Psalms 138:2, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name
for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word
above all thy name.”
I attended a King James Bible seminar
taught by Pastor Al Lacy (1933-2016) on July 27-31, 1992 at Hyles-Anderson College. It
was one of my most cherished and memorable memories. I was privileged to
meet Pastor Gayle Russ and his son from Evansville, Indiana, at the event.
What a blessing! I took diligent notes. I found my old notes while looking
through a box of old things this week. My heart leaped when I found the note
pad. So here are my notes from the King James Bible seminar. I pray they
will be as much a blessing to you as they still are to me. (By the way, you
are welcomed to copy these notes and paste them elsewhere on the internet,
as I want this information to get out to everyone.)
King James Bible 1611
Psalms 138:2, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name
for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word
above all thy name.”
Matthew 4:4, “But he answered and said, It
is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Jude 1:3, “Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me
to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for
the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
“contend for the faith,” the Lord says.
We face three great battles today:
- BOOK
- BLOOD
- BLESSED HOPE
Psalm 1 (7 words for God's Word)
-
word
- law
- judgments
- testimonies
- statutes
- precepts
- His way
Psalms 1:1 - “counsel of the ungodly” (kind of
like the National Council Of Churches)
The battle over the Bible really got started in
1975.
Psalms 1:1 . . .
- walk
- stand
- sit
Luke 22:31-34, 54-55 - Peter walked with
the ungodly “afar off” (verse 54), he stood by the fire (verse 55)
and sat down (verse 55).
There can only be one Bible if God is not the
author of confusion.
In Job's time, there was no written Word.
Job 11:7-8 - “canst thou find God by
searching?” - No, you can't!
SIX CATEGORIES OF MANKIND
(Every adult man and woman falls into one of the following categories):
- THEIST - A belief in one God.
- Good
Theist - believes God has revealed Himself to man in writing, and we
still have a preserved Book!
- Bad Theist - believes God has
revealed Himself to man in writing, but since those written parchments
have crumbled, we don't have God's Word.
- DEIST - There is an intelligent God,
but He can't be known, so why go to church, pray, et cetera? No
resurrection. Basic humanism.
*I'm a cracked nut, praise God! The shell of
humanism was cracked by the Word of God. Humanism is the nut.
- PANTHEISM - Everything is God—rats,
mice, man, et cetera. God is nature and nature is God. This is the New Age
Movement.
MAN SEEKS GOD IN FIVE BASIC PLACES (or among):
- Heavens (You can see His handiwork
only)
- Earth
- Sea (The water is higher than the
land; yet doesn't flood)
- Nature (animal kingdom)
- Man (no two faces, retinas,
fingerprints or voices are alike)
Is God here? “canst thou find God by
searching?” No! Question then: Can I know God. Answer: Yes!
You can know Jesus!
John 17:3, “And this is life eternal,
that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent.”
You can know you're saved!
1st John 5:13, “These things have I
written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may
know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of
the Son of God.”
THREE UNIVERSAL QUESTIONS OF MAN:
- Where did I come from? (Genesis 1:27; 5:1-2
- God created all men)
- Why am I here? (Revelation 4:11 - to please
God)
- Where am I going? (Psalms 23:1-7 - “In the
house of the Lord”)
*Revelation 21:8 - “the unbelieving” shall have
their part in Hell!
* If you're lost, you're not a sheep, but a
goat. A sheep has a shepherd, a goat does not!
*The King James Bible has 810,697 words.
*Man's heart (on the average) beats 4,800 times
per hour; 115,000 times a day; 43,048,000 times a year; and 2,943,360,000
times in 70 years (not including any physical activity). Don't tell me
there's no God!
*Did your watch explode into a watch? Of course
not! Then why should I believe the “BIG BANG” theory? We time our planned,
carefully designed, watches by the stars. Don't tell me you're an atheist!
- AGNOSTIC - “I don't know,” he says.
Is there a God?
- POLYTHEIST - There are many Gods.
- ATHEIST - No good, a fool because he
believes in no God! Madelyn Murray O'Hare lives in Austin, Texas, today (a
very hated woman that has spent her life telling people that there is no
God. She rides a bicycle because no one will sell the fat slob any gas.
She has vowed to spend her life destroying what does not exist!).
GOD SPEAKS TO MAN IN THREE WAY:
- Audibly - (Genesis 2 - with His own
voice)
- Prophets - [Hebrews 1:1; Jeremiah 1 -
“My words” (plural)]
*God's “Words” are inspired, not just the Word
(Ezekiel 2:7 and 3:4 “words”; Isaiah 51:6 “words”).
- Writing - Scripture = God's Words
written down (Exodus 24:4; Matthew 2:5-6; Matthew 4:4; John 20:30-31; 1st
John 5:13 “These things have I written unto you”; John 17).
