The Sufficiency of Scripture

Three lines of argument converge to persuade us of the sufficiency of Scripture:-

(a) Jesus Christ. As Heb 1:1-2 asserts, the previous, and partial revelation of God is completed by the final and perfect revelation in Jesus Christ. And the Bible is the divinely-inspired testimony to the person and work of Christ.

(b) Salvation history. All that God has to do, and say, in connection with the bringing of salvation to the world, has been done and said.

(c) Scripture itself. Time and again the writers of Scripture draw attention to the finality of the message they have been given, cf Jer 23:16-18. Christ himself asserted strongly that the word of God could not be supplemented by the traditions of men, Mar 7:8. People who attempted to do so were nullifying the word of God. See also Gal 1:8; 2 Cor 11:4.