I have been reading Norman Geisler’s excellent book A General Introduction to the Bible and he includes a chart in his book that compares what Scripture says in both the Old and New Testament and what God says and shows that what Scripture says, God says. His arguments for full inerrancy and for the inspiration of Scripture are well worth picking up a copy of this book.
What comfort to know that when I read my Bible, I am reading the very words of God. Jesus said that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). The word of God proceeds from God Himself (2 Timothy 3:16-17). God “breathes out” His Word in the pages of the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is the very words of God and we need no other revelation, no other book, no other visions, no other prophetic insights. What we need is a hunger and passion for God and for obeying His truths that He has given to us in His holy, infallible, and inerrant Word.
Arminius writes this concerning the Word of God:
The authority of the word of God, which is comprised in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, lies both in the veracity of the whole narration, and of all the declarations, whether they be those about things past, about things present, or about those which are to come; and in the power of the commands and prohibitions, which are contained in the Divine word.
Both of these kinds of authority can depend on no other than on God, who is the principal Author of this word; both because He is Truth without suspicion of falsehood, and because He is of Power invincible.
On this account, the knowledge alone that this word is Divine is obligatory on our belief and obedience; and so strongly is it binding that this obligation can be augmented by no external authority.
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