Bible Questions Answered:
“Is the bible the only source of
spiritual truth, or are there others as well?...”
Janet/ Long Beach, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
For the Christian, and for the church
of The Lord Jesus Christ, The Bible is “Sola Scriptura.”
Sola Scriptura:
Sola scriptura (Latin: by
Scripture alone) is a Christian theological doctrine which holds
that the Christian Scriptures are the supreme authority in all
matters of doctrine and practice.
Wikipedia
Biblical Inerrancy:
Isaiah 8:20 KJV
To the law and to the testimony: if
they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no
Light in them.
Isaiah 40:8 KJV
The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but The Word of our God shall stand for ever.
Matthew 5:18 KJV
For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 4:1-11 KJV (In His
disputing with the devil, Jesus always answered...It Is Written)
1 Then was Jesus led up of The
Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when He had fasted forty days
and forty nights, He was afterward an hungered.
3 And when the tempter came to Him,
he said, If thou be The Son Of God, command that these stones be made
bread.
4 But He answered and said, It is
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into
the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto Him, If thou be The
Son Of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His
angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psalm
91:11,12 KJV
11 For He
shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They
shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh Him up
into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of
the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto Him, All these
things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get
thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
The Lord thy God, and Him only shalt
thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth Him
Matthew 24:35 KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My Words shall not pass away.
Luke 16:17 KJV
And it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
John 10:35 KJV
"...the scripture cannot be
broken;
John 17:17 KJV
Sanctify them through thy Truth: thy
Word is Truth.
I Corinthians 2:13 KJV
Which things also we speak, not in
the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
The Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.
I Thessalonians 2:13 NLT
Therefore, we never stop thanking
God that when you received His message from us, you didn’t think of
our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very
Word Of God—which, of course, it is. And this Word continues to
work in you who believe.
II Thessalonians 2:14,15 NLT
14 He called you to salvation when
we told you The Good News; now you can share in the glory of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
15 With all these things in mind,
dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the
teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter.
II Timothy 3:16 KJV
All scripture is given by
inspiration* of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Inspiration: Greek-Theopneustos
(Theh-op-nyoo-stos): From two words: Theo-God/ and Pneustos-breath or
breathing. Divinely breather: given by inspiration of God. God
breathed.
Hebrews 6:18 NLT
So God has given both His promise
and His oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is
impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to Him for
refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies
before us.
II Peter 1:20,21 KJV
20 Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were
moved* by The Holy Ghost.
Moved-Greek: Phero (Fer-o): To
bear, to carry.
Holy men of God, were carried along by
The Holy Spirit, speaking God Breathed Words.
Revelation 22:18,19 KJV
18 For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this Book, If any man shall add
unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this Book:
19 And if any man shall take away
from the words of The Book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
part out of The Book Of Life, and out of the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this Book.
Clement of Rome 1st century
A.D. “Look carefully into the Scriptures, which are the true
utterances of The Holy Spirit. Observe that nothing of an unjust or
counterfeit character is written in them.”
Irenaeus
202 A.D. “The Scriptures are indeed perfect, since they were
spoken by the Word of God and His Spirit.”
Jesus believed The Word, and
quoted it.
John 10:34/ Psalm 82:6
Matthew 22:31-32/ Exodus 3:6
Matthew 22:43-44/ Psalm 110:1
The Apostle Paul believed The
Word, and he too quoted it.
Galatians 3:16/ Genesis 12:7, 13:15,
22:18, 24:7,
The Anvil of God's Word
“Last eve I paused beside the
blacksmith’s door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper
chime;
Then looking in, I saw upon the floor,
Old hammers, worn with beating years of
time.
“‘How many anvils have you had,’
said I,
‘To wear and batter all these hammers
so?’
‘Just one,’ said he, and then with
twinkling eye,
‘The anvil wears the hammers out, you
know.’
“And so, I thought, the Anvil of
God’s Word
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet, though the noise of falling blows
was heard,
The Anvil is unharmed, the hammers
gone.”
John Clifford
I Peter 1:25 KJV
But The Word of The Lord endureth
for ever. And this is The Word which by The Gospel is preached unto
you.
Prayer:
John 3:36 KJV
He that
believeth on The Son hath everlasting Life: and he that believeth not
The Son shall not see Life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Acts 2:21 KJV
“And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.”
