Bible and the Gospel | What Does the Bible Say About Itself?
In this Bible and the Gospel lecture, Dr. Trent Rogers explores what Scripture claims about itself — its divine inspiration, authority, reliability, and purpose. Drawing from Psalms, 2 Timothy 3, 2 Peter 1, and the teachings of Jesus, this session examines why the Bible is trustworthy, how it reveals God’s plan of salvation, and what it means to say that “all Scripture is God-breathed.” We also unpack Jesus’ own view of Scripture as authoritative, enduring, and Christ-centered, showing that a believer’s doctrine of the Bible should align with Christ’s doctrine of the Bible.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 — Course overview: Gospel, new life in Christ, and now the character and content of the Bible
1:00 — What does the Bible claim about itself? Key texts and biblical self-understanding
1:44 — What “Word of God” means: Christ, God’s speech, and the written Scriptures
3:07 — The Word of God in written form: why Christians value the Bible
3:51 — Defining the Bible: how would you explain it to someone unfamiliar with Scripture?
6:08 — Student definitions: God’s inspired word revealing salvation through history
6:45 — Cedarville’s statement of faith: God reveals Himself truthfully and sufficiently through Scripture
7:55 — Inerrant, infallible, and reliable — what those terms mean
8:45 — The Bible’s authority over life, thought, and the church
9:35 — Understanding idioms and truth in Scripture
10:06 — The Bible’s sufficiency and divine inspiration
10:53 — Revelation as the foundation for knowing God
11:07 — A working definition: the Bible is the Word of God inspired by the Spirit, written for understanding and submission
12:24 — Knowing the Son of God through the written Word of God
13:00 — Why the Bible must describe its own nature — God’s self-revelation
14:06 — Psalm 19: God’s Word is perfect, sure, right, pure, and true
16:00 — 1 Corinthians 2: God reveals His truth through the Spirit
18:50 — 2 Timothy 3: Scripture reveals salvation and equips believers
19:38 — 2 Peter 1: The Holy Spirit carries along human authors — inspiration explained
20:47 — Romans 15: Scripture written for instruction, endurance, and hope
21:24 — 1 Corinthians 10: Old Testament examples written for our instruction
22:08 — What Jesus says about the Bible: Christ’s doctrine of Scripture should be ours
23:56 — Matthew 12: Jesus affirms the historicity of Jonah and Solomon
25:03 — Jesus’s view of Old Testament events as true and authoritative
27:09 — Believing Scripture as Jesus did — Billy Graham’s convictional faith in the Word
28:07 — John 10: “Scripture cannot be broken” — Jesus on the Bible’s authority
29:58 — Matthew 5: The Law and the Prophets fulfilled in Christ
30:46 — Luke 24: Jesus interprets all Scripture as pointing to Himself
31:41 — Mark 12: David speaks “in the Spirit” — Jesus affirms inspiration
32:47 — Matthew 4: Jesus uses Scripture to resist temptation — its power and sufficiency
33:26 — Questions: how do we know the Bible is true and authoritative? Faith, Spirit, and evidence
34:47 — Relationship between the Bible and the Gospel — Scripture reveals the Gospel of God
35:33 — Romans 1: The Gospel promised beforehand through Scripture
36:30 — 1 Corinthians 15: Christ died and rose “according to the Scriptures”
36:54 — Acts 2: Peter proclaims the Gospel from the Old Testament
37:30 — Knowing God and Christ only through divine revelation
39:00 — Everything we know about Jesus comes from the Bible — not nature
40:02 — “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so” — the core of biblical faith
40:27 — God speaks — revelation begins with divine communication
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