Sola Scriptura in the Scriptures
Before we begin to look at perhaps the most remarkable doctrinal statement of fidelity to the written word of God, especially its place in history, I want to set before you some distinguishing marks out of the Scripture itself. Before we get to church history, what are those distinguishing marks out of the Bible itself?
The Inspiration of Scripture
2 Timothy 3:16 – Every jot, tittle, chapter, verse, every book is God-breathed. It has come out of the mouth of God. It was not the authors who were inspired, but the Scripture that was inspired. The authors were the instruments in the hands of God who would record what God wanted them to write, using their own temperaments and vocabulary and background and experience.
Matthew 4:4 – Every word of Scripture comes out of the mouth of God. It is as though divine revelation in the Bible has come down from God above.
Hebrews 4:12 – It is living and active. This book is alive! This book has the life of God within it because it is the very breath of God. It is inspired by God.
John 6:63 – The words I am speaking to you are spirit and are life.
The Inerrancy of Scripture
Because the Bible is God-breathed, it is the Word of God. And because God is holy, God cannot lie. God is truth and so every word of God is true.
Titus 1:2 – God cannot lie. Are there some things God cannot do? Yes. God cannot sin, cannot deny Himself, cannot lie.
Hebrews 6:18 – It is impossible for God to lie.
John 17:17 - Your word is Truth
Proverbs 30:5 – Every word of God is tested
And so we uphold, with the Puritans, the very inerrancy of the Word of God. Let God be found true, and every man a liar.
The Infallibility of Scripture
All that is recorded in Scripture must come to pass. The word of the Lord cannot fail.
Isaiah 40:8 – The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word endures forever.
Matthew 5:18 – Until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the law until all is accomplished.
John 10:35 – The Scripture cannot be broken
The Authority of Scripture
Because the word of God is inspired, infallible, inerrant, it comes with the authority of God Himself. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. And when God speaks, He speaks with sovereign authority in His Word.
Psalm 19:7 – The law of the lord is perfect. These are not the suggestions, options, or considerations of the Lord. This is the law of the Lord, and it its binding upon every man’s conscience.
Psalm 19:8 – The commandment of the Lord is pure. It is the very commandment of God to every man and every woman.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 – This we say to you by the Word of the Lord.
The Perspicuity of the Scripture
The Word of God is clear, understandable, a lucid revelation.
Matthew 22:31 – Have you not read? Do you have two eyeballs? Do you have two brain cells that are connected between your ears? Can you not process the clear revelation in the Word of God?
Matthew 19:4 – Have you not read?
God has so clearly spoken in His word that no man can render the excuse, “Well, I did not understand what God is saying.” God has not stuttered. He’s spoken with precision and accuracy, and it’s an understandable message. We need the illumination of the Spirit, yes. But any misunderstanding is the fault of man, not the Bible. He has spoken with abundant clarity.
Rome said, “The man and woman in the pew cannot understand the Bible. That’s why we won’t translate it into your language. That’s why the preaching is in Latin. That’s why we’ll tell you what to believe. You are incapable.” And that’s why the Reformers said, “No, the boy plowing the field will know more than the Pope!”
The Sufficiency of Scripture
The Word of God is able to accomplish all of God’s purposes here upon the earth as the Word of God is brought to bear upon the issues of the men in this world.
Isaiah 55:11 – God’s redemptive purposes will be carried out in this world by the Word of God which is sufficient to do all He desires to do. It is powerful to convict, to convert, to conform, to console, correct. The Word of God is powerful, more powerful than any other object than you and I will ever hold in our ends.
1 Peter 1:23 – Peter says, you’ve been born again of seed that is imperishable. There is so much light in this Book that when it’s planted in the soil of human hearts, when God causes that seed to germinate, it brings forth eternal life. This Book alone sanctifies and conforms believers into the very image of Christ.
The Immutability of Scripture
It will never change.
Psalm 119:89 – Forever O Lord your word is settled in heaven
Psalm 119:160 – Every one of your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Right will always be right. Wrong will always be wrong. The way of salvation will forever be the way of salvation. God’s revelation is unchanging because God Himself is immutable and unchanging.
The Invincibility of Scripture
It is a superior weapon in the hand of the man or woman of God as it is wielded.
Jeremiah 23:29 – Like a fire and a hammer which shatters
Hebrews 4:12 – Sharper than a two-edged sword
What a powerfully penetrating instrument is the Word of the living God. It is an invincible weapon.
The Finality of Scripture
There is no new revelation to be given to man after the close of the canon of Scripture. We have the faith once and for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3).
Revelation 22:18 – If anyone adds, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book.
