The Bible’s Purpose and Work

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 11, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 10.

The Bible’s Purpose and Work

The object of the Bible is to reveal God and the duty he requires of men. "It is given for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope." "It is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." The law was to Israel not only a rule of life, but an assurance of life to come through a Messiah prophesied and typified. The Bible is to us the story of a Saviour who has come, and through whom all who believe shall be saved. It is our guidebook, our law, and our gospel. It contains all we need for instruction and salvation.—Sel.