The Bible, Our Only Guide in Religion

If the Bible is inspired of God, and there is overwhelming evidence (internal and external) to support that it is, then it is the only divinely authorized guide for men (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 3:15, 16).

Christians have nothing except the Bible to offer relating to instructions from God for how to live and prepare for eternity. The church we read about in the New Testament has no earthly official or representative, no earthly headquarters and no written creed but the Bible (Matt. 23:9; Matt. 17:5; 1 Cor. 4:6; Heb. 1:1, 2; Rev. 22:18, 19).

If someone were to ask me, “What do you believe?” I would say, “The Bible.” If the question were more specific, then I would direct the querist to the appropriate Bible passages that dealt with that particular issue.

Ben Franklin, the gospel preacher, wrote the following: First, any creed containing more than the Bible is objectionable because it does contain more than the Bible. Second, any creed containing less than the Bible is objectionable because it does contain less than the Bible. Third, any creed differing from the Bible is objectionable because it does differ from the Bible. Forth, any creed precisely like the Bible is useless, because we have the Bible.

From where does your religious instruction come? Jeremiah wrote, “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jer. 10:23). Man has accomplished much in science but he lacks the ability to find his way to heaven.

God has revealed the answers to all questions pertaining to religion, but we must study for ourselves rather than let someone tell us what is in the Bible (2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Thess. 5:21; 2 Pet 1:10; 1 John 4:1). One cannot go wrong by using the Bible for spiritual guidance.

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