"The text of the Bible, the content, the very words, are revelation – they are from the mind of God, not the mind of man...The way in which the Spirit of God used men to record the words is inspiration – men driven by the Holy Spirit...
"This Book is absolutely unique. It is almighty God speaking directly to man. Every other book in this world is the word of man, the conflicting opinions of man. But the words of the Bible are the very words of God. The Book you hold in your hands this morning is a supernatural book from beginning to end – and it is the only supernatural Book.
"And because this Book is revelation given by inspiration – then certain other things follow. And they follow in an unbreakable chain of logic. 1.) This Book is inerrant, because God, the Author, is inerrant. 2.) This Book is infallible, because God, the Author, is infallible. 3.) This Book is therefore absolutely reliable. It is reliable in matters of doctrine, yes. But it is also absolutely reliable in matters of history, science, and geography. And that is because God, the Author, and God alone, is absolutely reliable. He cannot lie, and He cannot, and would not, give us a record that is in any way untrustworthy. 4.) This Book contains no contradictions, because God, the Author, is not double-minded. 5.) Because this Book is the only Book from God...this Book is uniquely authoritative for the individual Christian, and for the church as a body of believers.
"The men who wrote the Scriptures were driven men. They were driven by God to write Scripture, so that we might be driven by Scripture." |
