♪ Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? ♪
♪ Are you full seen in his graces? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood of the same sight? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood? ♪
♪ Are you washed in blood of your road white? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood? ♪
♪ Are you washed in blood? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood of the same sight? ♪
♪ Are you washed in the blood? ♪
Do not have a bulletin.
Brother Daniel, if you can pass them out,
I would greatly appreciate it.
That's if you heard me, brother Daniel.
Yeah, if you don't mind passing them out,
I know it's fun being with all your friends,
so I'm not gonna be joking about it.
Today's February 8, service times are 10.30 in the morning,
Sunday evening 4.30, and Wednesday service 5.30 p.m.
Soul-winning time is 2 p.m.,
and then the verse of the week is Philippians 1.18.
What then, notwithstanding every way,
whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached.
I therein do rejoice, and yea, I will rejoice.
Just a reminder, we are a family-integrated church,
and I think my numbers were a little bit off.
I don't know, I've been off on my numbers,
but we are at 23 souls so far for the year.
But before I get too far into it,
I know we had some souls.
Did anybody have some, you guys had five, six, seven, eight.
Oh wow, that's awesome.
Yeah, so 23 and eight, somebody help me out.
31, all right, I want to make sure.
I was way off last week,
so now I'm gonna double check my stuff.
By the way, I want to not only thank Pastor Oz again
for coming, but also for encouraging other people
to come, so we had a huge group of people.
I think we had over 20 people soul winning.
I didn't even get to count them all.
But we had one first time soul winner.
I paired him up with Pastor Oz.
Whether he comes back or not, the seed's been planted.
And once you get that, it's hard to let go of it.
So if he doesn't come back right away,
it's gonna eat at him, 'cause that's really what it does.
For any of you that started later in life soul winning,
like myself, I officially, like the way we do it now,
I didn't really start till I was 37, almost 38.
And then on and off, as we started getting better,
every time that we didn't go regularly,
like it's not, that's why it's become this lifelong thing.
So it's great to see other people doing it.
We need more people doing that.
But there's the birthdays and the anniversaries,
upcoming activities, we already went through that.
But just as a reminder,
soul winning marathon in a couple of weeks,
and then another one in March,
and Pastor Bruce Mejia is coming out on the 22nd.
So just like we did for Pastor Oz,
let's make sure we support it
and get as many people as possible.
And then I think the congratulations, I was corrected.
Joshua did not finish.
He called himself out, so it was his mother-in-law
who finished the New Testament challenge.
But Joshua needs to step up, right?
So we just need, I don't wanna call it out,
but he's not here anyway, so he walked out for a second.
So on the back, we have the prayer request.
Just an update, my wife did.
I actually talked to my brother-in-law,
so thank you for the prayers.
He's got a long road ahead of him.
He was talking to me.
He got obviously the big incision,
but he's in good spirits,
barring all the stuff that just occurred.
And I do wanna say thank you once again
before I just don't wanna forget.
Looking forward to tonight,
but I really, you know, it was encouraging.
You covered everything.
So if you felt like that sermon wasn't about you,
'cause you covered everything, it wasn't about you.
There you go.
But let's turn our hymnals over to page 31, page 31.
And then, oh, that's what it was.
I'm just trying to remember, after the service,
there's still some food left over.
So Sister Sylvia is gonna help just kind of create
some to-go stuff for anybody who wants stuff.
The one thing I hate is personally just buying
a ton of food and then just having to throw it away.
It's God's money, it's not my money,
so you get to eat an extra meal on it, be my guest.
We're not gonna charge you five dollars
or anything like some other Baptist churches would do.
Go to 31, he lived, he lived.
On the first, number 31, on the first.
♪ I serve a risen Savior, he's in the world today ♪
♪ I know that he is living whatever man may say ♪
♪ I see his hands of mercy, I hear his voice of cheer ♪
♪ And just the time I need him, he's always near ♪
♪ He lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today ♪
♪ He walks with me and talks with me ♪
♪ A long life's arrow went through ♪
♪ And though we die next week, a story blacked the day ♪
♪ A bishop's marine will come and walks with me ♪
♪ And talks with me a long life's arrow went through ♪
♪ They have known he lived, he lived ♪
♪ Rejoice, O Christians, lift up your voices ♪
♪ The King is so good, Jesus lived ♪
♪ He walks with me and talks with me ♪
♪ A long life's arrow went through ♪
Picking up right there, 'cause we did.
I have that first, that first stanza was like,
man, I don't know if we're gonna carry this through,
but that was good.
So let's turn our hymns over to page 121.
121, "Like a River Glorious."
And then we, what chapter are we reading?
Matthew chapter four.
And then we're gonna be in Matthew chapter four.
Matthew chapter four, "Like a River Glorious," 121.
On the first.
♪ Like a river ♪
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ Same day ♪
Joel, I have the reading, my brother Matt.
Matthew chapter four.
- Matthew chapter four.
Matthew chapter four, verse one, the Bible reads,
"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness
to be tempted devil.
When he had fasted 40 days, 40 nights,
he was afterward a hungry.
When the tempter came to him, he said,
if thou be the son of God,
man that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, it is written,
man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word proceeded out of the mouth of God.
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy cities
and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple.
Sayeth unto him, if thou be the son of God,
pass thyself down, for it is written,
he shall give his angels charge concerning thee.
Their hands, they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, it is written again,
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain,
showeth him all the kingdoms of the world,
glory of them, saith unto him,
all these things will I give thee,
if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then saith Jesus unto him, get thee hence, Satan,
for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leave it there.
Behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison,
he departed into Galilee.
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum,
which is upon the sea coast
in the borders of Zebulun, Nephilim,
that it might be fulfilled,
which was spoken by Isaias the prophet,
saying, the land of Zebulun, the land of Nephilim,
by the way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee, Gentiles.
People which sat in darkness saw great light.
To them which sat in the region in shadow of death,
light is sprung up.
From that time, Jesus began to preach and to say,
"Repent, kingdom of heaven is at hand."
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brethren, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea.
For they were fishers, and he saith unto them,
"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
They straightway left their nets and followed him.
Going on from thence, he saw other two brethren,
James, the son of Zebedee, John his brother,
and a ship with Zebedee, their father, mending their nets.
And he called them, and they immediately left the ship
and their father and followed him.
Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
healing all manner of sickness
and all manner of disease among the people.
And his fame went throughout all Syria,
and they brought unto him all sick people
that were taken with diverse diseases and torments,
those which were possessed with devils
and those which were lunatic,
those that had the palsy he healed them.
There followed him great multitudes of people
from Galilee and from Decapolis and from Jerusalem,
from Judea, from beyond Jordan.
Let's bow our heads and go to the Lord.
Father, we thank you once again
for gathering us here in this house this evening.
We thank you for the food and fellowship
that you provided for us today.
Lord, we pray that you fill Pastor Oz with your spirit
so that he can thunder the word boldly from his pulpit.
Lord, please give us ears to hear and hearts to understand
so that we may be edified.
We thank you, Lord.
We love you and we ask this all in Jesus name, amen.
- Right, well, I just wanna say thank you again
to Pastor Reyes and his family, Pastor Cobb, his wife,
and all of you here just for having me this weekend.
It really has just been an awesome weekend,
great hospitality, fun at NASA,
great soul winning in food today.
So I just really wanna thank you guys very much.
And of course, if you guys are ever in Oklahoma City,
please do stop by at Anchor Baptist Church.
Don't be a stranger.
We definitely would love to have you guys.
So please do come visit.
This evening, we are in Matthew chapter number four,
and let's read this verse, really famous verse.
We read it this morning.
Let's go ahead and check it out again.
The Bible says in verse number four,
but he answered and said, it is written,
man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
So Jesus Christ makes it clear to us
that we don't just need physical sustenance for our bodies.
You know, we need to live by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
And if Jesus says that we need every word,
of course that means that we have every word.
It's got to exist somewhere.
So we do not believe as Baptists
that God has hidden his word from us,
that we can't find it today.
No, we believe that we have every word of God
in the King James Version.
And of course, when I say, you know, the King James Version,
we're known as King James onlyist.
We're not saying that God re-inspired
the King James Bible translators in 1611.
We're not saying the King James Bible
corrects the underlying Hebrew or the Greek.
We believe that God has preserved his word
through the Masoretic Hebrew,
through the Texas Receptus Greek,
and that the King James Version
is a faithful translation of the preserved words of God.
And so it's preserved itself.
Now, of course, modern version proponents
do not believe that.
They believe that just in recent modern times,
they've found more ancient and more reliable texts
that has gotten us closer to the word of God.
And so they would, of course, reject the Texas Receptus,
reject the Masoretic Hebrew,
and they would replace it with, in the New Testament,
what's known as the critical text,
which is compiled by Westcott and Hort in the 1800s,
and it consists of the Codex Sinaiticus,
the Codex Vaticanus.
In the Old Testament, for the modern versions,
they will use things like the Dead Sea Scrolls
or the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Old Testament.
And really, they just say, you know, modern proponents,
they'll say things like their text is more reliable,
and they'll tell you that there are no doctrinal differences
between the King James Version and the modern version.
That's something that you'll constantly hear repeated,
that, hey, you know, we're just updating the language
with the modern versions, but there's no doctrine
that's being affected.
No doctrine has been changed in the modern versions.
And the title of my sermon this evening is this,
Modern Version Gaslighting, Modern Version Gaslighting,
because it is a lie.
People are trying to gaslight you today
to tell you that, hey, the modern versions,
all they're doing is updating the language,
getting rid of the archaisms in the King James,
and you know there's no doctrine affected.
That is a lie, okay?
In the NIV, the New International Version,
there are 55,000 fewer words than in the King James Version.
How in the world can you take out 55,000 words,
and then there's no doctrinal difference whatsoever?
That doesn't make any sense, all right?
In the ESV, 25,000 words are removed
as compared to the King James.
Now, go to 1 Timothy 1, and let's look at what the Bible
teaches about doctrine itself.
What is doctrine?
Doctrine is teaching, right?
Doctrine is truth.
If I'm teaching doctrine,
I'm just laying down the truths of God's word.
What are the principles that are taught within God's word?
Notice how important doctrine is to the Lord.
1 Timothy 1,3, "As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus
when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some
that they teach no other doctrine."
So Paul is exhorting Timothy here saying, "Hey, make sure
that you charge people, that you command people
to teach no other doctrine."
Why? Because doctrine matters.
So any Bible version that would change doctrine,
that should be springing up all sorts of red flags
in our minds.
And we should not excuse or overlook anything
that changes doctrine.
Notice, "Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies
which minister questions rather than godly edifying,
which is in faith, so do."
You know, right doctrine is going to answer questions.
It's gonna make things that seem complicated simple.
It's gonna make things clear.
It's gonna make things plain.
It's a red flag when people all of a sudden
now have tons of questions.
And I submit to you that a lot of the modern versions
do not make the text more clear.
It actually obscures the text in many places.
Go to First Timothy four.
And again, we're just getting first a principle
laid down here about how God cares about doctrine.
First Timothy four, verse one, the Bible says,
"Now the spirit speaketh expressly,
"that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
"giving heed to seducing spirits,"
notice, "and doctrines of devils."
Right, so there are demons out there serving the devil
that want to pull us away from the truth,
that want us to believe lies.
Of course, Satan is the father of lies,
and he always tells lies, he wants people to believe lies,
and so there are doctrines of devils that exist.
How people are so naive to think
that the devil would not want to corrupt the Bible,
would not want to try to mess with, you know,
doctrine and translations is beyond me.
You know, there's a lot of conspiracies in this world
that are utterly silly and ridiculous, right?
A flat earth, that's nonsense, right?
But here's a conspiracy that's real,
is that the devil wants to tamper with God's word.
The devil wants to mess with the doctrine in God's word.
Go to 1 Timothy 4, verse 13.
Notice the exhortation to the pastor here.
It says, till I come, give attendance to reading,
to exhortation, to doctrine, right?
So we are supposed to be giving our attention, right?
Give attendance to reading, exhortation, and doctrine.
Any doctrine that's taught in the Word of God, you know,
we should fight for that and care about that,
and not just overlook things when modern versions change
those doctrines.
Look at verse number 14.
It says, neglect not the gift that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy,
with the laying on of hands of the presbytery.
Meditate upon these things.
Give thyself holy to them, that thy profiting may appear
to all, take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine.
Continue in them, for in doing this,
thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.
I mean, just over and over,
the pastor's just being told, hey, care about doctrine.
Pay attention to doctrine.
Watch out for doctrines of devils that are being taught.
Go to 2 Timothy 3, we'll look at one more here.
2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 16.
Notice all scripture is given by inspiration of God
and is profitable for doctrine.
For reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness.
So doctrine is so important.
We gotta pay attention to it.
Why, it's profitable for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
It's through the teaching of doctrine
that we are told that we are wrong,
that we are told how to get right, how to stay right,
how to live the Christian life.
All of this comes from doctrine.
You got a lot of shallow churches today
where doctrine is not being preached.
The pastor never gets up and lays down doctrine.
And when you preach on doctrine,
the church is falling asleep.
You know, that's why a lot of pastors
just do all these movie series nowadays
and stuff like that.
But the Bible says we need to pay attention to doctrine.
And again, what's the sermon title?
Modern Version Gaslighting.
They say, oh, no doctrine has changed
in the modern versions.
Well, let's walk through some verses today.
Let's give attendance to doctrine this evening.
Let's give attendance to reading this evening.
Let's have some character and pay attention
to the words of God this evening.
Go to Psalm chapter number 12.
And I just have one point tonight,
and I wanna prove this with many, many verses.
Just one point.
Number one is this.
A change of words leads to a change of doctrine.
We must care about the words of God.
And if modern versions are changing the words of our Bible,
it's going to change the doctrines that we believe.
Psalm chapter 12 verse six, the Bible says,
the words of the Lord are pure words.
Notice it doesn't say the ideas,
the general thoughts of the Bible, the general teachings.
No, the words of the Lord are pure words.
As silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times, thou shalt keep them.
Now, if you're paying attention,
what is the them referring to?
The words, the words of God, right?
Thou shalt preserve them.
What's that talking about?
The words from this generation forever.
Now, here in this verse,
we get the doctrine of preservation, right?
We know that God inspired His word.
Holy men of God spake as they are moved by the Holy Ghost.
You know, God at sundry times and in diverse manners,
spake in time passed by the prophets,
but hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.
God has inspired His word,
but He did not just inspire His word
and leave it to be corrupted and lost.
He also preserved His word.
He also supernaturally preserved His word
to every generation.
Now, modern versions say there are no doctrinal changes
in the modern versions.
Well, let me read this verse for you from the NIV.
Here's Psalm 12, six from the NIV.
The NIV says, "And the words of the Lord are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold refined seven times.
You, Lord, will keep the needy safe
and will protect us forever from the wicked."
Now, tell me that there's not a doctrinal difference
in these versions.
There's a doctrine being taught in Psalm 12.
It's called preservation,
that God's gonna preserve His word.
It's God's job, not ours.
Then all of a sudden in the NIV,
it's talking about keeping the needy safe
and protecting us from the wicked.
Does God protect us from the wicked?
