“Q: Do you, dear reader, believe that you have the word of God? Can you read it, memorize, apply it – can you trust it? Is it pure, or do you have doubts about its veracity?
Our life is basically digital – on or off. We either have the Son of God or we don’t We are either living or dead – there’s no middle ground, no Purgatory, only Heaven or Hell. There is one God; His word is immutable. It’s absolute. In this conclusive state, do you have an absolute authority for all matters of faith and practice? Do you have an anchor in a life of storms and change? If you cannot emphatically say ‘yes’ to these questions, may I suggest you humble yourself, recognize God’s ability to present His words perfectly and then go curl up with a good book; The Authorized English Bible. You’ll find bedrock.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp.132-133
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“Cutting through the noise, both pro, and con, the debate about the absolute authority and the excellence of the KJV really comes down to faith.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p121
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“Q: Do you, dear reader, believe that you have the word of God? Can you read it, memorize, apply it – can you trust it? Is it pure, or do you have doubts about its veracity?
Our life is basically digital – on or off. We either have the Son of God or we don’t We are either living or dead – there’s no middle ground, no Purgatory, only Heaven or Hell. There is one God; His word is immutable. It’s absolute. In this conclusive state, do you have an absolute authority for all matters of faith and practice? Do you have an anchor in a life of storms and change? If you cannot emphatically say ‘yes’ to these questions, may I suggest you humble yourself, recognize God’s ability to present His words perfectly and then go curl up with a good book; The Authorized English Bible. You’ll find bedrock.”
Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp.132-133
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6/04/2022
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“From the 1880’s until today, multiple Bible versions have been issued. However, none can compete with the honesty, the prose, the power, the manuscript evidence, the fruit, and the timeless accuracy of the KJV. The modern tongue, void of distinctive clarifications (such as thee and thou) and lacking verb endings (such as -est and -eth) which attach the verb to the subject, is a dull sword compared to the KJV’s sharp English. The publishers claim their versions are easier to read, but that claim is disputed.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p.14
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“Many of the new versions, built upon dubious manuscripts, attack the Deity of Christ and the efficacy of His blood. By their promotion for lucre and copywriting for control, they all place doubt upon the veracity of God’s word. For example, the International Council of Religious Education, ‘to protect the text from unauthorized changes,’ copyrighted a new version in 1928; then it was changed in 1937, 1946, and finally ‘authorized’ in 1951. It would seem these ‘protected’ Bibles aren’t as stable and reliable as the unprotected text of the KJV, which can be freely copied and distributed. In the meantime, the Authorized Bible, the tried and true word of God, continues to honor the Lord and affect the souls of men.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp.14,15
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“I strongly urge both believer and doubter to approach the Bible – especially the supposed difficult epistles such as Hebrews – with a grammar first mentality. This will keep you from being boxed in, or proverbially painted into a corner. You can glide through and comprehend the meaning without cutting and pasting chapters or passages into another time zone, or reducing the text to hypothetical prattle. It’s not necessary to pour through commentaries or seek out expert in Greek and Hebrew: the answers to all of life’s vital questions are in plain sight within the English text.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p.122
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“Because some KJV verbs may be considered archaic and difficult, the average student may ask, ‘Why bother?’ The answer is simple: we should neither be average, nor should we consider the diligent and correct interpretation of Scripture a bother. Determining what the action was, or is, and when the action happened, or is happening, helps tremendously in comprehending the meaning of the Scripture. Moreover, correct comprehension leads to sound doctrine, which in turn leads to sound action by the believer.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p80
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“…some believe the actual word of God is inaccessible to the layman—perhaps it’s found only in heaven; or, if the word of God is actually found on earth, then it’s in the form of carefully preserved and archived fragments, accessible to only a few brilliant experts who can comprehend detached languages. We don’t believe either of those scenarios. We do believe the actual word of God is available, and is becoming available, to the billions of desperate souls that live upon the entire circumference of the globe; we believe it is accessible in an excellent fashion; and we also believe that we should become scholars of the language we presently find it in, Early Modern English, before pouring over commentaries, lexicons, and additional study books.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp.26,27
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“Understanding simple pronouns sheds light upon a disputed passage…A regular working man, with or without letters before or after his name, can (and should) read his Bible and solve the problems the so-called experts trip over, by applying simple and overt English grammar.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p.69
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“When we read our Bible, we’ll often find words and phrases that seem difficult or puzzling to us. Don’t simply skip over them or mentally delete them, but rather seek to understand and gain a full comprehension of the text. Ask yourself, ‘What does it mean?’ Write down difficult words or phrases, and then, when they are understood after careful study, write the definition in the margin of your Bible, next to the word or phrase. You will always improve the process of understanding by discipline, patience, and hard work.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p.45
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“The common complaints about the KJV being difficult to read due to the pronouns thee, thou, thy, thine, and ye, are objections based in ignorance. These precise words, when understood, actually clarify and precisely define the text. It’s also grammatically incorrect to simply replace the ‘old’ pronouns with you. When God speaks through His word, we know exactly whom He is addressing because there is no mistaking the clarity of the KJV’s English.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp. 60, 57
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“The expectation was, and still is, that the Authorized Version would be the literary standard for the increasingly educated masses to attain and adhere to; the Bible would not be deliberately lowered to the vocabulary and idioms of the day. Therefore, it remains incumbent upon the student not to seek the latest Bible fashion, but rather to achieve an understanding of God’s word through the toil of diligent study and prayer.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp.44-
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Paul Scott 2 min read 05/17/2022
Spake or Spoke
“…Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46).
