1. How do you know when you are reading God's infallible Word?

When the text or translation represents the autographic text.


2. What is your final authority?

I assume you mean which text or translation, if so then the autographic text.


3. How do you know the definitions in your "original language" sources is accurate?

The art and science of lexigraphy is well established. It is well sourced, verified, documented, and under constant peer review.


4. What would it take for anyone in this forum to convince you the KJB is the Word of God?

The KJV is the Word of God. I do not think it is the only valid translation. It never was and it is not now an infallible translation. It is a good translation. It is the Word of God.


5. Just a few honest questions...no offense intended.

No offense taken. We may not agree on these issues but surely we can agree to disagree. I have no problem with anyone challenging my position. After all I like most of you would seek the truth, even if it caused me to change my views.

It is sad that some of the dialogue on this post has been a bit juvenile, some people have made assumptions about my intentions that are not valid, and others are not able to make a cogent enough argument to warrant a reply.

Thank you for your honest and intelligent challenge and I look forward to further dialogue.

My intent was not to promote my views, but rather gather yours. I remain unconvinced. It is my opinion that most of the objections to the NKJV given here are fallacious and are not based on either sound logic or from an informed perspective. At a minimum I hope we can disagree in an agreeable manner.

Inspiration

One of the major areas of disagreement between us is apparently the Doctrine of Inspiration. It is my contention that I hold to the orthodox position of the church and most of you apparently hold to a heterodox position. My position is best stated in the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.

http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/creeds/chicago.htm


The statement that immediately addresses our disagreement is Article 10

“We affirm that inspiration, strictly speaking, applies only to the autographic text of Scripture, which in the providence of God can be ascertained from available manuscripts with great accuracy. We further affirm that copies and translations of Scripture are the Word of God to the extent that they faithfully represent the original.
We deny that any essential element of the Christian faith is affected by the absence of the autographs. We further deny that this absence renders the assertion of Biblical inerrancy invalid or irrelevant.”

This is my position. You may not agree with it, but you should not mischaracterize it. I would highly recommend reading the Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.