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I. BIBLIOLOGY - Doctrine of the Scripture or Teaching of Scripture
The Bible is the inerrant Word of God, (completely true, exempt from error), (Ps. 119:89; 2 Tim. 3:16,
2 Pet. 1:20, 21: Matt. 5:17,18). The Bible is not liable to deceive; it is infallible because of its Author,
who is God 2 Timothy 3:16.The Bible contains. Canonicity) 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 of the New Testament. The Bible
is God-breathed (inspired) in its totality (Plenary), 2 Timothy 3:16. The original manuscripts were
divinely inspired and without error and God has preserved the truths for us today.Men wrote the Bible as the Holy Spirit led them (2 Pet. 1:20, 21). The writers were allowed,
by God, to express these truths in their individuality and yet express them in the very words God
wanted (verbal), Isa. 55:11).The Bible is God's supreme rule of faith and practice for man today and it has stood the
test of time. It is the beginning and final authority as to man's life for salvation and
sanctification and on the basis of its' claims are all other arguments settled.
Revelation is God's communication to man what is unknown or unknowable to him. The Bible is God's
primary communication with which all other revelation has to agree. In nature, God reveals Himself
(Rom. 1:19, 20; Ps. 19:1) but full knowledge only comes with the understanding of the Bible. God
revealed Himself in Christ Jesus (II Tim. 3:16; John 1:1, 14) but the understanding of Jesus
Christ is found only in the Bible (Jn. 20:31; Rom. 10:17). Also God guides the walk one is to take
through life in His Word (Ps. 119:1-16, 105). The Word of God is a closed book; there is not
new truths or revelation being added (Rev. 22:18,19).Illumination is the work of the Holy Spirit enabling one to understand God's Word
(I Cor. 2:11-16; John 16:8-16).Interpretation is of no private, mystical interpretation, or is it given to anyone for bolstering one's
own hobbyhorse doctrine but is to be interpreted literally unless other Scripture or context dictates
differently. The Dispensational understanding is needed to clearly understand God's total
work of creation and His historical working with men. The interpretation is man's attempt to
determine the intended meaning of Scripture (Luke 24:27; 2 Pet. 1:20; II Tim 2:15). Therefore, we
should keep in mind the Bible as a whole, the purpose of the Book in which the text is found, the
context of the passage, the words that are used, the historical setting in which the passage
was written and to whom the Book was written.The scripture today and the universal principles given in the following passages
need to be taken into account.
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1. All Scripture is by the inspiration of
God
2 Peter 1:19-21.
19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do
well to pay
attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until
the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you
must understand that no prophecy of
Scripture came about by the prophet's
own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had
its origin in the will of man, but
men spoke from God as they were carried along by the
Holy Spirit.
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2. Scripture is for our learning, correction,
and training in righteousness
2 Timothy 3:15-17
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become
convinced of, because
you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how
from infancy you have known the
holy Scriptures, which are able to make you
wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training
in
righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work.
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3. All Scripture is for learning from the
examples of events in history relating to the success
or failure of man’s
character, behavior morals and faith.
Romans 15:4,
14:11,
4:3, 23, 24,
3:10,
(If you desire to know more on this subject look in a concordance for words like
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written and mirror. You will see many verses relating to this truth)
Romans 15:4 - For everything that was written in the past was written to
teach us,
so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we
might have hope.
Rom 14:11 - It is written: "`as surely as I live,' says the Lord, `every knee
will bow
before me; every tongue will confess to God.'"
Rom 4:3, 23, 24 - What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God and
it was credited
to him as righteousness." 23 The words "it was credited to him"
were written not for him
alone, 24 but also for us, to whom God will credit
righteousness-for us who believe in him
who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Rom 3:10 - As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;
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4. We are to study Scripture handling it
correctly
2 Timothy 2:15
15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does
not need
to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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5. With all this we need to remember that
all scripture is for us. It accomplishes God’s
communication to us and we need
to take special note of God’s dispensation for the world
today, ‘all scripture
is for us but not all scripture is to us’ and we need to be sure we are
discovering His desire for us today. NIV
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