King James Bible Statement
“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”
David
Fruitful Kingdom believes that the King James Bible is the perfect, infallible, & inerrant Word of God in English.
An Important Subject
Introduction
“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.” (Deuteronomy 32:4).
All Scripture from – Genesis to Revelation – is inspired (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Holy men of God wrote God’s very Words through the power, authority, and guidance of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). Numerous people have tried to corrupt God’s Word (2 Corinthians 2:17). The plethora of Bibles in circulation is evidence of this. They cannot all be God’s perfectly preserved Words in English, since God is not the Author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33). God promised to preserve His pure Words forever (Psalm 12:6-7; 1 Peter 1:25). If God did preserve His Word as promised, then which Bible translation is the inspired translation, free of errors? We believe that the Authorized King James Bible is God’s Word for English-speaking people.
A Book of Impact
It’s called the ‘Authorized’ version because King James gave the authority for it to be translated, and available to all. No other book in the world has had a greater impact on history than the King James Bible. It has outsold all other versions of the Bible in the world. The KJB has brought more revival around the world than any other book ever in the history of time! It is also not copyrighted in such a way that it prohibits people from freely copying, printing, or distributing it. It is free for everyone to read, print, and distribute!
The Fundamentalist Connection
We identify as fundamentalists. Our perspective is clear because the King James Bible reveals these basic fundamental truths proclaimed by God. As Protestants, fundamentalists believe in the infallibility and inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth, the deity of Christ, the physical resurrection of Christ and all dead, Jesus atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world, and the second coming of Christ in bodily form. (New Standard Encyclopedia Vol Five, page 375).
Faith and Salvation
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” (Romans 10:9).
God is holy and we are all sinners (Romans 3:23, 5:12). Sinning against a holy God has consequences, but God sent His only Son, Jesus, who took the death penalty for you, gifting you with eternal life and freedom (John 3:16; Romans 5:8, 6:23). We believe that we are saved by grace, through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ that atones for our sins (1 John 1:7; 1 Peter 2:24), which is offered freely to us as an unmerited gift (Ephesians 1:7, 2:8-9). He was buried and rose again victoriously (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).
To have that saving faith we must experience the truthful Word of God (Romans 10:17; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Timothy 3:15), and have faith in who He is (Hebrews 11:6). God promises to grow your everyday faith by soaking ourselves in His trustworthy Words. And unlike other Bible versions, God cannot lie!
As a result, we become warriors, and soldiers, with swords, shields, and armor (2 Timothy 2:3; Ephesians 6:11-24; Hebrews 4:12).
Christians with Unholy, Manmade Armor
Faith makes a Christian. But without faith that’s born and strengthened through God’s very sure and certain Words, you have no armored Christian to fight!
Some do make it through. But it seems that faith has been mingled with skepticism (shield), truth compromised with error (belt), righteousness corrupted by wickedness (breastplate), peace diluted with uncertainty (shoes), salvation threatened by doubt, and a puny butterknife of a ‘bible’ that has no power of God, no authority from Heaven, and is grossly unfit for the spiritual battlefield!
God’s Words
Collectively, all God’s Words are ‘the Word of God.’ God’s Word is truthful and needs to be studied (2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Romans 12:2). God’s Words are alive and reveal our wickedness before a holy God (Hebrews 4:12). The gospel is God’s Word and is mighty to save (Romans 1:16, 10:16-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-9).
God’s Word is a proverbial sword to attack the spiritual enemy (Ephesians 6:17). As a ‘sword’ it also slices both ways: through the revelation of the gospel to the unsaved (1 Peter 3:15) and through the sanctification of the believer. God’s Word is unfailing, and His work in us will be fruitful when we are trusting those Words (Isaiah 55:11).
The Word of God is Attacked
The Enemy Tries to Cast Doubt and Confusion
Christians are engaged in spiritual warfare against Satan and his followers. Our enemy seeks to destroy our weaponry: the Word of God. It’s under attack through confusion and doubt, changing it in both subtle and profound ways, the enemy tries to undermine our confidence in God and what He has done for us through lovingly redeeming us and saving us.
The doctrines of the Christian faith are attacked. The deity of Christ, His virgin birth, the infallibility of the Bible, the doctrine of salvation by faith, and the Trinity of God. There is a range between 5,000 and 36,000 changes between various new versions! These affect the Lord’s prayer, communion, Jesus’ resurrection, downgrading His Lordship, as well as numerous omissions of words, phrases, or entire verses. They cast doubt – “Yea hath God said…?” They present God as a liar, but we know that He is faithful, truthful, and cannot lie (Psalm 119:89; Matthew 24:35; Numbers 23:19).
