As far as the Old
Testament is concerned, Moses "wrote
all of the words of the Lord" (Exodus 24:4), and David confessed, "His
word was in my tongue" (2 Samual 23:2). Jeremiah was told to "diminish
not a word" (Jeremiah 25:2), and the prophets
consistently declared "Thus
sayith the Lord" (Judges 6:8; 2 Samual 7:5;
Isaiah 7:7; Haggai 1:5; Zechariah 1:3). Jesus promised Divine inspiration of
the New Testament as well. He promised the
disciples He would send the Holy Spirit who would
teach them, and help them to remember the things
they had seen and heard when Jesus was among them
(John 14:26). All these, individually
or collectively, show:
"All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in
righteousness:" (2 Timothy 3:16)
Therefore, the
Word of God is inerrant, and as such, the Old
Testament stands as proof of the First Coming of
the Lord, and the New Testament stands as proof
of future prophecies and His Second Coming.
There is no
sequel, prequel or continuation of the Gospel.
God divinely provided His Word during a specific
period of time as a 'completed work'. What He
requires of us is to live by faith in the facts
His Word provides:
"For
therein is the righteousness of God revealed from
faith to faith: as it is written. The just shall
live by faith." (Romans 1:17)
"Behold,
his soul which is lifted up is not upright in
him: but the just shall live by his faith."
(Habakkuk 2:4)
An account of
every sin that can be committed, every problem
that man would ever face and their solution is in
His Word...there is no need to add to It. We can,
and we do 'hear God'...every time we read His
Word, and seek guidance from the Holy Spirit as
we do:
"But
the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual
judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of
no man." (1 Corinthians 2:14-15)
Every problem we
will ever face, and its' solution, is already
covered in the Bible. To find the answer, we must
seek it spiritually, prayerfully and with faith.
Keith
04-18-2003
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