The Bible is Inerrant
*Taken from the sermon, “What Christians should believe about the Bible” in reference to John 7:53-8:11
"The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous rules endures forever."
Psalm 119:160
Inerrancy means that everything Scripture affirms is true. It does not contain error because the God who cannot lie is the One who breathed it out. When you open your Bible, you are not stepping into uncertainty. You are stepping onto solid ground.
This does not mean every sentence is literal. Poetry is poetic. Parables are parabolic. Prophecy uses imagery. Narrative uses history. The Bible speaks in many genres, but everything it intends to say is true in exactly the way God intended to say it. When it speaks about creation, it tells the truth. When it speaks about human nature, it tells the truth. When it speaks about sin, salvation, judgment, and mercy, it tells the truth. When it speaks about the character of God, it tells the truth. When it points to the cross and resurrection, it tells the truth.
Inerrancy does not apply to every later copy or translation. It applies to the original writings, the autographs. But because God preserved His Word through thousands of manuscripts, quotations from early Christians, and an overwhelming mountain of textual evidence, we can know with confidence what the originals contained. The Bible in your hands is faithful, accurate, and trustworthy.
Why does this matter? Because your soul needs a truth that is stronger than your emotions. Your family needs a truth that is stronger than the culture around you. Your faith needs a truth that is stronger than shifting opinions. If the Bible had errors, then you would spend your life guessing which parts to trust. You would be tossed around by uncertainty. You would be forced to become the final authority, and that would crush you.
Instead, God gave you a Word that is true from beginning to end. A Word that does not need correction, adjustment, or apology. A Word that stands unshaken while the world shifts beneath it. A Word that can build a life, a marriage, a ministry, and a legacy.
Maybe today you feel the tension between what Scripture says and what you see in the world. Maybe there is a part of the Bible that has been hard for you to accept. Maybe you feel like culture has moved one way and Scripture stands firm another way. In that place, remember that God is not outdated. He is eternal. His Word does not change because truth does not evolve. It stands because He stands.
Choose today to trust that the Bible is right, even when it corrects you. God does not lie. His Word does not err. And your life will never be steadier than when you build it on the truth that He has spoken.
"The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous rules endures forever."
Psalm 119:160
Inerrancy means that everything Scripture affirms is true. It does not contain error because the God who cannot lie is the One who breathed it out. When you open your Bible, you are not stepping into uncertainty. You are stepping onto solid ground.
This does not mean every sentence is literal. Poetry is poetic. Parables are parabolic. Prophecy uses imagery. Narrative uses history. The Bible speaks in many genres, but everything it intends to say is true in exactly the way God intended to say it. When it speaks about creation, it tells the truth. When it speaks about human nature, it tells the truth. When it speaks about sin, salvation, judgment, and mercy, it tells the truth. When it speaks about the character of God, it tells the truth. When it points to the cross and resurrection, it tells the truth.
Inerrancy does not apply to every later copy or translation. It applies to the original writings, the autographs. But because God preserved His Word through thousands of manuscripts, quotations from early Christians, and an overwhelming mountain of textual evidence, we can know with confidence what the originals contained. The Bible in your hands is faithful, accurate, and trustworthy.
Why does this matter? Because your soul needs a truth that is stronger than your emotions. Your family needs a truth that is stronger than the culture around you. Your faith needs a truth that is stronger than shifting opinions. If the Bible had errors, then you would spend your life guessing which parts to trust. You would be tossed around by uncertainty. You would be forced to become the final authority, and that would crush you.
Instead, God gave you a Word that is true from beginning to end. A Word that does not need correction, adjustment, or apology. A Word that stands unshaken while the world shifts beneath it. A Word that can build a life, a marriage, a ministry, and a legacy.
Maybe today you feel the tension between what Scripture says and what you see in the world. Maybe there is a part of the Bible that has been hard for you to accept. Maybe you feel like culture has moved one way and Scripture stands firm another way. In that place, remember that God is not outdated. He is eternal. His Word does not change because truth does not evolve. It stands because He stands.
Choose today to trust that the Bible is right, even when it corrects you. God does not lie. His Word does not err. And your life will never be steadier than when you build it on the truth that He has spoken.
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