Holding forth the Word of Life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ
Philippians 2:16
Trinity Reformed Baptist Church
Topeka Kansas -
Why We Use the Authorized
King James Version of 1611
In my personal library, I have a copy of a book entitled, Things That Are Different Are Not the Same, by Dr. Mickey P. Carter. This title has always caught my attention and continues to ring in my mind in the preparation for this new sermon series. Not all modern translations of the Bible are the same because of the many differences found among them. Therefore, they are not all equal. One purpose of this new series is to expose those differences among some of the more popular of English translations as compared to the Authorized Version of 1611. Known to all as the King James Bible.
Walk into any Christian bookstore and you will find a plethora of different “Bibles”
for sale. These "copyrighted productions" bring a handsome source of profit to the
publishing houses which have NOW become the self-
We have the “Firefighters Bible”, the “Boy Scout Edition”, the “Nurses Bible” and the “Soldiers Bible”. Besides all these, there follows a parade of revised English translations which are made in an attempt to get younger people to read the Bible by “dumbing down” the quality of the language used. This “dumbing down” is the result of America’s educational system which no longer teaches its students how to properly and adequately read our own English language.
In this new series dealing with the translation debate, we take the position that
the most superior and most accurate translation of the scriptures ever produced in
English remains the beloved Authorized Version of 1611. This sermon series will provide
an overview of terms and reasons why we make and take such a position. The sermon
series will be followed by several hours of video presentations made at Pensacola
Christian College in Pensacola, Florida, presented by Dr. Dell Johnson—research theologian,
Dr. Theodore Letis—textual historian, and Dr. J. Michael Bates. These videos are
copyrighted in 1996-
These titles in the VHS series are:
* The Leaven in Fundamentalism
* The Bible…The Text Is the Issue
* The Bible Preserved…from Satan’s Attack
I would highly recommend that you obtain a copy of a new DVD on this topic entitled, “A Lamp in the Dark—the Untold History of the Bible (The Persecuted Church and the Word of God)”. It is available from Southwest Radio Ministries. More information at: www.swrc.com
Furthermore, if you pick up any revised English translation produced since the British edition, the Revised Standard Version, you will find verses or whole passages of Scripture either questioned or totally removed with supposed “scholarly” explanations about why God didn’t say what He meant, or He didn’t mean what He said. For instance:
* The story of Jesus forgiving the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-
* Then you have the disputed ending of Mark’s Gospel, with many scholars contending
that verses 9-
* An excellent Trinitarian passage, I John 5:7, is removed, perhaps to suit the Unitarian translator who sat on the Revised Standard revision committee of Drs. Wescott and Hort in the 1880’s.
* Then you have the bold, but clear profession of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:37, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” In many modern English translations, it is either questioned, placed in brackets, or simply removed because it makes salvation to be too simple. This removal exposes the hidden fact that many of these changes to God’s Word came from a corrupt Roman Catholic line of texts based on the Greek manuscripts: Vaticanus, Alexandrinus, and Siniaticus. By the way, the Greek manuscript “Siniaticus” was discovered in a waste basket destined to be burnt to keep the monks in the monastery warm—even the monks knew of the supposed “academic” value of this corrupted copy of God’s Word!
I hope you will enjoy this series and may it inspire you to pick up the Authorized Version of 1611 and truly be transformed by the words of the true and living God!
Please note that the Authorized King James Version of 1611 looks like a Bible-
"Thy Word is very pure: therefore Thy servant loveth it."
Psalms 119:140.
All the following sermons can be obtained on CD's on request from:
TrinityReformedBaptist@cox.net
Click on any hyperlink below to listen.
Why We Use the Authorized
King James Version of 1611
Part Title/Subject Reference
J01 Opening Comments Prov. 30:5-
J02 Terms and Definitions—Inspiration—1 II Tim. 3:13-
J03 Terms and Definitions—Inspiration—2 II Tim. 3:13-
J04 Terms and Definitions—Manuscripts Prov. 2:1-
J05 Terms and Definitions—Translations Dan. 6:5-
J06 Terms and Definitions—Review & Traditional versus Critical Text II Peter 1:12-
J07 Terms and Definitions—Infallibility & Inerrancy Rev. 19:1-
J08 Terms and Definitions-
J09 Terms and Definitions-
J10 Terms and Definitions-
J11 Terms and Definitions-
J12 Terms and Definitions-
Please read:
Where The Bible Versions Began
This is very enlightening.
Search the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal
and they are they which testify of Me.
John 5:39