The Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) states very clearly that the inspired Scriptures in the original languages are by God’s "singular care and providence, kept pure in all ages" (WCF I:8). The Westminster divines used Matthew 5:18 as a proof text for this affirmation of the verbal plenary preservation (VPP) of the Scriptures. This proves that the doctrine of the VPP of Scripture is not just creedal, but more importantly Biblical.

The VPP of Scripture is a position of faith that is based solely on the Word of God. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb 11:1). "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom 10:17). "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Heb 11:6). It is a position that we must take if we are to weather and survive the onslaughts of postmodernism, pop-modernism, open-theism and neo-deism that seek to destroy the church today.

What does VPP mean? "Verbal" means "every word to the jot and tittle" (Ps 12:6-7, Matt 5:18). "Plenary" means "the Scripture as a whole with all the words intact" (Matt 24:35, 1 Pet 1:25). So VPP means the whole of Scripture with all its words even to the jot and tittle is perfectly preserved by God without any loss of the original words, prophecies, promises, commandments, doctrines, and truths, not only in the words of salvation, but also the words of history, geography and science. Every book, every chapter, every verse, every word, every syllable, every letter is infallibly preserved by the Lord Himself to the last iota.

What and where are the preserved words of God today? They are the inspired OT Hebrew words and NT Greek words the prophets, the apostles, the church fathers, the reformers used which are today found in the long and continuously abiding and preserved words underlying the Reformation Bibles best represented by the time-tested and time-honoured KJV, and NOT in the corrupted Alexandrian manuscripts and critical Westcott-Hort texts underlying the liberal, ecumenical, and neo-evangelical modern English versions.

The Far Eastern Bible College upholds the VPP of Scripture and believes in the following tenets:

"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (Ps 11:3).

It is only when we have a 100% perfect, infallible and inerrant Bible can we say the Bible is our only and final authority, and foundation of faith. If there is no such an infallible and inerrant Bible today, then the so-called "scholar" becomes the supreme authority, and we have to kowtow to his subjective and speculative judgements on and corrections of the Bible. Some may want to trust the words of men, but we trust only the words of our Lord who "died for our sins according to the scriptures … was buried … [and] rose again the third day according to the scriptures" (1 Cor 15:3-4).

The Bible itself which is our supreme and final authority of faith and practice clearly teaches its plenary inspiration, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God," and its verbal preservation, "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled" (Matt 5:18), "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matt 24:35, Mark 13:31, Luke 21:33). The doctrine of the 100% inspiration (VPI) and 100% preservation (VPP) of each and every word of the Bible is as old as the Bible itself. It is certainly NOT a new teaching or theory, and definitely NOT a false doctrine.

The twin doctrines of VPI and VPP must be received by faith (Rom 10:17, Heb 11:6). Our faith must be "according to the scriptures," and NOT "according to the scholars." "Let God be true, but every man a liar" (Rom 3:4). "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth" (2 Cor 13:8). Soli Deo Gloria!