Dr. M.A. Petillo,
Reformed Baptist Scholar
A Little Sermon Based
Somewhat on the LBCF of 1689
Somewhat on the LBCF of 1689
Hebrews 1:1-2 KJV "....God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds..."
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Jesus Christ, our Lord most holy,
Lamb of God so pure and lowly,
Blameless, blameless, on the cross art offered,
Sinless, sinless, for our sins hast suffered.
Weep now, all ye wretched creatures,
As ye view his gracious features.
Jesus, Jesus, on the cross is dying,
Nature, nature, in dark gloom is sighing.
Christ, his last word having spoken,
Bows his head as life is broken.
Mournful, mournful, stands his mother weeping,
Loved ones, loved ones, silent watch are keeping.
The great veil was torn asunder,
Earth did quake 'mid roars of thunder,
Boulders, boulders, into bits were breaking;
Sainted, sainted dead from death were waking.
As his side with spear was riven,
Blood and water forth were given.
Jesus, Jesus, sinners' only Saviour,
Mercy, mercy, grant to us for ever. (TH, 196).
Lamb of God so pure and lowly,
Blameless, blameless, on the cross art offered,
Sinless, sinless, for our sins hast suffered.
Weep now, all ye wretched creatures,
As ye view his gracious features.
Jesus, Jesus, on the cross is dying,
Nature, nature, in dark gloom is sighing.
Christ, his last word having spoken,
Bows his head as life is broken.
Mournful, mournful, stands his mother weeping,
Loved ones, loved ones, silent watch are keeping.
The great veil was torn asunder,
Earth did quake 'mid roars of thunder,
Boulders, boulders, into bits were breaking;
Sainted, sainted dead from death were waking.
As his side with spear was riven,
Blood and water forth were given.
Jesus, Jesus, sinners' only Saviour,
Mercy, mercy, grant to us for ever. (TH, 196).
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"...If I did not
believe in the infallibility of this book, I would rather be without it. If I
am to judge the book, it is no judge of me. If I am to sift it, and lay this
aside and only accept that, according to my own judgment, then I have no
guidance whatever, unless I have conceit enough to trust my own heart. The new
theory denies infallibility to the words of God, but practically imputes it to
the judgments of men. At least, this is all the infallibility which they can
get at. I protest that I will rather
risk my soul with a guide inspired from heaven, than with the differing leaders
who arise from the earth at the call of “modern thought.” (C.H. Spurgeon, Sermons, 35.257).
1.) The written Word of God is contained in the 66 books of the Holy Bible is unaddable because it is God-breathed in inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility and the purity of perfection.
2.) God's supernatural words in Bible times were meant with the divine intention for the biblical Scriptures in 66 books alone that alone are God-breathed touching justification by faith alone and godly Christian living for the glory of God alone.
3.) Inspiration refers to God's divine superintendence by the work of the Spirit of God.
4.) Infallibility refers to Jesus' testimony that the written Word of Truth cannot be broken.
5.) Inerrancy refers to the perfection of God's holy written Word.
6.) The purity of perfection is about the supernatural unity and divine peace and eternal self-authentication of the written Word.
7.) The supernatural unity of the written Word is about the clear perpetuity of the Bible in that all of the writers of different times clear of a harmonious divine teaching pointing to Jesus Christ.
8.) The divine peace of the written Word is about about the divine peace that the Spirit brought about in the meticulous superintendence in governing the chosen authors in such a way that is all about the Prince of Peace because the Father is all about the glory of Jesus Christ as the God-Messiah.
9.) The eternal self-authentication of the written Word is about the set apart power of God's divine revelation because when He speaks something into existence because He has the power of being so we live and move and have our being through His sustaining power but the Word alone is God-breathed.
10.) The Lord spoke through visions of the past that God approved of to be written God-breathed revelation for His people's redemption and the judgment of His enemies.
11.) The Son did not record everything He said but those things that were needful in justification by faith alone and holy Christian workmanship that needs not to be ashamed but rightly handling the God-breathed Scriptures in the original manuscripts that are so cherished that would rightly fit into the Ark of the Covenant for their preservation because in it is the mind of Christ.
12.) The written Word of God is all-sufficient.
13.) The Bible is all-certain in its revelation.
14.) The Bible is infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience.
15.) The Bible shows the handiwork of God's creation in His outward creation.
16.) The Bible is about wisdom and power of God.
17.) The Bible leaves fallen sinners inexcusable.
18.) The written Word of God and the Holy Ghost are necessary for spiritual rebirth not baptismal waters with Roman oil.
