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The Bible is Authoritative because God is Authoritative
The Bible is Authoritative because God is Authoritative
Posted by Erik Raymond on 08/04/2010
I found this quote helpful and encouraging. In particular, I was reminded of my finiteness as well as the blessing and authority of the Bible. Enjoy!
The creatorship of God tells us that all reality is God's reality; all truth is God's truth. Nothing exists except by the will and word of God. One could write whole books on the implication of creation for a Christian approach to education, politics, economics, family life, moral values, or scientific research. If we believe in God as Creator, we may not divide the world into spiritual and secular.
The fact that all reality depends upon the creative word of God means that the word of God must judge the ideas of men about truth and error, not the other way round. Thus the Christian doctrine of the authority of Scripture has its roots in the Creation.
But we also need to be reminded of the relationship of God's word to the reasoning of man the creature about what is true--one does not take a pocket flashlight and shine it on the sun to see if the sun is real! The truth of God's word cannot be subjected to the puny light of man's self-centered reason. God's word created what is and must interpret what is. --Graeme Goldsworthy, The Goldsworthy Trilogy, pp. 58-59.
I'm feeling Baptist at this point...AMEN!
Needful of Grace,
Erik
The creatorship of God tells us that all reality is God's reality; all truth is God's truth. Nothing exists except by the will and word of God. One could write whole books on the implication of creation for a Christian approach to education, politics, economics, family life, moral values, or scientific research. If we believe in God as Creator, we may not divide the world into spiritual and secular.
The fact that all reality depends upon the creative word of God means that the word of God must judge the ideas of men about truth and error, not the other way round. Thus the Christian doctrine of the authority of Scripture has its roots in the Creation.
But we also need to be reminded of the relationship of God's word to the reasoning of man the creature about what is true--one does not take a pocket flashlight and shine it on the sun to see if the sun is real! The truth of God's word cannot be subjected to the puny light of man's self-centered reason. God's word created what is and must interpret what is. --Graeme Goldsworthy, The Goldsworthy Trilogy, pp. 58-59.
I'm feeling Baptist at this point...AMEN!
Needful of Grace,
Erik