Has anyone ever heard of "Q" being a missing part of the Bible, specifically the lost Gospel of Q?
Many people don't realize that the Bible we read today is not the original version. For example, the "King James version" was actually edited by King James, hence the name. Many things were taken out because King James didn't want his people reading or hearing them.
I came across the Paul Wallis channel on YouTube the other day and watched the 5-part series of "Jesus in India," which covered the years of Jesus' life that are missing from the Bible. Part 2 of the series is titled "Jesus in India, Pt 2, Thomas, Q & Jesus before Christianity." You can find it on YouTube or paulwallis.com.
Just wondering if anyone else has heard of this.
What was spoken by God is not the same as what was recorded to the books by men. The Bible has warned against the scribes distorting the law (Jeremiah 8:8) and those who read the scripture in a literal way (2 Corinthians 3:6).
Languages are made by men and are imperfect vehicles in carrying the word of God. If you want to understand the word you must go beyond the written letters.
I’m not Jesus’s lawyer, I’m only his witness. I can only tell you what he’s done in my life.
The scripture below was given to me as a memory verse before I went to go visit my family in Hawaii to be discipled by them. I had fallen away from the Lord, and I wanted to get back that Joy Of The Lord in my life. it was the best decision I ever made, besides accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior on June 21, 1990.
”As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.“
Colossians 2:6-10 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/col.2.6-10.NKJV
May you find peace and hope and faith in God‘s word moving forward. 🙏
For your information, the NET bible translates Col 2:6 as:
And the footnotes explained the rationale of such a translation.
Now what do you think are the "empty, deceitful philosophies"? What do you think are the "elemental spirits of the world"?
Got Questions describes it as the "hawking basic worldly ideas about religion and trying to pass them off as truth... whether it be rituals, asceticism, or observance of rules".
There more I read, the more I think that Paul was actually warning against the Christians of today.
The discovery of the beliefs of the disciples who walked and talked personally with Jesus, and the subsequent developments of Christian doctrines over the centuries, have prompted me to leave the orthodox tenets of belief.
Good for you.
You do you.