Please read the following very carefully and, preferably, with the
King James Bible and other "versions" (e.g., NIV, NASB, RSV, etc.)
side-by-side, so you can see these for yourself.
Keep in mind that Satan HATES the Word of God and has continually
attacked it throughout history, ever since the first time He
questioned it (Genesis 3:1) and then outright DENIED it (Genesis 3:4).
He is "that old serpent" (Revelation 20:2), which is "more subtle than
any beast of the field which the LORD God had made" (Genesis 3:1).
So, if some of these seem to be very SUBTLE differences--well, that's
what Satan SPECIALIZES in!
Also, many people think the King James Bible is a CATHOLIC Bible. No,
it is a PURITAN REFORMATION Bible. There were Catholics and Anglicans
on the 1611 translation committee, to be sure, but their influence was
completely overshadowed by that of the Puritans on the committee.
Oddly enough, it is the MODERN versions which are the "CATHOLIC
Bibles"! I'll illustrate that in the next message.
There are literally hundreds of Greek manuscripts of the Bible still
in existence. Most of them fall into two groups--those which
originated from Antioch, Syria (the "Byzantine" group) and those which
originated from Alexandria, Egypt (the "Alexandrian" group). Without
known exception, the "modern" versions--which began appearing around
1880, and now number more than 100 in the English language--use the
"Alexandrian" group manuscripts for their primary readings.
Of these "Alexandrian" manuscripts, two--the Codex Sinaiticus and the
Codex Vaticanus (Vaticanus--Vatican, get it?)--are the most famous.
The Codex Sinaiticus was a REJECTED Greek manuscript discovered in an
ancient TRASHCAN by an archeologist on an excavation on the Sinai
Peninsula! I repeat--it was discarded as TRASH! I guess that's because
that's what it IS!
The Codex Vaticanus--the most complete of the two--was supposedly
locked away in a vault in the Vatican for hundreds of years, until it
was OPENED by the Pope in the late 19th Century and released to the
public. That's when the "modern" versions started appearing. They're
from the VATICAN; they're CATHOLIC!
Now, in Psalm 12:6,7, we read: "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." Notice that "words" is plural; we're not talking about
THOUGHTS, or MEANINGS, or SUM TOTALS; we're talking about WORDS! God
promised to preserve the individual WORDS!
Another passage, Jesus speaking in Matthew 24:35: "Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but my WORDS shall not pass away." And there are
other examples.
So, you should see by now that God promised to preserve His Word at
the level of the individual WORDS. This means that the doctrine of the
PRESERVATION of the Word of God is just as Scriptural and valid as the
doctrine of the INSPIRATION of the Word of God.
And if God is true, then that "line of PRESERVATION" must exist
somewhere. Where is it?
So, you should see by now that God promised to preserve His Word at
the level of the individual WORDS. This means that the doctrine of the
PRESERVATION of the Word of God is just as Scriptural and valid as the
doctrine of the INSPIRATION of the Word of God.
And if God is true, then that "line of PRESERVATION" must exist
somewhere. Where is it?
There are HUNDREDS of verses in which the "modern" versions differ
with the text of the King James. Of these, there are some 66 instances
where the differences amount to MAJOR CHANGES IN DOCTRINE!
So you take your pick on where you think God has preserved His words.
MATTHEW 1:25
King James reading: "And knew her not till she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS."
Modern versions: Take out the word "firstborn," in accordance with the
Catholic doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary.
It is believed Mary NEVER had any children by natural means; but
that's NOT TRUE. After Jesus, she had SEVERAL children by her husband
Joseph (Mark 6:3)--sons AND daughters. She did NOT remain a virgin!
Subtle, isn't it? Yet clearly a word has been removed! And, if the
curse mentioned in Revelation 22:19 refers to the whole Bible, then
something's a little WACKY here!
MATTHEW 5:22
King James reading: "But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with
his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment."
Modern versions: Take out the phrase "without a cause"...makes the
Lord Jesus a sinner.
Did Jesus ever get angry? You bet! Practically ALL of Matthew 23 is
His furious tirade against the scribes and Pharisees. He "had looked
round about on them with ANGER" (Mark 3:5). And the most FAMOUS
accounts of His anger are when He drove the moneychangers out of the
Temple--not ONCE, but TWICE (Matthew 21:12,13 and John 2:14-16)
But, according to these "modern" Bibles, that put Him in danger of the
judgment! What a lie! Our Lord "knew no sin" (II Corinthians 5:21); he
"did no sin" (I Peter 2:22). He's the ONLY person who EVER lived who
NEVER SINNED!
