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By Warren B. Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proverbs 24:21
KJV<\/em><\/strong>: My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSG<\/em><\/strong>: Fear God, dear child\u2014respect your leaders; don\u2019t be defiant or mutinous. Without warning your life can turn upside down, and who knows how or when it might happen?<\/p>\n\n\n

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One of the predominant ways the New Age has entered the church is through new translations that change the meaning of otherwise properly translated Scripture. Somehow, we are to just trust that these translations have only our best interest in mind. Proverbs 24:21 warns of the ruinous consequences for getting involved with change-agent leaders who are \u201cgiven to change.\u201d Yet, Eugene Peterson removes the reference to change and, instead, warns of the ruinous consequences for not <\/em>following these change-agent leaders! Those not respecting their leaders are described as \u201cdefiant\u201d and \u201cmutinous\u201d and as a result may find their lives being turned \u201cupside down.\u201d But the only way Peterson can come up with this translation is to turn the original Hebrew upside down. It is not \u201cmutinous\u201d or \u201cdefiant\u201d to search the Scriptures to see if what these leaders are saying is \u201cso\u201d (Acts 17:11). Isaiah specifically warned about leaders who were leading people astray\u2014\u201cO my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths\u201d (Isaiah 3:12). He warned that ruinous destruction would not come to those who defied <\/em>these errant leaders but to those who unquestioningly followed<\/em> them\u2014\u201cFor the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed\u201d (Isaiah 9:16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LTRP Note: <\/strong>This is an extract from Warren B. Smith’s booklet: Eugene Peterson’s Mixed Message: Subversive Bible for a New Age<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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