Section II – The Bible: The Holy Scriptures We Read and Obey: This is an audio reading of Section II of the Seoul Statement, affirming the authority of Scripture and the importance of its faithful interpretation for mission and discipleship. To read the full text, visit lausanne.org/statement/the-seoul-statement.
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Section two of the Soul Statement the Bible, the Holy Scriptures, we read and obey.
(00:08):
Introduction.
A pillar of the Losan movement from its inception has been an unwavering commitment to the Bible as God's authoritative word, the only rule of faith and practice for the church, its mission and the Christian life.
However, this high view of scripture has not always produced the kind of faithful biblical interpretation that upholds the gospel.
(00:29):
And strengthens the mission of the church to make Christ-like disciples worse.
The often conflicting interpretations threaten the church's effectiveness to bear witness to God's glory and gospel truth.
Affirmations of a high view of scripture, therefore require a way of reading the Bible that is attentive to its historical ary and canonical contexts illuminated by the Holy Spirit and guided by the interpretive tradition of the church, the crucial affirmations about the Bible.
(00:59):
The church needs most today concern not only the Bible's nature, but its interpretation how to read the Bible faithfully with the communion of saints of all times and places.
One, the Bible is God's word.
In human words, we affirm that the Bible is God's word, written.
A divinely inspired God-breathed collection of writings consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments through a diversity of human authors and literary genres.
(01:29):
The Bible forms a unified and coherent testimony to the story of God's electing a people for himself in Jesus Christ.
The Bible is God's self revelation and therefore, the church's scripture.
It's authoritative, un airing, set apart text that gathers and governs God's set apart people.
It is wholly true and trustworthy, and the supreme norm for the church's life, the same spirit who inspired the Bible, continues to illuminate it, communicating God's light and life truth and grace.
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Two.
The Bible's central message is the good news of the Kingdom of God.
We affirm that the central message of scripture is the gospel of the kingdom of God, the proclamation of Jesus', incarnation, death, resurrection, ascension, and return, which is the fulfillment of God's promise to bless all peoples through the seed of Abraham.
(02:22):
Therefore, we read the whole of scripture in accordance with and guided by this gospel in the gospel.
God offers the forgiveness of sins, the gift of the Spirit, an eternal life to all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
It is the good news that Jesus is building his church to serve God, who is reconciling and renewing his creation, ridding it of sin and its effects, and so displaying his glory.
(02:46):
This same gospel demands that we submit to Christ's authority so that by faith in the gospel, we are transformed by the spirit In our reading of the Bible, for reference, the Isaiah 52, 7.
Mark one 14 to 15, Genesis 12, one to three.
Genesis 18, 18 to 19, and Galatians three, 16 and 19.
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Three.
The Bible's purpose is the formation of disciples and the building up of the church.
We affirm that God speaks in the Bible for the purpose of generating and governing the people of God.
The church, the Bible summons the faithful to conform to Christ.
Who is the image of God and exhorts them to live lives worthy of the gospel.
(03:29):
The Spirit works through the Bible to form the body of Christ and the mind of Christ.
In the body of Christ.
God uses scripture to form the people of God, a people of peoples who participate in his mission as communities that do his will on earth as it is in heaven.
For reference, see Colossians one 15 and three 10.
Ephesians 4 24, and Matthew 6, 10, 4.
(03:51):
We read the Bible faithfully by attending to the Bible's contexts.
We affirm that to read and interpret scripture faithfully, the church must read it in its historical, literary, and canonical contexts.
Reading in its historical context means attending to the world behind the text and the occasion of its composition.
Reading in a literary context means paying close attention to the kind of literature it is and to the flow of words and ideas within the wider text.
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Reading in canonical context refers to reading each part in light of the whole of scripture.
Old and New Testaments together situating any biblical text in its proper historical and literary context is a necessary step for discovering its original meaning intended by its authors.
Situating it in the canonical context enables the church to read it as the word of God and the unified narrative God has given to his people throughout history, culminating with the coming of Christ.
(04:49):
Five.
We read the Bible faithfully by being illuminated by the Holy Spirit.
We affirm that the Holy Spirit, who superintendent the composition of the scriptures continues to guide the church in its interpretation of the scriptures.
As the church in prayerful dependence seeks the help of the spirit, the spirit's guidance is part of his active, ongoing presence in the church.
(05:11):
The community of Bible hearers, readers, interpreters, and doers to empower and inform its commitment to declare and display Christ in the world.
Spirit provides internal testimony to the scripture's, authenticity, reliability, sufficiency, and credibility.
