The King James Bible

No, all translations are NOT the same, unless you think the following numbers are the same:

  • 3,000 and 30,000 (1 Samuel 13:5)
  • 70 and 72 (Luke 10:1)
  • 77 and 490 (Matthew 18:22)
  • 50,070 and 70 (1 Samuel 6:19)

We believe the King James Bible that we hold in our hands from cover to cover without apology or excuse. Rather than correct the Bible, we let it correct us. New versions are not the same because they change names, numbers, prophecies, and key doctrines. We serve “the Son of God,” not “a son of the gods” (Daniel 3:25), and there is a difference.

We believe the King James Bible is God’s preserved word. This can be proven:

  1. Prophetically
  2. Numerically
  3. Practically

To summarize, God proves He is God by prophecy (Isaiah 41:22-23; 42:8-9; 43:18-21; 44:6-8; 44:28-45:25; 46:9-10; 47:1-15; 48:3-7). It is so important that the Holy Bible contains 1,817 individual prophecies on 737 subjects in 8,352 verses. That is 27% of 31,102 verses.

A simple reading of key prophetic passages about our Lord Jesus Christ will show modern translations of the Bible destroy/remove/corrupt the prophecies themselves. Try Genesis 22:8 and Daniel 9:26 for starters.

The numerics in the King James Bible both in the text itself and also in the book, chapter, and verse system are so astounding that it could not possibly be from any other source than the Almighty. The numerics tie in directly with prophecy. We can give numerous examples at a moments notice, just ask. Additionally we can point you to resources documenting so many examples of these truths that it will blow your mind.

Practically, the King James Bible is unique in that it is not “politically correct.” Not only does it say things that NO other translation would print regarding social hot topics dealing with things from gender to sodomites, it also speaks in a way that is counter to the culture norms of an apostate Laodicean church. As a matter of fact, look up the following Scriptural words in another translation: damned, damnation, sodomites, effeminate, “pisseth against the wall(like a urinal – yes, that separates the boys from the girls – apparently Somebody knew about restroom confusion thousands of years before it made a headline).

We don’t want “smooth things,” we want “thus saith the Lord” (Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 23:36-38; Deuteronomy 4:2; 2 Corinthians 2:17).

Let us give an answer to the Bible correctors who would attempt to slander us. We have NEVER said or taught that people who are led to Christ out of another translation are not saved. Nor have we ever said you have to use the King James Bible to lead someone to the Lord who doesn’t even speak English. They resort to putting words in our mouths to slander us, because they don’t have an answer to what we have said above.

Membership & Baptists

A new believer or candidate does not need to understand everything in order to join. It is important they not be in opposition to these scriptural items.

How to Become A Member of Liberty Baptist Church

Outside of restoration, there are three ways to join the church.

  1. By baptism here at Liberty after salvation.
  2. By transfer of letter (church membership) from another Baptist church of like faith and practice.
  3. By statement of faith that you have been scripturally saved and afterwards scripturally baptized by immersion.

Baptist Distinctives

Here is an Acrostic where the first letter from each spells BAPTISTS

  • Bible as final authority (the King James Bible)
  • Autonomous (see number 2 below)
  • Priesthood of the believer
  • Two ordinances (Baptism & the Lord’s supper)
  • Individual soul liberty
  • Saved membership
  • Two offices (Pastors & Deacons)
  • Separation of church and state

Baptists are different.

  1. A regenerated church membership is not required of the other major denominations, as those denominations count on sprinkling a baby to regenerate it. Scripturally we cannot accept any kind of infant baptism for any reason.
  2. The autonomy of the church means absolute freedom from any and all outside interference from state, government, other churches, other religious bodies, or other individuals.
  3. Another distinctive is eternal security.
  4. Rejection of a Nicolaitan hierarchy which overthrows the priesthood of the believer.
  5. The term “Baptist” is necessary, because if it is not labeled as such, then there is no doctrinal mark whereby it can be proved to be never-Roman Catholic. “Baptist” is the one organized church that has never and will never agree with Rome on the priesthood, the mass, Mary, the plan of salvation, the future, the leadership in the local church, the position of the believer in Christ, or the GOALS and AIMS of the church as a missionary organization.
  6. Baptists are not “Protestant,” as they did not come out of the Roman Catholic church.
  7. Since the book of Acts there have always been believers who believed in salvation by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ (death, burial, and resurrection).

