The Bible is Sufficient

2 Corinthians 3:5  Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

God is enough and so is His Word.

King Solomon said a long time ago, " of making many books there is no end" and it is hard to imagine what he would say today! Surely, our cup runneth over when it comes to access to books.

 There is a constant stream of new books being released. Just in the realm of Christianity, there are new books being released about the Bible, about Jesus Christ, about how to preach better, different ways to do church ministry.  There are books

I like to read, so I'm definitely not against books. As I type this, I'm looking at a stack right now and I'm thankful for them.  While many books are helpful, we have everything we need to live the Christian life and to have a faithful church in the Bible. The Bible is enough. If every other book was destroyed, the Bible would be enough for us to worship God, love God, and follow God. God’s grace is sufficient for us and God’s Word is sufficient for us.

The Bible is sufficient in our knowing about God.  You will not and cannot find knowledge about God apart from the scripture. You may learn things from other books, but those books will not have new information about God that wasn't already in the Bible.  The big new thing today is Heaven tourism books. Books that tell us that "Heaven is Real".  Did we really need a book to tell us that Heaven is real? Hasn't the Bible already spoken and told us that?

You cannot and will not learn new secrets about God. The Bible is sufficient to know how to be saved and the Bible is sufficient to know how to live. In the Christian life, the Bible is enough to teach us to pray, how to navigate our Christian walk. It is enough to guide our family and our work life. The Bible is sufficient to guide us in how we are to think and how we are to feel.

This is important because in our society, very few think the Bible is enough. The Bible is living and powerful. The Bible gives life. The Bible washes us clean. It reveals our deepest thoughts and intentions, when we didn't realize them ourselves.

Oh, what a blessed book! The Bible is enough because it is about Jesus. From beginning to end, the Bible teaches us about Jesus Christ. The Bible shows us the way of salvation. The Bible teaches us about God's grace. The Bible shows us how lovely and beautiful God's mercies are to wretched sinners. The Bible teaches us that Jesus is a perfect Saviour and all that come to Him will find Him to be. We have the finished Scripture. We don't need to look for further Words, what we have is enough. Think of it this way, if someone comes with a new word from God, the only way we can know if it is true is if it is confirmed in the Bible. If it is not confirmed in the Bible, then it is false. If it is already confirmed in the Bible, then it is unnecessary.