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The Life Foundations
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FIRST REASONS WHY WE BELIEVE THE KING JAMES
BIBLE HAS FINAL AUTHORITY
Here are the first reasons why we believe
that the King James Bible has final authority:
The Authority Existence
Principle
First, the King James Bible has final
authority because the Bible teaches that the Bible (the King James Bible
or some other Bible but SOME Bible) has authority.
The Contradiction
Avoidance Principle
Second, the King James Bible (or some
other Bible but SOME Bible) has final authority because the Bible teaches
that you cannot have more than one authority.
Multiple authorities would mean that there would be contradictory
guidance, instruction, and commandment.
This fact derives, if from nothing else, from the nature of
language. That is, in virtually all
cases, even synonyms, words that supposedly mean the same thing, do NOT mean
EXACTLY the same thing.
The Original
Languages Text Principle
Third, the King James Bible (or some
other Bible but SOME Bible) has final authority because the Bible teaches
that the Bible was provided to man in specific languages and places and through
specific peoples. The facts subsumed
within these and other categories of facts provide us with the indicators that
identify the original languages text that makes up the Bible in the languages
in which it was originally written. The
King James Bible has authority because it is a TRANSLATION OF THIS ORIGINAL
LANGUAGES TEXT.
The Best Available
Translation Principle
Fourth, the King James Bible (and one
other Bible) has final authority because it is the best available translation
of the original languages text of the Bible.
This principle rests on a hundred other principles. All of these principles, directly or
indirectly, rest on the Bible. You will
find these principles elsewhere on the L. F. Nexus website. You can start with http://lfnexus.com/seminaronthetruetextlessons.htm.
The Prevalence
Principle
Fifth, the King James Bible (AND THE KING
JAMES BIBLE ALONE) has final authority because it is the Bible most used by
English-speaking people.
There is another principle but it is NOT
needed to establish the final authority of the King James Bible over all other
Bibles. Here it is for your
convenience:
The Perfect
Translation Principle
The King James Bible (and one other
Bible) has final authority because it is a perfect translation of the original languages
text of the Bible. This principle rests
on a hundred other principles. All of
these principles, directly or indirectly, rest on the Bible. You will find these principles elsewhere on
the L. F. Nexus website. You can start
with http://lfnexus.com/seminaronthetruetextlessons.htm.