David Otis Fuller
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:“Please remember this. You and I are facing, as I have said before, the most vicious and malicious attack upon the Word of God that has ever been made since the Garden of Eden, and the modern attack began with the publication of the Revised Version of 1881. This is an unpopular cause at present in Christian circles. I have found this out again and again, and I am going to find it out in the future. But I can say as far as I am concerned it doesn’t make any difference what happens to me, but it makes a whale of a difference what happens to the cause of Jesus Christ. And someday you and I, my friend, will have to stand before a holy God and give an account to what we did or did not do in seeking to open the eyes of people to the facts that have been covered up for so long concerning His holy, indestructible, impregnable Word” <sup>[1]</sup> | :“Please remember this. You and I are facing, as I have said before, the most vicious and malicious attack upon the Word of God that has ever been made since the Garden of Eden, and the modern attack began with the publication of the Revised Version of 1881. This is an unpopular cause at present in Christian circles. I have found this out again and again, and I am going to find it out in the future. But I can say as far as I am concerned it doesn’t make any difference what happens to me, but it makes a whale of a difference what happens to the cause of Jesus Christ. And someday you and I, my friend, will have to stand before a holy God and give an account to what we did or did not do in seeking to open the eyes of people to the facts that have been covered up for so long concerning His holy, indestructible, impregnable Word” <sup>[1]</sup> | ||
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| + | Fuller’s position on Bible versions is given on pages 5 and 6 of his first book, Which Bible: | ||
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| + | :“The compiler of this book, and the able writers whom he quotes, all contend that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant and authoritative word of God and that there has been a gracious exercise of the divine providence in its preservation and transmission. They are also deeply convinced that the inspired text is more faithfully represented by the Majority Text—sometimes called the Byzantine Text, the Received Text or the Traditional Text—than by the modern critical editions which attach too much weight to the [[Codex Vaticanus]], [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and their allies. For this reason the reader is encouraged to maintain confidence in the [[King James Version]] as a faithful translation based upon a reliable text.” <sup>[2]</sup> | ||
Books: [[Counterfeit or Genuine - Mark 16? John 8?]], [[Which Bible Can We Trust?]] | Books: [[Counterfeit or Genuine - Mark 16? John 8?]], [[Which Bible Can We Trust?]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| - | * 1. D.O. Fuller, letter to Dr. Paul Tassell, National Representative of the GARBC, Jan. 8, 1982. | + | * 1. D.O. Fuller, letter to Dr. Paul Tassell, National Representative of the GARBC, Jan. 8, [[1982 AD|1982]]. |
| + | * 2. Fuller, Which Bible? pp. 5,6. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 19 January 2016
David Otis Fuller was a graduate of Princeton Seminary and a noted pastor, author, and Baptist associational leader. He obtained the Master of Divinity degree at Princeton and was honored with a Doctor of Divinity degree by Dallas Theological Seminary. He pastored the prominent Wealthy Street Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for 40 years (1934-74). While there, he founded the Grand Rapids Baptist Institute, which later became the Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College (today called Cornerstone). Fuller co-founded the Children’s Bible Hour radio program in 1942 and for 33 years was its chairman. For 52 years Fuller was on the board of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. He was on the Council of 14 in the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches. Fuller published between fifteen to twenty books.
Fuller said concerning King James Bible:
- “Please remember this. You and I are facing, as I have said before, the most vicious and malicious attack upon the Word of God that has ever been made since the Garden of Eden, and the modern attack began with the publication of the Revised Version of 1881. This is an unpopular cause at present in Christian circles. I have found this out again and again, and I am going to find it out in the future. But I can say as far as I am concerned it doesn’t make any difference what happens to me, but it makes a whale of a difference what happens to the cause of Jesus Christ. And someday you and I, my friend, will have to stand before a holy God and give an account to what we did or did not do in seeking to open the eyes of people to the facts that have been covered up for so long concerning His holy, indestructible, impregnable Word” [1]
Fuller’s position on Bible versions is given on pages 5 and 6 of his first book, Which Bible:
- “The compiler of this book, and the able writers whom he quotes, all contend that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant and authoritative word of God and that there has been a gracious exercise of the divine providence in its preservation and transmission. They are also deeply convinced that the inspired text is more faithfully represented by the Majority Text—sometimes called the Byzantine Text, the Received Text or the Traditional Text—than by the modern critical editions which attach too much weight to the Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus and their allies. For this reason the reader is encouraged to maintain confidence in the King James Version as a faithful translation based upon a reliable text.” [2]
Books: Counterfeit or Genuine - Mark 16? John 8?, Which Bible Can We Trust?
See Also
References
- 1. D.O. Fuller, letter to Dr. Paul Tassell, National Representative of the GARBC, Jan. 8, 1982.
- 2. Fuller, Which Bible? pp. 5,6.
External links
- Which Bible Is Preserved Of God?
- The Great Which Bible? Fraud by Doug Kutilek - An accusation that Fuller plagiarized from Seventh Day Adventist Benjamin G. Wilkinson.
- Did Fuller Get his Views on the KJV From a Cultist? by David Cloud - A rebuttal of claims Fuller got his views from an occultist.
