βWhich things also we speak, not in the words which manβs wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritualβ (I Cor. 2:13).
Todayβs Scripture tells us who alone we can trust to teach us Godβs truth!
Once, I heard a minister give his self-proclaimed βpropheticβ message about top headlines that would appear in the coming year. While he reassured his audience that he received this information directly from βthe Lordβ (?), he gave a disclaimer: βI do not know, but at the end of this year, we will see if what I say came to pass.β Unlike the inner impressions and hunches of this βChristianβ preacher, the Holy Bible is infallible, and we can trust its information completely.
Long, long ago, God Almighty wrote a Book, and He preserved it through history through a multiplicity of manuscript copies, so that it could eventually be translated into English, so we could read it even today! (Of course, Satan, the master counterfeiter that he is, most certainly had his own manuscriptsβthey still circulate today as corrupt Bible translations.) God promised to preserve His words forever (Psa. 12:6,7; Isa. 30:8; Matt. 24:35; I Pet. 1:25). Consequently, every person will stand before Him one day to give account as to what he or she did with that Bible. Did we reject it in favor of counterfeits? Did we re-translate it to fit our denominational beliefs? Did we apply it to life by faith? Did we even read it at all?
As English-speaking people, we understandβor, at least, we should understandβthat we can trust the 400-year-old King James Bible. Sadly, even in many church circles, we are often cautioned not to trust Godβs preserved Word. Unfortunately, footnotes, study notes, and seminarians usually attempt to claim that authority by offering βbetterβ readings or βbetterβ manuscripts. Beloved, we can do without unbelieving textual critics and their βscholarship.β God does not need lost people to explain His Word to His children; He never did and He never will (I Cor. 2:14). Never forget that!
The Holy Spirit will teach us the King James Bible if we βreadβ (Eph. 3:4), βstudyβ (II Tim. 2:15), and βconsiderβ it (II Tim. 2:7)! source