19.) Creation is insufficient to give the gospel but the Bible is sufficient to provide the gospel.
20.) God revealed Himself at sundry times for the intent of the recorded and reliable God-breathed Word in His special revelation.
21.) God declared His will for the local church in the God-breathed Scriptures for how someone is declared right before God and godly means of grace.
22.) The Written Word is for better preserving and
propagating of the truth.
23.) The Bible is for the more sure establishment
and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh.
24.) The Bible is spiritual trustworthiness in defiance of the malice of Satan.
25.) The written Word is in defiance of this fallen world because of cosmic villainy.
26.) The Bible commits all that is necessary for justification by Christ alone in a predestinarian demonstration of radical good in meticulous deeds written with the finger of God that does not add to Jesus but poorly reflects His unaddable and matchless image of images!
27.) The Holy Word is most necessary for justification by faith alone through Christ alone and a foredetermined workmanship that defies this fallen world in radical corruption.
28.) God does not add anything to the God-breathed Scriptures but the time of God-breathed biblical revelation is ceased even in eternal glory nothing will add to the matchless Word but heaven is meant to establish the Word and seek to fulfill the depths of its inexhaustible learning.
29.) The Word of God is contained in the Old and New Testaments in God-breathed indestructiblity!
30.) The Book of Genesis is about Jesus Christ.
31.) The Book of Exodus is about enslavement to sin but turning it on its head a Spirit-led enslavement to Christ as the only true lawgiver.
32.) The Book of Leviticus is about Jesus Christ in His offering of Himself at the Cross and the One who offers Himself to the Father as an acceptable sacrifice that is unmatchable.
33.) The Book of Numbers is about God the Son becoming man and living to about thirty-three years of age but the One who is older than the years.
34.) The Book of Deuteronomy is about Jesus Christ in His sinless life for how someone is right with God in the only and all-acceptable grounds earning salvation and the aftermath of the exodus out of darkness into the light of the Father of lights.
35.) The Book of Joshua is about Jesus Christ as the conquering King and Captain of the Lord's Army.
36.) The Book of Judges is about Jesus Christ as the only true Judge who tests the secrets of the hearts and minds of fallen man in a world of Philistines.
37.) The Book of Ruth is about a love story that teaches us about the love of Jesus Christ.
38.) The Books of 1 & 2 Samuel are about the greatness of God that points to the only great One who is Jesus Christ alone.
39.) The Books of 1 & 2 Kings is about the only One who has the right to the Crown who is King Jesus.
40.) The Books of 1 & 2 Chronicles is about the native people of Israel but really is a symbolic picture of those He gathers to Himself like Revelation's innumerable born again people in Christ Jesus our God and Redeemer.
41.) The Book of Ezra is about Jesus Christ who had the approbation of the Spirit in His baptism by John the Baptist in a special emphasis where He was approved of the Spirit of God for public ministry and what was already true in His birth that was ordained for death that would bring life against a living death that is an imitation of hell before the time.
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Thy Word is like a garden, Lord,
With flowers bright and fair;
And ev'ry one who seeks may pluck
A lovely cluster there.
Thy Word is like a deep, deep mine;
And jewels rich are rare
Are hidden in its mighty depths
For ev'ry searcher there. Thy Word is like a starry host:
A thousand rays of light
Are seen to guide the traveler,
And make his pathway bright.
Thy Word is like an armory,
Where soldiers may repair,
And find, for life's long battle day,
All needful weapons there. O may I love thy precious Word,
May I explore the mine,
May I its fragrant flowers glean,
May light upon my shine.
O may I find my armor there,
Thy Word my trusty sword;
I'll learn to fight with ev'ry foe
The battle of the Lord. (TH, 257).
With flowers bright and fair;
And ev'ry one who seeks may pluck
A lovely cluster there.
Thy Word is like a deep, deep mine;
And jewels rich are rare
Are hidden in its mighty depths
For ev'ry searcher there. Thy Word is like a starry host:
A thousand rays of light
Are seen to guide the traveler,
And make his pathway bright.
Thy Word is like an armory,
Where soldiers may repair,
And find, for life's long battle day,
All needful weapons there. O may I love thy precious Word,
May I explore the mine,
May I its fragrant flowers glean,
May light upon my shine.
O may I find my armor there,
Thy Word my trusty sword;
I'll learn to fight with ev'ry foe
The battle of the Lord. (TH, 257).
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"...Give me the
plenary, verbal theory of biblical inspiration with all its difficulties,
rather than the doubt. I accept the difficulties and humbly wait for their
solution. But while I wait, I am standing on the rock. " (J.C. Ryle).
