OUTLINE:

God Never Fails
If His intention is to reveal Himself to His creatures (that is what the Bible says), then do you know what? God reveals Himself to His creatures…PERIOD! No man has ever not known of His existence (Ro 1:20).

The Inerrant Word
The Bible is the Word of God. It must be taken for exactly that, nothing less. As soon as man tries to reduce its perfectness, it is no longer the inspired Word by definition, but rather something pliable. (cp. Heb 13:8)

Jn 16:8
“And [the Holy Spirit], when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.”

The Inerrant Word
Once we understand/accept that the Bible is the very Word of God and that it is the final authority on all things, THEN, and ONLY then, can we press on with full assurance of faith.

Calvin
"Those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.”

Ian Hamilton
“But how does this actually work? What does the Spirit do to persuade us that Scripture truly is God’s infallible word? The answer is not that the Spirit gives us revelation in addition to what is in Scripture, but that he awakens us, as from the dead, to see and taste the divine reality of God in Scripture, which authenticates it as God’s own Word…

Ian Hamilton
…Calvin says, ‘Our Heavenly Father, revealing his majesty [in Scripture], lifts reverence for Scripture beyond the realm of controversy.’”

The Inerrant Word
Do you really think that God would give us His Word, demand obedience to it, and then turn around and say, “Well, good luck with that because it’s only man’s estimation of my will???” That would be cruel, something God isn’t. God is love.

Analogy
God has set the “primary colors” in this Universe; and they existed long before mankind did. Because they are perfect/true, they are the most vibrant of colors, simple and pure!

Purity Begins With Inerrancy
The inerrant Word of God gives us our “primary colors”. It also ensures us that any “secondary, tertiary, and so on” colors are consistently synthesized from person to person. If we doubt the “primaries”, we will never unify. (ref. Eph 4:11-16)

Eph 4:14
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;

Inerrancy Means Integrity
Inconsistency and lies ruin trust. A person who speaks consistently and reliably holds up a certain integrity to their essence. God is our perfect example.

Lk 10:27
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”

Perfection
The beauty of perfection is that you can trust it.

The Inerrant Word
When you fully accept that the Bible is the perfect expression of God, who cannot lie and whose will is to justify, sanctify, and glorify you, your faith becomes like “the author and perfecter’s” (Heb 12:2), Rock-solid.

God is good.
God knows good.

Gen 1:31a
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.

The Oldest Trick…
The oldest trick in the book (literally) is the one that the first two humans fell for in the Garden - question God’s perfect goodness, His veracity (inability to lie), His lovingkindness, His truth.

Ways We Fall For the Oldest Trick
- We grope for self-made “blessings” instead of waiting on God’s timing
- We willfully disobey the Word
- We “justify” ungodliness by perverting “primary colors”
- We premeditate all of the above and much, much more!

“Avoid such men as these.”
Make sure YOU aren’t one of the “men” in question! This warning may be to
your “new self” as you look in the mirror.

A man’s word is everything.

God’s Word On His Word
God’s says that His Word means EVERYTHING to Him. And as such, it ought to mean EVERYTHING to us!

We MUST first trust, fully and implicitly, the Word of God.

The “Good” Litmus Test
It is very sobering to analyze our own definitions for “good”. We might quickly realize that what we think and even act upon as “good” really isn’t. A good litmus test is to observe what we esteem/celebrate in ourselves/others.