The Bible

We believe the Bible is God’s INSPIRED Word…all 66 Books of the Old and New Testaments (2 Tim. 3:16).  We believe God ‘moved’ the Bible writers to put the very Words He wanted written (2 Pet. 1:21) in these 66 Books of the Bible.  We believe these Words of Scripture are without error or mistake (Matt. 5:18, 19).  We believe this to be true whether the Bible speaks of science, history, medically, or whatever…The Bible is perfectly accurate.  Supposed ‘mistakes’ are not mistakes at all.  While the ‘original’ materials that the Bible writers penned the WORDS upon are no longer with us, we believe that God was able to and certainly did…PRESERVE these very inspired words down thru the centuries so that we can be sure that we still have God’s perfect INSPIRED Word TODAY (Psa. 12:6-9)!

We believe that the King James Version is God’s Preserved Word in the English language for us today.  The Manuscript family behind the King James Bible can be traced back to Bible days (Isa. 40:8), while the Manuscript family behind the newer Bible versions today (such as the NIV, NASB, NKJV) can be traced only back to about the 2^nd century…to Alexandria, Egypt…the hotbed of heresy led by Origin…who did not believe in the deity of Christ.  The King James Version Manuscript family, known as the Antiochian or Byzantine text, can be traced back to Antioch (Where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians) (Acts 11:26).  These 2 main Manuscript families are so different…Scholars can easily place them in either of the 2 Manuscript families, because these Manuscript families differ in over 6000 places involving over 10,000 words!  We believe the Catholic Bibles and all the newer versions, which, by the way, all come from these Alexandrian Manuscripts…have been altered in many verses and actually teach false doctrine in many places as we will show shortly…and that this is Satan’s attempt to confuse new Christians today and make it more difficult for the new convert to become grounded in the Truths of the Bible!

For example, in Isaiah 14:12 the KJV speaks of Lucifer and how he fell and became the devil!  The NIV takes Lucifer completely out of this verse (the only reference to Lucifer in the Bible) and substitutes the ‘morning star” as the one who fell and weakened the nations!  Rev. 22:16 tells us that the Morning Star is Jesus!  There is no Lucifer in the NIV!

While the KJV says in Matt. 7:14 that there is only one-way to be saved…Thru Jesus Christ…when it says “Narrow is the gate”…The NKJV changes the verse to say “DIFFICULT is the way which leads to life”.  My friends, can you imagine telling a child it is ‘difficult’ to be saved!

The NIV teaches that Jesus was a SINNER!  Compare Matt. 5:22 in the KJV where it says ‘whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be endanger of judgment’…the NIV omits the crucial phrase ‘without a cause’!  Mark 3:5 says that Jesus ‘looked…on them with ANGER’ when the Pharisees criticized Him for healing a man on the Sabbath.  Was Jesus a sinner?

Did you know that the NIV teaches that a Believer can LOSE salvation after he has trusted Christ?  2 Timothy 2:12 in the KJV says ‘if we deny Him, He will deny us’ and refers to REWARDS.  If we don’t serve Jesus with the opportunities we are given during this lifetime, we will be denied acclaim and reward by Jesus when we do get to heaven.  The NIV changes the verse to read ‘IF WE DISOWN Him, He will DISOWN us’!  My friend, Christ will never disown one of His Children!

Did you realize that the NIV & NKJV teaches that we ARE BEING SAVED by our works and performance, rather than as a once and for all FREE GIFT?  2 Cor. 2:15 says ‘them that ARE saved’ in the KJV, but the NKJV changes that to read ‘those who ARE BEING SAVED’!  My friend, we are NOT BEING SAVED!  We were saved the moment we trusted Christ!  1 Cor. 1:18 (KJV) says ‘unto us which ARE saved’…while the NIV changes the verse to read ‘but to us who are being saved!  My friend, we have a complete Study on this subject available at the Gospel Center, these mentioned here are only but a few of the changes.

Rev. 22:18, 19 teaches there will be serious consequences to those who tamper with God’s Word.  We believe that Believers who are guilty of promoting these newer Bible versions will lose certain rewards and privileges in heaven according to these verses.  My friend, The King James Bible today provides all of the information and guidance we need to live our daily life!  (2 Timothy 3:15-17) It deals with every problem in life we could face!  It is our duty to study God’s Word (2 Tim. 2:15) and not to be led astray into false doctrine and teaching so we will not be ashamed some day!  Satan has tried to corrupt God’s Word since the earliest time, and we believe he is trying to do it today with the newer Bible versions.  Stick with the trusted, reliable King James Bible!