Only Scripture

2Tim3:16-17
1. Perfect Source -All/Only Scripture
2. Perfect Match - (Perfectly Fit for Created Man)
3. Perfect Goal - (Perfectly Fit for Glorified Man)
Scripture Alone - Sola Scriptura
Ending of Ron Merryman's Book "Justification By Faith Alone & Its Historical Challenges"
1) By Grace Alone
2) By Christ Alone
3) By Faith Alone
4) By Scripture Alone
The Scripture = Only Written Words
1. Koine
2. LXX
3. NT
  Matt. 4:4; Mark 12:10; Luke 3:4; 4:21; 24:44; John 2:22; 7:38,42; 10:35; 13:18; 15:25; 17:12; 19:24,28,36-37; 20:9; Acts 1:16; 8:32,35; 15:15; 17:11; Rom. 3:4; 4:3; 9:17; 10:11; 11:2; Gal. 3:8,22; 4:30; 1Tim. 5:18; 2Tim. 3:16; James 2:8,23; 4:5; 1Pet. 2:6; 2Pet. 1:20; 1John 2:7,14; Rev. 1:3; 19:9; 21:5; 22:18-19
4. Never tongues, not voices, not events, not feelings, nor man-derived programs or ideas
Facts about Scripture
1. Always (w/o exception) Written Words
  1. Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, ÒIt is written, ÔMan shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.ÕÓ
  2. Mark 12:10 ÒHave you not even read this Scripture: ÔThe stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone;
  3. Luke 3:4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, ÒThe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.
  4. John 7:42 ÒHas not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?Ó
2. So Requires Reading Skills
  1. Acts 8:32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: ÒHe was led as a sheep to slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He does not open His mouth.
  2. 1John 2:7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
  3. 1John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  4. Rev. 19:9 And he said to me, ÒWrite, ÔBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.ÕÓ And he said to me, ÒThese are true words of God.Ó
3. Scripture Cannot Fail Effect (No Errors)
  1. Luke 4:21 And He began to say to them, ÒToday this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.Ó
  2. Luke 24:44 Now He said to them, ÒThese are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.Ó
  3. John 7:38 ÒHe who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ÔFrom his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.ÕÓ
  4. John 13:18 ÒI do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ÔHe who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.Õ
  5. John 15:25 ÒBut they have done this in order that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their Law, ÔThey hated Me without a cause.Õ
  6. John 17:12 ÒWhile I was with them, I was keeping them in Thy name which Thou hast given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
  7. John 19:24 They said therefore to one another, ÒLet us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall beÓ; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ÒThey divided My outer garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.Ó
  8. John 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, ÒI am thirsty.Ó
  9. John 19:36 For these things came to pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ÒNot a bone of Him shall be broken.Ó 37 And again another Scripture says, ÒThey shall look on Him whom they pierced.Ó
  10. Acts 1:16 ÒBrethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
  11. James 2:23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ÒAnd Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,Ó and he was called the friend of God.
  12. James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: ÒHe jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in usÓ?
4. Salavation Comes from Scripture
  1. Acts 8:35 And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.
  2. Rom. 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? ÒAnd Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.Ó
  3. Rom. 10:11 For the Scripture says, ÒWhoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.Ó
  4. Gal. 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ÒAll the nations shall be blessed in you.Ó
  5. 1Pet. 2:6 For this is contained in Scripture: ÒBehold I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in Him shall not be disappointed.Ó
5. Faith Rests on Scripture
  1. John 2:22 When therefore He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
6. Security is revealed from Scripture
  1. Rom. 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
7. Scripture Reveals True Reality vs Science
  1. Gal. 3:22 But the Scripture has shut up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
  2. Gal. 4:30 But what does the Scripture say? ÒCast out the bondwoman and her son, For the son of the bondwoman shall not be an heir with the son of the free woman.Ó
  3. 2Pet. 1:20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of oneÕs own interpretation,
  4. Rev. 21:5 And He who sits on the throne said, ÒBehold, I am making all things new.Ó And He said, ÒWrite, for these words are faithful and true.Ó
8. Scripture Is a Unified Whole
  1. John 10:35 ÒIf he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
  2. Acts 15:15 ÒAnd with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,
9. Scripture Trumps Every Man Made Truth
  1. Rom. 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, ÒThat Thou mightest be justified in Thy words, And mightest prevail when Thou art judged.Ó
10. Blessing is Explained in Scripture
  1. Rev. 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.
  2. Rev. 22:18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
11. Standard of Spiritual Truth is Scripture
  1. Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.
12. Scripture is Sole Foundation of Life/CL
  1. 2Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
  2. James 2:8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law, according to the Scripture, ÒYou shall love your neighbor as yourself,Ó you are doing well.
Important Passages
1. 1Pe 1:19,20 Revelation not individual interpetation
  1Pet. 1:12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven Ñ things into which angels long to look.
  1Pet. 1:13 Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written, ÒYou shall be holy, for I am holy.Ó 17 And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each manÕs work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay upon earth; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
2. James 1:5 Understanding in testing
  James 1:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
  James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
3. 1Cor 2:12-16 Illumination
  1Cor. 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God, 13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. 14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. 15 But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man. 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
4. 2Tim 3:16-17 Inspiration
  2Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
  Rom. 8:23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. 24 For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one also hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
5. The Only Spiritual Wrench
  Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
  2Tim3.17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
  Eph. 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
  John 17:17 ÒSanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth.
  Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
  Rom. 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  Rom. 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
6. Justification, Sanctification, Glorification
  1Pet. 1:23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God. 24 For, ÒAll flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off, 25 But the word of the Lord abides forever. ÒAnd this is the word which was preached to you.
  1Pet. 2:1 Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, 2 like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
  Rev. 4:11 ÒWorthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they existed, and were created.Ó