{"id":18870,"date":"2014-05-21T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=18870"},"modified":"2014-05-20T20:23:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T00:23:24","slug":"what-the-lcms-believes-about-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2014\/05\/what-the-lcms-believes-about-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"What the LCMS believes about the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We blogged about the Brief Statement <\/a>of the Doctrinal Position of the LCMS.\u00a0 President Harrison has now posted an excerpt from the Statement of Biblical and Confessional Principles, passed by convention in 1973, in response to the church schism over the inerrancy of Scripture.\u00a0 But that\u2019s not all the statement affirms, setting off the Lutheran view also from that of some other theologies, including those that also affirm inerrancy.<\/p>\n

The Purpose of the Bible \u2013 Statement of Biblical and Confessional Principles 1973 (LCMS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Purpose of Scripture<\/strong><\/p>\n

We believe that all Scripture bears witness to Jesus Christ and that its primary purpose is to make men wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. We therefore affirm that the Scriptures are rightly used only when they are read from the perspective of justification by faith and the proper distinction between Law and Gospel.<\/p>\n

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Since the saving work of Jesus Christ was accomplished through His personal entrance into our history and His genuinely historical life, death and resurrection, we acknowledge that the recognition of the soteriological purpose of Scripture in no sense permits us to call into question or deny the historicity or factuality of matters recorded in the Bible.<\/p>\n

We therefore reject the following views:<\/p>\n

1. That knowing the facts and data presented in the Scripture, with out relating them to Jesus Christ and His work of salvation, represents an adequate approach to Holy Scripture.<\/p>\n

2. That the Old Testament, read on its own terms, does not bear witness to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

3. That it is permissible to reject the historicity of events or the occurrence of miracles recorded in the Scriptures so long as there is no confusion of Law and Gospel.<\/p>\n

4. That recognition of the primary purpose of Scripture makes it irrelevant whether such questions of fact as the following are answered in the affirmative: Were Adam and Eve real historical individuals? Did Israel cross the Red Sea on dry land? Did the brazen serpent miracle actually take place? Was Jesus really born of a virgin? Did Jesus perform all the miracles attributed to Him? Did Jesus\u2019 resurrection actually involve the return to life of His dead body?<\/p>\n

[Read the rest of the Statement here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

via The Purpose of the Bible \u2013 Statement of Biblical and Confessional Principles 1973 (LCMS) | Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HT:\u00a0 Norm Fisher<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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