The Bible
When sin invaded Earth, God could no longer directly speak and fellowship with human beings in person. Sin brought a great separation between the Creator and the humans He had created.
But God’s love for us was so great that He determined somehow to break through the barrier sin had made. So He opened up aline of communication to the human race by inspiring godly men to write out His messages. These messages, brought together from many writers, form a book known by almost all humanity and loved by all of God's true followers. The book, of course, is the Holy Bible.
Seventh-day Adventists began as a direct result of prayerful Bible study. And the Bible has been our foundation ever since. We value the Bible above all because it shows us the love of God as revealed in the life and character of Jesus Christ. We also prize it because it makes plain the way of salvation from sin – faith in the blood of Jesus.
Adventists believe that the whole Bible – Old and New Testaments – is the written Word of God, the infallible revelation of His will. Though the Bible had many writers, it had only one author – the Holy Spirit. We believe that the Holy Spirit inspired the minds of the Bible writers with His thoughts and messages, which they then wrote out in their own words.
The Bible alone is our authority and standard for what to believe and how to live. It clearly sets forth truth and identifies error. The central personality of the Bible is Jesus – the central theme of the Bible is His love, demonstrated most fully by His death for us on the cross of Calvary. Adventists seek daily to get better acquainted with God through personal study of the priceless Book He has written for the human race.
Here are some supporting Scriptural texts.
- 2 Peter 1:20, 21
- 2 Timothy 3:15-17
- John 5:39
- John 17:17
- Psalm 119:9, 11
- 2 Peter 1:19
- 1 Peter 1:23
- Psalm 119:105
- Hebrews 4:12
- Proverb 30:5, 6
- Jeremiah 15:16
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13