God, in a scripture that we hold in our hands, has given us a relatively perfect expression of his eternal will to establish all the necessary truth for spiritual life and duty.

And that word in the life of an individual, energized by the spirit of God, brings about consummate sufficiency.

Yeah. God brings about consummate sufficiency. Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

No doubt the world is a very different place now than it was even 10 years ago. Yes,

times change and they bring new problems. So how can the Bible, an ancient book, help you get

through modern life's toughest trials? Can it still meet your spiritual needs in the 21st century? The answer is yes, and you'll get

answers today as John continues one of his most popular studies. It's titled, The Sufficiency of

Scripture. And now here's John with today's lesson. It seems to me that one of the most subtle and

dangerous threats facing the Word of God is coming

from within the category of evangelical Christianity by people who claim to believe the Bible

to be the Word of God but betray a lack of trust in its sufficiency.

And therein speak evil of the Word of God.

And it has forced me to ask the question, is the Bible really sufficient for matters of spiritual life? Is it sufficient for the people of God

and all of the necessary resources for the fullness of living in the will of God? Or do we need to

concede that the Bible has some rather glaring limitations that can only be

overcome by wisdom and technique developed by well-meaning people who want to help God out a little bit?

Now, to answer the question of scriptural sufficiency, I want you to look with me at Psalm 19,

what I believe to be the most concise and direct treatment of the sufficiency of Scripture

in all of the Word of God.

Now, to begin with, let's notice the sufficiency of Scripture,

verses 7 through 9. Follow them as I read. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.

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