*Most Christian colleges today are infiltrated
with satanic humanism.
*Psalms 12:6-7 - God promises to preserve and
keep His Words (“them” Who is “them”? Answer: His Words.
“thou shalt preserve them” Ok, if God promises
to PRESERVE His Words, then is God a liar or a wimp not to mean what He
said?
*The bad theist (Neo) has called God a liar!
*QUESTION: By what authority do you discredit
the preservation of God's Word? You can't use any Scripture because you
don't believe it's reliable.
THE ENEMY
II Corinthians - “we are not ignorant of his
devices”
- Satan is a liar! - he told Eve “thou
shalt not die,” but Genesis 5:5 shows us where Adam died. God said he
would die if he ate the forbidden fruit. Who lied? Satan!
- Satan always starts his attack on a
positive note. “Yea (or yes, positive) hath God said?” Watch out!
Two Types Of Questions:
- An “asking question” (e.g., The rich
young ruler - Mark 9:28-29; mark 10:17).
- A “telling (or saying) question,” which
is no question at all, but is intended to deceive and cast doubt
(e.g., “Yea, hath God said?,” but no question is asked; or Pilate
questioning Jesus in John 18:37, “Pilate saith” - he didn't ask - that's
why Jesus said, “Thou sayest it”).
*The
enemy uses this deceptive questioning to cast doubt! “Did God really say
that?” It looks like a question, but it's not! It's a statement of
disbelief!
*Two-thirds of today's Christians want to fight
over the King James issue; We're in the one-third percent crowd! It's a
battle raging hot. If God communicates through His Word to man, and if man
can only please God by knowing Him, and if man can only know God through His
Word—Then mark it down, Satan hates the King James Bible!
*The King James Bible has been translated over
and over and then translated into English by man, but God oversaw the entire
process; hence, our King James Bible is either the perfect, infallible,
incorruptible, inspired, preserved, holy Words of God almighty or else God
is a liar (Psalms 12:6-7).
*South American natives will split the skin and
use bamboo sticks to sew rocks into their body (wound). Why? They know sin
must be paid for. They do it sincerely with tears in their eyes.
SEMINAR OUTLINE
- The Enemy
- The Troublemakers
- The Alexandrians
- The Translations
- The Inspiration (in-spirited)
- The Preservation
- The Perversions
*Notice how many times “ungodly” is mentioned
in Jude!
*I am to be looking for Jesus, not the
Antichrist. I could give a flip who he is! The last thing I am told to look
for in God's Word is the blessed hope (Titus 2).
THE KING JAMES BIBLE
Matthew 4:4
- Satan can't take more than three stabs. The Word of God is too powerful!
He fled in Matthew 4. The Scriptures reveal Satan's methods—he misquotes
Scripture. Psalms 91:12 (Satan changes the Scripture)
“to keep thee in all thy ways” is left out in
Matthew 4 - Satan wanted Jesus to forget being united with God's Word.
John 8:29—Jesus always pleases God!
“lest at any time” was added in Matthew 4
Matthew 4:8 - Satan is persistent; he is good
at some things, good for nothing! “again”
*Satan always tries to come up with a better
plan. An easy way out! He tried to convince Jesus in Matthew 4:9 that He
could avoid the cross and still rule the earth. But, Satan overlooked one
thing - “It is written,” “It is written” - The Scriptures!
*Jesus showed us our means of defense against
any attack, know The Scriptures!
*If God can use man to give us the originals
(perfect, infallible, et cetera), then God can use man to give us our modern
day copy—The King James Bible.
Psalms 12:6-7 - “Thou,” “Thou” - It's not man
that preserves, it is God! To say that the Bible has not been preserved is
to say either:
- God is a liar (or)
- God was too puny to do what He promised.
No, man and Satan are the liars!
Isaiah 14:12-17 - Lucifer said “I will” five
times.
*Satan never wanted God's holiness or God's
love, but God's power. Satan (as man) wants power.
*An imitator is a counterfeiter!
*Satan has a son! What? Yes, turn to Genesis
3:15 - “thy seed”.
Two seeds are mentioned:
- Woman's seed (Jesus) - Man is born of
man's seed, not woman's seed, but Jesus was born of a virgin.
- Satan's seed (the son of perdition) -
A literal body. Satan cannot produce a virgin birth, but he can produce a
son. Satan's son will have all of Satan's power (In Revelation 13 his son
is killed and then resurrected).
SATAN COUNTERFEITS
- Jesus (Satan has a resurrection too -
Revelation 13)
- Christians (wheat and tares)
- The Church (Catholic = Mother of
Harlots/Protestants = The Harlots). Acts 26:16 - God calls preachers! Some
Protestants could be saved, but Protestant = Harlotry.
