On what do you base your foundation on which you act? How confident are you of the source of your standard? And yes, we all have some basis on which we respond, think. Yours?
Personally, I have to have something that is irrefutable, that doesn’t ‘depends on the situation’, that is proven to be true, and that I have experienced. And that describes only one thing – scripture, the Bible. To me, it is infallible and the source of everything I need to be confident that my words and actions are based in truth. Scripture has been defined in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, NKJV
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man
of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
I can’t see any area of life that isn’t covered by this statement. Another statement that supports this is Revelation 22:18-19, NKJV
“For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this
book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues
that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the
Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written
in this book.“
The Author has this to say about His Word:
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)
That’s a statement of value that God places on His word. We can trust that the Bible is the inspired Word of God so it can be our manual to live from. What more proof do we need in order to stand on His word, Bible, as the standard we confidently can live by?
