Sola scriptura (Latin ablative, "by scripture alone") is the declaration that the Bible as God's written word is self-authenticating, infallible and inerrant, expressed clearly to the reasonable reader, its own interpreter ("Scripture interprets Scripture"), and sufficient of itself to be the final authority of the teachings of the Christian religion.
As a Christian, I believe in the inerrancy of Scripture because all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16). Scripture alone is the formal principle of the faith, the final authority for all matters of faith and morals because of its inspiration, authority, clarity, efficacy, and sufficiency.
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By means of divine inspiration the writers of Scriptures spoke with authority concerning unknown past, wrote by divine guidance the historical portions, reveals the law, penned the devotional literature of the Bible, recorded the comtemporary prophetic message, and prophecies the future. Inspiration extended equally to all Scripture.
ReplyDelete"Sola scriptura...is the declaration that the Bible...is infallible and inerrant"
ReplyDeleteYou sure the Bible is inerrant?
We cannot prove that the passages in the Bible are all true. There are major gaps in the archaeological record. For example, there is no hard evidence that Abraham, Moses and other early Bible characters before the time of David and Solomon actually existed. There is no concrete archeological evidence that any of the major events prior to birth of David actually happened. (e.g. expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, the building of the tower of Babel, the Israelites' slavery in Egypt, the Exodus, etc).
Even if there is, it only proves the people existed but does not prove what they wrote was without error. The Bible itself claims inerrancy; but those passages could themselves conceivably be in error.
You cannot prove the inerrancy of the Bible...
"As a Christian, I believe in the inerrancy of Scripture"
Thus now as a Christian, can you defend your faith in the inerrancy of the Bible which you so boldly declare and believe as the final authority of the Christian faith?
I hold to the view of “Verbal Plenary Inspiration” which means, “God directed the authors of Scripture to write without waiving their intelligence, their individuality, their personal feelings, their literary style, or any other human factor of expression.” Therefore, God inspired the authors to write Scripture for mankind without inerrancy in the original languages of Scripture.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point of view when you said that Scripture alone is the formal principle of the faith, the final authority for all matters of faith and morals because of its inspiration, authority, clarity, efficacy, and sufficiency. I too believe in the inerrancy of Scripture.
ReplyDeleteBut the scripture you quoted was during the time when the New Testament was not formed yet. Thus thus scripture verse only points to the Old Testament. Paul was not refering to the New Testament as God-Breathed. Therefore, can the verse you quoted still defend inerrancy of the whole Bible?
ReplyDeleteIS it possible to prove the inerrancy of the Scripture without the element of faith?
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