How To Restore Respect For The Authority of the Bible How can men restore respect for the authority of the Bible?
The answers are not so complex. 1. Atheism. The atheist must believe in God and accept the Bible as God’s revelation to man. 2. Modernism. The modernist must accept the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Bible. He must accept the record of the Bible miracles, believe the doctrines taught in the Bible, and submit himself to the ethics demanded in the Bible. 3. Catholicism. The Catholic must dethrone the pope, councils, and Catholic tradition. Then, he must accept the Bible as the only revelation of God to man. He must accept the fact that he can read and understand it for himself (Eph. 3:3-5) and then commit himself to obeying it. 4. Fundamental Protestants. Those who already accept the inspiration of the Scriptures, miracles, and many fundamental doctrines of the Bible must elevate the Bible above their human opinions. ” . . . it belongs to every individual and to every congregation of individuals to discard from their faith and their practice every thing that is not found written i