Satan didn’t have to eliminate God’s Word (KJB), he just had to cast doubt, and then provide a plethora of new ‘bibles’ that subtly change our view of God and Jesus’ redemptive work. He infiltrates and imitates. But Satan has another goal: not to eliminate the church (he knows we cannot), but to infiltrate, imitate, and unite all denominations and religions (which he made) into a One World Religion – through the ecumenical movement – to prepare the world for the Antichrist. Satan knows he can never eliminate the truth. His tactic is to confuse and cast doubt on God and His Word.
Two Streams of Text
Antioch of Syria:
Abundant,
Agreeable,
Younger.
Alexandria of Egypt:
Minimal,
Disagreeable,
Older.
The KJB was translated from the Greek Textus Receptus (Received Text), which was the majority of Antioch manuscripts that agreed with each other and were accepted by early Christians.
All modern ‘bible’ translations take the majority of their text from the Alexandrian manuscripts, which include the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus. These do not agree with each other. Westcott and Hort relied on these texts heavily. This is the corrupt line of Bible texts and has been influenced by perverse and evil men, and the occult. It’s no surprise that they are full of errors and mistakes!
There are 5,309 surviving Greek manuscripts from the New Testament, whether fully or partially. The difference between the KJB and ALL other versions is that the KJB rejects 5% of the 5,309 manuscripts based on their contradiction. In contrast, other versions include the 5% disagreeable text (including Vaticanus and Sinaiticus) and favor them. The result, 5% of truth was replaced with 5% of error. Bear in mind that it’s the 1% of arsenic in rat poison that will kill you. That 5% error comes from Alexandrian manuscripts and was tampered with by either Marcion (120-160 AD) or Origen (184-254 AD), or perhaps someone else.
Early Church Manuscript Corruption
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
Marcion
Marcion was a GNOSTIC (occultist/satanist) who lived from 85 – 160 AD. Irenaeus said concerning the agnostic, Marcion: “Wherefore also Marcion and his followers have betaken themselves to mutilating the scripture, not acknowledging some books at all; and curtailing the gospel according to Luke; and the epistles of Paul they assert that these alone are authentic, which they themselves shortened.” (Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1, pp.434-435). “The worst corruptions to which the New Testament has ever been subjected, originated a hundred years after it was composed. The African Fathers, and the whole western, with a portion of the Syrian Church, used far inferior manuscripts to those employed by Erasmus, or Stephens thirteen centuries later when molding the Textus Receptus.” (Encyclopedia, Titian).
Origen
Origen was a Greek philosopher and GNOSTIC (occultist/satanist), who lived from 184-254 AD, in Alexandria, Egypt. He didn’t believe it was the perfect Word of God. He used his school to brainwash his students and manipulate the manuscript copies he received from Antioch. His Logos Doctrine infiltrated his translations, specifically in John 1:1-5. “In Greek philosophy Logos was the name of the divine principle of creation and rational world order. Origen applied this principle to Christ’s person and work. Subordinating the Son to the Father, he treated Christ as the Logos (created by God) who brings reason to the world and taught on earth. This doctrine provided the foundation for the fourth century Arian Doctrine.” (The New Standard Encyclopedia, Vol.9, pp.0-155). Origen taught that Jesus was a created being! (Encyclopedia Brittanica, Vol. 16, 1936, pp.900-902). No wonder the manuscripts translated under his guidance were corrupted. He corrupted John 1:1 to say, “…the word was a god…”
Eusebius
One of Origen’s followers, Eusebius (260-340 AD), was asked by Constantine to prepare 50 copies of Origen’s ‘Hexapla’ – his ‘bible’. (Dr. Ira M. Price, Ancestry of the English Bible, p.70). In 331 AD, Pope Constantine, in true ecumenical fashion, merged all manuscripts from opposing sides. The Catholic ‘bible’ is based on these.
The Dark Ages
The Roman Catholics based their ‘vulgar’ text on the Alexandrian manuscripts for their neo-Babylonian religion. Then, over nine centuries, they hunted down the real, inspired, and preserved copies to destroy or undermine them. The KJB produced strong Christians who were prepared to die protecting the true Words of the Living God – shedding their blood for the One who shed His blood for them!
Westcott and Hort
“For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 2:17).
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:18).
“Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:6).
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (2 Timothy 3:1-7).
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:8-9).
Westcott and Hort. These men are not Christians. The text they corrupted became the Revised Standard and others.
Quotes from Westcott’s Autobiography:
“I wish I could see to what forgotten truth Mariolatry bears witness.”
“No one now, I suppose, holds that the first three chapters of Genesis, for example, gives a literal history.”
“…the vile Textus Receptus…”
Quotes from Hort’s Autobiography:
“Evangelicals seem to me perverted rather than untrue…”
“But the book that has most engaged me is Darwin… My feeling is strong that the theory is unanswerable.”
“I have been persuaded for many years that Mary-worship and Jesus-worship have much in common…”
“But you know that I am a staunch sacerdotalist.” (Belief in sacraments).
“I am included to think that such a state as Eden (I mean the popular notion.) never existed.”
“The popular doctrine of substitution is an immoral and material counterfeit.”
“The Roman view seems to me nearer, and more likely to be the truth than the Evangelical… We dare not forsake the sacraments or God will forsake us.”
Calling Evil ‘Good’ – The ‘Science’ of Textual Criticism
“In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” (2 Corinthians 13:1).
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools…. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” (Romans 1:22, 25).
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20).
Why is it that translators seem to be okay with errors? Some have blindly accepted the teachings of ‘scholars’ but have not done due diligence and investigated it personally. Some of them are not Christian and don’t believe in the true and living God. And some belong to other religious groups or organizations that have a vested interest in changing the Bible to undermine it and cast doubt. People who hate and betray the doctrine of Christ, are evil and lost; we are not to compromise or be agreeable with them; we are to shun them away (2 John 1:9-11).
A clear example of how evil is accepted is with the ‘science’ of Textual Criticism, created by Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687-1752). A true scientific approach involves eliminating bias, establishing a theory, and then attempting to disprove your theory through rigorous testing. However, the guiding principle, “Proclivi scriptioni praestat ardua,” means, “The harder text is to be preferred.” What this means, is that if a text doesn’t make sense, it contradicts, it calls into question, or it undermines another established text… then favor that. This principle does not lead to the truth since God tells us in His Word that “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” (2 Corinthians 13:1). They reject an abundant, agreeable text, for a minimal contradictory text.
Since many translators of modern versions are not Christian, they give greater weight to text that supports their worldview, or that which is their favorite. Textual Criticism, wielded by a disbelieving person or unbiblical worldview will always result in false evidence. This is because you cannot escape your bias! Your bias interferes with the process and equals the results. It is convenient how such results confirm and strengthen your bias, leading you down an ever-harder path of criticism until you have no Bible left! And it leads to doubt and despair for the Christian!
As true Bible-believing Christians, we are to be alert to the enemy’s deception. A clear example is when they label ‘good’ what God has labeled as ‘evil’ (1 Thessalonians 5:6; Colossians 2:8).
The light of the gospel is hidden from the lost because of Satan (2 Corinthians 4:3-4). The lost and unsaved cannot discern the things of God (1 Corinthians 2:9-14). They are ignorant of His ways (Ephesians 4:18). Their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes are closed (Matthew 13:14-15).
They have no right and no authority over God’s Words. How foolish to have non-Christians responsible for the translation, editing, publishing, and profiting of Scripture. God allows them to be overcome and consumed by their moral corruption (Romans 1:28).
Translators are influenced by their core beliefs. These underpin their values, thoughts, feelings, and ultimately their actions. The modernist core belief (ironically) is that the oldest copy is the most reliable because it’s closest to the original (barely), and that no copy available is the perfect inspired Word of God. The Vaticanus and Sinaiticus disagree over 3,000 times in the gospels! How foolish to accept a disagreeable manuscript based on age, without fact-checking where it came from. Unless it was intended…?
The King James advocate, however, believes that the agreeable texts are the most reliable and that there are faithful copies of the original inspired text. KJB advocates reject unfaithful and contradictory copies since God was not their author.
The agreeable texts, which represent the overwhelming majority, had been faithfully copied by true Christians – evidenced by the fact that they agree! It’s logical to assume, then, that their parent texts (which are no longer available) also agreed since they produced agreeable copies. In 1516 Erasmus compiled, edited, and printed the Greek “Textus Receptus”. This text was well received by the Protestants during the Reformation. The Authorized King James Bible was translated from this text.
Modern Versions Change God’s Word
An issue with comparing modern versions against the KJB is that they are changing often, at least every few years. This avoids pinning them down too long unless you are diligent in comparing them constantly.