Yeah, you know, does God keep the needy safe?
Yeah, but is that what Psalm 12 said?
No, and you know what?
I wanna know what God said.
I wanna know the words that God gave us.
I don't want translators of modern versions
to just start throwing their commentary into the Bible
that has nothing to do with the original text.
This alone should prove to you,
hey, modern versions do change doctrine
because here we have preservation of God's words
being changed to preservation of the needy,
preservation of God's people.
These are not the same things.
There's a difference, here's the ESV.
The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
You, O Lord, will keep them.
You will guard us from this generation forever.
So again, changing the preservation of God's word
to preserving us from this generation forever.
There's a change.
Go to Psalm 138, and what I'm gonna do with this sermon
is hey, we're gonna give attendance to reading tonight,
we're gonna give attendance to doctrine tonight,
and we're just gonna go through a whole bunch of verses
that the modern versions change doctrine on.
Psalm 138, look at verse two.
"I will worship toward thy holy temple
"and praise thy name for thy loving kindness
"and for thy truth,
"for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name."
Now that is a very important verse
because think about how much God has exalted his name.
I mean, doesn't the Bible say
that at the name of Jesus Christ, every knee shall bow
and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father?
The name of Jesus Christ is very powerful.
There's none other name given among men under heaven
whereby we must be saved.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
Hey, the name of God is important,
but you know what the Bible says
is that God has exalted his word above his very name.
That should give us a holy fear
and reverence for the words of God.
If we think about how holy his name is,
his name is reverent, okay?
His name is so holy and powerful,
but yet his word is even more so.
We should respect God's word,
not be just willy-nilly changing it,
but this very verse, ironically,
about how holy God's word is,
is changed in the modern versions.
Here's what the NIV says.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name for your unfailing love
and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
that it surpasses your fame.
So we went from God's word being exalted
above the name of God
to God's decree surpassing his fame.
You say, what's the difference?
This is a big difference here.
This is not saying that God's word
is being exalted above his name.
This is saying that his decree is surpassing his fame.
These are not the same things.
This is a change made in the Bible.
ESV, I will bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name
for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
Notice how the modern versions
don't even agree with themselves, right?
Oh, reject the Texas Receptus.
Reject the Masoretic Hebrew
'cause we found these more reliable old documents.
And then here's the NIV and the ESV
and they don't even agree with each other.
The NIV is saying, hey, your decree has surpassed your fame.
Then in the ESV, it's saying, hey,
your name and your word have been exalted equally.
It says, for you have exalted above all things,
your name and your word.
See, that's a doctrinal difference here.
The Bible says God's word is above his name.
The ESV says that he's exalted both equally.
That is a doctrinal difference.
There are doctrinal changes in the modern versions.
Go to Proverbs 11, Proverbs chapter number 11.
You know, to me, that's one of the funniest things
about the modern versions.
They didn't just come out with one modern version saying,
all right, we found the critical text.
We found these new documents.
Here's the modern version in English.
No, there's hundreds of English versions
that don't even agree with each other.
And think about the gaslighting that we have been told
saying there's no differences, right?
Well, if there's no differences, why do they exist?
That's what I wanna know.
Why, okay, if there's no differences,
then why can't I just stick with the King James then?
Right, 'cause they're liars.
There are differences in the modern versions.
Proverbs 11, verse 30 says,
the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and he that winneth souls is wise.
Great verse, where we get the doctrine of soul winning.
By the way, if you're not a soul winner,
you need to become a soul winner.
Christ told us to go into all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature,
and if you go out and do that,
the Bible says you are wise.
What do the modern versions say?
The NIV says, the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the one who is wise saves lives.
Now, here's the thing,
I think it's pretty cool to save lives, you know?
I'm cool, we got firefighters in this world, and EMTs,
and you know what?
If you're in a situation where you can save someone's life,
I hope you save someone's life, okay?
But you know what?
The devil doesn't really care
if you save someone's physical life,
and then they're still unsaved and going to hell.
You know, the devil doesn't care about that.
The devil doesn't want you to become a soul winner.
That's why the modern version says,
hey, you're wise if you save lives.
That's not the same thing as winning souls.
What's important is winning souls, not just saving lives.
You know, our church has a program called the SWAT Team,
and it stands for the Soul Winning Action Team.
And whenever there's a homicide or a fire
or a natural disaster in our community,
we send soul winners to the scene of that crime or fire
as soon as possible afterwards.
So recently there was a homicide where a teenage boy
got angry while playing a video game
and stabbed his brother to death.
Just insane wicked world that we live in.
Crazy, but we sent soul winners there,
and our soul winners got four people saved at that location.
A few weeks ago, there was a apartment fire
where half the apartment burned down,
and we sent our soul winners there,
we got six people saved at that location.
And look, you know, it's cool that we have first responders
and people that go out and save lives,
but I'm telling you what's more important though,
is winning souls.
Because if I die in a fire tomorrow,
I'm gonna be in heaven.
If I'm killed by some wicked, violent murderer tomorrow,
I'm going to heaven because I'm saved.
But here's what we really need to do
for those that are not yet saved,
is go and win their souls by preaching them the gospel.
That's the wise thing to do.
What does the ESV say?
The ESV says the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life
and whoever captures souls is wise.
Now this just sounds like Ghostbusters.
You know, it went from kind of like a social do-goodism.
Like, hey, let's go out and save some lives in the NIV
to like, let's go capture souls.
And the ESV, it's like, what is this?
Some sort of sci-fi movie?
These are changing doctrines.
The Bible doesn't say go out and capture souls.
It doesn't even necessarily say to go out and save lives.
It says to be a soul winner is what it says.
Go to Proverbs 18, Proverbs chapter number 18.
Proverbs 18 verse 24, the Bible says,
the real Bible says, "A man that hath friends
must show himself friendly,
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
In the King James Version, what's the doctrine
that's being emphasized here in this proverb
is that friendship is reciprocal, right?
Hey, if you wanna have a friend, you need to be a friend.
If you don't have friends,
it's probably because you are not a very friendly person,
because if you yourself are friendly,
you know what you're gonna have?
You're gonna have friends.
And by the way, hey, you know,
if you feel like, "Oh, I just don't have friends in church,"
this is a very friendly church.
If you feel like you don't have a lot of friends,
it's probably you that's the problem.
You need to show yourself friendly,
'cause this is a friendly place.
It's funny when people like leave churches and say,
"I couldn't make any friends there."
It's like, well, you left service as soon as it was over.
You never went soul hunting with anyone.
You never came to any of the special events.
You sat in your pew and didn't talk to anyone.
It's like, that's why you didn't have friends, right?
So the King James Version,
that's what it's emphasizing to us.
You want a friend, be a friend.
Here's the ESV.
The ESV says a man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
That's completely different.
The real Bible's saying, hey,
you want a friend, be a friend.
The fake Bible is saying a person who has many companions
may come to ruin.
And notice, this isn't even like a strong warning.
It's not a strong statement.
I'm confused by this ESV version.
What am I supposed to do?
It says a man of many companions may come to ruin.
So is there a chance I could have many companions
and still be all right?
I'm reading this verse, it's just like, what do I do?
I don't know, because it's not giving a certain sound,
because it's changing the doctrine.
Whereas when I read the King James version,
I'm like, I know what to do.
I need to be friendly.
I need to be a friend.
That's the application of that doctrine, right?
What's the NIV say?
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticketh closer than a brother.
Notice with the NIV,
the responsibility is taken off of the reader.
See with the King James, the responsibility is on you.
A man that hath friends must show himself friendly.
Now you're reading the NIV and you're just like,
oh yeah, a one who has unreliable friends
soon comes to ruin.
