{"id":3362,"date":"2018-07-26T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2022-01-12T18:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:16:56","slug":"now-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=3362","title":{"rendered":"Now or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[<strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>This MS is available in\u00a0larger font on our\u00a0<strong>Brief Articles 1<\/strong>\u00a0page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: -2.9pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">A pesky stumblingblock to proofreaders is catching the \u201ccorrect error\u201d\u2014the word that is spelled correctly, but is the wrong word. Failure to note these flaws can result in everything from nonsense to saying the opposite of one\u2019s intent. Consider: \u201cThat which for some time was prevalent among men is\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>appearing among women.\u201d The author meant to say, \u201cis\u00a0<strong>now\u00a0<\/strong>appearing,\u201d but the\u00a0<em>not<\/em>-for-<em>now\u00a0<\/em>slip reversed his meaning. Thus the mistaken use of only one letter in one word can have a profound effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: -2.9pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">In Biblical matters examples abound wherein men\u00a0<strong>intentionally\u00a0<\/strong>substitute their own\u00a0<em>not<\/em>for God\u2019s<em>now<\/em>, thus contradicting the very Word of God Almighty, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 13.5pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">\u201cThis is\u00a0<strong>now\u00a0<\/strong>bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh\u201d (Gen. 2:23). Adam spoke these words upon observing that God had made Eve of one of his ribs. The evolutionist\u2019s version of this statement of fact is, \u201cThis is\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, but she evolved from a lower form over millions of years.\u201d The humanists and materialists thus deny even a hint of \u201cintelligent design\u201d (never mind the infinite Designer and Creator) by changing only one letter of one word in the only accurate account of the origin of womankind.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 13.5pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">\u201cBut\u00a0<strong>now\u00a0<\/strong>we have been discharged from the law\u201d (Rom. 7:6), referring to the Law of Moses. Men have changed God\u2019s\u00a0<em>now\u00a0<\/em>to their own\u00a0<em>not<\/em>: \u201cBut we have\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>been discharged from the law.\u201d Judaizers in the first century did so, seeking in vain to bind circumcision on the church (Acts 15:1). Roman Catholicism has borrowed heavily not only from paganism, but also from the Law of Moses, including its exclusive priesthood, vestments, holy water, incense, and candles. The 16<sup>th<\/sup>century reformers likewise made (and their progeny make) the same fatal error, thus justifying such things as infant \u201cbaptism,\u201d sprinkling, tithing, sabbath-keeping, and instrumental music. It could not be more plainly stated: The authority of Moses\u2019 Law died when Jesus died (Col. 2: 14; Heb. 9:15\u201317; et al.). Those who submit to its authority in\u00a0<strong>one point\u00a0<\/strong>are obligated to submit to\u00a0<strong>all of it\u00a0<\/strong>(Gal. 5:3), but in doing so, they fall from God\u2019s grace (v. 4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 13.5pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">\u201cThe like figure whereunto baptism doth also\u00a0<strong>now\u00a0<\/strong>save us\u201d (1 Pet. 3:21a). Millions have been convinced by their teachers and preachers that the New Testament teaches, \u201cBaptism doth also\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>save us\u201d\u2014it is\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>necessary to the sinner\u2019s salvation. One must choose between an inspired apostle and mere men who deny what he plainly stated. Not only did Peter, but also the Lord, Ananias, and Paul also placed baptism\u00a0<strong>before\u00a0<\/strong>salvation (Mark 16:16; Acts 22: 16; Rom. 6:3\u20134; Gal. 3:27).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Upon only one wrong letter of one word may hang one\u2019s eternal destiny\u2014hardly an insignificant error.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">[<strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>I wrote this article for and it appeared in the\u00a0<em>Denton Record-Chronicle,\u00a0<\/em>Denton, TX, August 24, 2012.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Attribution:\u00a0<\/strong>From\u00a0<em>TheScripturecache.com<\/em>, owned and administered by Dub McClish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1[Note:\u00a0This MS is available in\u00a0larger font on our\u00a0Brief Articles 1\u00a0page.] A pesky stumblingblock to proofreaders is catching the \u201ccorrect error\u201d\u2014the word that is spelled correctly, but is the wrong word. 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