011. Bible, All-Sufficiency of the

011. Bible, All-Sufficiency of the

11 ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF THE BIBLE 2 Timothy 3:16-17

INTRODUCTION God is all-wise, hence he knows all man’s needs.

He is all-powerful, hence he can supply man’s needs.

He is infinitely good, hence he will supply all of man’s needs.

I. BIBLE WAS NOT GIVE N ALL AT ONE TIME 1. Sixteen hundred years from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21.

2. God spoke at diff erent tim es. (Hebrews 1:1.) Yet it all harmonizes.

3. Inspiration does not make a truth truer, but guided the writer in writing only the truth.

II. ONLY FOUR NEEDS OF MAN (These are all amply supplied) 1. Need of teaching.

(a) No anim al so ignorant at birth as man . (b) With all classes of all ages there is a uni versal human need for knowledge. Jeremiah 10:23.) (c) The word of God supplies this. A thorough knowledge of God implies all the education one needs.

2. Need of reproof.

(a) Human intentional wrong-doing and human unintentional wrong-doing. (b) Every intentional wrong should be reproved. (1 Timothy 5:20; Titus 1:13.) (c) The Bible teaches just how, when and in what spirit to reprove. (d) When the reproof is given as God directs and received as he directs, it always corrects the wrong.

3. Need of correction.

(a) Unintentional wrongs should be corrected. (b) The Bible is profitable for correction. (2 Timothy 3:16.) (c) It must be done in the spirit of meekness. (Galatians 6:1.) (d) There is a difference between reproving a wrong and correcting one.

4. Need of instruction in righteousness.

(a) Instruction-to build up from within. (b) Man must be built up in the things of God.

CONCLUSION: Grand purpose of it all:

1. That the man of God may be complete.

2. Completely furnished for every good work.