2nd Timothy 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
One of the saddest things I have seen in my life was in 2008, when the First Baptist Church of Hammond and by extension Hyles-Anderson College (HAC) changed their position on the Holy Bible. Since 2008 FBCH and HAC have DENIED the inspiration of the King James Bible. Pastor Jack Hyles is heart-broken up in Heaven. Here is HAC's 2023 Statement of Beliefs...
"We believe the Word of God as found in the sixty-six (66) books from Genesis to Revelation is infallible and inerrant and perfect;1 it is the plenary and verbally inspired2 words of God to men.3 We believe God has also preserved every single word4 through the ages.
1 Psalm 12:6; Proverbs 30:5; 2 II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:21; 3 Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4; 4 Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35; I Peter 1:25.
God has divinely preserved His words for English-speaking people in the King James Version. The King James Version is the translation used in any and all ministries of First Baptist Church for English-speaking people."
What you just read is a cleverly worded Statement of Belief that refuses to state that we have an inspired Holy Bible today. HAC won't say that the King James Bible is inspired. THEY JUST WON'T SAY IT!!!
Sadly, FBCH and HAC believe and teach that God has "preserved" His very pure words, but that those words are not longer inspired. They errantly believe that inspiration merely refers to God's breathing out His Words to holy men of old, and that's it. I strongly disagree, and so did Dr. Jack Hyles.
Brother Hyles asked this $64,000 question: "What good is inspiration without preservation?" That is a great question! What would have been the significance of God inspiring His Words, if those words lost their inspiration? By "inspiration" I mean that they are God's Words!!! Psalms 119:139-140, "My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it."
The Psalmist, David, said that he loved God's Words because they are "very pure." What do you think David would think of having HUNDREDS of different conflicting English Bible revisions today? David would loath them, as I do!!!
I'd like to reverse Dr. Hyles' question: "What good is preservation without inspiration?" It doesn't matter how you ask the question, because the answer is the same—what good would God preserving His very pure Words be, if they were no longer inspired; and what good would it have been for God to inspire His very pure Words, if He didn't preserve those Words?
In other words, for God not to be a dirty liar, we must have both preserved inspiration and inspired preservation. Psalms 12:6-7, "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."
In a Bible study decades ago, Dr. Hyles taught about preservation, but he didn't mention inspiration. So after Dr. Hyles went to Heaven in 2001, in 2008 some knuckleheads at FBCH decided that the King James Bible is only preserved, but not inspired. Listen to what Pastor Hyles had to say about that while he was still alive.
Lest any liar say otherwise about my friend and mentor, Pastor Jack Hyles, read for your self what Dr. Hyles believed and preached about Bible inspiration (these quotes are priceless)...
“The only inspired Words of God are in the King James Bible!” —Dr. Jack Hyles (an awesome quote —Dr. Jack Hyles ('THE REAL BATTLE!')
What's that you say? You'd like another quote? Okay, here it is my friend...
“Every word in this Bible is inspired by God almighty!” —Dr. Jack Hyles (a great quote from the classic sermon, “A Friend At Midnight”)
“Students of Hyles-Anderson College, do not give your loyalty to Hyles-Anderson College. You give your loyalty to what we stand for today, and if tomorrow we don't stand for it, you withdraw your loyalty—loyalty to principle, loyalty to right, loyalty to character, loyalty to integrity, loyalty to conviction, loyalty to truth; not loyalty to institutions.” —Dr. Jack Hyles, from the sermon titled, “Filled With All The Fulness Of God”
“Everything born is born dying... Death is inevitable... The length of your life depends on how much you fight the inevitable death... The day will come when the Hyles-Anderson College will be liberal. The day will come when this Bible is not believed in Hyles-Anderson College, if the Lord tarries... The day will come when this church will turn.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, from the timeless sermon, “The Church First”
“Don't come to me with your stinkin' 'only the original is inspired'! You're not intellectual... you're retarded!” —Dr. Jack Hyles, 'Keep your Stinkin' Feet Out of My Drinking Water' (1998 Wednesday night Bible study, MP3)
“And brother, any time anybody ever casts any reflection upon the accuracy and the inspiration—verbal inspiration—of this Bible, I'll guarantee you he was inspired by the demons. I'll guarantee you! I don't care if he's got a 'reverend' in front of his name. I don't care if he has a clerical collar on. I don't care what school he's been to. He's of the Devil if he says that the Bible is not verbally inspired by God!” —Dr. Jack Hyles, a great quote from the awesome MP3 sermon titled, “Satan's masterpiece”
And this next quote from Pastor Hyles ought to cause FBCH and HAC to fall on their knees in repentance and weep, because this is exactly what they are doing, deceiving people!!! FBCH and HAC DON'T believe that the King James Bible is inspired word for word, they only think that the original autographs were inspired; but the shady way that they word their Statement of Beliefs, it misleads and deceives people regarding what they really believe. ...
“I'm tired of colleges and universities advertising that they use the King James Bible. Tell the whole story! Tell everyone that you do not believe that it is inspired word for word.” —Dr. Jack Hyles, “The Need For An Every Word Bible,” page 54
“I would not give, knowingly, one thin dime to a college that does not believe in the verbal inspiration of this Book I hold tonight.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, from the timeless sermon, “YOU MUST GO THROUGH ARABIA”; preached October 11, 1981
FBCH and HAC are dirty deceivers!!! I hate exposing my own home college, where I attended for 8 years (1985-1993), but my loyalty is to God and truth, and not Dr. Hyles, FBCH or HAC. Brother Hyles was so right, why doesn't FBCH and HAC simply be honest and tell everyone that they DON'T think we have an inspired King James Bible today. Why all the lies and deception? It is because they know if they deny the inspiration of the King James Bible, they WILL lose church support and their students, and thus, lots of money.
Sadly, since their former incompetent pastor, Dr. Jack Schaap (whom I still love and appreciate having as my Bible teacher at HAC for 8 years), foolishly changed the church's position on the Bible in 2008. Dr. Schaap didn't teach that garbage when I knew him in college, because Dr. Hyles would have had his bags packed and fired him. I am the biggest sinner I know, so I am not condemning anybody. However, as a Bible preacher I am compelled to expose error wherever I find it. I have had preachers preach against me. If I deserve it, then so be it. If they are lying (and most are), then God will be their only judge (James 4:12; 5:9; Matthew 12:36). God is no respecter of persons, and neither am I. If the shoe fits, wear it friend!
Here you can read Dr. Russell Anderson's protest letter to Pastor Jack Schaap in 2009, hurt and upset that HAC changed their position on the Bible.
And here is Dr. Russell Anderson's protest letter to Pastor John Wilkerson in 2015, requesting that they remove Dr. Anderson's name from Hyles-Anderson College! Dr. Hyles often called Dr. Anderson: "The brother I never had." I know with certainty that if Dr. Hyles could come down from Heaven, he would fire everybody in leadership at FBCH and HAC and clean house.
FBCH cannot substitute for trashing out Bible inspiration with aggressive soulwinning. Denying Bible inspiration is always the Devil's foot in the door. Mark my words, in a couple generations (if the Lord tarries His return), HAC will start using the Devil's bibles, and then they'll start preaching the Devil's lies of Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation (which deadly heresies the Devil's Bible revisions promote). They are already changing for the worse. Albeit, I still love the people who invested their lives into mine at FBCH and HAC. To God be the glory, great things He hath done (and is still doing and will continue to do, by His grace through faith). Thank you for reading my blogs. Jesus is precious!!!
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