by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 2-20-22)
In the past two messages, we learned that God inspired the writers to pen the words of Scripture. Today, we turn to the issue of whether that inspired Scripture has been divinely preserved for us today. Two questions are relevant: (1) Can we rely on what we have today as being the inspired and preserved word of God? and (2) Which English version (translation) of the Bible is the accurately preserved word of God? We begin today with the topic of preservation in general, and then move to a more specific discussion of the King James Version (or Authorized Version) of the Bible, which we believe is the preserved word of God in English.