Man, doesn't it suck
that I have a bunch of unreliable friends?
Keep reading, right?
Let's just blame everyone else for my problems,
my friendship issues, right?
So the NIV just takes any onus
or any responsibility off of the reader
and you're just reading about,
yeah, it sucks to have unreliable friends.
That's a change of doctrine.
And this change of doctrine is going to affect
how you live your life.
You read the King James,
I'm gonna live my life in a way where I'm friendly
'cause that's what the Bible's calling me to do.
When I read the modern versions, I'm just confused.
Do I have many companions or do I not?
Oh, I have unreliable friend, that sucks.
Next verse, you know, it's like,
why would people read these versions?
They're very unclear.
Proverbs 22, Proverbs chapter number 22.
Look what the Bible says in Proverbs 22 verse 20.
Have not I written to thee, notice excellent things
in counsels and knowledge, right?
When we read the King James Bible,
hey, it's certain, it's sure.
Hey, I've written to you excellent things
that I might make thee to know,
notice the certainty of the words of truth,
that thou mightest answer the words of truth
to them that send unto thee.
He's saying, hey, I've written unto you excellent things.
I want you to know the certainty
of the things I've written to you
so that when people come to you,
you can answer the words of truth
when people come to you, right?
Hey, be ready always to give an answer to every man
that asks you the reason of the hope that is in you, right?
We're supposed to be ready to do that.
What does the NIV say?
Have not I written 30 sayings for you?
So we went from excellent things to 30 sayings.
This is different.
Sayings of counsel and knowledge,
teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth
so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve.
Again, completely different application.
The King James Bible saying,
hey, I've written to you excellent things.
I want you to know the surety of the things
that I've showed you so that when people come to you,
you're able to answer them.
Then the NIV is like, I've told you 30 things
so that you can go and give a report back
to the people you serve.
Completely different.
The audience is different.
The action of the reader is different.
Instead of excellent things,
which invokes confidence and passion of God's word,
it's like I've written to you 30 things, right?
It's just watered down.
It doesn't sound right, doesn't sound as powerful,
and it's changing doctrine.
The ESV says, "Have not I written for you 30 sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
to make you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you."
Go to Daniel 3, Daniel chapter number 3.
I'm just showing you tonight, hey, a change of word,
words leads to a change of doctrine.
Jesus said, "Man has to live by every word
that proceeded out of the mouth of God."
Daniel chapter 3, look what the King James says
in verse 25.
He answered and said, "Lo, I see four men loose,
walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt.
And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
Powerful verse, why?
Because this is a Old Testament pre-incarnate appearance
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And Nebuchadnezzar told his men,
hey, heat up that furnace seven times
what it's want to be heated, right?
And they threw them in bound in their clothes
and they go in there and they feel no hurt.
The smell of smoke doesn't even pass on their clothes.
And they're seeing a fourth man in the fire,
which is who?
The Lord Jesus Christ.
Amazing story.
A story that just invokes faith in God.
You read that and you're just like,
man, I need to increase my faith in God.
Look what he's able to do to deliver us, right?
Well, you get to this in the NIV and it says,
he said, look, I see four men walking around in the fire,
unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son
of the gods.
What is that?
You got the phrase in the King James that says,
the son of God, that's Jesus, right?
Then in the NIV, it's a son of the gods?
What kind of polyistic nonsense is this?
What is this doing?
This is just invoking confusion.
Who is this guy?
What do you mean gods?
There's only one God.
This just invokes absolute confusion.
The ESV says, he answered and said,
but I see four men unbound walking in the midst of the fire
and they are not hurt.
And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
No one could tell me that this is somehow
making the Bible more clear.
You gotta get the modern versions
because you can't understand the King James Bible.
Hey, I understood very, very well
when it said the son of God.
But now I'm like a little more confused
when you're saying a son of the gods.
What are you talking about?
Makes no sense.
Go to Hosea, Hosea chapter number 11.
Should be easy to follow along.
We're just going in order through the Bible.
All right, Hosea chapter number 11.
A change of words leads to a change of doctrine.
And you know, a change of doctrine
leads to a change of how we live our lives.
Hosea 11 verse 12, the Bible says,
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit.
But Judah yet ruleth with God
and is faithful with the saints.
So there's three groups being talked about
in this verse, right?
Ephraim, Israel, and Judah.
Two are condemned as being wicked and rebellious.
That's Ephraim and Israel.
But he says, hey, but Judah yet ruleth with God
and is faithful with the saints.
This is a positive mention of Judah, is it not?
Okay, here's the NIV.
Ephraim, house surrounded me with lies, that's negative.
Israel with deceit, that's negative.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful, holy one.
That's negative as well.
Something's wrong here, folks.
They changed the word of God.
We had three groups, two bad, one is still faithful.
Then in the NIV, all three of them are unfaithful.
All three of them have rebelled.
That's not what the Bible said.
Oh, it doesn't change doctrine.
What are you talking about?
It completely changed the truth of this verse.
It went from Judah being faithful with the saints
to Judah being unruly against God,
even against the faithful, holy one.
This is a clear difference of doctrine.
The ESV says Ephraim has surrounded me with lies
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the holy one.
Notice again, the ESV and the NIV don't even agree, right?
The ESV actually got it right here saying,
hey, yep, Judah's still faithful.
What happened to the NIV?
What happened to the more accurate and ancient manuscripts?
What, I mean, do I need to replace my King James
with the NIV?
It got it wrong, folks.
And you know what?
People know this,
which is why readers of modern versions,
they don't sit up here and tell you,
this is the perfect inspired word of God without error.
They don't have that confidence because they know it's not.
But we actually believe that King James Bible is perfect,
inspired, preserved without error.
And we could just put our full trust in it.
And if the King James Bible says it,
we know, hey, this is the truth.
We don't have to guess or wonder.
Go to Micah chapter number five,
Micah chapter number five.
Oh, it doesn't change doctrine about anything.
And then when you call them on that,
they'll say, well, it doesn't change doctrine
about anything important, right?
Isn't that what they sometimes say?
Well, it doesn't change any major doctrines
'cause we've already proved how many times here
have they changed doctrine all the time.
Well, it doesn't change any major doctrine.
Well, let me ask you this.
Do you think the everlasting nature
of the Lord Jesus Christ is a pretty important doctrine?
The deity of Jesus Christ?
I'd say that's one of the most important doctrines
in the Bible, all right?
Pay attention to this verse, Micah five two,
But thou Bethlehem Ephrathah, though thou be little
among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come,
shall he come forth unto me, that is to be ruler in Israel.
Notice, whose goings forth have been from old,
from everlasting.
This is about the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the Lord Jesus Christ did not have a beginning of life.
He did not have a date where he started to exist,
where he started to be, he is from everlasting.
He is Alpha and Omega.
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, right?
He's the Word made flesh, He's always existed.
He is God, He is the Son of God, He is God the Son.
Now what the NIV says is in Micah 5-2,
but you Bethlehem Ephrata,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me one
who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from old, from ancient times.
It is wicked because what they're saying,
they're not saying that Jesus is everlasting.
They're just saying, oh, his origin,
his beginning was just ancient a really long time ago.
Well, this to me kind of sounds like Mormonism, right?
That Jesus is the brother of Satan,
that Jesus is a created being.
Mormonism would agree with the NIV,
whereas the Bible is very precise.
The King James Bible is very precise to preserve doctrine
because him being everlasting preserves the doctrine
of the everlasting sonship of Christ
and the deity of Christ.
Excuse me, in the ESV it says,
but you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me,
one is who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from old, from ancient days.
So again, it does the same thing as the NIV.
Don't tell me that the modern versions
do not affect doctrine because they do,
and they affect major doctrines like the deity of Christ.
