Topic: Authority of the Bible
Submitted by: Mwgcpa
Premise:
The Bible is the inspired word of God. It was given to us to provide everything we would need to know to get ourselves right with God. Our common authority comes from God. He has the master plan. What he has revealed to us he has guided by the Holy Spirit into a compilation called the Bible. Everything we need to understand what God wants from us is there. If it were not, he would have told us so in the Bible. Instead, he says this is all we need, don't change it or add to it. If we can agree on this, everything else will simply be a matter of prayer and study.
Citation:
given to us for a purpose. "...given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness..." II Timothy 4:16
and is complete and unchanging. "...but though we, or an
angle from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
Galatians 1:8