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[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica] The Great Inconsistency Of King James Onlyism[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica] by James May[FONT="][1][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]There are many Christians who do not understand the very serious nature of the King James Only heresy. They suppose that KJVers prefer the 1611 Bible over all other translations, believe that it is the very best of English versions, and perhaps use the KJV to the exclusion of all other Bibles. Unfortunately the King James Only movement goes far beyond such a moderate belief and practice. Instead it teaches that the KJV is the one and only perfect Bible and that all modern translations are corruptions of the Word of God. Christians who do not exclusively use and defend the KJV as the perfect Word of God are viewed as disobedient and/or ignorant. King James Onlyism teaches that true blue KJVers should separate from their less obedient brethren, or at least diligently seek to win them to “The Truth.” Those who teach these false views frequently display a smug confidence that they alone are the true defenders of the Word of God. More extreme forms teach that people can only be saved through the words of the AV 1611. Some KJV advocates teach that foreign language Bibles which were not made directly from the KJV or which do not closely conform to the KJV are not the Word of God and should not be used on the mission field, in some cases destroying people’s faith in the only Bible which they have.[FONT="][2][/FONT] Various forms of such false doctrine have run rampant in conservative Christian churches, and especially so among fundamental Baptists. The result has been division, strife, and in some cases, discontinued ministries. In the last years of his life, famous soul-winning Baptist pastor Jack Hyles adopted an extreme KJV position. His serious error is reflected in this statement:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]I have a conviction as deep as my soul that every English-speaking person who has ever been born again was born of incorruptible seed; that is, the King James Bible.[FONT="][3][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]These words are plainly heresy. They deny the genuine salvation of many true believers and add a manmade requirement to the simple message of the gospel of Christ. They stem from an attempt to solve a somewhat difficult theological problem rooted in an historical fact, namely, that God’s Holy Word has been neither perfectly copied nor translated through the centuries.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]It is quite easy to imagine how various errors arose in the copying of the books of the New Testament when those books could only be reproduced manually. Prior to the invention of the movable type printing press in 1452, no other means was available for their reproduction. Human frailty ensured that the sacred books were not reproduced without error as scribes with no aspirin for their headaches, no glasses for their poor vision, only flickering light for their darkness and little rest from their labors copied the Scriptures. It is no surprise that they made mistakes. Indeed, under the very best of circumstances, men are not capable of copying a lengthy document manually without introducing errors. Even using today’s modern technology it is all but impossible to type a long paper without making at least minor foibles.
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[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Complete article:
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http://www.kjvonly.org/james/may_great_inconsistency.htm[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]
Note; This article is booklet length.
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[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica] by James May[FONT="][1][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]There are many Christians who do not understand the very serious nature of the King James Only heresy. They suppose that KJVers prefer the 1611 Bible over all other translations, believe that it is the very best of English versions, and perhaps use the KJV to the exclusion of all other Bibles. Unfortunately the King James Only movement goes far beyond such a moderate belief and practice. Instead it teaches that the KJV is the one and only perfect Bible and that all modern translations are corruptions of the Word of God. Christians who do not exclusively use and defend the KJV as the perfect Word of God are viewed as disobedient and/or ignorant. King James Onlyism teaches that true blue KJVers should separate from their less obedient brethren, or at least diligently seek to win them to “The Truth.” Those who teach these false views frequently display a smug confidence that they alone are the true defenders of the Word of God. More extreme forms teach that people can only be saved through the words of the AV 1611. Some KJV advocates teach that foreign language Bibles which were not made directly from the KJV or which do not closely conform to the KJV are not the Word of God and should not be used on the mission field, in some cases destroying people’s faith in the only Bible which they have.[FONT="][2][/FONT] Various forms of such false doctrine have run rampant in conservative Christian churches, and especially so among fundamental Baptists. The result has been division, strife, and in some cases, discontinued ministries. In the last years of his life, famous soul-winning Baptist pastor Jack Hyles adopted an extreme KJV position. His serious error is reflected in this statement:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]I have a conviction as deep as my soul that every English-speaking person who has ever been born again was born of incorruptible seed; that is, the King James Bible.[FONT="][3][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]These words are plainly heresy. They deny the genuine salvation of many true believers and add a manmade requirement to the simple message of the gospel of Christ. They stem from an attempt to solve a somewhat difficult theological problem rooted in an historical fact, namely, that God’s Holy Word has been neither perfectly copied nor translated through the centuries.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]It is quite easy to imagine how various errors arose in the copying of the books of the New Testament when those books could only be reproduced manually. Prior to the invention of the movable type printing press in 1452, no other means was available for their reproduction. Human frailty ensured that the sacred books were not reproduced without error as scribes with no aspirin for their headaches, no glasses for their poor vision, only flickering light for their darkness and little rest from their labors copied the Scriptures. It is no surprise that they made mistakes. Indeed, under the very best of circumstances, men are not capable of copying a lengthy document manually without introducing errors. Even using today’s modern technology it is all but impossible to type a long paper without making at least minor foibles.
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[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Complete article:
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http://www.kjvonly.org/james/may_great_inconsistency.htm[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]
Note; This article is booklet length.
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