You have gone from the NIV to the KJV... I have been reading and studying the KJV since the age of 13 and I am now 71... I have heard preacher after preacher speak from it over 58 years and in all that time not one ever said God's Spirit resides in the KJV... My KJV is composed of leather, paper and ink... The Spirit is not in the words but in the God who said them, and his Son the Lord Jesus Christ who lived and taught them and the Holy Spirit that reveals these truths to us sinful mortals... Do not get me wrong every word of God is precious but unless this cold and stony heart is changed to a heart of flesh by divine intervention, the words of God in any translation don't mean a thing... Remember the admonition of Paul to Timothy, I think you are sadly lacking in rightly dividing the word of truth... Brother Glen
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
It's also interesting that their children, the 2ND generation, think born again, were allowed in. Not too many people can go where I'm trying to lead you guys... it takes FAITH, believing every word of God, no one can enter in with unbelief.
The stories I just gave you are the spirit behind the ink and paper... the spirit of Christ.