Intro to The Bible as Sufficient & Complete (TMF:329)

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Peace to Live By: Intro to The Bible as Sufficient & Complete (TMF:329) - Daniel Litton
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       In living life, it is good to have a foundational set of principles by which to live by. We believe that those foundational principles, what should live by, are indeed found in the Bible. In fact, I would argue that there are no other foundational principles by which someone should live by, but only the Bible is sufficient in order to live life by. But is the Bible really sufficient? We believe that it is, and this is what we mean when we talk about sufficiency of the Scriptures. Sufficiency of the Bible means that the Bible contains every thing that a person needs in order to live his or her spiritual life out before God. Nevertheless, when we discuss the sufficiency of Scriptures, we are also discussing the fact that God, at each time in human history, provided all the knowledge necessary for the people living at that time. Therefore, in the Old Testament when God gave the law to Moses, the Israelites had all of the Commandments that they needed to live by at that time. They could therefore be pleasing to God. The disciples of Jesus Christ during the time of his death and shortly after his death and resurrection, could be certain that they had all of the Commandments needed for the understanding of how to live life. Moreover, those of us right now in the church age can be certain that the Bible contains all that we need for our spiritual lives and godliness. Only the Christian, through the power of the Spirit of God, and with his or her Bible in hand, can truly overcome life's spiritual issues.