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preaching in this home as we were trying to

form this church, and the very first night I was

there, I preached on two issues, one salvation

— because I didn't know any of the people. I

had never been in this state before in my life,

so we put this thing together, and I preached on

salvation, and then I preached on the foundation

that we're going to begin this work with, and

that is the Authorized Version being the Word

of God. The man came to me, and he was

offended by the fact that I said that, and I

noticed in his hand he was carrying an NIV, a

New International Version. He said, "I'm

offended at that. What's wrong with my Bible?"

I said, "Turn to Acts 8:37, and let's compare

notes out of the Bibles.” He couldn’t find it.

Why? Because it's not there. Acts 8:37, a verse

dealing with the deity of Christ and a man

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