- Preachers (II Corinthians 11:3-4, 14)
*There is another Jesus! Catholics, JW's,
Mormons have a Jesus, but he is not real.
*II Corinthians 11:14 - “therefore” means it is
there for a reason”
*A Woman preacher may say that God has called
her to preach; Yes, god with a small “g” (Satan - II Corinthians 4:4).
- Satan (Satan has his own Bible too!
Psalms 68:11 - God has one true Bible! Psalms 68:11, “The Lord gave
the word: great was the company of those that published it.”
“The Lord,” “The Lord” “The company”.
*If there are counterfeit Bibles, then
obviously there must be a real one.
*To recognize counterfeit money, employees are
told to study real money; hence, to recognize counterfeit Bibles, we need to
study the real Word of God.
*The Alexandrian people are our true enemies!
They are usually sincere (II Corinthians 11:3-4 - These people were
sincere).
*The Devil is out to destroy you and your
ministry.
THREE RESULTS OF EVE'S SIN
- The will of God is questioned
- The will of God is resisted
- The will of God is deserted
*A big crowd doesn't mean anything. John
MacArthur may have 10,000 on Sunday, but the Pope can have 30,000,000 in 30
minutes! (numbers means nothing).
A 3-FOLD DOUBTING
- Eve doubted God's veracity (that God says
what He means and means what He says - Genesis 3:1)
- Eve doubted God's severity (Genesis 3:4-5)
- Eve doubted God's motives (Genesis 3:6 - Eve
saw evil as good and doubted God)
*Satan knows that “Every effective lie has some
truth in it” (This is why cults are so dangerous, they have truth mixed with
error. This is why we must know God's Word).
*If I were going to sell you a bushel of bad
apples, I would put the good ones on the top. Am I smarter than Satan? No,
Satan puts truth on top, with heresy down below!
*I could feed you a delicious meal with just a
few grams of arsenic and you wouldn't known it right away, but in one week
you would be dead. This is what John MacArthur does! And Satan!
*The New International Version (NIV) is truth
wrapped around deadly lies!
*Secular courts demand the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
GENESIS 3:4-5
- God doeth know (Satan knows he's lying)
- Your eyes shall be opened
- You shall be as God's (this doesn't mean
it'll be good)
- Knowing good and evil
*Psalms 82:1, “God standeth in the
congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.”
*I John 2:16, “For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is
not of the Father, but is of the world.” - Having your eyes opened is
not always good!
*Deuteronomy 1:35-39 - God said those who knew
good and evil would not pass over Jordan.
*Romans 4:15 and 5:12-14 - This is why children
go to Heaven. They don't know good and evil yet. Knowing the difference
condemns a man.
*John 8:44 - Satan is a liar! He wants to take
mankind to Hell with him (Revelation 20:10). Satan is a murderer (John
8:44).
*Soulwinning is the remedy!
*Psalms 19:7 - “The law of the Lord is perfect
converting the soul” - If your word is not perfect, then you cannot be
saved.
*QUESTION: Does the Holy Spirit breathe on
error? No, no, no! Then how can a man be saved out of an NIV or an ASV? If
the Holy Spirit doesn't breathe, you can't get saved!
*I Corinthians 13:8 - “prophecies”
*Prophecy is not always “foretelling,” but can
also be “forth telling” (preaching)!
*James 1:18 - “begat” (born-again) - If my
Bible has one lie or error in it, then it's not the Word of truth! How can I
be born-again by a non-word-of-truth Bible? You can't!
*James 1:25 - “perfect” law of liberty.
*I Peter 1:22-23 - “incorruptible seed” which
liveth and abideth FOREVER!
*What is incorruptible seed? ANSWER: The King
James Bible! What is corruptible seed? ANSWER: The NIV, ASV, NAS, NKJV, et
cetera.
*You cannot be born-again by corruptible seed!
*Luke 8:4-15 - “The seed is the Word of God”
(verse 11) - If Satan works hard enough to remove the genuine seed of God
from the lost man's heart (verse 12), how much more would he rather take
away the Word of God?
*DO NOT USE A FALSE BIBLE AS A STUDY SOURCE!
You can't get help from Satan!
*If a man professes salvation from a corrupt
Bible, he's a liar! You say, wait a minute; No, you wait a minute! God's
Word claims this to be so, not me. I Peter 1:22-23 - “born of incorruptible
seed”
*I Kings 17:1-4 - “a man of God” - I Kings
18:17 “art thou he that troubleth Israel?”; Verse 18 - Not me pal, it's you
buddy and your whole family! You're the troublemakers!
*The Alexandrians believe in an inspired,
inerrant, infallible, Word of God, but have never seen it and don't have it
- This they believe! What good is a phantom Bible?
