The Authority of the Bible

(Lk4:16-30)



God is the Head of all authorities (Rm13:1).

All authorities come from Him, and

He acknowledges the authority of he who acknowledges His authority.



Faith is completely falling before His authority, and

The life of this faith is accepting His Word as-is even if it costs one's life.



The extent of one's power is determined by the origin of his authority, and

In today's society that would be the highest court, whose authority one cannot defy.



The Bible has the greatest authority over all the books in the world (Jn10:35) for

It contains the Word of God.

As such, in awe men made its copies in the past and

In awe they read it to this day.



The authority of the Bible is:

1)     Its origin ” God, the Holy Spirit (2TI3:15);

2)     Its record of how the Word was fulfilled ” the past ” the prophecies and their fulfillment (Mt11:13; Jn19:30);

3)     The fact the Word is still being fulfilled ” the present ” signs, the Truth (Mk16:20); and

4)     It applies to all men ” whether they know or not, believe or not, no one is irrelevant (Jn3:16).



Through one man Adam, the ancestor all mankind, came

Sin to all and death ruled over them (Rm5:12) for

Deceived by the devil who challenged the authority of God in heaven (Is4:12-15; Ge3:4-5),

Adam broke the Word of God, challenging His authority.



The Bible nevertheless illustrates how the Word of God is surely fulfilled:

Rebekah was ready to be cursed for the Word to be fulfilled (Ge25:23, 27:13);

In addition to the conquest of Canaan. Joshua wrote about

How every Word of God was fulfilled (Jos1:1. 21:43-45); and

Even the word regarding gentile kings like

Cyrus and Nebuchadnezzar was all fulfilled (2Ch36:22; Da4:33).



The sanctuary where the name of the Lord God was

Reminded the Israelites that the Word of God is surely fulfilled.



But Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would fulfill what the prophets wrote and give authority to the Old Testament, and

Also fulfill what He Himself would say at the time and prove the authority of His Word.



As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:

1)     Completely submitted to the authority of the Father (Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);

2)     Condemned the devil who as a creature challenged the authority of God; and

3)     Redeemed men who sinned because of their ignorance.



Then the Father raised Him from the dead and

Gave the greatest authority to His Word.



The Holy Spirit who came in the name Yeshua

Lets those who witnessed and experienced recall what He said and

Recorded them ” that is, the New Testament, and

Lets believers submit before the authority of His Word (Mt28:18-20).



The Christian is he who

Gives the greatest authority to the Bible, and

Thus prostrates his life before Him for

He believes that whether he knows or not, whether he believes or not (Jn3:16-18),

The Word of the Bible is surely to be fulfilled, and so

He longs for not the Word regarding curse

But the Word regarding blessing would be fulfilled in him.



O Lord,

Let not even one of us be destroyed

Because of our ignorance.

Let us all fall flat before the authority of the Bible! Amen.