KJO fear?
What is the great fear of the avid KJVO:
I copied the following paragrah from here:
http://www.onlinebaptist.com/messag...&start=0&sid=6eca69b20378a22976b04a3de004a383
They say they got it from here (I haven't checked that):
The New King James Bible Examined
By M. H. Reynolds
Fundamental Evangelistic Association
Box 6278 Los Osos CA 93412 USA
Will the next modem Bible be the "Do It Yourself" version?
This would be a distinct possibility if the advice of
the NKJV editors in the two preceding paragraphs were
to be followed. In effect, they are saying, let each reader
decide for himself what portions, verses, phrases
and words should be included in God's Holy Word."
NKJV footnotes, far from being helpful, are an invitation
to disobey the plain command of God not to add
to or take from His Word. Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18,19.
So it seems to me the fear of many KJVOs would be
that people will read the footnotes of their Bible and
NOT FOLLOW THE PREACHER.
Uh, wasn't that the problem that the Roman Catholics
had just before the Reformation? The RCC /Roman
Catholic Church/ wouldn't let their people read the
the Bible, just the clergy. To help do this, the RCC
only used a dead language to 'preserve' their
distorted 'Word of God'.
BTW isn't it a Baptist destictive that each competent soul is
responsible before God for God's message to that
individual? Can't such a competent soul, filled with the
Holy Spirit, determine what is, and what is not, the
Written Word of God?
KJVO fear?
Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by Ed Edwards, Dec 2, 2006.
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Ed, I believe that if I were a follower of the KJVO myth my biggest fear would be that I would be "put on the spot" to defend this man-made myth. The followers of the KJVO myth have been asked time and time again to defend their belief, yet not one of them can come up with anything that is based in truth. All they do is spin, avoid the question and make false accusations that "freedom readers" don't believe God's word. In truth, it is the KJVO myth believers who add to the word of God by adding in their man-made "doctrine."
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I was thinking about this today...
Over the past week I have read comments on here about how Baptists just do things the way they feel is right.
As Baptists we believe that God illuminates scripture to us.
I'm not for sure if this fear is just from KJVOs, but from all that feel their views on scripture are being challenged.
It is a sign of immaturity to always say... "I'm right, and if you don't agree with me, you are not as spiritual as me"
I have learned a lot after I thought I knew it all!!! -
Great words Tim.
Sorry Ed, we are not going to do a specific KJVO thread. We deal with translations here, not movements.