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Delivered from Darkness by Revelation

Delivered from Darkness by Revelation. Colossians 1:12-14. Colossians 1:12-14.

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Delivered from Darkness by Revelation

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  1. Delivered from Darknessby Revelation Colossians 1:12-14

  2. Colossians 1:12-14 • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. • (NKJV)

  3. Colossians 1:12-14 • giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. • (NIV)

  4. Colossians 1:12-14 • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us…the Son in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. • (NKJV) • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you…the Sonin whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. • (NIV)

  5. Canonicity • Canon = rule or measure • Persecution and False Teaching • Am I willing to die for this book? • Which teaches the truth of God?

  6. Questions regarding Canonicity • Did this writing evidence the authority and majesty of the hand of God? • Was it consistent in its teaching with previously recognized revelation? • Was it written by a recognized apostle or an apostle’s co-worker? • Was it written at an early enough date to have been written by such people? • How was it received by the church as a whole?

  7. Third Council of Carthage, A.D. 397 • 27 books of the New Testament • 39 books of the Old Testament • + • The Apocrypha

  8. trunk • The main woody axis of a tree. • The body excluding the head and limbs. • The thorax of an insect. • The long proboscis of an elephant. • The housing for the centerboard of a vessel. • A covering over the hatches of a ship. • A cabin on a small boat. • A luggage compartment in an automobile. • A case used as luggage or for storage. • Shorts worn for swimming

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  12. Colossians 1:12-14 • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us…the Son in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. • (NKJV) • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you…the Sonin whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. • (NIV)

  13. Transmission of the Scriptures • Many modern versions • Authorized KJV(1611) • William Tyndale (1526) • John Wycliffe (1384; 1395) • Syriac (150-250); Latin (300-400) • Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek originals

  14. Transmission of the Scriptures • Many modern versions • Authorized KJV(1611) • William Tyndale (1526) • John Wycliffe (1384; 1395) • Syriac (150-250); Latin (300-400) • Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek originals

  15. Manuscript Copying Process • O C C C C C C C C C C CCC CCCCC CCCC CCCC C CC CCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

  16. Manuscript Copying Process • O C C C C C C C C C C CCC CCCCC CCCC CCCC C CC CCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

  17. Manuscript Copying Process • O C C C C C C C C C C CCC CCCCC CCCC CCCC C CC CCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

  18. Rylands Papyrus P52c. A.D. 125

  19. “the manuscripts of the New Testament are counted by hundreds, and even thousands… In no other case is the interval of time between the composition of the book and the date of the earliest existing manuscripts so short as in that of the New Testament.”

  20. Manuscript Reconstruction Process • O C C C C C C C C C C CCC CCCCC CCCC CCCC C CC CCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

  21. What about the differences? • 150,000 variant readings • (but 95% have little manuscript support) • 7,500 variants that warrant attention • (most create no difference in meaning) • 400 variant readings have meaningful difference that make them word studying • 50 are really significant differences

  22. Colossians 1:12-14 • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us…the Son in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. • (NKJV) • giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you…the Sonin whom we have redemption […], the forgiveness of sins. • (NIV)

  23. The Largest Variants • John 7:53-8:11 • The last 12 verses in Mark.

  24. What about the differences? • 150,000 variant readings • (but 95% have little manuscript support) • 7,500 variants that warrant attention • (most create no difference in meaning) • 400 variant readings have meaningful difference that make them word studying • 50 are really significant differences • NO MAJOR TEACHING • RESTS ON A DISPUTED TEXT

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