Original sources: Strange Fire
Before we begin to look at perhaps the most remarkable doctrinal statement of fidelity to the written word of God, especially its place in history, I want to set before you some distinguishing marks out of the Scripture itself. Before we get to church history, what are those distinguishing marks out of the Bible itself?
The Inspiration of Scripture
2 Timothy 3:16 – Every jot, tittle, chapter, verse, every book is God-breathed. It has come out of the mouth of God. It was not the authors who were inspired, but the Scripture that was inspired. The authors were the instruments in the hands of God who would record what God wanted them to write, using their own temperaments and vocabulary and background and experience.
Matthew 4:4 – Every word of Scripture comes out of the mouth of God. It is as though divine revelation in the Bible has come down from God above.
Hebrews 4:12 – It is living and active. This book is alive! This book has the life of God within it because it is the very breath of God. It is inspired by God.
John 6:63 – The words I am speaking to you are spirit and are life.
The Inerrancy of Scripture
Because the Bible is God-breathed, it is the Word of God. And because God is holy, God cannot lie. God is truth and so every word of God is true.
Titus 1:2 – God cannot lie. Are there some things God cannot do? Yes. God cannot sin, cannot deny Himself, cannot lie.
Hebrews 6:18 – It is impossible for God to lie.
John 17:17 - Your word is Truth
Proverbs 30:5 – Every word of God is tested
And so we uphold, with the Puritans, the very inerrancy of the Word of God. Let God be found true, and every man a liar.
The Infallibility of Scripture
All that is recorded in Scripture must come to pass. The word of the Lord cannot fail.
Isaiah 40:8 – The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word endures forever.
Matthew 5:18 – Until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the law until all is accomplished.
John 10:35 – The Scripture cannot be broken
The Authority of Scripture
Because the word of God is inspired, infallible, inerrant, it comes with the authority of God Himself. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. And when God speaks, He speaks with sovereign authority in His Word.
Psalm 19:7 – The law of the lord is perfect. These are not the suggestions, options, or considerations of the Lord. This is the law of the Lord, and it its binding upon every man’s conscience.
Psalm 19:8 – The commandment of the Lord is pure. It is the very commandment of God to every man and every woman.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 – This we say to you by the Word of the Lord.
The Perspicuity of the Scripture
The Word of God is clear, understandable, a lucid revelation.
Matthew 22:31 – Have you not read? Do you have two eyeballs? Do you have two brain cells that are connected between your ears? Can you not process the clear revelation in the Word of God?
Matthew 19:4 – Have you not read?
God has so clearly spoken in His word that no man can render the excuse, “Well, I did not understand what God is saying.” God has not stuttered. He’s spoken with precision and accuracy, and it’s an understandable message. We need the illumination of the Spirit, yes. But any misunderstanding is the fault of man, not the Bible. He has spoken with abundant clarity.
Rome said, “The man and woman in the pew cannot understand the Bible. That’s why we won’t translate it into your language. That’s why the preaching is in Latin. That’s why we’ll tell you what to believe. You are incapable.” And that’s why the Reformers said, “No, the boy plowing the field will know more than the Pope!”
The Sufficiency of Scripture
The Word of God is able to accomplish all of God’s purposes here upon the earth as the Word of God is brought to bear upon the issues of the men in this world.
Isaiah 55:11 – God’s redemptive purposes will be carried out in this world by the Word of God which is sufficient to do all He desires to do. It is powerful to convict, to convert, to conform, to console, correct. The Word of God is powerful, more powerful than any other object than you and I will ever hold in our ends.
1 Peter 1:23 – Peter says, you’ve been born again of seed that is imperishable. There is so much light in this Book that when it’s planted in the soil of human hearts, when God causes that seed to germinate, it brings forth eternal life. This Book alone sanctifies and conforms believers into the very image of Christ.
The Immutability of Scripture
It will never change.
Psalm 119:89 – Forever O Lord your word is settled in heaven
Psalm 119:160 – Every one of your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Right will always be right. Wrong will always be wrong. The way of salvation will forever be the way of salvation. God’s revelation is unchanging because God Himself is immutable and unchanging.
The Invincibility of Scripture
It is a superior weapon in the hand of the man or woman of God as it is wielded.
Jeremiah 23:29 – Like a fire and a hammer which shatters
Hebrews 4:12 – Sharper than a two-edged sword
What a powerfully penetrating instrument is the Word of the living God. It is an invincible weapon.
The Finality of Scripture
There is no new revelation to be given to man after the close of the canon of Scripture. We have the faith once and for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3).
Revelation 22:18 – If anyone adds, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book.
Original sources: Strange Fire
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