Do we really trust and obey God's word? Here is some more from Chapter 4 of Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology.
"...To disbelieve or disobey ANY word of Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey GOD himself."
"Throughout the history of the church, the greatest preachers have been those who have recognized that they have no authority in themselves and have seen their task as being to explain the words of Scripture and apply them clearly to the lives of their hearers."
"Essentially, they stood in the pulpit, pointed to the biblical text, and said in effect to the congregation, "this is what this verse means. Do you see that meaning here as well? Then you must believe it and obey it with all your heart, for God himself, your Creator and your Lord, is saying this to you today!"
Truthfulness of Scripture:
Titus 1:2 speaks of "God who never lies," and thus we can trust his whole word.
2 Samuel 7:28, David says to God, "You are God, and your words are true..."
Therefore all the words in Scripture are completely true and without error in any part.
AND, God's words are the ultimate standard of truth...
Jesus prays in John 17, "Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth." Jesus doesn't use the word, "your word is true", but rather that God's word is TRUTH itself. The Bible is the final standard of Truth.
God, who knew past, present and future, can therefore know and write the Bible in such a way that no "fact" that appears in the future can contradict scripture. But, we might have to re-examine Scripture to see if it really teaches what we though it taught.
Written scripture is our final authority. It is important to look at the context of what the writers were writing in the Bible, but to never put words in their mouths that they didn"t actually say.
Good questions from Wayne Grudem:
1. Who would try to make people want to disbelieve something in Scripture???
2. Is there anything in the Bible that you do not want to believe? Or Obey?
3. Do you think that trusting and obeying everything that Scripture affirms will ever lead you into sin or away from God's blessing in your life?
Next time...the Inerrancy of Scripture.
"...To disbelieve or disobey ANY word of Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey GOD himself."
"Throughout the history of the church, the greatest preachers have been those who have recognized that they have no authority in themselves and have seen their task as being to explain the words of Scripture and apply them clearly to the lives of their hearers."
"Essentially, they stood in the pulpit, pointed to the biblical text, and said in effect to the congregation, "this is what this verse means. Do you see that meaning here as well? Then you must believe it and obey it with all your heart, for God himself, your Creator and your Lord, is saying this to you today!"
Truthfulness of Scripture:
Titus 1:2 speaks of "God who never lies," and thus we can trust his whole word.
2 Samuel 7:28, David says to God, "You are God, and your words are true..."
Therefore all the words in Scripture are completely true and without error in any part.
AND, God's words are the ultimate standard of truth...
Jesus prays in John 17, "Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth." Jesus doesn't use the word, "your word is true", but rather that God's word is TRUTH itself. The Bible is the final standard of Truth.
God, who knew past, present and future, can therefore know and write the Bible in such a way that no "fact" that appears in the future can contradict scripture. But, we might have to re-examine Scripture to see if it really teaches what we though it taught.
Written scripture is our final authority. It is important to look at the context of what the writers were writing in the Bible, but to never put words in their mouths that they didn"t actually say.
Good questions from Wayne Grudem:
1. Who would try to make people want to disbelieve something in Scripture???
2. Is there anything in the Bible that you do not want to believe? Or Obey?
3. Do you think that trusting and obeying everything that Scripture affirms will ever lead you into sin or away from God's blessing in your life?
Next time...the Inerrancy of Scripture.
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