What are the Holy Scriptures? Part 1
The first chapter of the 1689 London Baptist Confession sets the stage for the rest of the confession by establishing what the foundation is for it's doctrine, namely the Holy Scriptures. The first paragraph serves almost like a thesis statement for the rest of the chapter. Having made its point of the certain, infallible rule for faith and obedience, the Confession continues into paragraph 2 of the first chapter by identifying positively what precisely is the holy canon of Scripture. Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testament, which are these: OF THE OLD TESTAMENT: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, The Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Ze...