Go to Matthew chapter five,
so we're getting into the New Testament now.
We're getting out of the Septuagint,
we're getting out of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Let's talk about this wonderful received text,
I mean the wonderful critical text
that all the textual critics love so much.
We love the textus receptus.
Matthew 5.44, Jesus says this,
"But I say unto you, love your enemies,
"bless them that curse you,
"do good to them that hate you,
"and pray for them which despitefully
"use you and persecute you."
Notice there's several actions
that Jesus calls us to do for our enemies.
He says, love them, bless them,
do good for them, and pray for them, right?
So it's not just like this ambiguous love your enemies.
No, Jesus explains what it means to love our enemies.
Bless them, love them, do good for them, pray for them, right?
I wanna know that truth 'cause God commands me to do it.
So I wanna know how to love my enemies, okay?
The NIV says this, fall on your King James.
The NIV says, but I tell you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you, that's it.
Wait a sec, the King James gave me way more to do.
Not just love and pray, it's love, bless, do good and pray.
Oh, you know, that's not a big deal.
Yeah, because you obviously don't care about doctrine,
but I actually care about every word of God.
And you know, we should not just set light
by the words of Jesus Christ.
If Jesus says we need to love, we need to do good,
we need to bless, we need to pray,
then I want all of those in my Bible.
I don't want, I want half of them cut out,
just love and pray.
Look, that's a big deal.
That changes doctrine.
The ESV says, "But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you."
Hey, I want every word of God, every word of God.
Go to Matthew 25, Matthew chapter number 25.
Oh, the modern versions are so much more clear.
Helps us really understand the archaic King James,
the King James is too hard to understand.
Matthew 25, verse 13, Jesus said, "Watch therefore,
for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of Man cometh."
Clear verse, not hard to understand this verse, right?
Watch, because you don't know the day or the hour.
When what?
When the Son of Man coming, okay?
Here's the NIV, "Therefore keep watch,
because you do not know the day or the hour."
Of what?
Oh, the King James is so hard to understand.
No, this is harder to understand.
This is obscuring the truth.
Jesus gave us very specific words.
You don't know the day or the hour.
Where in?
Where in what?
When the Son of Man coming, right?
That's important.
Details matter.
And you have a change of word.
It leads to a change of doctrine.
The ESV says, "Watch therefore,
for you know neither the day nor the hour."
Now here's the thing.
An astute reader could probably fill in the context
and read the whole story.
In the modern versions, they could probably figure out
that he's talking about a second coming,
but why take away the words of Jesus Christ?
Why do that?
Why make it less clear?
Whereas in the King James,
I could just read this verse on its own
and know exactly what Jesus is talking about.
Go to Mark 10, Mark chapter number 10.
I mean, imagine if I just came up to you on a random day
and just said, "Watch,"
because you don't know the day or the hour, it's coming.
You're just gonna be like, "Whoa," you know?
It's like, I've seen this joke where it's like,
you know, no one thinks anything of it
if you tell them have a good day,
but if you're just like, enjoy the next 24 hours,
that's all of a sudden more ominous.
It's like, watch,
or you don't know the day or the hour, just walk away.
It's like, what are you talking about?
Hey, Jesus made it clear, right?
Mark chapter 10, verse 24,
"And the disciples were astonished at his words,
"but Jesus answereth again and saith unto them,
"Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches
"to enter into the kingdom of God," right?
Jesus said that it is hard for rich people
to be saved.
Now, that makes sense because rich people
are trusting in themselves.
They've gotten through life,
through the work of their own hands,
through the power of their own intellect.
They've gotten all, they've gotten themselves riches.
They've built businesses.
They've accomplished great things.
And so oftentimes rich people are filled with pride
and conceit saying, "Hey, I'm good."
And in fact, oftentimes when you try to preach the gospel
to rich people, you know what they say?
"I'm good, I'm good."
And you know what they mean?
They're saying like, "I'm not interested."
And they also are saying like, "I'm good."
Like I'm a good person, right?
I don't need the gospel.
And so because of that,
Jesus said it's hard for rich people to be saved.
Very precise words.
He's laying down a very specific doctrine.
Notice the change in the NIV.
The disciples were amazed at his words,
but Jesus said again, children,
how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God.
What just happened?
We went from truth being taught by Jesus
to damnable heresy into the modern versions.
Because it is a damnable heresy to say
that it is hard to be saved.
Because the Bible says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved.
The Bible says that it's the gift, right?
For by grace are you saved through faith
and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Hey, salvation's easy, it's like receiving a gift.
You don't have to do a bunch of works to receive a gift.
You don't pay money for a gift.
The giver bought the gift for you, right?
They went to the store and bought it for you.
They did the work for you.
Jesus bought salvation by dying on the cross,
by going to hell for three days and three nights,
by rising again from the dead.
You know that salvation is given to us freely
by putting our faith in him.
Jesus does not say it's hard to be saved.
No, it's hard for the rich to be saved
because they're trusting in themselves.
If the rich would humble themselves,
then they'd be saved, right?
But that's a hard thing for them to do.
The ESV says, "And the disciples were amazed at his words,
but Jesus said to them again, 'Children,
how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God.'"
Do not let people gaslight you.
Do not let people lie to you and say,
the modern versions don't change any doctrine
or just updating the language.
No, no, no.
It's changed the doctrine of the deity of Christ already.
Now it's changing the doctrine of salvation.
And if you can't get fired up about that,
if you don't wanna fight for that doctrine,
it just, it makes me wonder like,
where is your love for God?
Where is your love for his word?
Where is your love for souls?
Because I actually care when lost souls are lied to,
and they're told that salvation's hard,
that makes me angry.
You know, it's wicked today that lost sinners
that are in need of a savior are being told,
oh, I got good news for you.
You can go to heaven.
All you have to do is go to church,
repent of all your sins, keep all the commandments,
give the tithe, help old ladies cross the street,
save cats out of trees.
You know, confess your sins to a priest,
do the Eucharist, do this, do that.
That's not good news, right?
Because guess what, we're all sinners.
And I'll be a sinner tomorrow,
and I'll be a sinner the day after that.
And you know what, if salvation was by works,
we'd all be damned and on our way to hell.
And if we could lose our salvation, we all would today.
And then we'd lose it tomorrow too, because we're sinners.
You know, the good news is that Christ died for our sins
and salvation's a free gift through faith in Him.
And once you have that, everlasting.
You can never lose that.
That's a truth we should get fired up about.
Go to Luke chapter number two.
Oh, there's no doctrinal difference in the modern version.
It's just updating the archaic language.
Let's see about that.
Luke chapter two, verse 33, the Bible says,
"And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things
which were spoken of him."
The King James Bible is very careful to use the precise word
describing Jesus' stepfather, if you will, Joseph, right?
The Bible does not call Joseph Jesus' father
because Jesus was born of a virgin, right?
And his real father is God in heaven.
The NIV says, "The child's father and mother marveled
at what was said about him."
The ESV says, "And his father and his mother marveled
at what was said about him."
This one little change, this one little word change
changes doctrine because if Jesus Christ
has a physical earthly father,
then he would be a sinful man.
He would not be the Son of God.
Let's just close our Bibles, go home, and close the church
because then Christianity wouldn't be real.
No, no, no, Jesus was born of a virgin.
He is the Son of God.
He is the only begotten of the Father.
That matters.
And calling Joseph the Father of Jesus Christ,
that's a big difference.
That's a big deal.
Go to John 6, John chapter number 6.
Now, I'm gonna show you this.
This example is just showing you how the Bible,
the King James Bible has more precision
and more clarity than the modern versions.
John 6, 46, "Verily, verily, I say unto you,
he that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
The NIV says, "Very truly, I tell you,
the one who believes has eternal life."
