Get to Know Our Beliefs - ‘Of the Scriptures’
I. Of the Scriptures
We believe that every word of the original autographs (manuscripts) of the Scriptures was verbally inspired (breathed out) by God Himself; that the Scriptures are, therefore, the unique, absolute, authoritative standard of faith and practice, to be studied, proclaimed, obeyed, and defended; that they are to be interpreted literally, historically, and grammatically unless the context clearly indicates otherwise; that every portion is without exception profitable for doctrine and Christian growth; and that all the Scriptures, from first to last, center about our Lord Jesus Christ, in His person and work, in His first and second coming; and hence that no chapter even of the Old Testament is properly read or understood until it leads to Him; and moreover that all the Scriptures from first to last, including every chapter even of the Old Testament, were designed for our practical instruction
(Explanatory)
1. By “SCRIPTURES” we mean that collection of sixty-six books from Genesis to Revelation which, as originally written, does not only contain and convey the Word of God, but is the very Word of God.
2. By “INSPIRED” we mean that the books of the Bible were written by Holy Men of Old, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally inspired and free from error, as no other writings have ever been or ever will be.
(Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Joshua 1:8; Psalms 19:7-11; Matthew 12:39-41; Luke 24:27-44; John 5:39, John 6:35, John 51:58, John 10:7, John 35; John 15:1, John 17:17; Acts 17:2-3; Acts 18:28; Acts 26:22-23; Rom. 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Corinthians 14:37; II Timothy 3:16-17 ; II Peter 1:16, II Peter 19-21, II Peter 3:15-16 ; Jude 3-4; Revelation 22:18-19)
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