To all:
The Bible is preserved for all generations and they are pure words.
“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.” (Psalms 12:6-7) (KJB).
(a)
Psalms 12:6, (Is your Bible the pure words of the Lord?)
(b)
Psalms 12:7, (Is your Bible preserved today?)
(c)
Habakkuk 2:2 &
2 Corinthians 3:12 KJV
(Is your Bible using plainness of speech?)
(Note: If you were to speak or write Hebrew or Greek to people today, they would not understand you; Therefore, it does not pass the
Habakkuk 2:2 &
2 Corinthians 3:12 KJV test).
The Simple Way of Faith, vs. the Complicated Way of Faith:
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God (
Romans 10:17). Believers should just simply read and believe the Bible. Oh, but no. No bible is perfect, and yet they all say the same thing. Surely this sounds complicated. How does one know which words are true or not?
There are primarily two positions. One position is that there are those who believe that God preserved His Word in the world language of today (i.e. They believe the KJV as their one and only final word of authority). The second position is that there is no perfect Word in our current language today (with some believing there is no perfect Scriptures ever, and others believing that the originals were perfect (But we don’t have those anymore)). Many in this second position believe you can read any Modern Version and it is fine. So they are reading flawed bible versions with errors. So they are forced to look to the original languages to figure out what God's Word says relying blindly on their own thinking and scholars to give them the meaning on certain words. It's like they are on a hunt for the Word of God and its true meaning and they cannot have it right away. They cannot just read the Bible and believe it simply and plainly.
It's like God's Word is something that needs to be decoded or deciphered in order for them to truly possess the Word of God. Question: If you believe you must study the original languages to discover God's perfect Word: Do you ever get a chance to just read the Bible normally without having to constantly look at the original languages that you are not familiar with? One position sounds like a position of simple belief or faith (the KJV position). The other position sounds like a lot of doubting (the English translations), and hard work (studying the original languages) and then uncertainty (Because one does not truly know Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek). It doesn't sound simple.
2 Corinthians 11:3
"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."