Stomata leontôn
Puritan Board Sophomore
I see this as an issue of how we take salvation. Does God come down to us and leave us there, or does he come down to us and bring us up? Put a few other ways, does our commitment to Christ stop there, or does the Holy Ghost sanctify? Did the Lord come down to the dirty fisherman and preach only, or did he also bring them to heaven? Is the Lord's purely incarnational or is it also resurrecting?I don't understand having an attachment to a translation, especially to the KJV.
On a related note, I have even less understanding for attempting to PRAY in KJV English. Why is there a need to say "and Thy glory, and glorify Thee" as opposed to "and Your glory, and glorify You."???? A few people I know do it, and I'm almost certain they use the pronouns incorrectly.
So when I read the Bible, it is not just for intellectual information but also an act of worship. I think that's why we all here read our Bibles everyday; we already know what it says, but each time something new hits us, and that is worship. That's why knuckleheads like me still think the KJV is best; the language gets me to think in God-focussed ways, the language uplifts my soul, and sets it on higher things. Language can play music when rightly tuned. We get prose everyday, but poetry, such as the KJV's language, is something transcendent. It sets apart, it is sacred, and the glory cloud draweth nigh.
On the other hand, of course I ordered a copy of the ESV study Bible from Ligonier, he he!