God’s
love for us inspires our loyalty to Him: ‘Your love is ever before me,
and I will walk continually in Your truth’(Psalm 26:3). Loyalty to the
Lord involves worshipping Him and walking with Him (Psalm 26:11-12).
Walking with God is not easy. There are ‘enemies round about’ us (Psalm
26:4-5, 9-10; Psalm 27:2-3,6,11-12). What are we to do? We are to
worship God: ‘One thing have I asked of the Lord…that I may dwell in the
House of the Lord…’(Psalm 27:4). What are we doing when we gather in
the Lord’s House for worship? This is what we are doing - ‘Wait for the
Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage’(Psalm 27:14). Where
does our strength come from? It comes from God: ‘The Lord is my light
and my salvation… The Lord is the stronghold of my life’. Strong in Him,
we say, ‘My heart will not fear… I will be confident’(Psalm 27:1,3).
E J Young argues that one’s doctrine of Scripture is derived from either experience or Scripture, either natural man or supernatural God. Young does speak of the human character of Scripture. It does, however, seem that the supernatural-natural dichotomy underlies his doctrine of Scripture. He turns to the Bible “to discover what it has to say of itself” (p. 40). It is questionable, however, whether his view is not grounded in a notion which tends to set divine and human activity over against each other. Young rejects a mechanical theory (p. 65). It does, however, appear that his own view is really no more than a modification of this view. His interpretation of the working of the Spirit in the inspiration of Scripture is not directly identifiable with mechanical dictation (pp. 79-80). It does seem, however, that there is a tendency to move in that direction. * Here are some statements from Young. - “Without Him (God) there could have been no Bible. Without man th...
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