We're going to start in Psalms 119. My wife said to me the other week, she goes, I can't believe how many people ask you or question you about the King James Bible. It seems everywhere I turn, that question comes up. And you know, you've got to give people reasons why, because if not, then, you know, You don't even know why you believe what you say you believe. So Psalm 119, I want to start there and I want to look at verse 140. Psalm 119, in verse 140, the Bible says, thy, that's a word that's hard for people. Thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loveth it. This is the only time the phrase very pure appears in our Bible, and it's in relation to God's word. So, look, it's either one school of thought is either, look, God inspired His word, And if He preserved His Word, then the preservation is God's inspired Word. We can say that. And if God preserved His Word, you would have to say that something had to have been inspired So you've got two pillars that can't stand alone. You have preservation and inspiration. If you take away one of those pillars You don't have both doctrines. God's Word, Thy Word is very pure. It is both inspired and it is both preserved and you can believe it. It's the most pure thing that we have to glean truth from. Thy Word is very pure. And I believe that we have it in English right here in our lap. So, I'm going to run a few things here. Look at verse number 97 in the same chapter. Psalms 119 verse number 97. It says, Oh how I love thy law. Now look at verse number 113. I hate vain thoughts, but thy law do I love. You're going to see this word come up quite a bit, thy, and then I'm going to ask you a question in a minute. Look at verses 114. aren't my hiding place and my shield. I hope in Thy words." So we saw Thy and we saw Thou. Go to verse number 119. "...Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love Thy testimonies." It's very specific, this pronoun, Thy and Thou. It's speaking singularly of God. Psalm 119 is a great chapter to go for for this. Look at verse 127. Therefore I love thy commandments. Therefore, verse 128, therefore I esteem all thy precepts. Verse 159, go to at the end. Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. Look at verse 160. Thy word is true, and every one of thy righteous judgments. That word thy shows up a bunch of times in this chapter. Look at verse 163. I hate and abhor lying, but thy law do I love. Look at verse 164. I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Great peace have they which love thy law. Look at verse 166, thy commandments. Verse 167, thy testimonies. Verse 168, thy precepts and thy testimonies. One of the most difficult things that people say is, I mean, why are all these and thys and thous in the King James Bible? They're in the King James Bible because the King James Bible is making a distinction between plural and singular pronouns. And that's what that is. And some people ask it kind of condescending to you, like talking down to you, or making fun, or saying it in a way like, well, I got you here, I'm really gonna stump you. I mean, would you talk like that? Like, who talks like that? I mean, what is your group like, pray like that, and talk to visitors when they come in? It's almost like they're trying to make fun of you, but not come out and say they're making fun of you. There's a reason God has singular verse plural pronouns. And I'll say this. Satan's been messing with pronouns a lot longer than what we think, okay? So this whole idea of non-binary pronouns and general neuter pronouns and neo-pronouns, they have all these different words. And you know what it is all about? Pronouns. Z is a new pronoun. No, it's not. You mean to tell me people have a hard time with the, thine, and thine? but they're okay with accepting whatever, how many of them that they have now. Made up, goofy words. You didn't have a baby. You had a baby. Who accepts that? Satan's been messing with pronouns for as long as you and I can go back in history. And when you see thine, thy, thee, or thou, anything that starts with T, it is what, Jamin? It's a singular pronoun. And he helped one of the folks that had a question on this in public ministry one time, and he did a great job. And he did a great job. I didn't even have to answer the question. Just talk to Jamin. And he did a phenomenal job. And he did it very respectfully and with Christian charity. Now, if you... Okay. Can you stand up? Can you stand up? Great. Excellent. Now, can you sit down? Now watch this. Can you stand up? Can you sit down? Unless you were here watching this, you would have not gotten the distinction between a singular you and a plural you. That's all the King James Bible does. It makes a distinction between singular versus plural pronouns. That is all that is. This Bible is precise all the way down to every word. It makes it easier. It makes a distinction. We're talking about a precise book. We're talking about precision. And