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EDITORIAL

THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF THE PERFECT BIBLE

In order to show the King James Bible only position, we begin with the Word of God itself.

The Scripture says, “But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.” (Deut. 30:14).

The Scripture says it is true. So we start there.

If we say, “This is the inspired Scripture”, we do so on the basis of the Scripture which we have right now. The Scripture did not pop into our hands out of nowhere. It was published and delivered to us in a special way. That is called a “received tradition”. (New Christians should be given this instruction when they are learning about the Bible.)

What is “received tradition”? Well, “received” means that you have got something, a gift, right now.

So, let’s answer one question: if we have received something, we possess it right now.

And what does “tradition” mean? Well, let me ask this question. Where does tradition exist? In the past or right now? The answer, you may be surprised, is that tradition exists right now. Tradition is understanding right now what happened in the past. It is an understanding of something which has continued out of the past to the present.

So, when we say, “This is the exact true Bible”, we are saying it is right now. But then we can straight away point to the past. We can then illustrate how God not only used the men in the Scripture to write by inspiration, but that God has obviously caused the Bible to come forward through time, despite corruption or persecution of the Bible.

“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.” (2 Thess. 3:6).

Let’s take the King James Bible. He says, withdraw yourself from those who are walking disorderly. We could take that to mean, withdraw yourself from using modern versions which bring in doctrinal perversion.

He then says, “not after the tradition which he received of us”. What tradition have we received? The King James Bible. And so, we are supposed to judge now, whether or not the King James Bible is the right one. You have to go to some other source, NOT SCRIPTURE, to get a false (and recent) tradition that says that modern versions are better.

Some people start by saying, “The King James Bible is the best, because it comes from the best Greek copies...” However, we should start by saying, “The King James Bible is the best because the Scripture points to itself and upholds the King James Bible right now, and it is possible to demonstrate its authenticity on any grounds...” (It is this instruction which should be understood by growing believers. We are not advocating a magical idea of "the KJB is right and you can't question it", we are advocating a basis for right thinking and doctrine and interpretation.)

The key is this: only after you are sure you have God’s perfect Word in English should you talk about the Greek (that is to say, issues with the Greek). If you start from talking about the Greek, you are automatically discounting the English you are using to try and prove your point.

Let me say it another way: If you do not think that you have God’s Word exactly perfect in English right now, there is no way to prove or come to the conclusion that it is fully and accurately is God’s Word with nothing added or missing.

Faith does not come by going to the Greek. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. You must accept the Word of God you can hear right now, not the Greek, in order to have faith in God’s Word. (We can safely conclude that no one alive today has been born again by hearing the Gospel preached in the original Greek!)

And do you know another wonderful truth in line with this? That means you don’t have to learn Hebrew or Greek to be able to study the Scripture. You don’t have to know what the original languages supposedly mean in order to understand right doctrine. No, all you need is faith that God has got His Word to you in the world’s most common language, right NOW.

As with any doctrine, you can test it. There is a body of knowledge which can be gained by study. The knowledge about the Bible and how God has accomplished His preservation is built up.

NEWS

Going to the English Bible, not the Greek
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Australian Identity and Bible Nationalism presentation.
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Fourth draft of the “Guide to the Pure Cambridge Edition” by Matthew Verschuur is now available.
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Introductory lessons teaching the basics of the King James Bible
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