How doth it appear that the Scriptures are the Word of God?


A. The Scriptures manifest themselves to be the Word of God, by their majesty and purity; by the consent of all the parts, and the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory to God; by their light and power to convince and convert sinners, to comfort and build up believers unto salvation: but the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in the heart of man, is alone able fully to persuade it that they are the very Word of God.


Psalm 12:6


6 The words of the LORD are pure words,


like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,


purified seven times.


Psalm 19:7–9


7 The law of the LORD is perfect,


reviving the soul;


the testimony of the LORD is sure,


making wise the simple;


8 the precepts of the LORD are right,


rejoicing the heart;


the commandment of the LORD is pure,


enlightening the eyes;


9 the fear of the LORD is clean,


enduring forever;


the rules of the LORD are true,


and righteous altogether.


Psalm 119:19


19 I am a sojourner on the earth;


hide not your commandments from me!


Psalm 119:12 9


129 Your testimonies are wonderful;


therefore my soul keeps them.


Psalm 119:14 0


140 Your promise is well tried,


and your servant loves it.


Hosea 8:12


12 Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,


they would be regarded as a strange thing.


Luke 24:27


27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.


John 16:13 –14


13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.


John 20:31


31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.


Acts 10:43


43 To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”


Acts 18:28


28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.


Acts 20:32


32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.


Acts 26:22


22 To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:


Romans 3:19 –27


19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.


21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.