The spirit enables the believer to understand and submit to the word and will of God.
(05:34):
For reference, see two Peter 1 21 6.
We read the Bible faithfully by remaining connected to tradition.
We affirm that evangelical gospel centered interpretation of the Bible is not a recent development.
It continues the long interpretive tradition that stretches back to the apostolic church.
(05:55):
Faithful interpretation of scripture belongs to the universal church and calls for a conversation of Christians from different contexts, regional, historical, and denominational.
In search of gospel unity.
Amidst diversity, we affirm the necessary and positive role of tradition.
Which passes on a continuity of faithful reading from past generations who are led by the same spirit and believed in the same gospel of Jesus Christ through the same scriptures.
(06:22):
For an evangelical approach to interpretation, to be faithful, it must honor this tradition and let it be a spirit enabled guide.
In our reading of the Bible seven, we read the Bible faithfully by being sensitive to local contexts.
We affirm the importance of cultural context for the faithful reading of the Bible.
(06:43):
Interpretation of the Bible never happens in a vacuum.
Culture and language play an important role.
Interpreting scripture is challenging because our presuppositions, personal experiences, and culture exert a powerful and potentially distorting influence.
Yet local communities provide positive resources from within their respective context for deepening the overall understanding of scripture.
(07:04):
Each local church both represents the whole church in reading scripture, faithfully in and for its own context, and contributes from its local culture, distinct insights that benefit the whole church.
Eight.
We read the Bible faithfully by forming local churches into reading and listening cultures.
(07:25):
We call local churches to devote themselves to the public reading of scripture and to form faithful Bible readers and listeners as individuals, groups, and worshiping communities.
In forming such cultures, we must allow the word of God and the gospel.
It proclaims to shape our worldview and our lives.
We therefore affirm the need for the global collaboration of all members of Christ's body, and for attention to the ancient creeds, confessions, and ecclesial traditions.
(07:52):
Reading and listening in The Communion of Saints, guided by the Spirit across space and time served to keep local communities anchored to the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints for the church to flourish.
In the coming decades, we must form ourselves into faithful Bible reading and listening communities that faithfully declare and display in many ways and places the one lordship of Christ.
(08:16):
For reference, see Jude three. 74 00:08:19,481.65566667 --> 00:08:30,416.65566667 If you have enjoyed this reading of the Soul Statement and would like to engage further with our resources, then we invite you to visit our website@wwwanne.org.
Section two of the Soul Statement the Bible, the Holy Scriptures, we read and obey.
(00:08):
Introduction.
A pillar of the Losan movement from its inception has been an unwavering commitment to the Bible as God's authoritative word, the only rule of faith and practice for the church, its mission and the Christian life.
However, this high view of scripture has not always produced the kind of faithful biblical interpretation that upholds the gospel.
(00:29):
And strengthens the mission of the church to make Christ-like disciples worse.
The often conflicting interpretations threaten the church's effectiveness to bear witness to God's glory and gospel truth.
Affirmations of a high view of scripture, therefore require a way of reading the Bible that is attentive to its historical ary and canonical contexts illuminated by the Holy Spirit and guided by the interpretive tradition of the church, the crucial affirmations about the Bible.
(00:59):
The church needs most today concern not only the Bible's nature, but its interpretation how to read the Bible faithfully with the communion of saints of all times and places.
One, the Bible is God's word.
In human words, we affirm that the Bible is God's word, written.
A divinely inspired God-breathed collection of writings consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments through a diversity of human authors and literary genres.
(01:29):
The Bible forms a unified and coherent testimony to the story of God's electing a people for himself in Jesus Christ.
The Bible is God's self revelation and therefore, the church's scripture.
It's authoritative, un airing, set apart text that gathers and governs God's set apart people.
It is wholly true and trustworthy, and the supreme norm for the church's life, the same spirit who inspired the Bible, continues to illuminate it, communicating God's light and life truth and grace.
(02:00):
Two.
The Bible's central message is the good news of the Kingdom of God.
We affirm that the central message of scripture is the gospel of the kingdom of God, the proclamation of Jesus', incarnation, death, resurrection, ascension, and return, which is the fulfillment of God's promise to bless all peoples through the seed of Abraham.
(02:22):
Therefore, we read the whole of scripture in accordance with and guided by this gospel in the gospel.
God offers the forgiveness of sins, the gift of the Spirit, an eternal life to all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
It is the good news that Jesus is building his church to serve God, who is reconciling and renewing his creation, ridding it of sin and its effects, and so displaying his glory.
