So JD -
Just to clarify -
A. do you believe that the KJ-1611 is the perfect word of God?
B. If so, Where do we find that in Scripture
Question A - Yes
Question B - Psalm 19:7
The word of God is not just the perfect law. It is also the testimonies of God. It is the commandments, many of which were not written in the law. For instance, Paul the preacher to the gentiles said to them in Athens, Greece, these words;
Ac 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
There are statutes, precepts, and judgements and all put together teach us the ways of God.
Here is a testimony of God concerning how he saves sinners from the penalty of their sins. (Remember in Ps 19 God said the testimonies of God are sure, making wise the simple).
1Co 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
When God testifies of the "mysteries" that he reveals through Paul, it is "his" testimony and our understanding of these mysteries are dependent on the words that God has used to make them known.
Now, you claim to be a God called preacher of his word and I have read much of your commentaries and so I can say, if I had to bet the farm, that you cannot articulate these mysteries, even though it is what this age and the New Testament is all about. Here is what a preacher is called upon to do.
1Co 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. (the mysteries are of God)
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
The reason men do not know the mysteries of God is because they do not believe the words. Many people, no, most people on this very forum do not believe in the church and it's status with God and it's predestination to glorification when all those in it will receive the new body at it's "gathering," known by some as it's rapture to heaven. Why don't they understand it? Because they do not believe the words. This, BTW, is the reason they accept any new translation and even paraphrases, because they do not assign much worth to the words and think it is okay to handle them any way they please.
Here is an example or two of a mystery you likely have no knowledge of and probably do not believe.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible (the dead in Christ) must put on incorruption, and this mortal (the living who are in Christ when he comes) must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Who was he writing this to:
1Co 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Unto the church of God (t
his don't help much because most do not have a clue what the church is) which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified
in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
This same mystery is taught in 1 Thess 4 and Ephesians 1. The reason the self righteous people here will not believe these truths is because they no longer have the words of God or they will not believe them if they do. When the KJV was traded in for 100 different translations it opened the door for the wolves to come in. It ushered in the great apostasy and it rode in on a Reformed horse.
