Scripture: Various
Interpreting Scripture
Literal
Historical
Contextual
New Testament is the authority for faith & order of the church
1. Teaching/doctrinal passages interpret historical passages
2. Clear passages interpret obscure passages.
3. Deliberate teaching passages interpret incidental passages.
Hermeneutics are your rules and methods for interpreting the Bible.
Sufficient Scripture
God’s Word is enough
Ps 119:89
John 17:17
Titus 1:2
2 Timothy 3:16–17
1. What Paul preached & taught
2. Brought Timothy to salvation
3. God’s inspired Words
4. Sufficient for:
* Know what is right
* Know what is not right
* How get wrong right
* How to keep right
2 Thess 2:15 – Traditions were taught by Apostles
Mark 7:9, 13 – Traditions over God’s Word
Church History:
Martin Luther & Ulrich Zwingli
Protestant Reformation
Anabaptist movement
Creeds & Confessions
Creed – formal pledge to doctrinal statements
Confession – more comprehensive statement of beliefs
Hebrews 4:12
Mark 7:9, 13
FBC Articles of Faith
We believe in the historic authority and sufficiency of the Holy Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, as originally written; that it was verbally and plenarily inspired and is the product of Spirit-controlled men, and therefore is infallible and inerrant in all matters of which it speaks.
Psalm 119:17–19
Take Aways
- Is the Bible enough for you?
- Do you turn to the Bible?
- Do you treasure, study, & memorize it?
- Do you compare world’s truth to the Bible?
- Do you take your own thoughts captive and compare to Bible?
- Have you trusted Jesus as your Savior?
