1. The Holy Scriptures are given as a light and guide to man.
"The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law." Deut. 29:29.
"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life." Prov. 6:23.
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Ps. 119:105.
2. The Scriptures are a witness to Christ and His work.
"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me." John 5:39.
"All things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me." Luke 24:44.
3. The Scriptures are given by inspiration [God-breathed], and to express the thoughts of God.
"The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue." 2 Sam. 23:2.
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth." 1 Cor. 2:13.
4. The Scriptures contain all that is needful to fit the minister of God for his work.
"The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not My word like a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" Jer. 23:28.
"From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Tim. 3:15-17.
5. The prophecies all are a part of the Holy Scriptures, and, therefore, are "profitable." 2 Tim. 3:16.
6. The prophecies were inspired by the Spirit of Christ.
"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 Peter 1:21.
"Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow." 1 Peter 1:10, 11.
7. The prophecies are one of the strongest evidences of the in-
