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Power of the Scriptures #3. Last week we saw the first two aspects of the power of the Scriptures.
I. Transforming Power – the power to change us
1. removing
2. restoring
3. refining
4. reviving
5. revealing
6. reminding
7. resisting
II. Secondly, the Life Completing Supplying Power – powerful scriptures are the divine source of:
1. truth
2. happiness
3. growth to maturity
4. power
5. guidance
6. comfort
7. victory: A Times quoted this week the Washington Post – People are finding they are unable to make it have a void –Confessing, apologizing, crying out…
Now we come finally to: How do the Scriptures describe themselves?
Life Confronting –
John 8:30-31 – Christ demands response
Gal. 3:10 – cursed if not obey
1. Authoritative – Gen. 3:1 – start questioning
Is. 1:2 – the Lord speaketh
They are God’s voice.
2. Pure – in two ways
A. Inerrant in every part = all Bible says is truth, no mistakes, no lies (John 10:35); Prov. 30:5-6 – Every Word of God is pure.
B. Infallible in total – Ps. 19:7 = the law is perfect
3. Complete = doesn’t need any help
Rev. 22:18-19
Deut. 4:2 – ye shall not add….
Heb. 1:1 – God hath spoken
God only dealt through 2 groups to reveal His Word:
Apostles (NT)
Prophets (OT)
And their work is finished!!
4. Effective – It can perform its work God has determined. Isaiah 55:6-7,11 It can meet the cry of our hearts and fill the void. Paul to the pagan world, “Preach the Word” –
So okay – the Word of God describes itself as confronting our lives as it is –
• authoritative
• pure
1. inerrant
2. infallible
• complete
• effective
And also as:
5. Sufficient – the source of all we need:
Rom. 10:17 – faith comes by hearing
Eph. 2:8-9 – receiving the gift of God
2 Tim. 3:16-17 – the man of God may be complete
Acts 4:12 – salvation, last word is Christ found in the Word of God
6. Preserved
Psalm 12:6-7; 119:89,140
Not added to…by man’s opinion
Not lost….by time passing
Not destroyed…by adversaries
Not compromised…by religious error