The BIG Picture (Q&A)

STATEMENT: If we are saved by grace alone excluding works, I can sit here like a dummy for the rest of my life, and when I die, I'm in the hands of God our Creator. How absurd! What Bible are you reading? ANSWER: Your comment suggests childish thinking and ignorance of the knowledge of the written Word. God’s will for you after you get saved is to come to a knowledge of the truth, 1Ti 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. In addition, the scripture below tells us that it is our reasonable service to present ourselves to God for His purpose and through the written Word, to become increasingly transformed by the renewing of our mind, to know God’s good, acceptable, and perfect will. Rom 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of y...

In order to answer if Jesus Himself was infallible in His earthly ministry, we simply have to look at what the Word says of itself. Why? Well, the Word repeatedly speaks of its own inspiration and authority, and if the Word itself is infallible, then we can prove that Jesus, who is the Word, is infallible too.  In John chapter 1 the Word says, John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... 14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. So, this confirms that Jesus is the Word. Now, what does the Word say of itself? The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 5:17-18, “Not a letter or a part of a letter will pass away until all of it is fulfilled.” He said in John 10:35, “The Scriptures cannot be broken.” He said in John 17:17 in His high-priestly prayer to His Father, “Your Word is truth.” And then you move to the apostle P...