it makes that distinction. That is all that is. Go to Genesis chapter number 1. It's not about trying to sound rhythmic, or old, or none of that. It's just making a distinction. In Genesis 3, verse 1, it says, at the end of the verse, And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree, of the garden. When you see ye in Genesis chapter 3 verse 1, it's a plural. It's referring to both of them. When it says ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden, it's plural. How do you know that? Or how can you confirm that rather? Look at verse number 2. And the woman said unto the serpent, and so now she's going to respond back to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. She confirms in her answer the plural of the ye in verse number 1. Look at verse number 3 of Genesis chapter 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. It's a reference to both Adam and Eve with that use and rendering of ye. Verse number five, well, in verse four, the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, Watch verse 5. For God doth know that in the day ye thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. It's very clear, even in verse 5, that it's a plurality. Both of them are being addressed. Hence the word ye. That's all that is when you see ye. you, your, or yours. It's a type of pronoun that is addressing a group. Go to Deuteronomy chapter 6. Look at this again. Half the words that people complain about are thee, thine, thou, and thine. And it's not hard. Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse number 14. I'm going to read the verse and then I'll ask you a question. Deuteronomy 6 verse 14. I'm going to ask the young people a question. Ye shall not go after other gods of the gods of the people which are round about you. When it says, ye shall not go after other gods, who is this ye in reference to? One individual Israelite? Or a plurality of all the Israelites? Melani? Ah! And you know that it is a plurality reference because we see ye shall not. Now look at verse number 15. We'll see the contrast. For the LORD thy God, that's a singular, that's their God, okay, thy, is a jealous God among you, lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Well, if one individual Israelite disobeys, is God going to destroy the plurality of all of them, or is He going to deal with that individual? Folks, that's all it is. There's a distinction made, and you can see that clearly as another example in Deuteronomy 6. Ye shall not, a reference to all the Israelites, Deuteronomy 6.15, God is not going to destroy the entire nation because one individual needs to be dealt with. And He draws that distinction in those pronouns. He's going to destroy the individual sinner. And so that's that. 22 times in our Bible, this phrase shows up. Ye have heard. And when that phrase shows up, it is an address to the masses. 18 times the phrase, woe unto you, shows up. Woe unto you, that is a direct reference to a plurality of people, the group, the masses. And so that's that. John 3, you like this one? would be another contrast in one verse instead of two verses. In Deuteronomy 6, we saw a contrast between verse 14 and 15. These are all over the Bible, but John 3 is an easy one. It's the contrast in one verse. John chapter number 3, we know this story of Nicodemus. And we know this. So, in verse number 5, Jesus answered to Nicodemus and He says, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. So if Jesus, if He says, verily, verily, I say unto thee, who is He speaking to? Nicodemus, right? Singular. Let's keep reading. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. Okay, verse 7, here it is. Here's the verse we're talking about. Marvel not that I said unto thee, who's that to? Nicodemus. And now Jesus makes an announcement, ye must be born again. Who must be born again? It's just a distinction made, that's it. And John 3, 7, you get both of it. You get the personal address to Nicodemus, and then you get the doctrine that everybody must be born again. We don't hold a sign that says, thee must be born again. We hold a sign that says, ye must be born again. That's a proclamation to the masses. All right, one more on this, and then I'll trust you get the point. If we have any public ministry and people give me a hard time about this, I'm just going to bring them to the kids. Talk to our Sunday school class. Because it's not hard. If you want to learn it, you can learn it. Luke 22 in its verse 31. Luke 22, verse 31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. Satan wanted to sift all of the apostles, not just Peter. But I have prayed for thee. That's right to Simon Peter. that thy faith fail not, and when thou art converted, strengthen..." Who? "...thy brethren." Why? Because verse 31 tells us, "...Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat." There's a plurality of people that is on the mind of Christ in verse 31. Verse 32, now he's speaking directly and individually to Simon. You better strengthen thy brethren. Why? Because they're being sifted too, Simon. If you read verse... I'm from the north, so we say, you guys. You guys. Well, when you come down to the south, it's y'all. I've learned that. I've tried to make it my own. What is that? It's a way to address people. Well, in the South, they have us-ins and you-ins. So it's a way to make distinctions. So that's what the King James Bible does. It's just a way to draw distinctions. Well, that's half of the difficult words. It took us how long? It's not hard. Let's do one more. Because you have the thee, thine, thous, and all that, and we figured out how to not trip over that trip wire. But then you also have the est and f. In other words, the ending that's e-t-h and e-s-t. So let's address that, and I think that'll be enough for this afternoon. Go to Romans 14. Romans 14. Romans 14, let's go to verse number 8. For whether we live, Romans 14, 8, we live unto the Lord. This is current living. And whether we die, we die unto the Lord. That's a current moment, a present moment. Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. Okay, well, we can preach on that verse. Here's how you'd preach it. Are you presently living for the Lord right now in your life? In this moment? Are you ready to die to self? Are you ready to live for the Lord in this moment? That's verse eight. Now back up to verse number seven. Look at this contrast. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. You see the contrast very clearly. Verse 8 is live vs. die. Verse 7 is liveth and dieth. Well, verse 8 is current living. You know what verse 7 is? Ongoing. The thing is, throughout your life, Not in the present moment, but throughout your life. Is there an ongoing living toward God? Is there an ongoing dying to self and wanting to live for God? Is that something that is ongoing? That's the ETH, the EST. It's an ongoing thing. I love my wife today, but do I loveth her? Is it something that's ongoing or is it just in this moment? That's the distinction in how that ending, why that ending shows up in our King James Bible. You know that if a word ends in S or ES, that's a plural word, right? Well, if a word ends in E-T-H or E-S-T, that is an ongoing active verb. We'll look at one more, and I think we'll get the point. Go to John 21. John 21. Look at verse 15. John 21, verse 15. So when they had dined, Jesus... No, I'm in John. No, is that right? Yeah, I'm in John. Okay, that's good. Verse number 15 of John. Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. Jesus isn't asking Simon Peter, in this moment right now, do you love me? He's asking him, do you have an ongoing love for me? You know, kind of like if something comes up, you won't deny me. Is there something that's ongoing here? So that's why that is rendered the way that it is rendered. Verse 16, He saith unto him again the second time, Simon son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. I love you right now, Lord, in this moment. That's not what I asked you. So we'll ask him a third time. He saith unto him a third time, Simon son of Jonas. Verse 17, Lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep. When the pressure's on, does the action stop? That's the idea behind the ETH or the EST ending. Okay, you might love now, in this moment, currently, presently. But the question is, is it a continual action? Is it an ongoing love? And so the King James Bible makes a distinction in that. Now I'll wrap up by saying this. We could get more in depth into this. But I think you get the point. Now let me say this thought. I am not a, I write. You know, I prepare sermons and study the Bible and all that. Write a blog devotional every day, except Sunday. And if my sister reads what I write, she's gonna say, oh, you should have put the punctuation there. That's not, you're not supposed to say it that way. It's supposed to be this way. You know why? Because she's an English teacher. She knows words and sentence structure and how to write a lot better than I do. I'm an amateur. So I said that to say that if me, an amateur, who didn't do well in school, can understand this, God isn't trying to trick or deceive anybody. He's trying to give us precise truth And if we can get a hold of that, it really unlocks a lot more in the Bible. Who's he speaking to? Why is he speaking that way? What does this mean? What is that distinction? And when you can start getting these distinctions, the Bible becomes such a big book. So, I think that was under 25 minutes, Jamin. all the archaic, almost all the archaic words that people complain about, those E-T-H's and those V-Thi-Thines, we got them all squared away. So I'm sure we'll get a message from a YouTuber that has a way to, whatever, but I'll try to address the questions as they come. Hope you got something out of that. Make sure you go home and tell your spouse and your children that you loveth them. All right, let's pray. you