This exposed the futility of arguing “my” Scriptures, and those of the authors of the “Nashville Statement,” against “his” Scriptures. In fact the vulnerable underbelly of his entire argument is exposed.
If, as he stated, some Scriptures are “more important,” or more authoritative than others, the linchpin of the debate is, “Who gets to define which Scripture is more authoritative or important than others?”
If it is each individual who decides, we will arrive at the current impasse. Literarily, that choice should be left to the Author. Then, logically that conclusion brings us the unpleasant realization that if God did say some things that are true, or important, and other things that are less than true, or false, then He is disqualified from being God. God is good, all the time. If He is not good, He is not God. A good God cannot say something that is false.
Either everything He says is true, or nothing is. If what God says can and does change, then what “leads to salvation, today” can just as easily change tomorrow to something else which will bring salvation. But in actuality, we will all be lost for all eternity.
If the Author can change from saying one thing is true, to it is now false, He is not God at all. He is but a fallible god, and not a god at all but a deceiver: the Deceiver. A good God cannot change. All Scripture is true, all the time.
This is to neither defend nor define God. God does not need defending and He cannot be defined. This is to describe God. It is to help us to understand what He says in the Bible. If He is immutable, unchangeable, then we approach the Word with the presupposition that all is equally authoritative, and has value for us.
God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good. God is good.
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