Dear Superdave:
Re your reply to Toolman of Nov 9, when I started this back on Oct 6, there was no mention, not is my own personal belief that the KJV, or any of the Modern Perversions, have anything to do with salvation. They most certainly do not.
A person knows in his heart when he is truly saved. The bible, all of them in on way or another convey that message clearly.
That person will feel the change in his/her life immediately, like a breath of fresh air. He/She will have a desire to study God's word, a desire to be with other believers, a desire to give financially and physically to God's work, a desire to tell others about the free gift of eternal life, to find their own unique spiritual gift to be used for the furtherance of the kingdom.
If a person claims to be "saved" and does not feel the above mentioned desires then, I believe, that person has good reason to question whether or not He/She is truly saved.
Once saved, a person should be a seeker of the truth. The Holy Spirit, living within, will guide you to the truth.
You will come to believe that the God who breathed you into existance and wants you to be prepared for battle would want nothing but the very best for you, and that is why He has preserved the KJB, perfect, without error, for us who believe to fight the battle with a sward of the finest steel.
You will find, as you grow in Christ, that there are those who believe that God would not, could not and did not preserve His perfect word in any one book. The originals no longer exist so we must learn Greek and Hebrew and rely on the "educated" to lead us to all truth, just as the Catholic must work with a preist to find the truth about God.
Then there are those , like myself, who believe that God would, could and ,Indeed, DID, preserve His perfect word, just as He said He would.
So, on this issue we have these two camps duking it out, us KJV'ers wasting precious time defending this presious word as we have done for 2000 years, the other side promoting the other weakened, watered down Modern Versions because they are "easier to read".
Again, you will believe, that we do not have the perfect word today, that all bibles are mere translations by men doing the best they could OR you will believe that God, inspiring, guiding and instructing men to put his perfect word to paper, then guiding them to preserve it perfect over the ages, right to our KJV which has stood the test for the past 390 years.
Again, it has nothing to do with savation, God's work continues in spite of the mankind has mutilated His holy Word.
It should also have nothing to do with our fellowship, one with another, but it does unfortunately do just that. Some of those who do not believe that God would, could or DID preserve His word perfect, in English, for us today would attack us who do believe, personally and resort to name-calling and insults. Instead of lashing out in retaliation we KJV'ers need to pray for these poor misguided souls and know that their hearts will tell them if they will be spending eternity with Jesus, that their bible, whichever one they choose, has nothing to do with that assurance, it only gives them the ammunition for the battle we face.
If they are not using the pure word, the preserved, time-tested King James Version, they are using inferior, flawed and faulty ammunition.
That statement has never, and cannot be made for any other version.
God bless as you seek and God leads you to the truth.