To all:
John says to ”sin not.” (1 John 2:1). Jesus says to ”sin no more” (John 5:14) (John 8:11). It’s not possible to ”sin NOT” or “sin NO MORE” as instructed in God’s Word if the Bible did not teach such truths. Sure, there is grace if one stumbles (Psalms 51), and or even struggles with sin seeking to overcome it (Parable of the Prodigal Son and James 5:19-20), but there is no grace for those who believe they must sin again (as a part of being a slave to sin in this life) with the thinking they are saved.
The Bible makes it clear that we are to overcome sin in this life (See again 1 Peter 4:1-2, 2 Corinthians 7:1, and Galatians 5:24).
The Bible clearly warns against a group of believers in whom Jesus did not know because they worked lawlessness or iniquity (Matthew 7:22-23) (Luke 13:27). We are told to STRIVE to enter the straight gate (Luke 13:24). This narrow way or straight gate again is in context to believers because these types said…
#1. “Lord, Lord, open unto us;” (Calling Jesus Lord - indicating they are a believer in Jesus).
#2. ”We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.” (Indicating they were in the company of Jesus and thought they were in favor with Him).
Sin is what kept them out. Paul even says, “Be not deceived:” (1 Corinthians 6:9).
What could the believers in Corinth be deceived about?
Paul says, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?” (1 Corinthians 6:9).
Paul continues: “Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
So Paul is saying if we are still partaking of these kinds of sins after we have been saved, we will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Meaning, we will not be saved. This applies to me, you, and everyone else on the planet. I could not make it into the Kingdom if don’t die in a righteous state of living holy. The only escape is by Jesus Christ and that is by seeking forgiveness with Him (1 John 1:9) (1 John 2:1), and in being sanctified by the washing of the water of the Word so that Christ might present to Himself a church that is holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:25-27).
But Christians today want to justify sin. This is due to the falling away. A falling away from God’s Word.
Textual Criticism was something that was in smaller numbers before the 1970’s. Generally liberals and heretics used something else besides the King James Bible. Before Modern Textual Criticism fully took hold of the church in great numbers with the coming out of the NIV in the 1970’s, many believers in the English speaking world just believed their Bible in English (KJB) as the very words of God.
King James Bible believers in history:
The General Baptists of England published the "Orthodox Creed" In 1678. It says, "And by the holy Scriptures we understand the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, AS THEY ARE NOW TRANSLATED INTO OUR ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE, of which there hath NEVER been any doubt of their verity, and authority, in the protestant churches of Christ to this day." They then list the books of the Old and New Testament and then say, "All which are given by the inspiration of God, to be the Rule of faith and life."
Taken from the Association of Baptists 25th meeting 1830
We the church of Jesus Christ being regularly baptised upon the profession of our faith in Christ are convinced the concessive of associate churches. WE BELIEVE THAT THE SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS AS TRANSLATED BY THE AUTHORITY OF KING JAMES TO BE THE WORDS OF GOD AND IS THE ONLY TRUE RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE.
1857: “The general excellence of the English Version being admitted, ITS PERFECTION ASSUMED, AND THEREFORE ALL PRECEDING AND SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS MUST BE UNWORTHY OF NOTICE; nay, even the original text need not be consulted...” (Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, The English Bible, and Our Duty with Regard to It, 1857; 1871).
1882: “I unhesitatingly say, that the same Holy Ghost who gave inspiration to the Apostles to write out the New Testament, presided over and inspired those men in the translation and bringing out of the entire Bible in the English language. And I also say, that no version since, brought out in the English language, has the Divine sanction...Now, why would God cause at this age and in these trying times, versions in the same language to be brought out, to conflict...?...He would not...I FURTHERMORE SAY, THAT THE KING JAMES' TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY DIVINELY INSPIRED...” (William Washington Simkins, The English Version of the New Testament, Compared with King James' Translation, 1882).
There are more with citations of things like this you can discover at the following source link.
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KJB believers in history - BrandPlucked (Will Kinney)
Over the years, I had Christians tell me that I worship the KJB because I believe it is the perfect Word of God and or because I revere it to be the very words of God.
Psalms 119:140 says:
”Thy word
is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.”
Loving God’s Word today has led others to say that I am into idolatry. But idolatry is bowing down to an object as if it was the entirety of God Himself. The Bible is merely the thoughts and or the mind of God in His desiring us to have faith in Him and to follow His will by faith (and not our own will like trying to defend sin by using 1 John 1:8, and Romans 7:14-24 out of context). Anyone can rip a verse or passage out of context to the chapter or the surrounding chapters.
We also have to realize we are in the last days. I believe the falling away spoken of by the apostle Paul has happened. Many in the church no longer believe in a perfect Bible as their final authority. Even those who do believe in a perfect Bible believe they can sin and still be saved. Times have truly gotten darker. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man. I believe we are nearing that day closer and closer. For could it be that the Antichrist could be among us today?
Check out this video here:
If so, get yourself ready with the LORD while there is still time. Don’t play games with your soul and justify sin and say how you must sin again as per a wrong interpretation on 1 John 1:8, and Romans 7:14-24 by the church at large. Jesus said narrow is the way that leads unto life and FEW be there that find it. Luke 13 makes this narrow way or straight gate out to be amongst the sphere of Christianity. Do not be deceived. The unrighteous will not inherit the kIngdom of God. Don’t justify sin like many believers today do. They are not going to make it into the Kingdom of God if they do so. They will be shocked at the Judgment that they were wrong for need heeding the Word of God with their defense of sin.