Covenant Reformed News – April 2003, Volume IX, Issue 12
This article defends the absolute reliability and unbreakable authority of Scripture by examining Jesus's quotation of Psalm 82:6 in John 10:34-35. The author argues that if even an obscure poetic verse cannot be broken, then no Scripture can be invalidated, and demonstrates how proper theological interpretation confirms rather than undermines the binding force of biblical statements.
Unbreakable Scripture (2) Last time, we heard Jesus quote God in Psalm 82:6: “I said, Ye are gods,” and then add that “the scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:34-35). Thus according to the Son of God, the OT declaration, “Ye are gods,” cannot be loosened, undone, dissolved, annulled, subverted, done away with or in any way deprived of its authority. Just as surely as God “cannot lie” (Titus 1:2) and a man “cannot see the kingdom of God” except he is born again (John 3:3), so it is absolutely...