Day 4
The inerrancy of Scripture is not a
new fad, but an old truth:
Consider AN ANCIENT CONFESSION:
The Belgic Confession of Faith (1561):
Article 7: We believe that [the] Holy
Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and
that whatsoever man ought to believe unto
salvation is sufficiently taught therein ...
Neither do we consider of equal value any
writings of men, however holy these men
may have been, with those divine Scriptures
nor ought we to consider custom or the
great multitude, or antiquity, or succession
of times and persons, or councils, decrees
or statutes, as of equal value with the truth
of God ... Therefore, we reject with all our
hearts, whatsoever doth not agree with this
infallible rule which the apostles have taught
us, saying, Try the spirits whether they are
of God. Likewise, if there come any unto
you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him
not into your house.
Think into the future. In fact, think 450 years
into the future. All the future has to judge
our view of Scripture/Truth is the confession
you have left by the actions in your home.
What will the future think?
Day 5 Volume 2 Number 23
John Calvin wrote that... ENGAGED
We cannot rely on the doctrine of Scripture June 5–June 11
until we are absolutely convinced that God is
its author.
John Wesley wrote on the "profitability" of
the Bible:
"I am a creature of a day, passing through
life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit,
coming from God, and returning to God: just
hovering over the great gulf; a few moments
hence, I am no more seen; I drop into an
unchangeable eternity! I want to know one
thing — the way to heaven; how to land safe
on that happy shore. God Himself has
condescended to teach the way. He hath
written it down in a book. Oh, give me that
II Timothy 3:16-17
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
book! At any price, give me the book of God! profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
I have it: here is knowledge enough for me. instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be
Let me be homo unius libri: “A man of one complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
book.” Here, then, I am, far from the busy
ways of men. I sit down alone; only God is
here. In His presence I open, I read His
book; for this end — to find the way to
heaven."
Pray this: “God give me a heart for the
breath of God as it is revealed in the Bible.
Help me Lord, to be so convinced of your
Truth that I am known as a person of The
Book!”
Day 1
All (pas) is an important adjective
in this verse, as this word includes the
idea of oneness, a totality or the whole,
thus referring to every passage of
Scripture and every word in every
passage. No exceptions.
The Net Bible renders the Greek with
the phrase every Scripture and then
notes that...
There is very little difference in sense
between every scripture (emphasizing
the individual portions) and “all
scripture” (emphasizing the composite
whole). The former option is preferred,
because it fits the normal use of the word
“all/every” in Greek (pas) as well as
Paul’s normal sense for the word
“scripture” in the singular without the
article, as here. So every scripture
means “every individual portion of
scripture.” We call this ‘plenary verbal’
inspiration. This means that every word
of Scripture is God-breathed, as He
originally gave it. Do you live your life as
if every word is directly for you? Or do
you choose to only obey the convenient
words?
Day 2
I want you to have this quote:
The great Presbyterian preacher Donald
Grey Barnhouse explained inspiration this
way...
“Just as the Holy Spirit came upon the
womb of Mary, so He came upon the brain
of a Moses, a David, an Isaiah, a Paul, a
John and the rest of the writers of the divine
library. The power of the Highest
overshadowed them; therefore that holy
thing which was born of their minds is called
the Holy Bible, the Word of God. The writing
of Luke will, of course, have the vocabulary
of Luke and the work of Paul will bear the
stamp of Paul’s mind. However, this is only
in the same manner that the Lord Jesus
might have had eyes like his mother’s or hair
that was the same color and texture as hers.
He did not inherit her sins because the Holy
Spirit has come upon her. If we ask, how
could this be, the answer is, God says so.
And the writings of men of the Book did not
inherit the errors of their carnal minds,
because their writings were conceived by
the Holy Spirit and born out of their
personalities without partaking of their fallen
nature. If we ask, how could this be, again
the answer is, God says so.”
If Believers could defend the inspiration of
Scripture better, we would not have to refute
untruth, evolution or new age. All we have to
prove is the reliability of Scripture. If we can
prove this, it makes everything else
unreliable. We therefore should spend more
time studying the ‘why’ we believe what we
believe.
Day 3
What the Bible says, God says.
The Bible is the final authority, the
veritable "Supreme Court" from which
there is no appeal. It was on such a
basis that Martin Luther took his historic
stand. The moment of crisis came on
April 18, 1521, at the Diet of Worms,
when he was called on by Johann von
Eck, Official General of the Archbishop of
Trier to renounce his errors. Luther
replied, "Unless I am convinced by
testimonies of Scripture or by evident
reason-for I believe neither the Pope nor
Councils alone, since it is established
that they have often erred and
contradicted themselves - I am the
prisoner of the Scriptures cited by me,
and my conscience has been taken
captive by the Word of God. Here I
stand. I can do no other. God help me.
Amen."
If you were on trial for your faith and trust
in Scripture, what would your confession
be?
Take a minute and write your confession: