How to Walk In Fearless Confidence | Myles Munroe

The Bible & Divine Authorship

The Bible testifies of itself to be the Word of God, therefore we can trust its veracity and faithfulness (2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; John 17:17; Titus 1:2). No other book can truthfully make this claim. The all-powerful and wise God “employed many persons to labor in distant ages, and in different departments, producing in their various compositions a revelation of His will, complete in all its parts, and distinguished by the most perfect unity, without the shadow of discrepancy redundancy, or deficiency”^[1]. It is of supernatural origin. Its claim to be authentic is one of inspiration, inerrancy and infallibility. Not just part of the Bible is of divine origin, but its entirety – “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

The Wrong Way To Winning - James 4:1-10

James was hot! He’d usually address the brethren with a “My Brothers.” Not now. He was ready to whip them (his Jewish Christian brethren) into shape. No doubt there were many striving for position within the church considering the mix of poor Christians and rich overlords in Palestine and Syria. Verse 3:1a infers as much: “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters.” While all men will fail, the path for the believer is submission to Christ and his love. Why treat each other as enemies, allowing illicit wants to consume our thoughts and actions? These fights James describes come from a desire to please oneself; “inner sensual lusts/pleasures that wage battle in our hearts.”[1] Folks were so consumed by these wants, that they would do just about anything to satisfy their desire. The battle within was the source of murders, contentions, frustrations, fights (v. 1-2).  Ideally what was needed was a healthy dose of trust; a “fidicia,” the “placing of one’s trust in God revealed in and through Jesus Christ.”[2]