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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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