GOD HAS SPOKEN - by Ric Pointer

The whole Bible is based on this truth. Genesis 1:1-3 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

God has spoken to man: 1Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. Hebrews 1:1 -3

In one of James Montgomery Boice’s final books he wrote something that has often come to my mind. He wrote about the Bible and said that as far as he could see the battle over the inerrancy of the Bible had been fought and won. The Bible is without error. But the battle for the sufficiency of the Bible was just beginning. Will the Bible be enough for us? Will we affirm that the Bible is sufficient to guide us in all of life?

Paul describes the Bible this way in 2 Timothy 3:16–17: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”

Notice that Paul says “all” of Scripture, not just part of it, but all of it comes from God. So we should see the Bible as a different kind of book from any other book there is. In the entire Bible, God tells us what he wants us to know. Not just parts of the Bible come from God, but all of it is God’s own word to us. Also, notice that the Bible is “breathed out by God.” This is a way of saying that it comes from God’s own mouth. God speaks and breathes out the very books that form the Bibles that we have. Paul’s main point is that the Bible should be seen as God’s Word. God has revealed Himself! That a man knows God and, knowing God, knows also himself and all other things is due to the fact that God has spoken." Apart from God’s revelation. If God does not speak—there is no knowledge of God. There cannot be any knowledge of God. Man is shut off from God in ignorance and spiritual blindness. It all depends God. He has spoken, thus God can be known by every man. Because God has spoken, God must be known by every man. And because God has spoken, God is in fact known by every man. Man may stop his ears at the speech of God. He may turn away from God’s word. He may attempt to shout down the voice of God. No matter. God has spoken! And no man can alter that fact. God has spoken loudly. God has spoken clearly. And God has spoken authoritatively." (1)

(1 Protestant Reformed Churches in America )