(02:46):
This same gospel demands that we submit to Christ's authority so that by faith in the gospel, we are transformed by the spirit In our reading of the Bible, for reference, the Isaiah 52, 7.
Mark one 14 to 15, Genesis 12, one to three.
Genesis 18, 18 to 19, and Galatians three, 16 and 19.
(03:09):
Three.
The Bible's purpose is the formation of disciples and the building up of the church.
We affirm that God speaks in the Bible for the purpose of generating and governing the people of God.
The church, the Bible summons the faithful to conform to Christ.
Who is the image of God and exhorts them to live lives worthy of the gospel.
(03:29):
The Spirit works through the Bible to form the body of Christ and the mind of Christ.
In the body of Christ.
God uses scripture to form the people of God, a people of peoples who participate in his mission as communities that do his will on earth as it is in heaven.
For reference, see Colossians one 15 and three 10.
Ephesians 4 24, and Matthew 6, 10, 4.
(03:51):
We read the Bible faithfully by attending to the Bible's contexts.
We affirm that to read and interpret scripture faithfully, the church must read it in its historical, literary, and canonical contexts.
Reading in its historical context means attending to the world behind the text and the occasion of its composition.
Reading in a literary context means paying close attention to the kind of literature it is and to the flow of words and ideas within the wider text.
(04:20):
Reading in canonical context refers to reading each part in light of the whole of scripture.
Old and New Testaments together situating any biblical text in its proper historical and literary context is a necessary step for discovering its original meaning intended by its authors.
Situating it in the canonical context enables the church to read it as the word of God and the unified narrative God has given to his people throughout history, culminating with the coming of Christ.
(04:49):
Five.
We read the Bible faithfully by being illuminated by the Holy Spirit.
We affirm that the Holy Spirit, who superintendent the composition of the scriptures continues to guide the church in its interpretation of the scriptures.
As the church in prayerful dependence seeks the help of the spirit, the spirit's guidance is part of his active, ongoing presence in the church.
(05:11):
The community of Bible hearers, readers, interpreters, and doers to empower and inform its commitment to declare and display Christ in the world.
Spirit provides internal testimony to the scripture's, authenticity, reliability, sufficiency, and credibility.
The spirit enables the believer to understand and submit to the word and will of God.
(05:34):
For reference, see two Peter 1 21 6.
We read the Bible faithfully by remaining connected to tradition.
We affirm that evangelical gospel centered interpretation of the Bible is not a recent development.
It continues the long interpretive tradition that stretches back to the apostolic church.
(05:55):
Faithful interpretation of scripture belongs to the universal church and calls for a conversation of Christians from different contexts, regional, historical, and denominational.
In search of gospel unity.
Amidst diversity, we affirm the necessary and positive role of tradition.
Which passes on a continuity of faithful reading from past generations who are led by the same spirit and believed in the same gospel of Jesus Christ through the same scriptures.
(06:22):
For an evangelical approach to interpretation, to be faithful, it must honor this tradition and let it be a spirit enabled guide.
In our reading of the Bible seven, we read the Bible faithfully by being sensitive to local contexts.
We affirm the importance of cultural context for the faithful reading of the Bible.
(06:43):
Interpretation of the Bible never happens in a vacuum.
Culture and language play an important role.
Interpreting scripture is challenging because our presuppositions, personal experiences, and culture exert a powerful and potentially distorting influence.
Yet local communities provide positive resources from within their respective context for deepening the overall understanding of scripture.
(07:04):
Each local church both represents the whole church in reading scripture, faithfully in and for its own context, and contributes from its local culture, distinct insights that benefit the whole church.
Eight.
We read the Bible faithfully by forming local churches into reading and listening cultures.
(07:25):
We call local churches to devote themselves to the public reading of scripture and to form faithful Bible readers and listeners as individuals, groups, and worshiping communities.
In forming such cultures, we must allow the word of God and the gospel.
It proclaims to shape our worldview and our lives.
We therefore affirm the need for the global collaboration of all members of Christ's body, and for attention to the ancient creeds, confessions, and ecclesial traditions.
(07:52):
Reading and listening in The Communion of Saints, guided by the Spirit across space and time served to keep local communities anchored to the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints for the church to flourish.
In the coming decades, we must form ourselves into faithful Bible reading and listening communities that faithfully declare and display in many ways and places the one lordship of Christ.
(08:16):
For reference, see Jude three. 74 00:08:19,481.65566667 --> 00:08:30,416.65566667 If you have enjoyed this reading of the Soul Statement and would like to engage further with our resources, then we invite you to visit our website@wwwanne.org.
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