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Hi Lacy Evans,
Good questions - but the difference is those are things that were not promised as happening from the get-go - they were prophecies about the future. Conversely, the idea that God "preserves" his words comes from scriptures that are not talking about a future event, but an ongoing preservation from the moment they were given. If God waited 16 centuries to "preserve" them, does that mean those verses were not true during the first 16 centuries? It seems like KJVO people are trying to have it both ways, and are really arguing against themselves on this one.
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NO doubt God has and continues to preserve his words, and they are preserved perfectly, as they are His words. This is what we believe. However, many mv proponents do not really believe this, even though they think they do, and say they do. There are scriptures missing from the mv's and many problems with them, that PROVE they are NOT God's pure words that he has preserved. They have been changed, not just in the manner of one word changed to another with the same meaning (which isn't a problem in most cases). Far much more than that has happened. This is how we KNOW they ONLY contain the words of God, but are not the whole counsel of God, and are not pure. Therefore, we know that God's hand is not in them
(wasn't by the will of God, but by the will of man) because the Holy Spirit of truth leads us to ALL truth. He doesn't give only part of it, but ALL of it. This truth is kept by the believers, who hold God's words dear in their heart. God preserves them through His people for his people and THROUGH HIS CONTROL AND OVERSIGHT. And the Holy Spirit testifies to the believer that it is God's word.
Hebrews 4
11. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
and....
John 10
1. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15. As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Now please refer to John 16.
love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle
