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THE SCRIPTURES The Holy Bible was written by men
divinely inspired and is the record of God’s revelation of Himself to man. It
is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author,
salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
It reveals the principles by which God judges us; and therefore is, and will
remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the
supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions
should be tried. The criterion by which the Bible is to be interpreted is Jesus
Christ. Exodus 24:4; Deut. 4:1-2; Deut. 17:19;
Joshua 8:34; Psalm 19:7-10; Psalm 119:11, 89, 105, 140; Isaiah 34:16; Isaiah
40:8; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 36; Matthew 5:17-18; Matthew 22:29; Luke 21:33;
Luke 24:44-46; John 5:39; John 16:13-15; John 17:17; Acts 2:16ff; Acts 17:11;
Romans 15:4; Romans 16:25-26; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; Hebrews 4:12; 1
Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:19-21 |