“The Holy Scriptures” 2 Timothy
The Only King in
a kingdom under the dominion of the sovereign Christ. Therefore, I urge you to
put away your customs, traditions, by-laws, and opinions, and bow down in
reverent submission to The Holy Scriptures. If the Scriptures are not our only
authority, then our Baptist churches are no better than the churches of
1. The Scriptures Alone Are Given By Divine
Inspiration. In every word and phrase, "holy men of
old spake as they were moved by the Spirit of God."
2. The Scriptures Alone Reveal The Way Of
Salvation And Life Through Faith In Christ. It is only through the
declaration of God's Word that sinners are brought to salvation, trusting the
merits of God's Son, our substitute.
3. The Scriptures Alone Are Authoritative
And Profitable. Our doctrine must arise from the plain statements of
Scripture. All righteous reproof, correction, and instruction come from the
faithful exposition of the Word of God.
Let
us exams ourselves and our churches by the Word of God. There should be nothing
in the church today that was not established in the church by our Lord and his
apostles. Any addition is a subtraction. The law of church government, according
to the Scriptures, is love and trust. The business of the church is the
preaching of the gospel and the purpose of the church is the glory of Christ.
Don Fortner