, but have never
seen this book before nor heard of it.
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