The ESV says, "Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever believes has eternal life."
Well, you know what, that's more vague
because Jesus said, "Whosoever believes on me
has everlasting life."
In the modern version, it says, "Whosoever believes."
Believes what?
Can we believe in Islam?
Can we believe in Buddhism?
Can we just follow the light that we have?
Is that what Jesus is saying?
Is Jesus saying, "Follow the light that you have
and you're a child of God"?
No, He says, "You have to believe on me," right?
He's the way, He's the truth, He's the life.
No man comes unto the Father but by Him.
You say, "Oh, that's not that big of a deal."
Why bring confusion to the Word of God?
Why take the clarity out?
Why take Jesus saying you have to believe on Him
out of the Bible to just believe in general?
You know, believing in general does not save you.
You know that the Bible says that the devils believe
that there is one God?
Hey, even believing that one God exists does not save you.
Believing that Jesus Christ was a real historical figure
does not save you.
Believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God
is what saves you.
Believing the record of God's Word is what saves you.
John 6 verse 69, notice it says,
"And we believe and are sure that thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God."
That sounds like a pretty confident statement, right?
Hey, we believe and are sure that thou art the Christ.
I love the confidence of the disciple here.
In the NIV, it says,
"We have come to believe
and to know that you are the Holy One of God."
The ESV says,
"And we have believed and have come to know
that you are the Holy One of God."
It just seems less sure, right?
It's just like, hey, we're convinced,
we're believed, thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
It's like, well, we've come to know this about you.
We've come to believe this about you.
It just seems less sure, just seems less powerful.
Go to Acts chapter number eight.
I'm sure everyone already knows this,
but you know what, it's worth rubbing in the faces
of these liars that say no doctrines affected
in the modern versions, Acts chapter number eight.
Acts chapter number eight, look at verse 35.
It says, then Philip opened his mouth
and began at the same scripture and preached unto him Jesus.
So Philip found the Ethiopian eunuch.
The Ethiopian eunuch is reading out of Isaiah.
He wants to be saved and Philip asked him,
do you understand the things that you're reading?
He says, how can I accept some man should guide me?
So then Philip starts preaching him the gospel verse 36.
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water
and the eunuch said see here is water.
What doth hinder me to be baptized?
That's an important question.
He's saying what are the qualifications for baptisms for baptism?
What do I need to do?
What needs to change for me to get baptized?
Now, what would a lot of religions of this world say?
Absolutely nothing, right?
What is the Catholic requirements for baptism?
Absolutely nothing.
They'll baptize babies and they don't even baptize them biblically.
They sprinkle them, right?
And the Orthodox Church, they might do the same thing.
They'll do the sprinkling or sometimes you see them get the baby
and it's like dunking that baby in really hard.
It's like, whoa, what are you doing?
That's crazy, right?
But you know infant baptism is not biblical and baptism of unsafe people is not biblical.
You know how I know that from the next verse.
Look what it says and Philip said if thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest
and he answered and said I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
You know what you must do to be baptized.
You must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
And if you got baptized before you were saved, you just took a bath.
You didn't get baptized if you got baptized as a child.
And when you became an adult you came to know the Lord Jesus Christ.
You got saved you need to get baptized because your child baptism does not count.
Your sprinkling does not count.
You must be saved to be baptized.
You don't get baptized to get saved.
He says if you believe then you can get baptized and he commanded the church to stand still
and they went down both into the water both Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him.
So notice they got to go down into the water to get baptized.
It's not a sprinkling. Here's what the NIV says verse 35.
Then Philip began with that very passage of scripture and told him the good news about Jesus verse 36 as they traveled along the road.
They came to some water and the eunuch said look here is water.
What can stand in the way of my being baptized?
All right, what's the qualification for baptism verse 37?
Oh, yeah, it doesn't exist verse 37 does not exist in the NIV.
So what what's the qualification for being baptized?
I don't know the questions ever answered.
We don't know what we see as we see him ask the question.
Then in the NIV it goes to verse 38 and he gave orders to stop the chariot.
Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.
Oh, there's no doctrine that's affected in the modern versions.
Well, then why is it that in practice, you know, we see we usually see that churches
that have the King James Bible, they usually have the right doctrine on baptism.
Isn't that interesting that churches that use the King James Bible people are getting baptized
by full immersion in water after they're saved.
And you know what I've noticed churches that don't use the King James Bible that are using
modern versions of the Bible.
They're often screwed up on their doctrine on baptism and they'll baptize your baby and
they'll baptize you when you don't you're not even saved because they themselves are
not even saved.
Why?
Because that doctrine is gone in their Bibles in the ESV.
It goes from verse thirty six and the ESV says and as they were going along the road,
they came to some water and the eunuch said see here is water.
What prevents me from being baptized?
Verse thirty seven gone.
Verse thirty eight says and he commanded the chariot to stop.
They both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
That's a big difference in doctrine right there.
Go to Romans eight, Romans chapter number eight.
As you can see here, we're just working through the Bible showing some really obvious instances
where modern versions are changing doctrine.
And you know, I really feel like your average reader of modern versions probably is ignorant
of a lot of these things.
And that's why it's important for us to to know this type of assert, like to know the
information that I'm giving you to preach these things is I really do believe that the
average reader of modern versions can be helped, can be convinced.
I'll tell you what, before I was ever saved, I read the NIV cover to cover before I was
even saved.
Okay.
And I'm glad I saw the truth about the King James Bible.
The people that are that are preaching it, maybe less so and definitely like the big
name textual critics, these people are just deceivers.
But you know, we can help the people that are being affected by these people.
Romans 8 verse 1, the real Bible says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit."
Very precise language.
The NIV says, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
The ESV says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus."
So notice the second part of that verse is just completely gone in the modern versions.
The modern versions kind of takes this hyper grace interpretation of just like there is
no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, period, end of story.
But the real Bible says there's no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk
not after the flesh, but after the spirit.
You know, if you live your life walking in the flesh, you better believe there's some
condemnation coming your way.
You better believe that God punishes his children, whom the Lord loveth, he chasin' it, right?
He scourges every son whom he receiveth, and while we don't have the condemnation of our
souls in hell, of course, after being saved, you better believe there is a condemnation
coming if you walk in the flesh, right?
I mean, think about, go if you would to Hebrews chapter 13, Hebrews chapter number 13.
You can see how, you know, hyper-grace type preachers could take Romans 8-1 in the modern
versions and just really run with that.
Oh, there's no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.
And then you say, "Wait a second, what about Christians committing fornication?
What about drunkards?
What about railers?
What about extortioners?"
There are no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.
And we've heard preaching like that, haven't we?
From hyper-grace Joe Jones, just saying like there's nothing, no matter what, God's not
mad at you.
No, no, no.
If you're walking in the flesh, God can be mad at you.
Look at Hebrews 13 verse 4, "Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled.
But whoremongers and adulterers, God will judge."
Sounds like some condemnation coming your way if you're a whore or an adulterer or
an adulteress.
You know, so we don't want to read Romans 8, 1, messed up in the new versions and just
say, "Oh, there's no condemnation.
Oh, I might as well just do whatever I want then because there's no condemnation."
No, there's no condemnation for those who are walking in the Spirit, right?
That is the truth of God's Word.
Go to 1 Corinthians 1, 1 Corinthians 1.
Here's another one that changes doctrine big time.
1 Corinthians chapter number 1, verse 18, the King James says, "For the preaching of
the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power
of God."
See, we are saved with the D at the end.
It's been done.
It's past tense.
We've been passed from death into life, right?
We are saved if we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the King James gets it right.
The NIV says, "For the message of the cross is foolish to those who are perishing, but
to us who are being saved, it is the power of God."
