06/25/2024
God's Word is Truth
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
The 3 "I's" of Scripture:
Inspired-God is the Bible's definitive author. While God used human beings to record His words, it is God Himself who is behind what they wrote.
Inerrant- God used these human authors to pen exactly what God wanted, without any mixture of error. God used these men - with all of their personalities, their writing styles, their accumulated vocabularies, their life experiences, their illustrations and metaphors - to express His message, as He wanted it, yet without error. God Himself is behind the Bible's message and authority.
Infallible - God's Word is incapable of error. Because God is perfect, so is His revelation of Himself. God's Word will accomplish exactly what God wants it to, "My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do." (Isaiah 55:11)
What we believe about God and what we believe about the Bible are intertwined and cannot be separated. What we know about God comes from the Bible. Scripture says God cannot lie (Heb. 6:18). If the Bible is God's Word to us, and if He cannot lie, then His Word also must be incapable of error. When you believe the Bible is entirely true, then you allow it to be the foundation of everything you say and do. This is true submission to the Lordship of Jesus. Evaluate what you believe about the Bible. Skeptics have challenged it for centuries. Ask God to reveal where you may be questioning the Truth of His Word.
