So What?
In view of Tim's excellent and hugely important current series of posts showing us why we have good and sufficient reasons for believing that the Bible is truly the Word of God, I thought it good to respond by saying----- so what? That is, so what difference must this make in our lives in response to the reality that the Bible is indeed the very Word of the infinite-personal God?
I know of perhaps no better succinct description of what our response must be than how it is said in the great Westminster Confession of Faith, where in connection with how true saving faith ---that is, that genuine trust which accepts, receives, and rests upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life--- expresses itself, it says:
"...... a Christian believes to be true whatever is revealed in the Word, because of the authority of God himself speaking in it. He also responds differently to what each particular passage contains-----obeying the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come." (WCF Chapter 14, Section 2).
And so, 2 questions: Are you? Am I?
I know of perhaps no better succinct description of what our response must be than how it is said in the great Westminster Confession of Faith, where in connection with how true saving faith ---that is, that genuine trust which accepts, receives, and rests upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life--- expresses itself, it says:
"...... a Christian believes to be true whatever is revealed in the Word, because of the authority of God himself speaking in it. He also responds differently to what each particular passage contains-----obeying the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come." (WCF Chapter 14, Section 2).
And so, 2 questions: Are you? Am I?
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