“God, who at sundry times and divers manners spake in time past…” (Hebrews 1:1).
At a recent event, while reading the KJV in public, the reader unconsciously replaced spake with spoke. Later, I mentioned it to him, asking him if his Bible had spake or spoke — it had spake . “Spake or spoke…it’s the same, right? What difference does it make?” was his reply. It makes an interesting study:
The modern bibles apparently have replaced the ‘archaic’ spake with spoke; yet the word ‘spoke’ is not used once in the KJV. Some dictionaries pile on, characterizing the word spake as archaic. What’s going on?
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Spake is the simple past tense of the verb to Speak: An action of verbalizing words which was started and was completed in the past.
Spoke is a rod, bar, or cord, connecting the center of a wheel (hub) to its outer edge (rim).
Using spoke as a verb, indicates the action of repairing a wheel or extending a rod from the hub to the rim: “he spoke the wagon wheel.”
Here, again, the KJV is correct and accurate to distinguish the verbs (in past simple tense). To the point: it would be incorrect to write “Never man spoke like this man” - when the man was actually verbalizing truth and not necessarily repairing a wheel.
Never man spoke like this man - Wow! That guy has a way with wheels!
Never man spake like this man - Wow! That guy has a way with words!
The translators knew how to use spoke (spoken): “…Hath in these last days spoken…” (Hebrews 1:2). As the present perfect tense — an action that began in the past and yet continues to the present; and as the past perfect tense (was spoken) — a series of actions, one started and finished before another. Here, it is clearly a tense of the verb to speak. Interesting.
Is the KJV grammar actually archaic, or is it in fact, perfectly accurate? Never man spake like this man.
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“I am not implying that those who use a lexicon are devil possessed or have impure motives. I do, however, strongly suggest that the English-speaking student set aside the auxiliary study sources and make English a priority. First and foremost, become an expert in English to discover, without doubting or gainsaying, the Spirit-given nuggets found in the Book we all can examine, read, and believe.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, p.39
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“Q: What about the people of the world who don’t speak English—should we (English speakers) tell them we have God’s word and they don’t?
A: I wish the missionaries of the world could find unity in this, but they are divided and so the progress is hindered. First, if you are concerned about discouraging the non-English speakers with a remark like, ‘We know English and you don’t,’ then the last thing you’d want to say is, ‘The original Greek says…the Hebrew reads…actually the Aramaic….’ They can readily learn English (especially if you will help them), but should they also learn Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic? That’s discouraging!
Second, this has become a moot issue because they will ask you for the KJV. I’ve heard this request many times: ‘Please use the old English Bible: it’s more descriptive than our version and more interesting than the modern English bibles the other foreigners use. Just speak slowly and explain the meanings of the words.’ If the missionaries could explain the grammar of the KJV, they wouldn’t need to create a schism, a heresy.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers, pp.128-129
5/05/2022
“The thee and thou language used in the Authorized Version is occasionally used as an excuse to remain ignorant or to sell other modern versions by casting doubt on the usefulness of the A.V. (Authorized Version – KJV). The best defense from the snare of proud doubters and Bible revisionists, who would place themselves above God’s word, is an equipped, educated saint.” Paul W. Scott, English for Bible Readers
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An Introduction to: Paul Scott
English for Bible Readers
by Paul W. Scott
English for Bible Readers
Copyright @ 2008 Paul Scott
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Bible.
ISBN: 978-0-692-00076-2
Cover design by Grant Miller
For more information or additional copies, please contact: Paul Scott at 746 Norton Street Rochester, NY 14621 at pwscott61@gmail.com
Printed in the United States by Morris Publishing" 3212 East Highway 30 Kearney, NE 68847 1-800-650-788
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05/03/2022
“The King James Version of the Bible (KJV) stands alone in English literature; it continues to be the crown jewel of written communication. Unfortunately, due to our unfamiliarity with its prose and its supposed archaic words, it also stands unused, scarcely read, and relegated to brief exercise on Sunday morning.