The ESV says, "For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved, it is the power of God."
We are not being saved.
Salvation is one moment in time.
That's what salvation is.
Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on him
that sent me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed
from death unto life."
Right?
So salvation is not a process.
It's a one-time event, putting your faith in Him, your past from death unto life.
You know what?
If you are listening to this and you think that you are being saved, you're not saved
because you're obviously trusting in some sort of process or work that you're doing.
Right?
You've got to realize that once you are believing in Him, you're saved.
Period.
End of story.
So this is affecting doctrine of salvation.
It's changing doctrine once again.
Go to 2 Corinthians 2, 2 Corinthians 2.
Now this one's just classic.
You know, I love the verses in the King James that warn about tampering with God's Word,
corrupting God's Word, and then those very verses themselves are corrupted in the modern
versions.
How ironic, right?
Here's what the 2nd Corinthians 2 verse 17 says in the King James, "For we are not as
many which corrupt the Word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God in the sight of
God speak we in Christ."
Paul's warning that there are people that are corrupting the Word of God, even in the
first century AD.
And Paul said that this is not a one-off weird conspiracy theory.
He says there are many that are doing this, right?
Here's what the NIV says, "Unlike so many, we do not peddle the Word of God for profits.
On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity as those sent from God."
The ESV says, "For we are not like so many peddlers of God's Word, but as men of sincerity
as commissioned by God in the sight of God, speak we in Christ."
So notice the King James is saying, "Hey, there's a problem.
There are people corrupting God's Word.
There are many corrupting God's Word."
And Paul's saying, "Hey, we are not like many that corrupt the Word of God."
The NIV and the ESV, they changed the problem from corrupting God's Word to selling God's
Word for a profit.
Right, so now here's the thing, you know, there's Bible stores in this world, right?
There's the King James store.
There's the Trinitarian Bible Society.
There's the KJV store.
You know, the problem with our world is not companies selling Bibles, folks.
That's not the issue that exists in our world, that people are selling Bibles.
I'm glad that someone sells a Bible so I could buy one and have one, right?
I'm glad that these companies exist.
The problem is with people corrupting God's Word, and the modern version wants to take
your eyes off of that.
Oh, don't look at the fact that there are people that are corrupting God's Word.
Here's the problem, people are peddling it for profit, which is just doubly ironic because
number one, the modern versions are corrupting God's Word, so they're guilty of the verse
that they themselves are corrupting.
And number two, they're also making a profit by selling God's Word anyways, right?
I mean, the King James Bible doesn't even have a copyright.
You could go reproduce the King James Bible for free if you want, but you can't do that
with the NIV.
You can do that with the ESV.
And you know, with copyright laws, you know what comes with that?
A percentage of change of the text that needs to be met in order to make a copyright, right?
So these modern versions, they can't just copy the last modern version that existed.
They have to make a certain percentage of changes in order to claim a copyright, right?
So what are they doing?
They're corrupting God's Word is what they're doing.
It's very plain to see.
What does it mean to peddle?
It means to carry from place to place.
That's not the problem with God's Word.
You know, the problem with the Bible today is not that people are carrying it from place
to place.
I wish more people would do that actually.
Or to place for sale at retail.
That's not the problem either, right?
So peddling God's Word is not the issue today.
Go to Philippians 4, Philippians chapter 4.
Again, this one will be an example of just the lack of precision in the modern versions.
In the King James, Philippians chapter 4, when you get there, look at verse number 13,
Philippians chapter 4, verse 13.
Everyone knows this verse.
"I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me."
Very powerful verse.
The NIV says, "I can do all this through Him who gives me strength."
ESV, "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Why take out the name of Christ?
Right?
Hey, the name of Christ is powerful.
I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me, not just through Him.
Now, could most readers figure out the context that that's talking about Christ?
Sure, but why take out the name of Christ?
Why do that?
The name of Christ is in the Bible, folks.
It's in the Greek, okay?
It's unmistakable.
Why take out the name of Jesus?
Why take out Christ's name from the modern versions?
It's wicked.
It's corrupting God's Word.
Colossians 1, go to Colossians chapter number 1.
Colossians 1, look at verse 14.
The Bible says, "In whom we have redemption, through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins."
The NIV says, "In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
ESV, "In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
Why take the blood of Jesus out?
How wicked is that to take the blood of Jesus out?
I'll read for you Hebrews 922, the Bible says, "And almost all things are by the law purged
with blood, and without shedding of blood is no remission."
You know, we are saved by the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
And the Bible makes that clear.
But you know what doesn't make that clear?
The modern versions.
The modern versions taking the blood of Christ out of the Bible.
Go to 1 Timothy 3, 1 Timothy chapter number 3, 1 Timothy chapter number 3.
Look at verse number 16 the Bible says and without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness God was manifest in the flesh was that the Lord Jesus Christ justified in the
spirit seen of angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the world received up into
glory I would argue this is one of the strongest verses in all of the Bible to prove the deity
of Jesus Christ because the Bible says that God was manifest in the flesh.
Hey he's not just a good teacher Muslims oh you know the Muslims respect Jesus because
they say he's a good prophet no the Muslims blaspheme Jesus because the Bible says that
he is God in the flesh and if you disagree with that you're blaspheming Christ what are
the modern versions do beyond all question the mystery from which true godliness springs
is great he appeared in the flesh was vindicated by the spirit so notice it changes the mystery
of godliness to the mystery from which true godliness springs I mean what is that is that
the true godliness where does it spring from does it spring from reading my Bible does
it spring from going to church that's not what the text was talking about the text was
talking about Jesus and instead of saying God was manifest in the flesh the NIV just
says he appeared in the flesh what's special about that I appeared in the flesh too you
appeared you are appearing before me in the flesh right now there's nothing special about
appearing in the flesh what special is that God appeared in the flesh and that's gone
in the NIV oh it doesn't change doctrine though you're a liar you're a gaslighter that's
what you are 1st Timothy 3 16 and the ESV says great indeed we confess is the mystery
of godliness he was manifest in the flesh so again taking out the powerful descriptor
of God was manifest in the flesh 1st Timothy 6 verse 5 in the King James says perverse
disputings of men of corrupt mind and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness
from such withdraw thyself.
What's the doctrine here?
The doctrine here is that God is warning us of corrupt people, people of corrupt minds
that suppose they think within themselves that gain is godliness, right?
We see people like this today that think if you're rich, if you're blessed, that must
mean you're right with God.
That must mean that you're a really godly person, right?
And people look at guys like TD Jakes, Kenneth Copeland, you know, all the rich preachers
of this world.
And they'll want to follow those guys because they'll say, well, this preacher has millions
of dollars.
This preacher has billions of dollars.
You know, let's follow this person because that must mean they're godly, right?
This is a corrupt way of thinking, the Bible says.
And when you think that way, the Bible gives us a command.
What's the application of this truth?
The Bible says from such withdraw thyself, right?
So a lover of money, it doesn't say, let's sit here and convince them why they're wrong.
Let's take them under our wing and try to show them.
No, the Bible says, withdraw thyself, right?
Because a little leaven leavens the whole lump.
First Corinthians five has covetousness as a sin, worthy of being kicked out of church.
If someone's just a complete lover of money, don't have fellowship with that person.
The Bible says, withdraw yourself from that person.
Okay, here's the NIV.
And constant friction between people of corrupt minds who have been robbed of the truth and
who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
Way different, right?
The wicked of the, the wicked the King James is describing in the King James Version is
saying that they believe that gain is godliness.
Oh, you're godly because you're getting gains, you're getting money and stuff like that.
The NIV says that they think godliness is a means to financial gain, right?
