At the same time, however, the kind of trust that we are called to give to our fellow imperfect humans in this life, be they family or friends, employers or government officials, or even leaders in a church, can never finally be earned. It must be given as a gift – a gift in faith, in trust more of the God who gives than of the leaders He has given (Eph. 4:11-13).
Mark Dever

Is It Gods Word Because I Got

Is It Gods Word Because I Got

QUESTION: Someone said, “The King James Bible is the Word of God because I got saved through it!” Is that statement correct?

ANSWER: No.

EXPLANATION: The Bible is infallible and perfect without any influence by any sinner. By accepting Christ as our personal Saviour we impart nothing to Scripture, though God imparts eternal life to us.

Many have been led to Christ by someone using other versions. I once spoke with a man who vehemently claimed that the Good News for Modern Man version was the infallible word of God because someone had led him to Christ using it. Wrong! His getting saved through a Good News for Modern Man did not correct so much as one of the many gross inaccuracies in that version.

I have a friend who believes the Bible (KJV) to be the infallible, perfect word of God. Yet he himself was led to Christ by someone using a Living Bible. Did the Living Bible become the infallible Word of God the moment he believed? Of course not. It never was perfect and never will be. But if it did become perfect because he got saved through it, would it not have lost its perfection when he chose to use the King James?

So we see that the Bible, King James of course, is the infallible, perfect word and words of God regardless of what someone used to lead you or me to Christ. In fact, it would still be the perfect infallible word and words of God, even if we hadn’t gotten saved at all.