You may have heard someone say, “The Bible is too
difficult to understand so you can’t be certain about
what it teaches.” So if you have strong convictions
about Biblical teachings, you are considered dogmatic,
legalistic, or maybe a Bible thumper! Can we be certain
about basic Bible teachings? Let’s read
Luke 1:1-4.
“Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a
narrative of those things which have been fulfilled
among us, just as those who from the beginning were
eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to
us, it seemed good to me also, having had perfect
understanding of all things from the very first, to
write to you an orderly account most excellent
Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of those
things in which you were instructed.”
NKJV
Here the inspired wrier Luke reveals that he had
investigated all things carefully or accurately. He had
gone to the original sources for this information. His
purpose for doing this was so that his readers might
know the “certainty” of those things they had been
taught. The Greek word “know” denotes exact or full
knowledge while the Greek word “certainty” means
steadfast, firm, not liable to fall.
So the Bible is not a collection of uncertain teachings
but rather something we can know. Listen to the words
of Romans 15:14 as well as John 8:32 and II Peter
2:21.
Romans 15:14
“Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren,
that you also are full of goodness, filled with all
knowledge, able also to admonish one another.”
John 8:32 “And you shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.” II Peter 2:21
“For it would have been better for them not to have
known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to
turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.”
I.
The Deity of Jesus
II.
How the Non-Christian Is Saved
III.
Jesus Built Only One Church
IV.
There Is A Heaven and A Hell
Conclusion:
There are many other teachings of the Bible of which we
can be certain, but time does not allow it today. We
know for sure that on the Day of Judgment everyone will
be judged by the Word of God.
I Corinthians 15:1-2
“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I
preached to you, which also you received and in which
you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast
that word which I preached to you – unless you believed
in vain.” Revelation
20:12
“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before
God, and books were opened. And another book was
opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were
judged according to their works, by the things which
were written in the books.”
NKJV
Bobby Stafford
August 23, 2015