Modern versions intentionally remove God’s Words. But they also change what’s left behind! Words have meanings, and affect the context of a sentence, or paragraph. Unfortunately, they change God’s Words to say things He never said or to mean something different than what God Himself meant. These changes are not the focus of this statement.
God warns us not to add to or subtract from His final Words (Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:5-6; Revelation 18:19). Most ‘Bibles’ available to the Christian are not the Word of God; they are the Word of man, and they are counterfeits. Those who read them are not bad people. They are ignorant or deceived.
Satan is notorious for undermining God’s Words. A clear example was his subtle distortions to Eve (Genesis 3:1-15). God’s Words are undermined in modern versions through subtle distortions, and blatant ones too. This is corrupting (2 Corinthians 2:17) what God established as pure (Psalm 12:6).
God warns us about scriptural corruptors (Jeremiah 5:26, 30-31, 23:21, 30; 2 Peter 2:1, 3; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 12:25). Satan infiltrates and imitates Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Gospel, the church, the Bible – KJB (Galatians 1:6-9; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; Ephesians 4:14). He uses men under his control (2 Corinthians 4:3-4; 2 Timothy 2:26).
“Yea, hath God said?”
“For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.” (Luke 12:2).
God’s Word needs to be taken seriously! Even if it exists in the form of italics, brackets, or footnotes – it is not good enough. Such trickery creates distance from the text, throws in doubt as to its validity, and remains to confuse the reader, forcing them to question if anything can be trusted.
The King James Bible utilizes italics. These indicate words that are not literally in the original Hebrew or Greek but are needed in English for the sentence to make sense in transliteration. But other versions use italics in different ways. For instance, the Amplified Bible uses italics to indicate ‘familiar’ words or phrases that they consider not supported in the old Alexandrian manuscripts.
Copyright
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” (2 Peter 2:1-3).
ALL modern versions, except the Authorized King James Bible, make it illegal to quote from their text without the publisher’s permission. By this alone, we know that the KJB is the only Word of God, which cannot be bound (2 Timothy 2:9). Only man’s words can be copyright protected, as it safeguards the reproduction of their work without consent, so they can benefit intellectually and financially.
Your King James Bible was likely printed by Thomas Nelson Co. There appear to be copyright notices in the opening pages. However, this only covers the additional materials (study notes, maps, layout, monies, weights, measures, indexes, concordance, etc.). They have no claims on the Biblical text itself!
Broad is the Way to Destruction
Don’t be fooled. Just because everyone, it seems, is practicing and endorsing new versions, does not make it true. We know that mankind always perverts the ways of God. Following the crowd without studying for yourself may lead to destruction (Matthew 7:13-14; 1 John 4:1). Do not be ashamed of the King James Bible (Romans 1:16)!
The King James Bible
Jesus (God) Endorses Copies of Scripture in His Day – They Are Faithful and Reliable
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33).
Faithfully copied Scripture is also inspired (2 Timothy 3:15-17). The Bible references ‘Scriptural copies’ in 53 verses and endorses them. It stands to reason that God would not endorse copies if they were erroneous and unreliable. Examples include Luke 4:16-21; John 5:39; Luke 24:13-45.
Jesus Himself endorses copies as Scripture. And Jesus is all-knowing (Colossians 2:2-3). He cannot lie (Titus 1:2). Jesus in His day used all faithfully copied Scripture (Luke 24:27), which should give us confidence. Trustworthy, perfect copies are Scripture (2 Timothy 3:15; Acts 8:35, 17:2). The Jews read from copies in their synagogues, and God calls them ‘Scripture’ (Acts 18:28).
God wrote those words through Paul, and we know Paul believed it too (2 Peter 1:21), or God would not have chosen him to write it to Timothy. The synagogues had faithful copies from which they learned and taught, and Paul records here that they are holy – set apart – which makes sense because they are God’s Words, and God is holy – set apart. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Paul wrote this, which means that God also considers faithful copies to be holy, even as He is!
How God Inspired Men to Record His Words
Holy men physically spoke or recorded God’s Words, guided by His perfect Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). For some, God communicated face-to-face (Deuteronomy 34:10), or by His finger (Deuteronomy 9:9-11). For others, God inspires through a dream or vision (Numbers 12:1-8; Isaiah 1:1; Daniel 2:19). To some God speaks by revelation (Ephesians 3:3, Galatians 1:11-12). But God speaks to all by the direct influence of the Holy Ghost (2 Peter 1:21).
