The Baptist Faith and Message
I. The Scriptures
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired
and is the record of God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure
of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth,
without any mixture of error, for its matter. It reveals the principles by which
God judges us; and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the
true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct,
creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. The criterion by which the Bible
is to be interpreted is Jesus Christ.
Ex. 24:4;
Deut. 4:1-2;
17:19;
Josh. 8:34;
Psalm 19:7-10;
119:11,
89,
105,
140;
Isa. 34:16;
40:8;
Jer. 15:16;
36;
Matt. 5:17-18;
22:29;
Luke 21:33;
24:44-46;
John 5:39;
16:13-15;
17:17;
Acts 2:16 ff.;
17:11;
Rom. 15:4;
16:25-26;
2 Tim. 3:15-17;
Heb. 1:1-2;
4:12;
1 Peter 1:25;
2 Peter 1:19-21.
Reprinted from the Baptist Faith and Message Tract (Stock
Number 11-051). Published by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, Nashville, Tennessee:
Tract Editor
Baptist Sunday School Board
127 Ninth Avenue, North
Nashville, Tennessee 37203