I met a man that gave up everything he had to travel by foot from town to town preaching the gospel. I met him at a youth mission called Solomon's Porch and he told me I needed to get a King James since all others were corrupt. I used the NIV at that time and didn't believe what he told me. He gave me a handful of tracts from tbaptist.com which set aside to read later. When I finally sat down to read them I was quite alarmed at what I read. I couldn't believe that if the things I was reading were true, why others were oblivious (or ignorant) to the fact (I hadn't met any KJB believers before this). I eventually went online to dig into the subject and ran across the site that changed my life.
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com Sister Tracy helped cement the belief that the King James Bible was God's Word in my mind, and I quite promptly went down to the book store and bought a 6 dollar KJV (I was broke at the time, still am actually, lol). Later, to my amazement I saw a Cambridge goatskin presentation KJB discounted to 60 dollars, from 160 (this was 7 years ago or so). I knew at that moment that the Lord had blessed me with the greatest gift He's given me after He saved me from my sins. That Bible changed my life forever. Sadly I don't have that Bible anymore since I had to return it for a replacement when I noticed a defect in the binding. I now have a brand new replacement which I'm starting to love (I really miss the old one
) despite my now fierce distaste for the text corrections in the Cambridge reference editions that pollutes the middle of each page.
So thats briefly my journey from perVersions to God's Word. I left out some details like my encounter with "New Age Bible Versions"
and the alienation I felt in all the churches I attended in my early years as a KJB believer. God has been so good to me. His faithfulness and mercy has been and is new every day. I am so thankful!
Much Love in Christ,
Stephen
EDIT: Wow, this was my 300th post!