May 2nd will mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible. It seemed appropriate to me to post this article as my thoughts concerning the King James Bible. It was originally written as a tract for discipleship in our church.
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Bible Baptist Church believes that the Word of God is preserved without error in the King James Version of the Bible. With new versions of the Bible being printed seemingly every year, each claiming to be more accurate and easier to read than the ones before, is this position tenable?
Consider these thoughts:
Could God?
Could God preserve the Bible word for word accurate and without error today?
If you were to read the positions of the prominent Bible publishers you would think not. Each new version of the Bible claims to be an improvement upon the version previous to it and since you can't improve on perfection the obvious conclusion is they do not believe the Bible versions before theirs were perfect. (Nor do they claim perfection for their own.)
Yet we still are faced with the question, “Could God preserve His Bible perfect and without mistakes today?” If God is God at all He can!
• If He can call into existence the heavens and the earth, He can preserve His word without mistakes
• If He can part the Red Sea, He can preserve His Word
• If He can dwell among us as Jesus did, He can preserve His Word.
Could God preserve His Word without mistakes? The answer is a resounding, of course He could!
Psalms 12:6-7 says He would.
Jesus said heaven and earth shall pass away but not “one jot or one tittle” of God's Word will pass. (Matthew 5:18)
The Bible makes it very clear that God had no intention to allow man to mess up His Bible. He gave it to us as His communication to man how to be forgiven of our sin and given a home in heaven. The message is just too important to let it be corrupted by the errors of man!
Would God preserve His Word without mistakes? The answer again is a resounding, of course He would!
Again you would think not, seeing all of the versions of the Bible on the shelves today. One would have to admit that with so many versions, and with each one being different than the other, all of them cannot be perfect and without mistakes. Then, of course there is the problem of the ancient languages. None of the original copies of the Bible still exist today. And, even if they did, we could not read them.
But there is light in this tunnel. One version of the Bible bears the marks of infallibility. The King James Version has
• God could preserve His Word without mistakes
• God would want to preserve His Word without mistakes and
• God did preserve His Word without mistakes in the King James Version of the Bible
Marvin McKenzie
In the fields
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Bible Baptist Church believes that the Word of God is preserved without error in the King James Version of the Bible. With new versions of the Bible being printed seemingly every year, each claiming to be more accurate and easier to read than the ones before, is this position tenable?
Consider these thoughts:
Could God?
Could God preserve the Bible word for word accurate and without error today?
If you were to read the positions of the prominent Bible publishers you would think not. Each new version of the Bible claims to be an improvement upon the version previous to it and since you can't improve on perfection the obvious conclusion is they do not believe the Bible versions before theirs were perfect. (Nor do they claim perfection for their own.)
Yet we still are faced with the question, “Could God preserve His Bible perfect and without mistakes today?” If God is God at all He can!
• If He can call into existence the heavens and the earth, He can preserve His word without mistakes
• If He can part the Red Sea, He can preserve His Word
• If He can dwell among us as Jesus did, He can preserve His Word.
Could God preserve His Word without mistakes? The answer is a resounding, of course He could!
Would God?
Would it be the will of God to preserve His Bible perfect and without mistakes today?Psalms 12:6-7 says He would.
Jesus said heaven and earth shall pass away but not “one jot or one tittle” of God's Word will pass. (Matthew 5:18)
The Bible makes it very clear that God had no intention to allow man to mess up His Bible. He gave it to us as His communication to man how to be forgiven of our sin and given a home in heaven. The message is just too important to let it be corrupted by the errors of man!
Would God preserve His Word without mistakes? The answer again is a resounding, of course He would!
Did God?
Since God can and God would preserve His Bible perfect and without mistakes, it is only right to ask the question, "Did he do it?"Again you would think not, seeing all of the versions of the Bible on the shelves today. One would have to admit that with so many versions, and with each one being different than the other, all of them cannot be perfect and without mistakes. Then, of course there is the problem of the ancient languages. None of the original copies of the Bible still exist today. And, even if they did, we could not read them.
But there is light in this tunnel. One version of the Bible bears the marks of infallibility. The King James Version has
- The backing of the majority of ancient manuscripts of the Bible
- The witness of several earlier translation efforts
- The cooperation of some of the world's finest minds serving together to complete its translation, and
- The heritage of millions upon millions of lives being saved and changed because of its impact
• God could preserve His Word without mistakes
• God would want to preserve His Word without mistakes and
• God did preserve His Word without mistakes in the King James Version of the Bible
In the fields
