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Question #12
QUESTION:
Aren't there some great men who use other versions?
ANSWER:
Yes, but they are all in subjection to the perfect Bible.
EXPLANATION:
There are preachers who are considered "great" by many who either openly
or covertly disdain the concept of the Bible being perfect. They correct
it with regularity and openly attack those who claim to accept it as
infallible.
There are also many Christian colleges and universities where a
student is shown "mistakes" in the King James Bible. The obvious question
is: "How can these great men and institutions be wrong and still have God
bless them"? The answer is found in the Bible, our final authority in all
matters of faith and practice.
As we turn to II Kings 17 we find Israel in a sad state. They have
been conquered by Assyria and the Israelites were carried away captive, II
Kings 17:23. The king of Assyria then planted heathen foreigners in the
land of Israel, II Kings 17:24. These people did not fear God so He sent
lions among them to kill them, verse 25, causing them to cry out for
Jewish priests to be sent to teach them how to worship "the God of the
land", II Kings 17:26-28. The result is found in verses 32 and 41. The
Bible says that, "They feared the LORD, and served their
own gods".
This same thing is true among our fundamental preachers and colleges.
Many fundamental preachers really do not believe that the Bible is
infallible, but they dare not admit it. So they "fear the LORD," ie, they
stand in the pulpit, hold the Bible in the air and declare, "This Book is
the absolute word of God without a mixture of error". Then, out of the
pulpit they "serve their own gods" in that they privately point to what
they consider mistakes in the Bible and ridicule anyone who really
believes what they had just said in the pulpit. This may seem
hypocritical. It is. It may seem two-faced. It is. But rest assured, they
would never say that they believe the Bible is perfect while standing in
the pulpit if they didn't "Fear the LORD " enough to know that they would
be ruined if anyone knew what they really believed. In
other words, you'll never hear one of them stand in the pulpit, hold up
the Bible and say, "I believe that this Book is poorly translated and full
of errors and that there isn't a perfect version on the face of
this earth that you can hold in your hand". If they ever made
such an honest confession they know that they would be "through". Thus
God's "lions" MAKE them bow their knees to the perfect
Bible even if they do it only as lip service.
Likewise, our Christian colleges and universities dare not say, "Come
to our school and we will destroy your faith in the perfect Bible and show
you that it is filled with errors". No, to only "serve their own gods" in
such a way would bring the "lions" to the campus doors. They "Fear the
LORD" enough to advertise themselves as schools who "Stand without apology
for the absolute authority of Scripture" or some even go so far as to
boast "We use only the King James Bible". Then, after the
student has been accepted, after the student has
committed himself to the school, then and only then, do they begin ever so
subtly to destroy their faith in the perfect Bible and show that
the "good old King James" is full of errors. But they know, and
God knows that they were too scared not to bend their knees to "the God of
the land" and His Book, the King James Bible.
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