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August 6 - December 9, 2017
Psalm 119 shows us what to believe about the word of God, what to feel about the word of God, and what to do with the word of God.
As the people of God, we believe the word of God can be trusted in every way to speak what is true, command what is right, and provide us with what is good.
To discount history is to live in a different world from the one that the biblical authors inhabit.
Peter’s view of inspiration cannot be limited to prophetic speech or a preaching event; it includes the pages of Scripture.
according to 2 Peter 1:19–21, the inspiration of holy Scripture is an objective reality outside of us.
Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.
You do not need another special revelation from God outside the Bible. You can listen to the voice of God every day.
there were many ways formerly in which God spoke to his people, there is now only one means of revelation: through his Son.
Whatever else we may disagree on as Catholics, liberals, and evangelicals, we should at least agree that it is our view of Scripture and authority that divides us.
Diferencia importante a la hora de comprender qué nos separa. Es precisamente lo que pensamos sobre la autoridad de las Escrituras. Y esto aún dentro de los mismos evangélicos, muchos claman tener la Palabra como autoridad pero razonan fuera de los parámetros de ella.
Special revelation is God’s self-disclosure through the spoken and written words of divinely inspired messengers.
Our own intellectual competence is not the test and measure of divine truth.
The doctrine of the necessity of Scripture reminds us of our predicament: the One we need to know most cannot be discovered on our own. And it assures us of a solution: this same ineffable One has made himself known through his word.
God must speak to us if we are to be truly wise.
All truth may be God’s truth, but all saving truth is revealed truth.
only God can tell us about God.
We need the revelation of God to know God, and the only sure, saving, final, perfect revelation of God is found in Scripture.
When we hear the word “spiritual,” we may think of being quiet and contemplative, or demonstrative in worship, or spontaneous, or full of God-language, or especially fond of praise music. These are what Jonathan Edwards would call “non-signs.”2 They don’t prove anything one way or the other. They can be fine characteristics, but on their own they certainly don’t make you
spiritual, not by the Bible’s definition.
No promise or threat can fall short of fulfillment. No statement can be found erroneous.
for Jesus, what Scripture says, God says.
