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The Bible - God's Message To Man
By Pastor Ronnie Wolfe -
Bibliology Lesson #2

Psalms 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure ...
 

1. WHAT IS THE BIBLE?
   1. Quotes From Others:
      1. Dr. Harold Lindsell says, A ... the only true and dependable source for Christianity lies in the book we call the Bible.@ [The Battle For The Bible]
   2. Natural & Special Revelation
      1. Natural Revelation
         1. Natural revelation is that revelation of God which manifests himself in the natural realm.
         2. This revelation shows God in his creation, but it is not sufficient revelation for a person to trust Jesus Christ.
         3. General or natural revelation was more obvious before man sinned than it is today.
         4. Since man has sinned, he cannot read the divine script in nature as Adam did before he sinned.
      2. Special Revelation
         1. When Jesus saves, he uses the medium of the Bible - Eph. 1:13; 1 Cor. 1:21; Rom. 10:17
         2. The Bible is God= s special revelation B 2 Timothy 3:16-17
         3. This is God's special revelation of himself to man.
         4. Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God (Heb. 1:1-3), and the Bible is the Written Word of God (Rom. 10:17)
         5. Special Revelation disclosed three ways:
            1. Theophanies - Appearances of God Himself
               1. Dwelling between the cherubim (Psalm 80:1; 99:1)
               2. Appeared in fire of clouds and smoke (Gen. 15:17; Exod. 3:2; 19:9; Psalm 78:14; 99:7)
               3. Appeared in stormy winds (Job 38:1; 40:6; Psalm 18:10-16)
               4. As angel of the Lord (Exod. 23:20-23; Isa. 63:8, 9)
               5. Incarnation of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:19; 2:9)
            2. Direct Communications
               1. Audible voice (Gen. 2:16; 3:8-19; 4:6-15)
               2. Urim and Thummim (Num. 27:21; Deut. 33:8)
               3. Dreams (Num. 12:6; Deut. 13:1-6)
               4. Visions (Isa. 6; 21:6f; Ezek 1-3; 8:00; Dan 1:17; 2:19; 7-10)
               5. Holy Spirit (Mark 13:11; Luke 12:12; John 14:17)
            3. Miracles
               a.  Healings
               b.  Resurrections
               c.  Jesus= Incarnation, Death and Resurrection
                
   3. Characteristics of the Bible

      The Bible is trustworthy
      The Bible is truthful
      The Bible is plenary
      The Bible is inspired
      The Bible is inerrant or infallible

    

1. WHAT ABOUT CREEDS AND CONFESSIONS
   1. Original Statements In Creeds & Confessions
      1. Most, if not all, creeds and confessions of denominational churches have stated that they believe in the inerrancy of the scriptures
      2. Later, many who hold to these creeds and confessions changed their views on inerrancy and began to teach that some things in the Bible are true, but other things are false. This began to be known as neo-orthodoxy.
      3. They began to teach that nothing is supernatural, thus they deny any supernatural events in scripture and try to explain them logically or scientifically.
      4. They say that the Bible is true only when it speaks of salvation and certain basic doctrines of Christianity but that not all other facts are without error.
      5. This makes it hard for them to continue in their modern thought, because the creeds that they say they agree to have not been changed; and this is a constant reminder that their churches used to teach the inerrancy of scripture.
1. Conclusion
   1. Some Quotes
      1. As the flame on Elijah= s altar was caused, not by the dead sticks, but by the fire from heaven, so only the inspiration of the Almighty can explain the unique revelation of the Old and New Testaments.¹
      2. All the great religions of the world are book-religions ... The Koran is a gortesque human parody of the Bible; its exaggerated pretensions of divinity, indeed, are the best proof that it is of purely human origin ... Christianity is not a book-religion, but a life-religion. The Bible does not give us Christ, but Christ gives us the Bible.²

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¹Systematic Theology, By Augustus Strong, The Judson Press, 1906, Page. 115

²Ibid, Page 116

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