The very Words are inspired. It’s far more than the thought or meaning behind it, which is grossly inadequate (Exodus 20:1; Proverbs 30:5-6; Psalm 12:6-7, 19:7; Jeremiah 15:16; Matthew 4:4, John 6:63, 17:8).
How God Preserved His Word in Written Form
God highly regards His Words (Psalm 138:2; Job 23:12). He said that He would preserve His Words forever (Psalm 12:6-7; 1 Peter 1:25; Psalm 119:89). This includes having reliable and trustworthy copies, free of error or loss (Matthew 5:18, 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; Isaiah 30:8).
God preserved His Words in faithful copies (Deuteronomy 17:18). God had Moses record all His Words in a book and safeguard it for future generations, presumably so they can make identical copies (Deuteronomy 31:24,26). God commands His Words to be written down, mostly in books (Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 30:2; Revelation 1:11).
How God Used Men to Faithfully Translate His Word into English
Men who translated the Scripture to create the King James Bible used ‘formal equivalence,’ where every word was carefully chosen. Whereas thought-for-thought translations use ‘dynamic equivalence’ to interpret the idea or meaning, which will always produce a lesser quality product because of the flawed nature of humans. But God is perfect, and His Words and promises never fail.
God Preserved His Word for Us
God wants us to know that through His Words we can learn, and have patience, comfort, and hope (Romans 15:4). The Bible is full of examples (1 Corinthians 10:11) and affirms our faith with proof that Jesus was the Son of God and salvation comes through believing on Him (John 20:31).
God’s Words were inspired and preserved for a relationship with God, and to make sinful men into holy men, to correct them in their wrongdoings, to instruct them in the way of righteousness, and to make them into God’s image. His perfect Word perfects us, as we stand in the perfect works of Jesus (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
The King James Bible Gives Assurances
“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.” (Psalm 19:7-9).
If you do not believe we have the inspired Word of God today, then you deny what God said in Isaiah 40:8 that “…the word of our God shall stand for ever.” You must conclude that God is a liar. So how can you trust what God said in John 3:36 that “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life…” You must conclude that you have no assurance of your salvation and no hope. Flee from this ideology, and rest in the truth (1 Timothy 6:11). The KJB represents the powerful preservation of God’s Words in English, as promised. We can trust that God cannot lie, and have a full assurance of our salvation. Through the blood of Jesus, we are saved from wrath (Romans 5:9). We are made new in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Logic
“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
The KJB is different than ALL other versions of the Bible. The difference is that the KJB comes from the Greek Textus Receptus (which is 100% in agreeance), whereas the Revised Greek Text incorporates and prefers Alexandrian manuscripts that contain 5% disagreement but are ‘older.’
The Revised Text is different in 5,337 places! Many of those differences undermine the deity of Christ, Mary’s virgin conception and birth, Jesus’ blood atonement, His resurrection, and the reliability of God’s Word.
We firmly believe that the King James Bible (translated from the Textus Receptus) is the Word of God because it tells us so! God tells us that His Word is perfect, sure, right, and pure (Psalm 19:7-8). God tells us that His Word will not pass away but will stand forever (Luke 21:33; Isaiah 40:8). God tells us that He cannot lie (Titus 1:2).
Why Doesn’t My Pastor Believe This?
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
It’s possible they have never studied it or heard the truth. It’s possible that their Bible college or seminary taught that “Differences don’t matter because nothing is reliable.” This is because most professors do not believe that faithful copies exist, denying God’s promise that He would preserve His Word forever, and making Him into a liar. It’s also possible that your pastor does know but is afraid to read from the KJB because it is not popular. He may have an ambivalent attitude.
Case Studies
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
In Acts 3:25-26, we read that Jesus fulfilled the promise given to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 that God would bless the world through his seed. But the RSV changes Christ to mean that Abraham’s seed would bless themselves (Genesis 12:3), which is salvation by works. This is the core of all human religion, being devoid of truth, which is that mankind can earn their salvation apart from God. But this is not the gospel! This is why true Bible-believing Christianity is not a religion, but is a relationship.
The RSV removes Mary’s virgin conception of Jesus, leaving His deity up for attack (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22-23). The Good News Bible destroys the sign of the miracle of the virgin birth by changing it to merely “…a young woman who is pregnant…” (Isaiah 7:14). This is not a sign, but an everyday reality. Undermining Mar’s virginity results in Jesus being an illegitimate child since Mary was not yet married, Mary becomes a fornicator (Luke 1:34), God becomes a liar (Matthew 1:22-23), Jesus was not being God but a mere man with an earthly father, and that Jesus was, therefore, a sinner. Lies! Mary tells Gabriel that she has not known a man (had sexual intercourse), but the RSV changes it to her not having a husband, opening up the possibility of her being a fornicator (Luke 1:34). The NAS also changes God’s Word from ‘Joseph’ to ‘father,’ inferring Jesus as being Joseph’s biological son (Luke 2:33). In Luke 2:48, Mary refers to Joseph as Jesus father, but God refers to him as Joseph in verse 33. The terminology used by God as He inspired the author, Luke, is superior to Mary’s terminology, which was not under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. She spoke human words, but Luke recorded God’s Words, and Mary’s words too.
The RSV removes the coming Messiah’s salvation for mankind – which Jesus fulfilled (Zechariah 9:9). The RSV infers that Jesus was a being with the same origin as a man (Hebrews 2:11; Micah 5:2). To deny the Son is to deny the Father (1 John 2:23), so why do they undermine who Jesus was? Because Satan is sly and infiltrates and imitates – he gains access to the Word of God and the Church. His goal is to cast doubt. Christ’s deity is attacked in the RSV (Acts 20:28). The RSV removes Jesus’ resurrection (Luke 24:6). We are saved by the atonement of Jesus shed blood (1 John 1:7; Titus 3:5), and not by our works. We grow spiritually by the Word of God, but the RSV removes God’s Word and also claims that salvation is worked towards (1 Peter 2:2). You do not work towards a free gift to gradually obtain it; rather, it is offered freely (Acts 16:31).
The Living Bible (TLB)
“And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (Revelation 22:19).
The Living Bible is the words of a dead man, Kenneth Taylor, who paraphrased God’s Word in his own words, with his limited understanding. According to Kenneth’s life work, God’s Word was not final until it was irreducibly interpreted according to his human opinions.
God warned mankind not to add or subtract from His Word (Revelation 22:18-19). Halfway through Kenneth’s book, he lost his voice (TIME Magazine, July 24, 1972). Could it be that God had punished him for his blatant tampering? Some later editions of the Living Bible have revised some of their changes. However, the whole book remains a weak counterfeit of the truth, being full of lies (Romans 1:25).
The Living Bible changes God’s holiness and justice to a mere opinion – leaving Him open to being wrong (2 Kings 21:6b). Christ’s deity is attacked in The Living Bible (1 Timothy 3:16). The Living Bible claims Jesus was hung on a pole, like the brazen serpent, not on a cross (John 3:14). The Living Bible undermines Jesus fulfillment in John 19:36 of the prophecy that not a bone in His body would be broken (Psalm 34:20). The Living Bible undermines the fulfilled prophecy in Mark 14:27b that Jesus wounded hands were inflicted by His own people and how His followers would abandon Him (Zechariah 13:6-7). The Living Bible also uses perverse slang (John 9:34; 1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Kings 18:27).
New American Standard Version (NASV)
Jesus was God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16). But the NASV undermines Emmanuel – “God with us,” claiming that Jesus was not equal with God! (Philippians 2:5-6) The deity of Christ is attacked in the NASV (1 Timothy 3:16; John 9:35; Romans 14:10b, 12). The NASV removes that Jesus suffered for us (1 Peter 4:1).
The NASV removes Jesus’ blood atonement (Colossians 1:14). The NASV calls into question the resurrection of Jesus by bracketing 12 verses and claiming they are ‘probably not’ in the original manuscripts, despite it being in 618 out of 620 manuscripts (Mark 16:9-10). Salvation by believing in Jesus as the Son of God is changed in the NASV to being obedient, which is a work (John 3:36). The NASV changes salvation by believing in Jesus to mean a more generalized ‘belief’ (John 6:47); but a belief in what exactly? The NASV attacks the worship of Jesus (Matthew 9:18, 20:20; Mark 5:6; Luke 24:52).
The NASV changes Jesus’ glorious second coming to a vague object of glory detached from Jesus Himself (Titus 2:13), which opens humanity up to being deceived by the Antichrist’s counterfeit ‘glory’ during the Tribulation.
The NASV claims that, in Jesus, our spiritual hunger is only temporarily met, through the changing of the everlasting nature of the word ‘never’ to the temporal ‘not’ (John 6:35).
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