Point 1
It built the English-speaking church. For four centuries the KJV was THE Bible of the English-speaking world — the Book of the pulpit, the family, the school, and the mission field. The faith of the English-speaking peoples was forged on it.
Module III · The History
Week 9 of 12
Four Hundred Years of Fruit
The KJV built the English-speaking church, the Great Awakening, and the missionary movement — including to Ghana.
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Key Texts
The Hook
'Jesus said, "by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matt 7:20). So let us look at the fruit. What did the King James Bible produce in four hundred years?'
Point 2
It fueled revival and missions. The Great Awakening, the great evangelists, and the modern missionary movement that carried the gospel to the nations — including to Ghana — went out with the KJV in hand. The missionaries who first brought Christ to West Africa carried this Book.
Point 3
The TR tradition fed the world. The Reformation Bibles, the great confessions, the hymns, and the spiritual awakenings that changed nations all grew from the Received Text tradition. The fruit is centuries deep and worldwide.
The Line They Must Not Forget
'By their fruits ye shall know them' — and the KJV/TR tradition has produced four centuries of revival, missions, and a believing church across the earth.
The Appeal
A tree is judged by what it grows. The Book that birthed the modern missionary movement to your own land is the Book worth standing on.
This Week
Be able to:
Name three fruits of the KJV/TR tradition in history.
Practice with the Pastor
When you’re challenged this week, here’s what you’ll hear — and how to answer.
The Challenge
“I got saved reading a modern version — was that not real?”
See the workbook’s answer ↓
Salvation is by faith in Christ, and God in mercy uses even imperfect tools to reach people — the gospel is still present in modern versions. We rejoice in every soul saved. But that does not make every version equal. Having been saved, why not now stand on the Bible God preserved most fully and faithfully? Gratitude for the seed does not require settling for less than the best Book.
The Anchor
“(The anchor, when all else fails)”
See the workbook’s answer ↓
Return always to the promise. God said His words are pure and that He would keep and preserve them forever (Ps 12:6-7; Matt 24:35). A position that requires God's true Word to have been lost for 1,500 years cannot be true, because God does not lose what He swore to keep. That is the rock you stand on when the manuscript arguments run out.
Going Deeper on This Lesson
Where this lesson connects across Logos.