Once again, someone has tampered with your Bible--right under your
nose.
MARK 1:2,3
King James reading: "As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
Lord, make his paths straight."
Modern versions: Remove "the prophets" and replace with "Isaiah the
prophet."
That's WRONG! Mark 1:3 is indeed a quote of Isaiah (40:3)--BUT NOT
MARK 1:2! That's from a different prophet entirely--Malachi 3:1.
The King James is more accurate; "the prophets" means more than one
prophet! So, if you have any other Bible than the King James, you've
got a Bible with a mistake in it! But in the King James, there just
ain't no error!
LUKE 2:33
King James reading: "And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those
things which were spoken of him."
Modern versions: Take out "Joseph and his mother" and replace with
"His father and mother."
Wait a minute! That's a LIE! Joseph wasn't Jesus' father; GOD was!
Joseph had nothing to do with bringing the Lord Jesus into the world;
He was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the virgin Mary without
a man in it!
But not according to the "modern" versions. So far we have seen the
accuracy of the Scriptures attacked, as well as the virgin birth of
the Lord Jesus and His sinless perfection, played down. I wonder what
else we'll come up with?
LUKE 23:42
King James reading: "And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when
thou comest into thy kingdom."
Modern versions: Take out "Lord" and have the malefactor addressing
Him simply as "Jesus."
This may not seem like much to you, but it DOES attack the Lordship of
Jesus Christ. Did you know that NONE of His disciples ever addressed
Him as "Jesus"? He was ALWAYS called "Lord" or "Master" by those who
loved Him. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be
saved" (Romans 10:13); "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
LORD Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved" (Romans 10:9); "Believe on the
LORD Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31).
During Saul of Tarsus' "blinding light" experience, he asked, "Who art
thou, LORD?"
JOHN 1:18
King James reading: "No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared
him."
Modern versions: Replace "the only begotten Son" with "the only
begotten God." This denies trinitarian doctrine; it's in accordance
with some cult teachings that Jesus Christ was not co-equal with God
the Father in the Holy Trinity, but rather some "lesser deity" who was
a created being.
In Koine Greek, the word for "beget" is defined "to cause to come into
existence." That's JUST NOT TRUE of the Lord Jesus Christ; He was
NEVER created! He is ETERNAL! He ALWAYS has existed. John 1:2: "The
same was in the beginning with God." The beginning of WHAT? The
beginning of EVERYTHING!!
But His body was created and prepared for Him when He came to earth
(Hebrews 10:5).
As God of very God, the only living God, Jehovah Himself, He is the
"Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8). But
as the only begotten Son of God, the Father said, "Thou art my Son;
this day have I begotten thee" (Psalms 2:7; Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 5:5).
Oh, yeah? And what day was that, Lord? He was "declared to be the Son
of God with power...BY THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD!" (Romans 1:4).
Don't let these "modern" versions fool you!
JOHN 3:13
King James reading: "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."
Modern versions: Take out "which is in heaven," thus attacking the
omnipresence of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the ONLY person who ever lived who could be in TWO places at
the same time. Why? Because He is God (John 1:1), and God is
EVERYWHERE (Psalms 139:8).
Now, who would want you to believe otherwise? Perhaps "the god of this
world" (II Corinthians 4:4)?
JOHN 7:8
King James reading: "Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto
this feast; for my time is not yet full come."
Modern versions: Leave out the little word "yet," which makes a liar
out of Jesus, because He did INDEED go up to the feast a while later
(John 7:10).
Again, His sinless perfection has been attacked--with ONE LITTLE WORD
LEFT OUT!
Furthermore, if the Lord cannot be relied upon to tell the truth to
His earthly brothers (Mary and Joseph's kids, remember?), then how do
you know He's telling the truth when He says, "I am the way, the
truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John
14:6)? Answer: You DON'T!
To its credit, the NIV does include the word "yet" in its text. But,
to its shame, it leaves doubt about whether it BELONGS there with a
footnote that says: "Some early manuscripts do not have 'yet.'" Wonder
which ones? Only TWO--the Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus--the
"trashy" one and the Catholic one, remember?
