Subject: purpose driven? |
Bible Note: Sounds like a Proverbs 31:28 mom if I ever heard of one! The old divines had something to say along these lines, though perhaps not directly. "We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the church of God to an high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scriptures; and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, and the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole (which is to give all glory to God), the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, and many other incomparable excellencies, and entire perfections thereof, are arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence itself to be the Word of God; yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth, and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts." I pray that your flock is observing Hebrews 13:17, sir. God bless your ministry -- and your mom! In Him, Doc |