To be fair, many young people do want an English translation in the vernacular. And I have listened to well meaning pastors preach the truth but use the wrong passages out of misunderstanding the language of the KJV (most of the time this centered on John 3:16).
The question is whether it is important for people to have a translation of God's Word in the vernacular. I believe it is. God could have delivered His Word in only Hebrew, but He always chose to give His Word in the common language of the people.
That doesn't, of course, mean paraphrase. It only points out that the KJV no longer does, as a translation, what the translators desired. It is perhaps the best written version of the Bible in English, but it is one of the worst Bible translations today (not because of the KJV but because of changes in the English language).
I've actually heard people try to pray in the King James English. I suppose they think 17th Century English somehow a sacred language, lol.
There are two things that doesn't seem to be considered by most people who post on these boards on the subject of the Bible. Number one; the Bible is a spiritual book because it comes from God and claims to be his words and his testimony. Number two; the Bible is a Jewish book. Everything in the book must be understood in the mindset of the Jew. All the customs, the typology, the ceremonies, the covenants, the promises, salvation, everything. The gentile inclusion into the church of Jesus Christ on the principle of the grace of God was because for the first seven years of this age after Jesus was raised from the dead the Jewish apostles were given the authority to grant salvation to the Jews, (the Holy Ghost, the definition of salvation and the new birth), by baptism. This was a national promise and for the collective Son of God, Israel after the flesh, to receive the new birth, it obviously required every one of them to be saved. They are a collective. Think about that. They were to be saved because of the principle of promise. This is a theme during their OT history as a nation. The showdown between the preachers and Israel came at the end of 7 years in Jerusalem in the temple when the Jews violently rejected the Spirit of God and refused God's salvation through Christ and put the preacher to death. Now you will begin to hear the word "remnant" associated with Jewish salvation because only a few were saved. The main group were unbelievers, lost, and judicially blinded by God because of it. If they get saved after this it will be as the gentiles, individually and one by one but with collective salvation being set aside for a season.
One must understand that this offer through the Jews of salvation was a legitimate offer and was rejected. It was at this time that God began the next phase of his commission, the Samaritans. They were quick to receive the word and they are actually the "Israel" in this scenario. They are the 10 tribes. I will quickly move on past them to get to the gentiles. They had no direct promises of salvation from God. He had really intended that his house (family) would be built with the Jews but since they refused, God began to open the door of faith to gentiles in order to fill his house and complete it. This principle through which he saved the gentiles and made us partakers of the blessings of the Jews was by grace. The blessing was spiritual. The forgiveness of sins by the blood of Christ and the gift of the Holy Ghost. making all who will come a son of God .
Jesus Christ prophesied this exact thing that happened in the Acts after he rose from the dead.
Lu 14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filled.
24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Jesus said in John 3 that before anyone can enter his kingdom they must be born again. Jesus had accomplish what it took for them to be born again by dying for their sins and being buried and rising from the dead. He could and would have saved every one of them and then the kingdom. But the rulers refused him. and the kingdom is delayed.
Mt 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are]ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. (This was fulfilled by the Romans in 70 AD)
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
The inauguration of the kingdom of Christ is the marriage supper of the LAMB. Jesus said it was ready in Acts 2 and the apostles was sent out to Jerusalem and Judaea to let them know it was time to come.
You may think I am not answering your post with these remarks but I think you are a sincere man but are lacking in certain areas of understanding. Maybe this post will help you see and consider some things. One thing you should consider is that one must have the exact words of God in order to see these great truths and be able to put it all together.