Or, worse yet, it’s piled upon the dusty heap of other seldom read classics.”
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5/04/2022
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“…God communicates to us specifically by His word, and His word is pure. Our job is not to doubt or destroy it, but rather to study, understand, and obey it. We need not follow apocryphal visions or obscure scripts, nor do we need feelings or repetitive customs to define our final authority for matters of faith and practice. We have God’s word. This specific word, translated at the threshold of ubiquitous English influence and with supernatural accuracy, is published in the world’s language, revealing God to whosoever will know him.”
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Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls, James 1:21.
James starts this verse with a command predicated on the previous statement that; the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God, vs.20. We are to be something new in this world and we are to be; slow to speak, slow to wrath, vs.19. Those two admonitions are in themsleves good definitions of meekness. However, he didn't just tell us to be meek, he instructed us how to be meek.
Lay apart all filthiness. This is the first part of the command with which James instructs us. Already, if my readers are a random sampling of fundamental Christians of the 21st century, we have hit a stumbling block. In poll after poll, and with many samplings, the gross statistic that 72% of fundamental Christian men view pornography on a weekly basis keeps coming up.
30 years ago, Dr. James Dobson gave the troubling statistic than when polled, 50% of men attending Fundamental or Evangelical Churches admitted to having viewed pornography in the previous seven days. That was 30 years ago before the advent of smart phones, tablets and easy recourse to high speed internet. I listened to a home school seminar conducted by Michael Pearl over 20 years ago. In a message preached to the men who took the time to travel to such a seminar with their families, Brother Pearl preached against pornography. With heads bowed and eyes closed, he stated that over half of the men had raised their hands as having a real problem with it. Again, that was before the advent of the ubiquitous smart phone.
If you or someone you know is in that 72% of men trapped in filth, please watch the attached podcast by Pastor Jack Young of the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Webster, NY. (Click Here) There are a few excellent churches in the Greater Rochester area. Jack Young may not be the best pastor in the Greater Rochester Area and his church may not be the best, but I can assure you that there are none better.
In the next post, we will continue to deconstruct James 1:21. A note to those few Hyper Diaper Dispensationalists (not all dispensationalists, only those who can't figure out that both Paul and James hated filth) who may need to enter a safe room in order to read this, if you are troubled with filth, let down your guard and get some help. I hope that as we deconstruct James 1:21, the beauty and accuracy of your King James Bible will become more real to you.
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Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls, James 1:21.
We looked briefly at lay apart all filthiness in the verse, and we commented that it is the first half of the admonition. The second part tells us to, lay aside all superfluity of naughtiness. Here we have two words that the new versions have avoided at all costs and as a result, give us a different command.
NIV: Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
ESV: Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Thanks to these two versions, we now know what the verse does not say. What then is superfluity? It is the root word of superfluous, something that is not needed. Superfluous is the adjective, superfluity is the noun. The Apostle Paul when considering how the Corinthians had shown themselves willing to give abundantly, called his charge to them superfluous. It wasn't really needed. It was unnecessary because they already were obeying it. For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:, 2nd Corinthians 9:1.
What then is naughtiness? It is a noun that comes from the adjective naught. And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren, 2nd King 2:19. The context shows us that there were springs of water but that the water was bad. Jeremiah outright defines the word. One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad, Jeremiah 24:2.
Something that is naught or naughty is something bad. What James is telling us is that we are to lay aside all superfluity of naughtiness. In other words, the useless and often redundant bad things in our lives. Church members today are utterly wrapped up in junk that cannot profit and is utterly useless to the Kingdom of God, their spiritual welfare and is in fact harming them.
I am not against video games on phones. I have however observed people who are bogged down in them. They have become naughty and they are useless to those people. There are readers of this blog who have weirdo little habits that they would be ashamed to be seen doing in public. Get rid of that naughty superfluous junk! Our King James Bible did not call it rampant or prevalent as the two silly bibles called it. Our bible said that if its redundant or not needed and it is bad, get rid of it.
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Deconstructing James 1:21: Wrapping it Up.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls, James 1:21.
We have seen in the last two posts on James 1:21 how that he gave a command to lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness. Now we will look at the second part of that command which says; receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls. I have written at some length on the definition of meekness. In particular there is a post from 2018 which applies the word meekness to James 1:21. (Click Here)
What then is the engrafted word? Before we look at that, we shall deconstruct another bible word to show how it is done. The word "grave" can be a verb in your King James Bible. And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:, Exodus 28:9. To grave is to dig. When someone has begun to grave on something, they become an engraver making an engraving. The onyx stone upon which they graved has become an engraved stone.
Now, consider the engrafted word. The root word is graff. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?, Romans 11:24. Those of us who have been graffed onto that tree have become an engrafted people.
Throughout most of the Book of Acts, the Apostles were writing scripture. But the word of God grew and multiplied, Acts 12:24. These writings which encompass the gospels, the Book of Acts itself, the epistles and eventually the Book of Revelation were graffed onto existing scripture. They were graffed onto paper. They are the engrafted word and James wanted his readers to know that if they indeed were to; lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, they could have their souls delivered.
I preach this to Gentiles in our present age. I know this distresses the hyper diaper dispensationalists who breathlessly pant, "It's written to the twelve tribes, It's written to the twelve tribes". Yes, it was written to the twelve tribes because they needed to repent. When I find people in my community who need to repent, I preach that to them. It hasn't hurt a one of them.
As a result I have a church bulging with families who only a few years ago cared nothing for the things of God and who were miserably wrapped up in sin. These people never miss the house of God, love the songs of Zion, and rejoice at their new lives in Christ Jesus. Meeting three times a week is not enough for them so we meet on Wednesdays for a message and prayer, then again Thursday night for bible study. The hyper diaper perfectionists sit around in small sterile groups and send out infinite Facebook posts on which bible books they can ignore.
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The Translators and What They Knew
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation, John 11:51.
Here we have Caiaphas's prophecy. More than likely Caiaphas burns in hell today. He certainly had no faith while he uttered the above words and yet what he spoke is listed not just as divine scripture, it is accurate prophecy. Did Caiaphas know that he was adding to the word of God when he spoke? Of course he did not. I am not the first person to use Caiaphas as an example of someone who gave us infallible scripture without knowing that he did so. I am also not the first person to point out that whether or not the King James translators knew that they gave us an infallible inspired bible has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not they did.
In the last week, I have had a couple of people bring up the translators' own writing to try to dispel any notion that they could have been inspired. They themselves advocated the notion that better understanding could come from the reading of many translations, yet it is they who said they had given us not just one more translation, but "one more perfect translation". Whether or not the King James Bible is the perfect word of God does not rest in the opinion of its translators. It rests on the word itself.
The greatest single resource available today for the bible believer who would understand the various versions of the bible through the centuries and how our King James Bible became what it is today, is the website kept by Will Kinney; www.brandplucked.webs.com. Will Kinney is in his 80s and it is a grace from God to the people of God that he is still active. (It is also a bane to those who would tamper with our bible.) The first video offered on his website is the single greatest explanation that I have ever heard on why the King James Bible can be the perfect word of God. (Here).
I heartily recommend that as many of us who want to know the vast body of information out there and available to begin studying the resources on his site. I don't agree with some theological stands that Mr. Kinney takes, but never at any point does Will Kinney ever twist the written word to make it say something different. If you don't like his theology, grow up. Enjoy the great fruits of his many years of study.
The greatest single resource available today for the bible believer who would understand the various versions of the bible through the centuries and how our King James Bible became what it is today, is the website kept by Will Kinney; www.brandplucked.webs.com.
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"I just read this article for the third time and I, just have to, post it again!"
Announcement from Dr. John M. Asquith
4/11/2022 reposted 4/15/2022
Brother Mike Sutherland has set about to edit and categorize the 500 or more posts contained in this blog. His hope is to prepare manuscript that can be published in an ebook or even paperback form. He has tasked me with reviewing them with the goal of being able to cross reference each post by specific category. As I reread the following post from 2017, I thought that it would be good to repost it. Our readership is far broader than it was 5 years ago and many have not seen this introduction.
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For those of us who believe in divine intervention in the affairs of men, the issue of whether or not God helped preserve the word of God should not be difficult to swallow. I know people who believe that in our time God and God alone still selects who should be saved and who should be damned, but those same people think that God preserving his word is too extreme for any sensible person to believe. I know people who believe that a man elected by cardinals from within a select group of themselves can be imbued with an infallibility that God is bound to respect if he should speak ex-cathedra, (that is within his position and seat), and yet these same people think that Jesus keeping his promise to preserve his word is somehow pushing things too far.
I know people who believe that men and women in churches today can prophesy with Holy Ghost anointing and accuracy, but are suspicious of God's willingness to preserve a perfect bible. I know people who claim the guidance of God in their daily decision making, but somehow can't see a role for God in preserving his word. In each of these cases we have men and women making decisions about church membership, church rules, church decisions or policy and everyday life who attribute their decisions to God. What they all have in common is a deep suspicion of anyone who claims to be led by the written word of God.
