Supremacy
For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.
Joshua 2:11, NLT
We use the word supreme to indicate someone or some group that serves as final authority. The Supreme Court, for example. Or Supreme Commander. Or Supreme Leader. But what is the ultimate supreme authority on earth? It is God and His Word. The teachings of the Bible are true and authoritative, and they’re wiser than the rules of men, the laws of congress, the opinions of politicians, or the ideologies of universities.
To truly reform our world, we must return to the Word of God as the ultimate authority. If we’re going to return our families to hopefulness and our churches to revival, it will be on the basis of the authority of Scripture. If we’re going to solve societal problems, it must be through the application of the wisdom of God’s Word. Tim Chester wrote, “We accept the supremacy of Scripture because we accept the supremacy of its author.”1
It begins with us. Is the Word of God the supreme authority over your life, governing all your attitudes, works, actions, and habits?
To say that Scripture is supreme is to say that the Bible has authority in everything that really matters—time and eternity, earth and heaven, humanity and God.
Tim Chester
Turning Point Ministries
For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.
Joshua 2:11, NLT
We use the word supreme to indicate someone or some group that serves as final authority. The Supreme Court, for example. Or Supreme Commander. Or Supreme Leader. But what is the ultimate supreme authority on earth? It is God and His Word. The teachings of the Bible are true and authoritative, and they’re wiser than the rules of men, the laws of congress, the opinions of politicians, or the ideologies of universities.
To truly reform our world, we must return to the Word of God as the ultimate authority. If we’re going to return our families to hopefulness and our churches to revival, it will be on the basis of the authority of Scripture. If we’re going to solve societal problems, it must be through the application of the wisdom of God’s Word. Tim Chester wrote, “We accept the supremacy of Scripture because we accept the supremacy of its author.”1
It begins with us. Is the Word of God the supreme authority over your life, governing all your attitudes, works, actions, and habits?
To say that Scripture is supreme is to say that the Bible has authority in everything that really matters—time and eternity, earth and heaven, humanity and God.
Tim Chester
Turning Point Ministries
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