Would You Include These Words In Your Statement Of Faith?
'We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed.'
'God has revealed himself in the Bible, which consists of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is in its entirety the Word of God, without error
and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice.'
'The doctrinal basis of the church shall be fundamental truths of the Christian faith including:
'THE BIBLE: God has revealed himself in the Bible, which consists of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is in its entirety the Word of God, without error and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice.
'God in His great goodness has revealed all that is necessary to life and salvation in the Bible, which consists of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is, in its entirety, the Word of God, without error and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone
speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice. The infallible rule of interpretation of the Bible is the Bible itself.'
Question: What do the above statements have in common?
Answer: They all say in essence that the Bible is without error only as originally given!
How tragic this is!
Not only is the Bible inspired by God and inerrant as originally given ... but God has promised to preserve His pure
words!
The Bible says; 'All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
AND
The Bible says: The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalm 12:6-7
We have His pure, inerrant Bible in English today - The King James Bible
Is it time for you to change your Statement Of Faith?
'God has revealed himself in the Bible, which consists of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is in its entirety the Word of God, without error
and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice.'
'The doctrinal basis of the church shall be fundamental truths of the Christian faith including:
- The divine inspiration and entire trustworthiness of the Holy Scriptures as originally given and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;'
'THE BIBLE: God has revealed himself in the Bible, which consists of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is in its entirety the Word of God, without error and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice.
'God in His great goodness has revealed all that is necessary to life and salvation in the Bible, which consists of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is, in its entirety, the Word of God, without error and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone
speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice. The infallible rule of interpretation of the Bible is the Bible itself.'
Question: What do the above statements have in common?
Answer: They all say in essence that the Bible is without error only as originally given!
How tragic this is!
Not only is the Bible inspired by God and inerrant as originally given ... but God has promised to preserve His pure
words!
The Bible says; 'All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
AND
The Bible says: The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalm 12:6-7
We have His pure, inerrant Bible in English today - The King James Bible
Is it time for you to change your Statement Of Faith?