There are many reasons for this. Foremost is an almost universal belief that there is no perfect bible. Secondly, there is the common assumption that the bible contradicts itself and that those pulling ideas out of its pages do so with a prejudice of aforethought that makes their findings suspect. In other words, in a book too diverse and written by too many men over too long of a period of time, and a book that has suffered the tampering of countless men over the millennia, anyone can prove anything they want by highlighting one text over another. They are buttressed in that belief by the existence of many people who do just that.
Since men of my ilk are often tarred with that brush let me say a few things. First of all I do not want to believe anything that requires me to dampen or even suppress a part of my intellect. In my lifetime I have heard many plausible theologies and other theories that seemed pretty reasonable if the hearer was to squint just right when he looked at the facts. In fact almost every religion on this earth is filled with adherents who feel religiously bound to keep squinting and feel guilty when they don't. I personally hate that. The day when my people need to squint and cock their heads just right to believe what I am saying is the day I need to quit.
The very week that I write this has seen articles trumpeting the finding of the oldest fossil known to man. It is a one celled fossil. Doesn't anyone wonder where the two celled fossils are? Imagine how many years one celled life must have been the predominant life form on earth, and imagine how many eons were involved in the evolution of two celled, four celled, eight celled, sixteen celled, thirty two celled and so on creatures. We live in an age where the science of our day squints and hold their heads just right to pretend that such creatures existed. As an American I wholly uphold the right of any man or woman to squint just right, cock their head and hold such clap trap to be true.
There is no evidence of what they believe, only a heart felt belief that all is well as long as they believe it. Their very world view is shaped by the certainty that they evolved from one celled creatures. These same people look at me as intellectually suspect in that I believe that I was created and that I believe that my creator left me a written record, and that he preserved that record exactly as he promised he would. What they don't understand is that I don't have to squint to believe it.
I don't have the time or the space in this post to argue the infallibility of the bible. What I do want to say is that the book known as the bible, written by many men over 1800 years and passed down to us for 2000 years of history and translated into many languages dead and alive, is absolutely accurate today down to the slightest nuances of text.
If I were to come to you in a secluded spot in the woods and claim that I had driven there in my car, you might think that I lied if you didn't think that any path through the woods was drivable. If I were to demonstrate to you that there was indeed just such a path it would not prove that I was telling the truth, it would merely demonstrate that I could be telling the truth. Your first objection to my statement would have been based on a mistaken belief that no car could have driven to you. Upon seeing that your belief was wrong you must now examine my claim on other grounds.
What I seek to do with these posts is to demonstrate that all of the scholars and clergy who claim that an inerrant transmission of the bible is impossible are wrong. I can demonstrate quite well that the sacred text of the Jews was incorporated into the Gentile Bible along with the New Testament. I can demonstrate quite easily that that same text was quickly and according to scriptural principals rendered in common languages spoken by common people.
The transmission of this text was carried out in Latin, Syrian, Coptic, Gothic and English. The entrenched clergy of our day stand stupefied and scratching their heads while they search through the remnants of old Greek texts much like a befuddled basketball player wondering how his opponent who was streaking in for a layup got by him. These same clergy keep translating their poor warn out texts over and over again with little hope of ever achieving anything they can trust. Meanwhile the great work of God goes forward with vulgar (common language) texts that work.
The English translation known as the King James Bible has a clear and demonstrable path that leads from 1611 until today. Before that, its transmission was from one common tongue to another all the way back to the cross. Even King James Bible professing Baptists stumble at this. Perhaps we will never change their minds. What we will do is demonstrate that they need not put the least part of their intellect on hold to believe it. There is a path and it will run through Cambridge...
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And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein, Isaiah 35:8.
Whenever I happen to come across this verse in my daily reading, I am reminded again of the grace of our God who has not only chosen to reveal himself and his truths to man, but he has built in a failsafe wherein fools such as myself can free ourselves from error. In the last blog post I dismantled the rather naive assumption that King James Bible believers are some monolithic cult engaged in group-think. Instead, King James Bible believers are those who have entered onto a highway whereon they have a true and valid hope of God straightening out their doctrine.
What we fight for as King James Bible believers is to remove the shackles of man from those seeking the truth. We seek to remove those shackles of inaccurate history, false science, faux translating and just plain ignorance that have kept so many from entering into this liberty that we have found. When I was first introduced to the whole King James Bible issue, I immediately saw it as something seeking to constrict me. When those aforementioned shackles were removed, I took my first tentative steps onto that great highway.
I have had a few guides. I have had the Holy Ghost who has pledged to lead me into all truth. I know that for many that should seem sufficient. It has not been for me. God has placed men in my life who have boosted me. Early on, those men explained that whenever I perceived that they were speaking in accordance with the King James Bible, that I could trust them. They also solemnly warned that wherein they deviated I was to distrust them. I have always thanked God for those men. Thirdly, I have had my own conscience.
That may seem strange to some, but I am sure that many will understand. Holding a King James Bible in my hand and having the Holy Ghost has not kept me free from error. I have had to learn to listen to my own inner voice. In my early days, when I had a preformatted opinion of a verse, the Spirit of God would try to nudge me that something was wrong. I would read a verse, my conscience would be slightly troubled and like the child Samuel, I didn't recognize the voice of God. I had to be trained that the Holy Ghost who wrote the book in front of me now lived within me and that it was a grief to him whenever I glossed over a verse. I needed men as fallible as Eli to teach me how to respond to God's voice.
I thank God for my own mentor who taught us that it was impossible for the King James Bible to disagree with God in any point. It is as holy and as accurate at God. There is nothing that God wants men to know that is not contained in its pages. There is simply nothing of the revelation of God that can ever be made more clear than how a King James Bible states it. When God teaches individual men through the experiences of their life both through chastisement or through blessings, it is only by the words of a King James Bible that they can understand and appropriate those lessons.
I know that some of my readers are not there yet. Those above statements made them a little nervous and a little worried that perhaps we are carrying this thing too far. Nevertheless, I'm glad that you have taken steps that should inevitably bring you there. If by some means, the Lord could gather each and every original manuscript just as they were when they left the authors' hands, and the Lord himself gave you the ability to read and converse in those languages as well as you can read and converse in English, would you be troubled by those statements? After all, it is God's word.
Eventually, the Lord seeks to bring every believer past those barriers of doubt that men have erected and to bring those same believers to understand that every single characteristic attributed to scripture is perfectly fulfilled with a King James Bible. There is simply nothing that a reconstruction of all the originals in a perfect manner could offer that the King James Bible does not offer.
Imagine praising a friend or an old teacher but when you are done, you warn people to take their word with a grain of salt. Why praise that person at all? A man is no better than his word. That is the great irony to the mega churches of fervently swaying and hand waving worshipers who feel so uplifted as they praise God. What praise is it to God to call him great but cast doubt on his word? You wouldn't praise anyone you know that way. What fools the devil has made out of so much of professing Christianity!
The riches of Christ are unsearchable (Ephesians 3:8). That doesn't mean that men cannot search the riches of Christ. It means that men will never exhaust them. There will not be a time even in the ages to come where a man will finally say, "I now know it all." As infinite as eternity, as infinite as endless space, and as infinite as Jesus Christ saying, I am alive for evermore, Revelation 1:18; so will be the knowledge of Christ. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know, I Corinthians 8:2. As long as eternity lasts, a person with salvation will search those unsearchable riches of Christ. That is true joy.
That is meant to start on this earth. In a believer's early days, he needs to build a basic structure of doctrine. God in his grace has given the believer men who can help in this process. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein, Hebrews 13:9. Seek out those men who understand the bible structure of the New Testament Church. Watch their lives. Have they profited by what they teach? Obviously I'm not speaking of large bank accounts. Has the grace of God been obvious in this person's life, in family, in church, in public behavior, and has it proven capable of bringing them through tragedy?
Find such men and make sure that their words are the words of a King James Bible. If they build a doctrinal structure that contradicts the plain sense of bible, find someone else. Like an old house still being inhabited by men, your doctrinal structure will need constant work. Periodically, I am ashamed when I finally understand a verse that has long puzzled me. I realize that my doctrine needs tweaking. I'm not talking about abandoning things like the deity of Jesus Christ, but many times I have sat back in awe as I realized that the deity of Jesus Christ is far greater and more majestic than anything that I had ever thought before.
I never want that process to stop. I want to read a verse, examine it its context, and then see how it applies to my overall understanding of God and his works. I do not want to settle on what I think until my conscience is completely settled that I have taken the verse exactly as written, and that I have been obedient to any prick from the Spirit of God as to how I have applied that verse.
I am in complete harmony with the great bulk of King James Bible defenders who seek to make the truth known and who endlessly battle the lies and misunderstandings about it. I know that many of these people are not at the same place that I am in my work of understanding God. I should hope that many are far past me. What each defender wants is to create a playing field where any man woman or child can have perfect access to the truth, and then in the liberty of their conscience, discover what God wants them to know. In this we are united. The King James Bible is the word of God.
