📖 WHAT IS YOUR FINAL AUTHORITY?
King James Bible or Modern Bibles?

📌 Key Text: 2 Timothy 3:16–17 (KJV)
📌 Dispensational Anchor: 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

🔰 INTRODUCTION

Every believer lives under an authority. The question is not whether you have one—but which one. In the Dispensation of Grace, God has revealed His will through written Scripture, committed to the Apostle
Paul and preserved for the Body of Christ.

If the Bible is uncertain, then doctrine is unstable. If authority is divided, truth becomes subjective.

Today, we will examine NINE REASONS why the King James Bible stands as the final authority for faith and practice—rightly divided.

🟡 1️⃣ PRESERVATION — God Kept His Words
📖 Psalm 12:6–7

A. Divine Promise – God promised preservation
B. Divine Process – Not inspiration only, but keeping
C. Divine Possession – God’s words are still accessible
➡ Insight:
A God who reveals truth must also preserve it.

🟡 2️⃣ PERFECTION — Pure, Not Revised
📖 Proverbs 30:5

A. Pure Words – No corruption
B. Proven Words – Tried and refined
C. Protected Words – Not subject to modern edits
➡ Dispensational Truth:
Grace doctrine requires perfect Scripture, not evolving text.

🟡 3️⃣ PRECISION — Every Word Matters
📖 Matthew 4:4

A. Verbal Accuracy – Every word counts
B. Letter Accuracy – Not ideas only
C. Literal Meaning – Not paraphrased thoughts
➡ Pauline Emphasis:
Sound doctrine depends on exact words (1 Timothy 6:3).

🟡 4️⃣ PROVEN TEXT — Received, Not Reconstructed
📖 Romans 3:2

A. Committed Oracles – Given to God’s people
B. Received Text – Preserved through usage
C. Rejected Corruption – Not based on doubtful manuscripts
➡ Right Division:
The Body of Christ needs a settled text, not scholarly debates.

🟡 5️⃣ PROTECTION — Christ’s Deity Guarded
📖 1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)

A. God Manifest in the Flesh – Clear declaration
B. No Downgrading – Christ not reduced
C. No Ambiguity – Doctrine stands firm
➡ Dispensational Warning:
Attack the Book, and Christ’s Person soon follows.

🟡 6️⃣ PROFITABILITY — Doctrine Without Confusion
📖 2 Timothy 3:16

A. Doctrine – What to believe
B. Reproof – What is wrong
C. Correction – What is right
➡ Pauline Application:
A corrupt Bible cannot produce sound doctrine.

🟡 7️⃣ PRACTICE — Translated, Not Interpreted
📖 2 Peter 1:20

A. No Private Interpretation – God speaks plainly
B. No Editorial Bias – Translators, not commentators
C. No Cultural Softening – Truth unchanged
➡ Insight:
Grace truth must be declared, not diluted.

🟡 8️⃣ PROOF — Verses Preserved, Not Removed
📖 Deuteronomy 4:2

A. No Additions – God forbids it
B. No Subtractions – God condemns it
C. No Footnotes Replacing Text – God’s Word stands alone
➡ Dispensational Concern:
Missing verses lead to missing doctrines.

🟡 9️⃣ POSITION — Authority Settled, Faith Strengthened
📖 Colossians 2:7

A. Rooted – Stable foundation
B. Built Up – Doctrinal growth
C. Established – Confidence in truth
➡ Pauline Outcome:
When authority is settled, believers are unmovable.

🏁 CONCLUSION

The issue is not tradition vs. tradition—it is authority vs. confusion.
God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).
A divided Bible produces divided doctrine.
📖 “For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”
— Psalm 119:89

📣 CALL TO ACTION

✅ 📖 Choose a settled Bible
✅ ✂️ Rightly divide the Word
✅ 🧱 Stand on preserved Scripture
✅ ✝️ Defend Christ’s deity
✅ 📢 Declare Paul’s Gospel boldly

🌟 FINAL THOUGHTS

The issue is not old vs. new—
It is preserved truth vs. perpetual revision.
📌 A final authority must be FINAL.
📌 God already gave it.
👉 What is YOUR final authority? 📖