Day 97-9/5/2016

Consider these Bible principles:

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I. The Bible Completely Reveals All God’s Will for Us.

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Everything that God considers to be good and approved, is revealed to us in the gospel.

John 16:13 (14:26) — The Holy Spirit revealed all truth to the apostles. This is the truth that, as already studied, they wrote in the Scriptures.

Acts 20:20,27 — Paul preached the whole counsel of God, keeping back nothing that was profitable.

2 Timothy 3:16,17 — All good works are recorded in the Scriptures. In this way, the inspired Scriptures are profitable to teach and instruct men in righteousness, etc.

2 Peter 1:3; 1:12-15; 3:1,2— In Peter’s lifetime, people received all things that pertain to life and godliness. He then wrote these things down so that, even after he died, we could be reminded of the words of Jesus’ apostles and prophets.

James 1:25 — This word of truth, by which men are born again and saved (vv 18,21), is the perfect law of liberty.

The Bible does not claim to reveal all things that are not part of Divine truth, that do not pertain to godliness, that are not part of good works or righteousness, that are not profitable to being born again and saved. But all truth that is profitable to these things is revealed. We need no further revelation because the Bible completely reveals all God’s will for man. From it we can learn all that pleases God and leads to eternal salvation.

Consider the consequence of this for doctrines and practices not revealed in the Bible. Since the Bible contains all truth and all good works and everything that pertains to life, godliness, and righteousness, does it not follow that, that any practice not found there is not true, not a good work, not righteous, and does not pertain to life or godliness? How then can we practice these things and expect to please God?

[Matt. 28:20; Col. 4:12; Jude 3; Hebrews. 13:20,31; John 20:30,31; 1 John 1:1-4; 2:1-6.]