So in this version, it's like the wicked people, they're going soul winning and they're just
reading their Bible super, you know, long hours.
They're just memorizing thousands of verses of scripture, and they're just being the best
Christian they possibly can, ultimately for the motivation of money, right?
That's not what the King James is saying.
That's not at all what it was saying.
And did you notice there's a part of that verse that I didn't read in the NIV?
Because it doesn't exist.
The part that says from such withdraw thyself, the application of that verse telling us,
hey, stay away from those people.
That command is not given in the NIV.
And you know, newsflash, it's not in the ESV either, okay, and constant friction between
people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is
a means of gain.
End of verse.
Go to Titus 1.
Titus 1, you see, we're working through the Bible here, we're getting towards the end.
Don't worry, there's only 200 examples I want to show you in Revelation, okay?
Just kidding, just kidding.
All right, Titus chapter number 1, verse 7, the real Bible says, "For a bishop must be
blameless."
So these are the qualifications of the pastor as the steward of God, not self-willed, not
soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of
hospitality.
And I want you to pay attention to the next part, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy
temperate.
Hey, that's an important qualification we need to bring back today, is being a lover
of good men.
And when people don't love good Christians, that's a red flag.
It's a red flag when you don't love Pastor Reyes and Pastor Cobb, when someone would
just hate on them and lie about them and rail on them.
That's a red flag right there.
You know, when you can't love men that are leading congregations, getting thousands of
people saved, there's something wrong with you.
The Bible says, "Hey, the pastor must be someone that loves good men."
That is an important truth.
Here's what the modern versions say.
The NIV says, "Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled,
upright, holy, and disciplined."
So notice the King James says, "Hey, he must be a lover of good men."
The NIV says, "He just has to love what's good."
Okay, well that sounds pretty vague and pretty subjective because you know what?
I think that baseball is good.
I think that steak is good.
I mean, I think that Texas is good.
I think Oklahoma is good.
I think America is good.
But you know what?
That's not the qualifications of the pastor.
The qualification is not that he just loves good things.
No, it's that he's a lover of good men.
And someone who hates good men is a wicked person.
And that should be assigned to us like, let's not ordain this guy that hates good men, that
talks crap about good men, that despises good men.
No, that person is not qualified to be a pastor if you're reading the King James.
But if you're reading the modern versions, it's like, oh, let me ask you a question.
Do you love what is good?
Yes.
Check.
All right.
You're approved.
That's so vague, right?
ESV says, but hospitable, a lover of good.
It's like, all right.
Do you think coffee is good?
Yes.
Do you think steak is good?
Yes.
All right.
No.
It's a lover of good men.
Hebrews 3.
Go to Hebrews chapter 3.
Hebrews chapter number 3.
Hey, a change of words leads to a change of doctrine.
And a change of doctrine leads to a different application on how to live our lives.
Hebrews 3, 16, the Bible says, "For some when they had heard did not provoke, how be
it not all that came out of Egypt by Moses."
Right?
So when they heard, when the children of Israel heard, they provoked, but not all of them,
the King James says, "Not all, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses."
What does the NIV say?
Who were they that heard and rebelled?
Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
This is the exact opposite.
The King James is saying, "Hey, it wasn't all that provoked," the NIV says, "Hey, was
it not all?"
It's like, it was all.
This is different.
This is a change to doctrine, change to what the Bible teaches.
Go to Numbers 14, Numbers chapter 14 and Jeremiah 26, they'll be the last two places.
The ESV says, "For who were those who heard and yet rebelled?
Was it not all those who left Egypt by Moses?"
Right, so the modern version is just saying the complete opposite of the King James.
King James says, "Hey, not all, albeit not all."
Modern version says, "Was it not all that corrupted?"
Now, how do we know which one's right?
We know that the King James is right, and look, we can prove that in Numbers 14 verse
30.
The Bible says, "Doubtless, you shall not come into this land concerning which I swear
to make you to dwell therein, save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son
of Nut."
Right?
Because, hey, there were those that complained and murmured, but you know what?
Caleb and Joshua did not.
That's why in Hebrews it says, hey, they didn't all provoke because Caleb and Joshua actually
had faith.
They said, hey, let's go on.
Let's take the promised land.
Let's take on these giants.
You know, they didn't have a weak faith, and the King James recounts that history to us
correctly in Hebrews.
Whereas if you're reading the modern versions, it forgets about Caleb and Joshua.
It just says, oh, they all provoked.
They all lack faith.
No, that's wrong.
The modern versions are wrong.
Jeremiah 26.
Let me just close on this.
Look, what's the sermon?
Modern version gaslighting.
Do not allow yourself to be persuaded or swayed or lied to or gaslit by these theologians
that want to come at you speaking these fancy Greek terms and telling you about the Codex
Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus and we found more older and more reliable manuscripts.
And when you tell them, but you say, but hold on preacher, I mean, doesn't doctrine get
changed in the modern versions?
No, no doctrine has changed in the modern versions.
And then you show them and they're like, well, you know, no, no major doctrine is changing
modern versions.
Liar.
There is an attempt from the devil today to corrupt God's word, just like in the Garden
of Eden, just like in first century times and Paul's saying there's many that corrupt
the word of God.
Don't sit here and gaslight yourself into thinking, hey, modern versions, they're just
the same.
No, they are not the same.
And a change of words leads to a change of doctrine and you ought to reject modern versions.
Do not read the NIV, do not read the ESV, throw them in the trash, burn them in the
fire.
It's not God's word.
It's corrupt.
You need to stick with the King James Bible.
Look at Jeremiah 26 verse 2, "Thus saith the Lord, stand in the court of the Lord's house
and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house.
All the words that I command thee to speak unto them, diminish not a word."
That was God's command to Jeremiah and you know, Jeremiah had a tough job.
Jeremiah had a tough ministry.
Jeremiah had to go to the nation and bring them a really negative message and tell them,
"Hey, just so you know, God's angry at you, God's going to punish you, God's going to
send the Babylonians in here to destroy you and take your women and your children captive
and oh, by the way, submit to them when they do it."
That was Jeremiah's message and you know what?
If I have to give a negative message to God's people or a positive message to God's people,
I want to make sure that I have God's exact words and you know, I want to make sure that
I'm not diminishing a word and let me tell you something, if the modern versions just
diminished one word of God's word, I'd say throw it in the trash, throw it in the trash.
But you know what, I've just spent over an hour showing you it's not just one word that
has been diminished in these modern versions, it's every page. It's just page after page
after page. Look, I don't know about you, I will never, ever, ever be ashamed of being
King James only. I will never be made to feel like I'm uneducated or I'm stupid or I'm in
a cult or I'm silly for being King James only. You know what, I know the truth. I know this
is God's word, and I will proudly stick to the King James Bible. Hey, let's reject the
modern versions. Let's not buy into the gaslighting. Let's not diminish a word. Let's pray, Lord,
thank you so much for your word. Thank you for inspiring it. Thank you for preserving
it. Thank you for using great men of history, men like William Tyndale, just martyrs throughout
history that have been willing to put their lives on the line so that we can have your
word. I pray that we would never take that for granted. I pray we wouldn't let it just
sit on the shelf. I pray we'd read it every day, that we'd preach it with authority, that
we would never give in to the lies of textual critics trying to get us to get off the King
James Bible. I pray that Spring Crest Baptist Church would go on for hundreds of more years
if you Terry Lord preaching out of the King James Bible. Please bless this church. Thank
you for the opportunity to come here. And in Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Y'all get to heaven. Page 56. And who enjoyed that? That was great. Amen. Love the King
James 56. When we all get to heaven on the first thing the wondrous Jesus. Yeah, his
grace in the mansion prepare for a doubt street dismissed.