What is the Word of God?

What is the Word of God? Well, pretty much everyone would say that the Bible is the Word of God. What they don't all understand is that John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." So, the obvious conclusion is that the Bible, the Word of God, is God in word. Hebrews 18:8 reads, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever." If Jesus Christ NEVER changes, then how can the Word change? One can only conclude that there is a Bible that is the perfectly and completely preserved Word of God. And since Christ is infallible, then God's Word must also be infallible.

Now, I will not pretend to be a highly educated individual. So, I will not be using great academic arguments for my beliefs. Christ said that we must have the faith of a child. Although, I am not opposed to furthering one's education, I have seen that too much education poses a danger in placing child-like faith beneath us. (note: I do want to say that I have met some wonderful, faithful servants of God who are highly educated. The Apostle Paul was an educated man. I only mean that formal education is man's idea. God never commanded only a select few to 'study' His Word, and not every believer is led to formally continue their education. So the command to study the Word of God is not referring to Bible College or some other form of higher education. And if one does feel led to attend a College they should be careful to research the doctrinal beliefs of the school regarding important matters such as their stand on the Bible, do they teach in easy-believism, are they local church? ect...)

Now, for my simple reasoning on the Word of God. If the Word is God, then God is the Word. God promises in Psalm 12:6-7, "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." Psalm 100:5 says,"...his truth endureth to all generations." At this point you may say, "I believe that my Bible contains the truth or the words of God, so far I can agree." This is where many will disagree with me. John 17:17 says, "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth." These are the Words of Christ in prayer to the Heavenly Father. Christ said that God's word IS truth not that God's word CONTAINS truth. So somewhere there must be a true preservation of God's Word.

Some would say, "Well, yes, the originals were inspired," but do we have the originals? Or do we have a preserved copy of the originals? To say that the originals are the only preserved Word of God is to say that only those educated in Greek and Hebrew are capable of properly dividing the Word of truth and studying It effectively. (Side note: Not all of the originals were written in Greek and Hebrew although they were later translated into those languages) We now have the danger of an uneducated man being put at the mercy of believing an educated man's translation of God's Word. He has no way to go home and study it out as the Bereans of old because he isn't fluent in Greek and Hebrew. Why would God command His people to do something that they cannot do?

Now since I only speak English, I am only dealing with this language. In the English language, the most widely spoken and understood language of the world, there must be a preserved Word of God. There is One God and therefore; there can only be One Word of God. What is it? I believe it is the King James Version, also known as the Authorized Version. I have met many "fundamental, Independent" Baptists that say that there are several English translations that are equal to the KJB. Yet, not one of the other translations agree 100% with the KJB. God is not the Author of confusion. Which one is right? Only one can be. Although I would disagree, I would have a measure of respect for someone who said, "I believe only the NIV is the Word of God." I have yet to find someone who is willing to take such a stand on any of the other English translations of the "Bible." Yet, there are still a remnant who will dogmatically say that the King James Bible is the preserved Word.

The purpose of this is to say that simple logic would point to the KJB as being the preserved, inerrant, infallible Word of God in the English language. As the preserved Word of God, the KJB is inspired. Now, you know what I believe the Word of God is. The King James Bible is the complete, preserved, infallible, inerrant Word of God.

I know that often those of us who dare to take such a stand feel like Elijah did. 1 Kings 19:9 & 10 read, "And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine alters, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." Okay, maybe no one is seeking our lives, but they do try to make us sound like "nuts". And, honestly, anyone who stands on the KJB and adds to Its teaching is just as wrong as those who take away from it. They also are the reason we are often labelled as "nuts." But take heart King James Bible believers, we are not alone. God is still God and He has not nor will He change. Stand firm. Have faith. Don't let God's Truth be hidden as it has been in times past. Hold each other up in prayer. We need each other's fellowship now more than ever.

God bless. Keep on a prayin'!