MATTHEW 8:2; MATTHEW 9:18; MATTHEW 15:25; MARK 5:6
In each of these instances, the King James says somebody came to the
Lord Jesus and "worshipped Him."
But not in the "modern" versions! There, they simply "knelt" or "bowed
down" before Him.
HEY! There's a DIFFERENCE between merely "kneeling" before somebody
and WORSHIPPING somebody! In Asian cultures, it's still common
practice to lower yourself before someone--as a token of RESPECT, not
of WORSHIP!
So, which is it? Was the Lord Jesus worshipped, or was He just
"respected"--given lip service?
I TIMOTHY 3:16
King James reading: "And without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received up into glory."
Modern versions: Replace "God" with "He," thus playing down His deity.
Who was "manifest in the flesh?" The Lord Jesus? Yes, that's who we're
talking about here. But so were YOU! So was I! EVERY HUMAN BEING was
manifest in the flesh at some point--the POINT of CONCEPTION (you
know, where the coastline of California turns northward?--grin--). It
means NOTHING that "He was manifest in the flesh"; it means EVERYTHING
that GOD was manifest in the flesh! That's the point! God became man.
You can't get saved and go to heaven unless you BELIEVE that!
Don't you see? There is no Gospel, there is no Good News, unless GOD
was manifest in the flesh. The Gospel is of "none effect" without the
Word of God. In fact, people have to get born again "by the word of
God" (I Peter 1:23). And someone hates the Word of God so much that
he's not above tampering with it--because he wants it destroyed.
I PETER 3:18
King James reading: "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."
Modern versions: Replace "quickened by the Spirit" with "made alive IN
the spirit," thus denying the bodily resurrection and going with the
cult teaching that Jesus' spirit was resurrected--not His body.
The NIV has "by the Spirit" in its main text but allows "in the
spirit" as an alternate reading in the footnotes.
The passage is talking about Jesus being quickened by the Holy Spirit.
The King James correctly capitalizes the word "Spirit." Someone is
playing down the Holy Spirit! Whoever he is, he's got a dubious
future: "But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath NEVER
forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation" (Mark 3:29).
I JOHN 5:7
A whole VERSE is taken out here!
King James reading: "For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
The "modern" versions don't even HAVE this verse. Naturally! It's one
of the clearest presentations of trinitarian theology in the Bible.
MARK 16:9-20 and JOHN 7:53--8:11
TWO WHOLE PASSAGES CUT OUT!
The New American Standard Version places these two passages in
brackets with the footnote explanation: "Not found in most of the old
manuscripts." And the NIV allows them in the text but with the
subtitle, "The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and
other ancient witnesses do not have..."
That's a LIE! The ONLY two manuscripts which omit these passages are--
do I have to tell you?--Codices Sinaiticus and Vaticanus.
MATTHEW 17:21
Would you like to know how to cast out a devil?
Well, then, read the King James Bible. This verse is BRACKETED as not
being RELIABLE in the NASV, and it isn't even FOUND in the text of the
NIV. What does it say?
King James reading: "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and
fasting."
Now, who do you suppose would like to prevent you from casting out a
devil from someone? Jesus said, "If Satan cast out Satan, he is
divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?" (Matthew
12:26).
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished
unto ALL GOOD WORKS" (II Timothy 3:16,17).
"Throughly furnished unto all good works"? Is casting a devil out of
some possessed and tormented person a good work? Well, if you're using
any Bible other than the King James--you will NOT be furnished to do
THAT good work!
ISAIAH 14:12
One final example, this one from the Old Testament. The modern
versions rarely tamper here, because the traditional Hebrew Masoretic
reading of the Old Testament has been accepted VERBATIM by Jewish
rabbis for over 2,000 years. But the modern versions still mess around
in a few places where they ought not to mess around. But when you
realize who's behind all this, you're not surprised!
Here's some evidence which I believe points to the identity of the one
behind all of this tampering with the Word of God. Thanks to the
worldwide distribution of the King James Bible over the past 378
years, it is commonly known that Satan's name as an "angel of light"
in heaven prior to his fall from same was "Lucifer." Reading this
verse in the King James, there is no doubt about the subject matter!
But where is the name "Lucifer" in any of the modern versions? It's
GONE! That old serpent had his name removed. You can no longer clearly
see this as a reference to Satan.
I wonder why?
Who really IS your "Final Authority?"