God is a personal Creator
who is also all-knowing and all-powerful.
Therefore God is fully
capable of preserving a written revelation of Himself for those whom He created.
It is absurd to teach
(as many do) that God is personal but is incapable of preserving a dependable and trustworthy revelation of Himself. That
insults his omnipotence and omniscience.
The Bible is that speccial
direct revelation. Everything God needs mankind to know about Himself, His plan of salvation and the future is abundantly
clear in the Bible.
Iron Hill Baptist Church
preaches and teaches from the King James Version. We believe that its underlying Greek Textus Receptus has been supernaturally
presereved by God.
While other translations
such as the New King James, New American and Revised may contain the same plan of salvation, we believe they have been
distorted by men and women who have ulterior motives and do not believe in inerrant inspiration. We also believe that the Alexandrian documents behind them were rejected
by the early church as distorted. documents.
Paraphrases and versions
written predominantly by one person are to be avoided in the study of deeper theology. Also beware of versions written for
the express use of a particular denomination or church which may have an ulterior aim for their own translation.
The New International
Version is too much a blend of translation and paraphrase to be used to teach deeper theology. Its writers do not deny
being such a blend. There are simply too many words in it which are not direct translations of the original Hebrew and Greek.
2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