The Baptists have an unusual place in all of these matters, for they are the only group that obeyed the New Testament when it came to water baptism. Baptists can trace their “distinctives” clear back to the book of Acts. No other group can do that.

Eternal Security

How To Know You Are Saved

God’s word tells us that we can know that we are saved.

1 John 5:13 “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”

Please see the post “How To Get To Heaven” for a explanation of the gospel and how you can know for sure you are saved. We are here to help if you have any questions or would like to receive Christ.

Eternal Life

John 3:14-18 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

John 10:28-30 “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.”

John 6:35–37 “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

1 Peter 1:3–5 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

Revealed in the last time: Your soul is saved. Your body is not yet saved/redeemed. Meaning, salvation is not complete until the redemption of the purchased possession – your body (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 1:12-14; 4:30; Romans 8:19-23).

You get your glorified body at the rapture (1 Corinthians 15:51-58; 1 John 3:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). This is called the “redemption of our body” (Romans 8:23), “the adoption (Romans 8:23) and “the manifestation of the sons of God” (Romans 8:19). This is when salvation is “revealed in the last time” and made manifest. It is showing something outward by means of a glorified body that was already done on the inside when God saved your soul.

Sealed to the day of the redemption of your body (The Rapture).

Ephesians 1:12-14 “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 4:30 “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”

The purchased possession is your body that will be redeemed.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

Romans 8:23 “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”

This happens at the Rapture (When Christ comes back for the church: John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

1 Corinthians 15:51-54 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”

At salvation we become part of the body of Christ

2 Timothy 2:12–13 “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”

The denial has nothing to do with salvation. According to the first part of the verse, it is the denial of a Millennial reign with Christ (Hebrews 3-4). Verse 13 makes it abundantly clear that Jesus Christ will not “deny himself,” and if you are saved, you are “members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones” (Ephesians 5:30). If you quit believing on Christ after you are born again, that wouldn’t change your destination whatsoever (Romans 8:29); nothing can separate you from Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29; 38-39)!

2 Timothy 2:13 “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”

1 John 3:20-21 “For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.”

Ephesians 5:29-32

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

1 Corinthians 12:12–13 “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”

1 Corinthians 12:27 “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”

Christ Paid For Your Sins Once For All, FOR EVER!

There were no seats in the Tabernacle and Temple in the Old Testament, because their work was never completed. Jesus sat down showing “it is finished.” One payment for sins for ever.

Hebrews 1:2-3 “Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”

Hebrews 10:10-13 “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.”

If Christ “purged our sin” with “one sacrifice for sins for ever,” what are you going to do to make sure the work is complete after “the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”?

If you perish, did you ever have eternal life? Either you have eternal life or you do not. Either you have the Son or you don’t. Once you have the Son and His Spirit, they never leave you (Ephesian 1:12-14; 4:30; Hebrews 13:5-6; John 6:37).

People confuse being a child with how one conducts themselves as a child

You must be born again by the Spirit into the family of God (John 3:3-7). Once you are a child of God (John 1:10-12). For you to lose your salvation which you did not purchase  (Titus 3:5-7) and do not keep (1 Peter 1:3-5), you would have to be unborn of the Spirt Who has already sealed and cannot leave you. That is not possible.

When a child does not behave correctly, the do not become unborn! They get disciplined (read Hebrews 12:5-7).

You can lose your testimony, your health, your family, your job, your possessions, rewards in heaven, and the privilege of reigning as a king during the 1,000 year reign of the Lord Jesus Christ on this earth. You cannot lose your new birth. You did not save yourself and you do not keep it. If we had to keep it, we would lose it (1 John 1:8). Thank God that He keeps it and not us.

Soul Winning & Missions

Liberty Baptist Church has a heart for reaching the world with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We practice door to door visitation, public witnessing, and street preaching.

We support missionaries through our finances and prayers. You can find a list of our missionaries as well a their most recent prayers letters at the back of the church and here online.

Mark 16:15 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

Matthew 28:18–20 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

Philippians 4:14–18 “Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.”

Proclaiming Liberty In Jesus

Our theme is “Proclaiming Liberty In Jesus.” Our theme verses are:

Isaiah 61:1-3

  1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
    Because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
    He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    To proclaim liberty to the captives,
    And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
  2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
    And the day of vengeance of our God;
    To comfort all that mourn;
  3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
    To give unto them beauty for ashes,
    The oil of joy for mourning,
    The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
    That they might be called trees of righteousness,
    The planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

What a difference Jesus makes!