*Fundamentalists get blamed for today's
religious problems, but it is the Devil's crowd (the Alexandrians).
*Psalms 119:102 - “For thou hast taught me”
(The Holy Spirit taught me that the Bible is God's Word).
*God does not deal in BEST, but in ONLY. Is the
blood best? No, it's the only method! Is Jesus the best Savior? No, he's the
only Savior! Is Paul's Gospel the best? No, it's the only Gospel! Is the
King James Bible the best? No, it's the only Holy Bible!
*You cannot be gray, it's black or white!
*In 1953 the Revised Standard Version (RSV)
came out and Baptist preachers burned it!
*Then came the NASV (the New Standard
Perversion). Then the Living Perversion. Then the NIV (with as its goal, to
put the old archaic English King James Bible into modern day understandable
English - WHAT A LIE! Why don't we change or update Shakespeare? Why don't
we revise poetry?
*In 1973 the NIV comes out!
*Alexandrians don't get excited about their new
translations, and they criticize the King James Bible (the real Bible).
*Jerry Falwell said, “If you believe the King
James Bible is infallible, you are a cultist.”
*II Timothy 4:3 - Modernists don't have sound
doctrine; this verse refers to fundamentalists! People want teachers, not
preachers! Do you hear Neo's preaching on Hell? No! Ask the lifestyle
evangelist, “How many have you won?”
*Nine of the Ten Commandments are negative. If
your preaching is not mostly negative, you're not a Bible preacher! The only
positive thing about Norman Vincent Peale is that he's a dork!
*You depart from the faith when you get away
from the Book!
*II Timothy 4:1-4 - Watch out for Thomas Nelson
Bibles! Do not buy one! His little footnotes try to correct the King James
Bible! You can't trust Nelson Bibles!
*The 7,000 Club (I Kings 17) - You are not
alone!
*We live by faith, walk by faith, die by faith,
get saved by faith, et cetera! Hence, I “by faith” hold to the King James
Bible! It's by faith! I don't need proof!
*The King James Bible 1611 stopped the Dark
Ages!
*Only the USA (English speaking people) have
sent out missionaries in recent centuries.
*I expect God's Word to be above the language
of the street.
*If you can't define “thee” and “thou,” you're
ready for the Funny Farm anyway!
*The King James Bible is written in beautiful
Elizabethan English. Try to memorize the NIV and you'll flop. No one
memorizes the NIV!
*Every language goes up and up, plateaus out
and then goes down hill. God gave us our King James Bible at the climax of
the English language. Praise God! I'm a troublemaker!
THE ALEXANDRIANS
King James Bible (Received Text, Textus
Receptus in Latin, or the Majority Text) - These texts were collected from
Antioch, Syria.
All others (Vaticanus or Sinaiticus Text
- Both came from Alexandria, Egypt - Also called the Minority Text).
*Only the King James Bible 1611 is translated
from the Antioch texts. Let's see what God thinks about Antioch and
Alexandria.
- ANTIOCH (Acts 6:1-7 - The first
mention of Antioch. Only one man in this list has his home town mentioned,
Antioch (“the Word of God” is mentioned). God deliberately points out that
Nicolas came from Antioch. Acts 6:9 - “disputing with Stephen” - QUESTION:
Who disputed with the man of God about the Word of God? ANSWER: The
Alexandrians! “false witnesses” (verse 13). Praise God in verse 10 - “they
were not able to resist”!
Verse 12 - “council” (like National or World
Council)
Alexandrians are disputers! (Acts 6:9)
Acts 11:19-20 - “preaching the word” (The Word
of God was preached at Antioch) - Verse 19 - The disciples travel to
Antioch.
Verse 24 - Much people are added unto the Lord
(saved).
Verse 26 - “the disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.” Christian means “like Christ.” The enemies saw
Jesus like believers in Antioch and called them Christians.
Verse 27 - “in these days came prophets
from Jerusalem unto Antioch”
*Why don't you call yourselves something
besides Baptist? Baptist isn't in the Bible. Dummy, if God put the name
“Baptist” on the local New Testament Church—the Pope, JW's and Mormons would
all call themselves Baptists. They've done it with the term “Christian”!
Baptist is in the Bible. Matthew 3:1 - “John the Baptist” (capital B).
You're not a painter until you paint. You're
not a truck driver until you drive. John hadn't baptized anyone yet in
Matthew 3:1, yet John is called a “Baptist.” But you say, “I can't get that
out of the Bible!” You're right, you never will! Jesus was baptized by a
Baptist. Yeah, Baptist! Acts 1:20-21 - All of the Disciples were baptized by
John the Baptist.
Mary was a Baptist - Wait until the Catholics
find out they've been praying to a Baptist!
“John the baptizer” - Some claim this is the
proper translation, but it's not.
