Dear
Marilyn,
Thank you for taking the time to write to me, and
clearly you took a good while to put your letter together.
I remember a few years back, that I wrote to
you outside of FiveDoves, because what I wrote was too lengthy to
post.
You had taken a great deal of time to read
& analyze what I wrote, and crafted a suitable reply.
So, whether we agree or disagree on things,
I cannot but help respect your effort that you put in to all you’ve written
over the years.
The heading of your post was, “There are 2
mistakes in 2Th 2:1-4 in the KJV”.
You then went on to describe the Codices
Siniaticus, Vaticanus, and Alexandrinus.
As I had previously admitted to Jovial, I’m
what others would call, “King James Only”.
My reasons for believing that way are not
rooted in textual criticism or in scientific scholarship.
I believe that it was the Holy Ghost that
convinced me that the book is his, pure, preserved word of God.
In a similar way as to how I do not regard
scientific “proofs” to dissuade my word-for-word trust in Genesis
1;
I also do not regard archeological
discoveries as a basis for believing things in the scriptures, or even as an
“assist”.
For a number of years, people have come to
me with something they say should prevent me from trusting the book
100%.
By saying, “the book”, I’m referring to what
people call the King James, Cambridge, but calls itself the word of
God.
No doubt, many who have approached me on
this are far greater scholars than I’ll ever be.
However, each time, it seems to me to be a
simple choice.
Will I continue to trust the book in my
hand, or will I take that person’s reasoning for not fully trusting
it?
I have a hard time believing that at the
Judgment seat of Christ, that Jesus will rebuke me for trusting the book
100%.
Will he rebuke me for being so childish as
to simply believe the book 100%?
Will he rebuke me for not following
scholarship or scientific studies?
If that is true, then I would rather be
explaining why I didn’t follow scholarship, than why I didn’t fully trust the
book.
I realize that because of this approach, I
look like a complete fool, without any reasoning ability.
To look that totally foolish & childish
to my Brethren, is a clear side effect of being “King James
Only”.
It is, however, a humiliation that I think
is well worth having, even though many of my Brethren may no longer take me
seriously.
As I said previously, I still respect your work and
effort in all you have written to FiveDoves over the years.
Even though there may be some things that we
do not agree on, I have enjoyed reading your letters, and will still read
them.
I look forward to worshipping Jesus,
together with you, in that day when he brings us all home.
Gino