The Authority Of The Word Of God

THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD OF GOD
Text: 2 Timothy 3:16
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THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORLD OF GOD
Damon Wyatt
“The Bible is the astonishment of the
literary world. It is alive but never
grows. It reached maturity at
conception and has continued a
changeless challenge to each new
age.”

Woodrow Wilson,
“Give men the Bible unadulterated
unexplained, pure, unaltered,
uncheapened; and then see it work its
wholesome work through the whole
nature….

Woodrow Wilson,
…. It is very difficult indeed for a man or
for a boy who knows the Scripture ever
to get away from it. It haunts him like
an old song. It follows him like the
memory of his mother. It remains with
him like the work of a revered
teacher.”

TRUTH CONCERNING THE BIBLE
1.THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF THE WORD

2 Kings 22:8-10 (Mes)
‘
The high priest Hilkiah reported to
Shaphan the royal secretary, “I’ve just
found the Book of GOD’s Revelation,
instructing us in GOD’s ways. I found it
in The Temple!” He gave it to Shaphan
and Shaphan read it…Then Shaphan
the royal secretary told the king,
“Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.”
Shaphan proceeded to read it to the

Jeremiah 36:21-24 (Mes)
‘
The officials went to the court of the
palace to report to the king, having put
the scroll for safekeeping in the office
of Elishama the secretary of state. The
king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He
brought it from the office of Elishama
the secretary. Jehudi then read it to the
king and the officials who were in the
king’s service...

...22-23
It was December. The king was
sitting in his winter quarters in front of
a charcoal fire. After Jehudi would read
three or four columns, the king would
cut them off the scroll with his
pocketknife and throw them in the fire.
He continued in this way until the
entire scroll had been burned up in the
fire...

...24-26
Neither the king nor any of his
officials showed the slightest twinge of
conscience as they listened to the
messages read. Elnathan, Delaiah, and
Gemariah tried to convince the king
not to burn the scroll, but he brushed
them off...

...He just plowed ahead and ordered
Prince Jerahameel, Seraiah son of
Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to
arrest Jeremiah the prophet and his
secretary Baruch. But GOD had hidden
them away.’

Matthew 24:35,
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will never pass away.”

Psalm 119:89,
“Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands
firm in the heavens.”

2.THE INSPIRATION OF THE WORD
“All Scriptures is given
by inspiration of God.”

Inspiration = God-Breathed

Eric Sauer
“Biblical inspiration… is that.. activity of
the Holy Spirit through which He
mysteriously filled the human spirit of
the Biblical writers and guided them
and overruled them, so that there
arose an infallible, Spirit–wrought
writing, a sacred record, a Book of
God, with which the Spirit of God
evermore organically unites Himself.”

LIBERAL SAY:
“The Bible contains the Word of God.”

NEOORTHODOX SAY:
Writers were inspired,
but the Bible is not the word of God.
There may be historical, scientific and
even theological error in the Bible.

1. Call the Bible a human Book
2. Limit its authority
3. Deny its inerrancy

Apostles believed:
“The Bible is the Word of God, that every
writer of the Bible was so moved upon,
that every word – not just concepts
and ideas – was inspired and free from
error.”

2 Peter 1:21
“Men spoke from God as they were
carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

Eugene Peterson (MSG),
‘The main thing to keep in mind here is
that no prophecy of Scripture is a
matter of private opinion. And why?
Because it’s not something concocted
in the human heart. Prophecy resulted
when the Holy Spirit prompted men
and women to speak God’s Word.’

2 Timothy 3:16,
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is
useful.”

‘Stick with what you learned and
believed, sure of the integrity of your
teachers—why, you took in the sacred
Scriptures with your mother’s milk!
There’s nothing like the written Word
of God for showing you the way to
salvation through faith in Christ Jesus...

... Every part of Scripture is God-
breathed and useful one way or
another—showing us truth, exposing
our rebellion, correcting our mistakes,
training us to live God’s way. Through
the Word we are put together and
shaped up for the tasks God has for
us.’

Dr. James M. Gray,
“It is a matter of small consequence
whether the trousers were originally
perfect if they are now torn.”

David James Burrell,
“It might be of small consequence to the
wearer of the trousers, but the tailor
who made them would prefer to have
it understood that they did not leave
his shop that way.”

3.THE PURPOSE OF THE WORD

2 Timothy 3:16,
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is
useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in
righteousness, so that the man of God
may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work.”

What we are taught
affects the way we act.

Numbers 25:1-3,
‘While Israel was camped… the men
began to have sex with the Moabite
women. It started when the women
invited the men to their sex-and-
religion worship. They ate together
and then worshiped their gods. Israel
ended up joining in the worship of the
Baal of Peor. GOD was furious, his
anger blazing out against Israel.’

The Word of God is powerful and is
useful to
- teach us
- rebuke us
- correct us
- train us
in righteousness – right standing with
God.

Hebrews 4:12,
“For the Word of God is living and active.
Sharper that any double-edged sword,
it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

Hebrews 4:12 (MSG)
‘God means what he says. What he says
goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a
surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through
everything, whether doubt or defence,
laying us open to listen and obey.
Nothing and no one is impervious to
God’s Word. We can’t get away from it
—no matter what.’

Isaiah 55:10-11,
“As the rain and the snow come down
from heaven, and do not return to it
without watering the earth and
making it bud and flourish,… so is my
word that goes out from my mouth: it
will not return to me empty, but will
accomplish what I desire and achieve
the purpose for which I sent it.”

2 Timothy 4:3-5,
“For the time will come when men will
not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they
will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their
itching ears want to hear. They will
turn away from the truth and turn
aside to myths...

2 Timothy 4:3-5,
... But you, keep your head in all
situations, endure hardship, do the
work of an evangelist, discharge all the
duties of your ministry.”

2 Timothy 4:3-5 (MSG)
‘You’re going to find that there will be
times when people will have no
stomach for solid teaching, but will fill
up on spiritual junk food—catchy
opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll
turn their backs on truth and chase
mirages...

2 Timothy 4:3-5 (MSG)
... But you—keep your eye on what
you’re doing; accept the hard times
along with the good; keep the
Message alive; do a thorough job as
God’s servant.’

Proverbs 14:12-13 (MSG)
‘There’s a way of life that looks harmless
enough; look again—it leads straight
to hell. Sure, those people appear to be
having a good time, but all that
laughter will end in heartbreak.’

As the compass shows the way to the
confused traveler, so the Word of God
shows to us:
- the way to heaven
- the way to life
- the path to right living

By studying and obeying the
directions it gives us we will
not only have a better life
down here on earth,
but we will never lose our way
bringing us to heaven.

2 Timothy 4:2
“Preach the Word; be prepared in season
and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage with great patience and
careful instruction.”

2 Timothy 4:2 (MSG)
‘I can’t impress this on you too strongly.
God is looking over your shoulder.
Christ himself is the Judge, with the
final say on everyone, living and dead.
He is about to break into the open with
his rule, so proclaim the Message with
intensity; keep on your watch.
Challenge, warn, and urge your people.
Don’t ever quit. Just keep it simple.’

There is evil everywhere – Preach the
Word!
There is unbelief – Preach the Word!
There is ungodliness - Preach the Word!
There is lethargy - Preach the Word!

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