Holding forth the Word of Life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ
Philippians 2:16
Trinity Reformed Baptist Church
Topeka Kansas -
THE BIBLE STANDS
The Bible stands like a rock undaunted mid the raging storms of time;
Its pages burn with the truth eternal and they glow with a light sublime.
The Bible stands like a mountain towering far above the works of man;
Its truth by none ever was refuted, and destroy it they never can.
The Bible stands and it will forever when the world has passed away;
By inspiration it has been given all its precepts I will obey.
The Bible stands every test we give it, for its author is divine;
By grace alone I expect to live it, and to prove it and make it mine.
The Bible stands thou the hills may tumble,
It shall firmly stand when the earth shall crumble
I will plant my feet on the firm foundation for the Bible stands.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be
spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard Him.
Heb 2:3
The Holy Bible
For ever, O LORD, Thy Word is settled in Heaven.
Psalm 119:89
How to Study and Understand the Holy Bible.
The Bible is the incontestable, incorruptible, indestructible, and indispensable
Word of God. No one can argue with it. Nothing can corrupt it. Nothing can destroy
it. Nothing can replace it as the source and wellspring of life. The late Dr. Robert
G. Lee, a great preacher of the last generation, said this about the Bible: “All
of its enemies have not torn one hole in its holy vesture, or stolen one flower from
its wonderful garden, nor diluted one drop of honey from its abundant hive, nor broken
one string of its thousand-
The Honest Use of Scripture
"Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition
. . . . . . and many such like things do ye" Mark 7:13.
Our Lord Jesus Christ uttered these sharp words of rebuke to the scribes and Pharisees, who had encumbered the plain teachings of Scripture with their numerous "interpretations" which enabled them to ignore whatever teachings they found inconvenient. The Lord Jesus Himself always took the Scriptures literally and as of divine authority, and so must we.
Furthermore, He taught that every word was true and authoritative: "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled" (Matthew 15:18). He also said that "the scripture cannot be broken" (John 13:35).
Skeptics may pose certain difficulties in the Bible, evolutionists may ridicule its account of creation, and sinners in general may try to wriggle away from its moral constraints, but the Scripture cannot be broken! Jesus said, "He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My Words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day" (John 14:48).
Jesus Christ Himself is the living Word of God, and we dare not tamper with the written Word inspired by the Holy Spirit. Our Lord Jesus Christ could and did on many occasions extend and apply the Old Testament Scriptures, because He Himself was their Author, but Christ never questioned their factuality or literal accuracy, and neither should we.
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Nevertheless, many modern "alleged Christian intellectuals', and many cultists are following in the example of the Pharisees, rather than that of Christ, "wresting the Scriptures" for their gain but "unto their own destruction" (II Peter 3:16).
We have no authority to use only the easy to accept portions of God's Word, but we must proclaim and believe the Whole Counsel of God's Word.
For the great Apostle Paul has stated, "For I have not shunned to declare unto you All the Counsel of God has spoken plainly in His Word. It is our responsibility to believe and do what He says.)
Has it ever occurred to you that the first Christians did not have a Holy Bible or New Testament to guide them. They only had some copies of the Old Testament Scriptures, which the Holy Spirit used to direct the Apostles to correctly interpret and apply, as they wrote the final cannon of scriptures years later. Now we are blessed to have the completed and final Word of God to guide us in our daily walk, to honor our Lord.
Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen,
and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His
disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have
life through His name. John 20:28-
AMEN!