Knowing Ourselves

I love this passage from a current book that I am reading:

"And if we fail to recognize within the Scriptures our Master's voice speaking his infallible truth to us from his world to ur world, we destroy ourselves not only epistemically (knowledgably) but also personally, for we abandon the only foundation for the certainty of knowledge and the only "meaning base" by which we may truly know the One infinite, personal God and thereby oursleves as persons of dignity and worth." - Dr. Robert L. Reymond A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith

While this passge is deep I feel that it hits on many issues that are central to the Christian faith such as one's view of Scripture, where we derive knowledge from, and how we as humans are truly able to know oursleves.

First, Reymond points out that by ignoring or not realizing the infallible truth spoken to us by God through the Scripture found in the Bible, we ultimately ruin the foundation on which we derive our knowledge. He argues that since the foundation for all knowledge comes from God by not recognizing his voice through the Scriptures we annihilate our ability to fully understand who God created us to be.

This passage is also important in regards to the overacrhing theme of the passage and the chapter that it is found in and that is what is our view of Scirpture? Do we believe that the Bible is of divine origin? Do we believe that it is infallible and inerrant? I feel that what our stance on Scripture is one of the most important things that we can ever decide in our lives. Personally, I feel that the Bible is the inspirder and inerrant Word of God given by God. There is much Scripture to support this claim (such as Exodus 4 and 7, Jeremiah, 1st Corinthians 2:6-13, and 2nd Timothy 3:16, etc.) which we explored to its fullest extent which radically change one's life.

I pray that we all will know where e come down on Scripture and examine it with other Scripture to see if it contradicts itself (which I believe it does not) and whether it will have authority over our lives (which I hope it does).