by David W. Daniels

The other day I met a retiring minister. I bought some of his book collection. In all his many Bibles, I only found one King James – a parallel New Testament, with the King James, NIV, and a Nestles Critical Greek text.

So many people thought the changes to the Greek to make that text were the “real Greek” and that the King James was therefore completely wrong. But actually they had switched the Received Text for the changed, critical edition.

It got me to thinking about my Bible college and seminary days.

I had friends who read different Bibles over the years. And they were fairly enthusiastic about the hope they had of their future as a Christian minister.

But now, years later, I’ve seen the fruit of Bibles. It didn’t all happen at first. But over time, as they began to ask hard questions and look for answers, their Bibles let them down. Passages that are clear in our King James Bible actually contradicted each other in their Bibles, and some scriptures they thought they would find there were not even in some of their Bibles. So they began to doubt.

But they didn’t just doubt their Bibles. They doubted God. One became a homosexual church leader. Another became a religionist. Another became a spiritualist. Over time their Bibles destroyed their faith.

Which Bible you read really makes a difference.

God’s words build godly people. Corrupted Bibles are like a time bomb. They seem okay at first, but at some time in the future, when these pastors really need to know God’s mind, BOOM! Those little doubt-bombs explode, destroying faith not only in their Bible, but sometimes in God Himself.

It’s better to trust God’s preserved words in English, the King James. Sometimes you may have to learn a few words, but they are RIGHT words. Words that are not God’s, will ultimately let you down.

You can trust God’s pure words. They’ll bear good fruit. Don’t get fooled by a pretty ticking time bomb.