Shain1611 writes:

If anyone who claims to be a Christian

And doesn't take the Bible,
the Word of God
and believe it to be their Final Authority.

Then why do you even bother to read It?
Shain,

When the Christian Church that I am most associated with uses the expression "The Bible"
they are not referring to the King James Bible,
but whatever they are referring to as "The Bible",
is their Final Authority.

When the Christian Church I am most associated with uses the expression "The Word of God"
they are not referring to the King James Bible,
but whatever they are referring to as "The Word of God",
is their Final Authority.

The Christian Church I am most associated with,
professes to be composed of "Bible Believing Christians"
However,

The expressions "The Bible" and "The Word of God" and "Bible Believing Christian"
seem to be more clearly defined in KJBO circles.

Exodus

P.S.

Let's see now:

From the first word of Genesis
in the Hebrew Bible that they exegete,
to the last word of the Book of Revelation,
in the Greek Bible that they exegete,
when translated into English accurately,
and taught by their Pastor Teacher,
who stands in the pulpit with an open King James Bible in his hand,
and in many cases,
but certainly not all cases,
quotes pasages from the King James Bible verbatim,
that is probably considered to be their "Final Authority".image

Probably the majority of the Congregation has a King James Bible in their hands,
but they definitely have been taught which KJV Bible verses that they are NOT to believe,

[E.G. Any KJV Bible verse that states that God's name is "Jehovah"
is definitely not to be believed.]

As a general rule they may have been taught that when they see "The LORD"
[LORD in small capitals]
in their King James Bibles,
in most cases,
that is actually "Yahweh"!

Not all professing Evangelical Christian
use the same definitions of common Christian expressions,
such as:
Bible
Word of God
etc.

P.S. again,

When I watch Charles Stanley on TV,
the Bible he holds in his hands seems to be the NASB,
and he seems to preach what he refers to as "the Word of God"
precisely as it is found in the NASB.



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