FSSL said:
You don't believe the scriptures. You are dismissive of the Greek and Hebrew, LXX, Vulgate, NIV, ESV and EVEN Luther's German Bible.
Where did the Scriptures say that they were or were not in Greek, Hebrew, LXX, Vulgate, NIV, ESV, etc. by name?
The Reformation view as that Scripture is Scripture. And Scripture is to be believed.
The Bible did not say that faith comes by hearing the Vulgate, but it said (to effect) that faith comes by hearing the Word of God.
If the Word of God by the Vulgate spoke to those who used Latin, then the issue is not Latin, but that the Word of God succeeded even as it promised.
The modernist tacks on his things to tradition, as though there is a line from history to modernism, when in fact, modernism is an alien, usurping force.
In textual work, there is a line going from the early Church through the Reformation and to believing Protestantism today. Modernism has come up with its variation, which appeals to human reason and sight, but is as much a falsehood as Antiochus Epiphanes' temple practices were not genuine, though they took place at Jerusalem.
Just because scores of millions of Christians may use modern versions does not mean that they have divine approbation.
So then, I believe the content of Scripture, and accept the setting forth of Scripture, but I do not accept that the modern versions are of the right spirit, nor of the right historical lineage. Even Luther's Bible, which did not have 1 John 5:7, is better than a modern version which cuts out 1 John 5:7. In fact, Luther's Bible is more wholesome really than the NKJV, which has 1 John 5:7. This is because the modern versions are affected by the spirit of error, that is, the leaven of Infidelity.
This also explains why people upholding proper doctrines (e.g. six day young earth creation, Bible inspiration, etc.) can be in the worst possible predicament, even while holding correct doctrines, if they allow their foundation to be destroyed under them. This is what modernism does. It undermines having a perfect Bible and undermines having a proper understanding of the Scripture.
Modernism has a great arsenal to call upon (like Romanism also), saying, that since they have seen many Christians with many different opinions, and have seen error and confusion multiplied, why should they trust this? Why should they trust the KJB since they see corruption in all versions, and yet, they say they are all (all legitimate ones) are commendable. Why should they trust a proper interpretation, when they say, but there are many who have orthodox views but who differ on unimportant details very widely (and differ on important ones very sharply too, as we all know).
The modernist can say amen to this Scripture: "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God." (Rom. 3:10, 11). But it gets worse. Instead of establishing the law, the modernist says, "it is right, it is good, to not understand". They will preach and promote that it is our lot to "never know". And then the modernist has their solution: you can only know in part by their knowing, by their rules of interpretation, so that their rules become the absolute knowledge. Not that you will ever know all things, but if you know their rules, you are counted to be great and worthy among them, a giant among scholars.
Thus, the real modernist today is the same as a Sadducee, a Nicolaitan or a medieval priest, who sneers at those who actually believe what is written in the King James Bible. That's just too much for them, as the Scripture says,
"From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act." (Isaiah 28:19-21).
But modernism is a subtle thing. It will feign incomprehension at clear violation of the grammatical-historical hermeneutical rules. Isaiah 28, they will say, had some other, muted, irrelevant, doubtful meaning.