Why God gave the Holy Scriptures & what does it reveal to us
Why did God give mankind a special revelation? What is the purpose of the Scriptures?
A: The Word starts at Creation and tells us of the Fall and sin. The point of the OT is to tell us that God promised to destroy the power of death, the NT tells us how He did it. The OT promises the Messiah to save us from our sins (the wages of sin is death, and the just punishment for sin is eternal damnation), and the NT reveals Him [Jesus], shows how He fulfilled the prophecies & promise of God. He [Jesus; The God Man] did the work God [the trinity] required to save us from the power of death and paid the high cost to redeem us from eternal Hell. But it can only be applied to your court case (legally) if you recieve it by obeying the Gospel.
If you do [obey the Gospel] then you are saved; instantly - God forgives you, gives you spiritual life (transforms the inner man), gifts you eternal life, and adopts you as His child. He also immediately gifts you the Holy Spirit to indwell you and guide you, gives you the new righteous nature, gifts you the Fruit of the Spirit. The Holy Spirir guides you to understand the Bible as well as to help you live out the Christian life. You hate sin and now and love righteousness, love God and love others. You grow more holy day by day, conquering sin, become more Christlike and serve God faithfully, you persevere, proclaiming the truth and Gospel until He calls you to Heaven. The Scriptures tell us how to live righteously, how to conquer sin, how we are to love God and humanity, helps us live in this life in the fallen world, how God is with us and helps humans through hard situations, and tells of the promises of Eternity, and helps us grow closer to God and know Him more.
God gave us the Bible to tell us what went wrong and how it can be fixed.
God gave the Scriptures so we understand that we are sinners and we need to run to the Savior God provided for Salvation.
The Bible in a nutshell:
♡The Whole Bible points fallen man to Jesus.
♡In the OT God promised to destroy the power of death. The NT tells how he did it.
Aka
♡In the OT God promised a Savior to take away the sins of humans, the NT tells how He did it.
◇ Beyond that it tells us who God is and how to live in righteousness (to become more holy and Christlike).
What are the Essentials of Christianity that God has revealed to us in Scripture
Free Study through Romans (1)
Free Study of the Book of John (2)
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