It won’t be long before a new Bible translation will come out: The GEB. The GEB Bible will fit perfectly in Today’s world. You are probably wondering what GEB stands for… Well, GEB stands for the Gum Eraser Bible. Yes, you read it correctly a Gum Eraser Bible. When you buy this new Bible, you will also get a super big gum eraser. This Gum Eraser Bible is written in an easier language. So that everyone is able to understand it. But that’s not all! The main purpose of this Bible is, that you can erase scriptures, which you find too hard, or scriptures that don’t fit into your life(style). This way you will only keep the words and scriptures you want to read and fit into your lifestyle. Maybe you think that this is some kind of a joke, but it isn’t. This Gum Eraser Bible will be the new Bible of the future.
Do we need a new Bible translation?
Unfortunately, we have arrived at an age where many people don’t understand the Bible anymore. They find the Bible too difficult to read, let alone to study and understand the Bible. A new Bible translation is not out yet or another new Bible translation is already in the making.
People become smarter and more intelligent every day, according to the world. Therefore you would think, that the Bible should become easier to understand, but unfortunately that’s not the case. The wisdom of the world increases, but the spiritual wisdom decreases.
Most Christians are carnal and try to understand the Bible with their own intellect, out of their flesh (soul), and therefore they can hardly understand the Bible. That’s because the Bible is a spiritual Book and has nothing in common with the wisdom and knowledge of this world.
When you are not born again, you will not be able to understand and comprehend the Bible and the things of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Because of the fact that many Christians stay carnal and walk after the flesh, they don’t read the Bible in the right manner and are taking the words out of their context. They pick out the words they want to hear, which fit into their lifestyle, and justify the works of their flesh so that they can keep walking after their flesh. They also pick out specific words, they can use in common discussions.
Love for the world
Many people don’t want to die in Jesus Christ and give up their own life for Him. But they want to live like the world. They don’t want to give up their own life for Jesus. They only want to be blessed by Him, with all kinds of material things.
The ‘Prosperity scriptures’ are underlined and highlighted in many Bibles. The highlighted scriptures are the only scriptures that most people meditate upon and apply to their everyday life. These highlighted scriptures are mainly scriptures about (financially) prosperity, success and the enrichment of themselves.
People are so focussed on themselves and pray according to their own will and desires. They pray for more material blessings, more money, better jobs, promotions etc. The ‘self’ has become the center of life. Therefore people adjust the Word of God, to their lives: their will, needs, lusts, and desires.
I do believe that the Lord provides, there’s no doubt about that. Because He is a Provider.
But money must not become the focus and the center of someone’s life. And it certainly must not be the reason to serve Jesus.
Jesus must be the center and our focus in life instead of money. We should focus on the spiritual things instead of the things of this world. When we are focused on money, then money will be an idol in our lives, and that is not the will of God.
Money may never become an indicator of someone’s walk with Jesus Christ, and his/her relationship with Jesus. Because many carnal Christians believe, that when you are prosperous you walk in the will of God, and when you are not prosperous and endure hardships, then you don’t walk in the will of God. But that’s a false picture that is created by carnal preachers. It is not what the Word says.
Scriptures are taken out of their context
so that people can keep walking in sin
The Word reveals sin and testifies of sin. But when scriptures are twisted, changed, and taken out of its context, then the words of God are turned into a lie. The result will be that the words won’t convict the world of sin anymore and people can keep walking after the lusts and desires of the flesh in sin and iniquity, without feeling guilty. And that’s exactly what carnal people want. They don’t want to be corrected by the Word of God and don’t want to lay down their own lives. No, it’s the other way around.
People adjust the Word of God to their own will, lusts, and desires, so that:
They can keep living after their own will, instead of living after the will of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
- Stay carnal and live after their own lusts and desires, instead of laying it down, and keeping His commandments.
- They can keep living after their flesh, instead of living after the Spirit.
- They won’t have to die to ‘self’, for the sake of the Word; Jesus Christ
But Jesus says: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple (Lu 14:26-27)
If you are not willing and prepared to give up your old life, and daily take up your cross, then you cannot be a disciple of Jesus Christ. These are not my words, but these are the words of Jesus. Jesus is very clear about this matter. If your love for the world and for yourself is bigger than your love for Jesus Christ, then you’re not capable of following Jesus.
God has given you His Word
God has given you His complete Word. So that, you can have a relationship with Him, get to know Him, and become like Him. He has not given you His Word, so that you can change His words and erase His words, so that the Word will fit into your lifestyle, and will justify walking after the flesh.
When you read His Word, you will get to know Him, and get to know His will. When you get to know His will, you will be able to walk according to His will.
Let us, therefore, keep the holy Word of God as it is, and be careful with new Bible translations or new Bible concepts. Let’s fear the Lord. Let us prevent this Gum Eraser Bible from coming.
We don’t need another translation to make the Bible easier to understand. All we need is to become born again in the spirit by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that we will be able to understand His Word and His Kingdom.
Let us lay down and change our lives and lifestyle to the Word, instead of changing His Word to our lifestyle. Let us be sanctified and purified by the Word and the Holy Spirit, with the holy fire. So that we will endure the Great Judgment, and not be judged by the Word, but receive eternal life in Heaven with Him, instead of being sent to hell and burning in the eternal lake of fire.
“Be the salt of the earth”
