The Sufficiency of Scripture
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What do we mean when we talk about the sufficiency of Scripture? Jonathan Master explains this idea and why it is vital for the Church today. The bottom line: “We all need to be constantly reminded that God has given us everything we need for life and godliness in His Word.” Join Jeffery Stivason, Jeffrey Waddington, Michael Matossian, David Smith, and Martin Blocki as they unfold the ways that Scripture informs and transforms our lives. May we never forget that our God provides for our every need.
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The Sufficiency of Scripture - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
The Sufficiency of Scripture
A Place for Truth
Jeffrey Stivason, editor
600 Eden Road • Lancaster • Pennsylvania 17601
Table of Contents
1.Interview with Jonathan Master
2. Scripture, Sufficient for What? (Jeffrey Stivason)
3. Whatever You Do, Do It to the Glory of God (Jeffrey Waddington)
4.On Sufficiency and Decision Making (Michael Matossian)
5. A Word About Biblical Scholarship (David P. Smith)
6. Sufficiency and Biblical Counseling (Martin Blocki)
Notes
About
1. Interview [1]
Jonathan Master: [2] This year’s Blue Ridge Bible Conference is covering the doctrine of the Scriptures, and we thought that it would be worth interviewing each of the speakers from that conference. [3] As one of those speakers, I will serve as the guinea pig and hand over the interviewing responsibilities to my friend Dr. Jeff Stivason, pastor at Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church and editor at Place for Truth.
Jeff Stivason: [4] Thanks, Jonathan. Let me start with an introductory question: what do we mean when we talk about the sufficiency of Scripture, and where do we find that idea in Scripture?
JM: That is a great question, because we do not find that specific phrase in the Bible. What we mean is that all the things that are necessary for our faith and life as Christians are set down in the Scriptures. We do not need anything in addition to the Bible to know how to glorify God or to understand what God has done through Jesus Christ for our salvation. The clearest verses that outline this are in 2 Timothy 3. Paul reminds Timothy, ...from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus
(v.15). Then he talks about the Scriptures being "breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of