12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. What is the law? Well, we know what the Apostle Paul had to say in his instruction to Timothy:Ģ Timothy 3:10-17 (ESV) 10 You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra-which persecutions I endured yet from them all the Lord rescued me. The opposite of “perish/unrestrained” is to keep the law and be “blessed/happy”.
If a verse starts out doomed, you don’t have to guess what the opposite is, just keep reading. That’s the thing about reading a proverb, most of them present dualistic thought. Proverbs 29:18 (ESV) 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18 (NASB) 18 Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18 (NKJV) 18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint But happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish : but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
#MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF VISION FULL#
We’ll get to this point in a bit, but don’t worry, this will be a short post.įirst, let us take a look at the full verse (yes… a major portion is left off of the end) in the KJV and in 3 translations that I consider to be solid translations of the Bible. The problem comes when self-proclaimed NAR prophets/apostles focus their teaching/preaching/training on their visions over what is written in Scriptures, the Word of God. Prophetic Visions always point back to God, whether they are of blessing, of punishment, or of promise.
Prophetic vision is a good thing, when it comes from the Lord God. Neither the ability nor the responsibility to cast a vision is listed in any of the criteria for an Elder, Pastor, or Deacon. The idea that without a vision-casting pastor or a prophet the people perish. The first problem with this notion, is that nowhere else in scripture ( that I’m aware of) is this idea supported. This verse is most often used to suggest that since the people perish due to a lack of vision what they need to survive is a pastor who casts visions or a prophet who shares visions. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish
A commonly used proof text for both “vision casting” leaders and “new apostolic reformation” leaders is pulled from Proverbs 29:18a, normally quoted from the KJV
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