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- Question 4.
- What is the Word of God?
- Answer:
- The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, being given by divine inspiration, are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
( 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16,17; Isaiah 8:20 ) - Question 5.
- How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God?
- Answer:
- The Bible evidences itself to be God's Word by the heavenliness of its doctrine, the unity of its parts, its power to convert sinners and to edify saints; but the Spirit of God only, bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in our hearts, is able fully to persuade us that the Bible is the Word of God.
( 1 Corinthians 2:6,7,13; Psalm 119:18, 129; Acts 10:43, 26:22; Acts 18:28; Hebrews 4:12; Psalm 19:7-9; Romans 15:4; John 16:13,14; 1 John 2:20-27; 2 Corinthians 3:14-17 ) - Question 6.
- May all men make use of the Scriptures?
- Answer:
- All men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted, to read, hear, and understand the Scriptures.
( John 5:39; Luke 16:29; Acts 8:28-30, 17:11 ) - Question 7.
- What do the Scriptures principally teach?
- Answer:
- The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God and what duty God requires of man.
( 2 Timothy 3:16,17; John 20:31; Acts 24:14; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Ecclesiastes 12:13)
See: 1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter1: Of the Holy Scriptures
Introduction and First Questions
Of the Holy Scriptures
Of God and of the Holy Trinity
Of God's Decrees
Of Creation
Of Divine Providence
Of the fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Of Gods Covenant
Of Christ the Mediator
Of Effectual Calling
Of Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance and the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Of the State of Man After Death, the Resurrection of the Dead, and the Last Judgement
Of the Moral Law
The First Table of the Law
The Second Table of the Law
Of the Purpose of the Law
Of Saving Faith and Repentance Unto Life and Salvation
Of the Ordinances of God as Means of Grace
Of Baptism
Of the Church
Of the Lord's Supper
Of Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
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