The Authority Of Scripture

One thing on my list of things that bug me is the failure of folks to accept what the Bible says as true and reject it as authoritative and the Word of God just because it says things they don't like.

It seems pretty clear to me that the Bible is a reliable source for learning about the life and teaching of Jesus. It seems pretty clear to me that Jesus was God in the form of a human for a short while and thus could speak with authority. It seems pretty clear to me that Jesus taught Scripture was authoritative.

Therefore, if the Bible says that Daniel was a prophet, then Daniel was a prophet. If the Bible says that trusting in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is our means to salvation, than trusting in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is our means to salvation. If the Bible says there is a hell, then there is a hell. If the Bible says that we are to love our enemies, then we are to love our enemies. If the Bible says that something is sinful -- murder, greed, lust, hypocrisy, dishonesty, sexual immorality, self-righteousness, [insert something here that contradicts the Bible, but that you think is okay anyway, by your own standards], than that something is sinful.

Period.

Just because something isn't popular or palatable, doesn't mean it isn't true. We should never dismiss the Word of God because we don't like what it says. After all, what authority do we have over the creator of the heavens and the earth to say that He is wrong?

None.

Thank you God for your Word; please help me to know it and spread it. Thank you also for the atoning sacrifice of Jesus that covers my failure to live up to the standards you have set by it!