WEEK
EIGHT
BOOK I
CHAPTER 7 SECTION 1
SCRIPTURE HAS
ITS AUTHORITY FROM GOD, NOT FROM THE CHURCH
1. Why is it
important that Scripture receive its authority from God and not the church?
2. What is the
danger if the church falls into the error of claiming the authority of the
Bible is via the church?
BOOK I
CHAPTER 7 SECTION 2
THE CHURCH IS
ITSELF GROUNDED UPON SCRIPTURE
1. What does Paul
mean when he says the church is built on the foundation of the prophets and
apostles?
2. In the receipt
of the Scriptures what can the church not do?
BOOK I
CHAPTER 7 SECTION 3
AUGUSTINE
CANNOT BE CITED AS COUNTER EVIDENCE
1. How was
Augustine quoted out of contxt as proof that Augustine turned to the church
for the authority of the Scriptures?
2. In what
context does Augustine hold that the tradition of the church regarding the
Scriptures is useful?
BOOK I
CHAPTER 7 SECTION 4
THE WITNESS OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS STRONGER THAN ALL PROOF
1. The apostles
and prophets made appeal to what in order that the world might be compelled to
submit to God?
2. What is
essential if the mind of man is to grasp and firmly hold the Bible as being
the very word of God?
3. While we may
put detractors of the Bible down in arguments, what can we not do in winning
such debates?
