Jesus said in John 10:35 that scripture cannot be broken yet Christians break many scripture today. We break scripture that command: love, forgiveness, concern for the unfaithful, living pure lives, winning souls and studying the Word of God. The result is sin, due penalty and people being lost.
2. John 10:30-38
30 I and My Father are one.”
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to
stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them,
“Many good works I have shown you
from My Father. For which of those
works do you stone Me?”
3. John 10:30-38
33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a
good work we do not stone You, but for
blasphemy, and because You, being a
Man, make Yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written
in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 If
4. John 10:30-38
He called them gods, to whom the word
of God came (and the Scripture cannot
be broken), 36 do you say of Him whom
the Father sanctified and sent into the
world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I
said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I do not
5. John 10:30-38
do the works of My Father, do not
believe Me; 38 but if I do, though you do
not believe Me, believe the works, that
you may know and believe that the
Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
6. John 10:35
“If He called them gods, to whom
the word of God came (and the
Scripture cannot be broken), …”
7. Some Say Scripture Can Be Broken
• Jews with their “Corban”
• Progressive Academicians (not inspired)
• Later day revelations
• New moral standards/cultural norms
• Some brethren (add to/take from)
8. Jesus Said It Cannot Be Broken
• From heaven’s viewpoint (God’s word
established forever)
• From Jesus’ own viewpoint (“not one
jot or tittle will pass from the law till
all is fulfilled”)
9. Why Scripture Cannot be Broken
• It is given by God
• History proves it correct (Prophecy)
• The scriptures (the Gospel) save
• The scriptures will judge us
14. Matthew 6:14,15
14 “For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not
forgive men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
15. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
16. Galatians 6:1,2
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any
trespass, you who are spiritual restore
such a one in a spirit of gentleness,
considering yourself lest you also be
tempted. Bear one another’s burdens,
and so fulfill the law of Christ.
17. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
• Forsaking the assembly
18. Hebrews 10:24,25
24 And let us consider one another in order
to stir up love and good works, 25 not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much the
more as you see the Day approaching.
19. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
• Forsaking the assembly
• Living pure lives
20. Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are
evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions,
dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,
21. Galatians 5:19-21
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of
which I tell you beforehand, just as I also
told you in time past, that those who
practice such things will not inherit the
kingdom of God.
22. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
• Forsaking the assembly
• Living pure lives
• Winning Souls
23. Mark 16:15,16
15 And He said to them, “Go into all
the world and preach the gospel to
every creature. 16 He who believes
and is baptized will be saved; but he
who does not believe will be
condemned.
24. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
• Forsaking the assembly
• Living pure lives
• Winning Souls
• Studying the Word
25. 2Timothy 2:15
Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God, a worker who
does not need to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
26. 2Timothy 2:15 (KJV)
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
27. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
• Forsaking the assembly
• Living pure lives
• Winning Souls
• Studying the Word
32. Ezekiel 18:4
“Behold, all souls are Mine;
The soul of the father
As well as the soul of the son is
Mine;
The soul who sins shall die.
33. Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
34. Results of Breaking Scripture
• Sin!
• Due Penalty
• Could be lost and cause others to be lost
35. Revelation 22:14,15
14 Blessed are those who do His
commandments, that they may have the
right to the tree of life, and may enter
through the gates into the city. 15 But outside
are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral
and murderers and idolaters, and whoever
loves and practices a lie.
36. Hebrews 2:1-4
1 Therefore we must give the more
earnest heed to the things we have
heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the
word spoken through angels proved
steadfast, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just reward,
37. Hebrews 2:1-4
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so
great a salvation, which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord, and was
confirmed to us by those who heard
Him,
38. Hebrews 2:1-4
4 God also bearing witness both with
signs and wonders, with various miracles,
and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to
His own will?
39. Some Scripture Christians Break
• Love for each other
• Refuse to forgive
• Lack of concern for the unfaithful
• Forsaking the assembly
• Living pure lives
• Winning Souls
• Studying the Word
40. Results of Breaking Scripture
• Sin!
• Due Penalty
• Could be lost and cause others to be lost