Its Inspiration

The Holy Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments (Genesis through Revelation) is an authorative, all sufficient, and complete and final relevation of God to man. The Bible was originally written by "inspiration" (being "God-breathed") in which the writers were "moved" (or "carried" or "borne" along) by the Holy Spirit in such a definite way that their writings were supernaturally, plenarily, and verbally inspired, free from any error, infallible, and inerrant. The Bible is in truth, the word of God.
Acts 1:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:16-17

Its Supreme Standard

The Bible was given for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness and is to be the center of true Christian unity and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be based.
Psalm 119:11,105; John 5:39; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; John 17:17; 2 Cor. 5:10

Its Preservation

God has promised to preserve His Words and, by His Providential care, God has kept His Word pure down through the ages as He promised.
Psalm 12:6-7; 78:1-8; 119:89,111,152,160; Eccles. 3:14; Isaiah 30:8; 40:6-8; Matt. 4:4; 5:17-18; 24:35; John 10:35; 1 Peter 1:23-25; 2 John 1:2

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Isaiah 40:8

The Bible Stands

The Bible stands like a rock undaunted
’Mid the raging storms of time;
Its pages burn with the truth eternal,
And they glow with a light sublime.

Refrain
The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.

The Bible stands like a mountain towering
Far above the works of men;
Its truth by none ever was refuted,
And destroy it they never can.

The Bible stands, and it will forever
When the world has passed away;
By inspiration it has been given,
All its precepts I will obey.

The Bible stands every test we give it,
For its Author is divine;
By grace alone I expect to live it,
And to prove and to make it mine.

—Haldor Lillenas

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 24:35