Only God is absolutely comprehensive. The attributes of
God are non-transferrable and we cannot attribute an
attribute of God to a book. What God is, only God is!
"its (the Bible's) truthfulness produces a comprehensive
righteousness in those who accept it." 6The Bible does not produce righteousness. Righteousness is
only produced in the behavior of mankind when the
Righteous One, Jesus Christ (I John 2:1) dwells in man and
the Righteous character of God is expressed in man's
behavior as we walk by faith.
"There is no substitute for submission to Scripture." 7James admonishes us to "submit to God" (James 4:7), but
we are never admonished to submit to scripture.
"trust in the inexhaustible sufficiency of our Lord's perfect Word
(Bible)." 8Our sufficiency is of God (II Corinthians 3:5) from whom
we have "all sufficiency in everything" (II Corinthians 9:8).
We are to trust in His sufficiency, not that of a book.
"If we obey it (the Bible), we will be blessed in whatever we do." 9Christian obedience is obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ (I
Peter 1:2), not obedience to a book. Nowhere in scripture is