I truly sorrow for any man who has his doctrine all worked out because someone gave him a catechism with bible verses to back up each major point. There are some among the King James Bible believers who have little more than that. Nevertheless, they hold in their hands the absolute truth. I rejoice in that. As a Baptist, I will lay down my life for that man's right to interpret that bible however he sees fit. As a Baptist, I will also exhort men to leave the worn out theologies of Protestantism and their preconceived doctrines and to step into the glorious liberty of a true bible believer. Become a doctrinal bible believer, not just an historical bible believer.
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Based on the book of Proverbs, this relevant message is for Men & Churches today.
Based on the book of Proverbs, The Red Herring deals with
one of the greatest issues among Christians today.
Pastors, fathers, and families struggle every day
to spiritually survive as they fight to walk with God
while they are continually being hunted by
what Proverbs calls “The Strange Woman"
THE RED HERRING
Proverbs 1:7 (KJV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 4:18 (KJV) But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Proverbs 4:23 (KJV) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 5:11 (KJV) And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Proverbs 5:14 (KJV) I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Proverbs 7:6-7 (KJV) For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 7:26 (KJV) For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 7:1-27 (KJV) My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: Amos 8:11.
There has been a 50 year push in most Evangelical or Fundamental churches to tell as many people as possible about Jesus Christ. At the end of that 50 year push, far fewer people know or understand Jesus Christ than ever before. Regardless of anyone else's theology, I have found that explaining to people that God's word is here on this earth, that it is perfect and that they can know it has done more to awaken people to righteousness than anything else.
Booker T. Washington once said that he wearied of young ex-slaves who had been sent off to Europe for a fancy education by wealthy do-gooders. He said they could dress fancy and discourse for hours on the various interest rates of European bonds and stocks but couldn't understand why their fathers lost a dollar on every bale of cotton they sold. Our bible colleges and local church institutes have spewed forth their modern equivalent in the ministry.
We have young men who dress right, preach well, and have very fundamental theologies. They cannot get a neighborhood to change. They can't get a family to change and they can't get an individual to change. They are utterly impotent. Their idea of soul winning is the Baptist Sacrament wherein they get people to pray their little prayer and pretend that these people truly believed.
What do tadpoles become? If you said, "frogs" you are about .001% right. Most tadpoles become fish food. Very few ever become frogs. What do these hapless victims of the Baptist Sacrament become? If you said, "saints of God" you are less accurate than your first answer. Our towns and cities all over America are filled with people who have been run through the mill of easy believism only to blend back into the sin laden lifestyles wherein the preacher found them.
The Black Creek Baptist Church is in Allegany County New York which lost 5% of its population in the last census and is down to 46,456 people. Most industry has moved out. Our township which is quite large has 700 people. A good portion of them are Amish who would never come to one of our services. In 14 years we have gone from an average attendance of 15 to 25 to an average of 60 to 80. We have drawn many people from broken drug sotted homes who had fallen through every safety net. Many of their lives are irrevocably changed. Doctors have noticed, social workers have noticed and the men who stock beer in the convenience stores have noticed.
My emphasis to the broken victims of New York State's overworked welfare system and the broken families and discouraged population is that there is a bible. It is the King James Bible. God speaks to us. We have the absolute, 100% true words of the living God. I teach them to read it. I teach them to apply it to their lives. As their lives improve, they begin to realize that the bible they are reading is indeed true. At some point they begin to tremble over the sin in their lives and become soundly converted by Jesus Christ.
I am no longer interested in debating the "theologically pure" who are quite sure that my ways are wrong. I just intend to teach a lost a dying world that the King James Bible is the word of God and that it is infallible and that they themselves can know what it says. The people who have received that teaching can't get enough church. They come for Sunday School, two services on Sunday, Wednesday Night, and they come to Thursday Night Bible Study. I hear complaints that we don't have enough meetings. My church is filled with actual converts as well as some who have drifted from other churches.
With all of that said, I am developing a bible institute degree to teach the King James Bible itself. I want them to know its vocabulary, its history, the history of England and of the English Language. I want them to be familiar with the various arguments for and against it. I want them to be sound in presenting the word of God, defending the word of God and then, and only then, preaching the word of God. If a man does that, Jesus Christ will be glorified and lives will change.
Here is a representative course that we are offering. If you want to take the course on your own, please feel free to do so. For this course we are using Will Kinney's website which he has graciously made available to the world at large. He is not associated with us, but we are indebted to him.
Brand Plucked Web: The Essential Will Kinney
Course Description:
This course will familiarize the student with the writings and research of Will Kinney. His website, Brandplucked.webs.com is probably the largest and most comprehensive compilation of defenses and explanations for the integrity of the King James Bible. As long as the internet continues in its current form, most challenges to the King James Bible whether they be historical, doctrinal, or linguistic can be successfully researched on Mr. Kinney’s site. The goal of this course is to make the student able use this site when researching difficult questions concerning our King James Bible.
Requirements:
1. Watch the first video under the heading; KJB Videos titled, Did God preserve His Inerrant words and are they found in the. King James Bible.
A. What are the four positions outlined by Will Kinney as the only four possible positions concerning the preservation of the word of God? List them and give a brief explanation of each position.
B. Considering position #4, explain in detail how Mr. Kinney helped you understand the position of an inerrant King James Bible.
C. Take one of the other 3 positions and refute it in more detail using your own words as if you were defending the King James Bible from a person who held that position.
2. Read the Article, Reasons why the King James Bible is the absolute Standard- God’s Historic Witness to the Truth.
A. Write a 500 words or more essay summarizing Mr. Kinney’s reasoning.
3. Read the Article, The Old Fashioned language of the King James Bible, subtitled, The “Old Fashioned Language” of the King James Bible “Archaic and Inerrant” beats “Modernized and Wrong Any Day of the Week.
A. Read the link on the 40 concrete examples of falsehoods taught by these fake bible versions. Choose 5 of them and explain why they are so dangerous.
4. Under the Heading KJB Videos, select 25 of the videos. Watch each of the 25 and summarize each video.
5. Using Google, type in a verse from scripture and then write Brandplucked after it. Briefly write what you found.
6. Write a final paper on how Will Kinney has helped you to appreciate the King James Bible. In that paper explain how his refutation of false versions helped as well as his explanations about the truth of the King James Bible. Minimum 1000 words.
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Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 KJV
There are many that claim to be Christian, but are not! They are heathen. Heathen are the unsaved, and those bound for Hell. Calling themselves Christians will not make them saved. Examine what the Bible says about heathen cloaked under the name “Christian”:
- Heathens are sometimes called Christians or God’s people.
- “… That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.” Amos 9:11-12
- This verse is speaking of a time not yet come, but the principle applies to these latter days. Not all that claim to be children of God are children of God
- Heathens pray.
- “… But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” Matthew 6:6-7
- It is ironic that the outline for prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) that follows these verses is what many so-called “Christian” faiths vainly (without thought or meaning, empty of feeling) pray over and over.
- Heathens have religion also!
- “… This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:7-9
- There have always been those that believe themselves to be children of God, but were not. It was the religious that had killed Jesus and persecuted His followers.
- Heathens can think God is using them. (However, many times Satan, the deceiver, is blinding them, and deceiving them with false miracles from “God”.)
- “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me , Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:20-23
- Heathens can go through religious routines and rituals.
- “Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth … and you thrust out.” Luke 13:26-28
- They went to the house of God, but that didn’t make them His.
Many are religious, but lost. People may think they are Christians, but may not be. There is only one way to be a child of God — God’s way.
“… Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3.
Are you “born again”? Are you going to Heaven by God’s narrow way of trusting Christ’s payment for your sins with His blood? Or are you a heathen bound for Hell?
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“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. ” Colossians 4:5 KJV
God said we are to walk in wisdom concerning the lost. Did you ever stop to think about it? That man, unsaved out there, is related to us about using our time. That is what God said, “…toward them that are without, … ” in order to reach them. Did you ever stop to think that a man out there puts a higher value on Christian living than he does about Christian doctrine? He never thinks much or wonders, “What do those people do over there at that Baptist church? But he thinks an awful lot about, “I wonder how those people at that Baptist church live?” This is uncanny about how unsaved people think of saved people.
The salvation of a man’s soul depends greatly upon what he thinks of you. You mark it down, not so much what he thinks of the Bible, or what he thinks of Jesus, or what he thinks of preaching. But the salvation of many a lost person depends on what he thinks of you and I as a Christian.
Our own estimation of your spiritual self, will determine what you do in the matter of time and witnessing to somebody else. I believe with all my heart, that a lot of people never witness or use their time to get someone saved, because of a poor estimation of their own spiritual life. God says, “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. ”
God has made us managers of time. — T.M.
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from the “Baptist Bread” August, 25, 2021 devotional by author Dr. Tom Malone (Deceased), Pontiac, MI. With permission from Tim Green, editor Baptist Bread.
One of the most important responsibilities Christians have is to study the Scriptures for themselves. Church is important, and one can learn quite a lot from the man of God in the pulpit, but it is up to us to study and understand what the Word of God says.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Tim. 2:15
II Timothy 2:15 teaches us five things about studying the Word of God:
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