1374. Recognize the Bible As God-Breathed

Recognize the Bible As God-Breathed

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2Ti_3:16).

The Bible student must place God's Book in a class by itself; he must recognize it as a Book distinct from all other books; he must know at once that the Bible is the only God-breathed Book in all the world.

When Sir Walter Scott was dying he said: "Son, bring me the Book." His son-in-law, bewildered, replied, "But, father, you have many books." The dying author responded, "My son, there is but one Book."

To become a real Bible student, one must approach the Bible with head bared, with knee bent, and with shoes off his feet. He is entering upon holy ground; he is coming into the very presence of God Himself; he is standing before a Book that glistens with glory Divine. The real student must approach the Holy Bible in the spirit of unwavering trust.

The Bible student will have his faith confirmed by the spade of the archeologist; but he will not need that "digging" in order to establish his faith. The real Bible student will not quake and tremble before the onslaughts of critical research, or before the attacks of "scientists." He knows that the Scriptures are an impregnable rock of truth, and he experiences no dark forebodings concerning the final outcome of critical analysis and scientific research. The real Bible student never places a question mark where God has placed a period. He accepts the Bible as the very Word of God, inerrant, as it left God's hand; and he bows his head and worships Christ the Word, the Word of Christ.

That the Bible is all that we claim for it, hardly comes under the province of this lesson. A special study is needed to set forth all our claims for the Word of God. However, we can say that the Bible as a whole must be trustworthy, or else none of it is worthy of trust.

When the critics begin to reject this portion and to accept another portion, they leave us in a maze of uncertainties. How can they establish the truth of one chapter, while seeking to establish the falsity of another?

"Whence but from Heaven, could men, unskilled in arts,

In several ages born, in several parts,

Weave such unerring truths: or, how or why

Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie?

Unasked their pains, ungrateful their advice,

Starving their gain, and martyrdom their price."

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR