Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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servants, and by revealing His message to them and by
enabling them to record it--that is the claim for the
inspiration of the Bible." 1 ' The Bible is not merely
a form of revelation, it is revelation, a complete,
closed revelation. "In this book (the Bible], we have
the only account of God that man has. What can we know
about God truly except what we are told in this
book?"'
Because of the • static nature of revelation, the
content of preaching is equally constant. "God does not
change . . . Man does not change." 1 '1' There is but
"ONE Gospel--the ONLY Gospel. It is for the whole world,
and the whole of humanity."17
Lloyd-Jones's views on the authority of Scripture
gave a similar authority to preaching.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not something
which offers itself to us for debate or
discussion, but for our definite acceptance and
belief. It desires not our approval but
demands our obedience. It does not court
discussion but rather commands diligence. Our
Lord . . . did . . . what He expects His
servants and representatives always to do. He
did not so much answer this man's (the inquirer
mentioned in Luke 13.23) question as tell him
what to do. He did not lead discussions, He
gave instructions. 'e
A literal interpretation of Scripture led
Lloyd-Jones to a traditional, conservative position on
the person of Jesus Christ.
What makes me a Christian is to believe and
accept the testimony that Jesus is the only
begotten Son of God, that he was born of the
Virgin Mary, that He was born in a miraculous
manner, that He worked miracles, that He was
transfigured on the holy mount, that He did