Nathan Busenitz - Right Thinking in a Church Gone Astray: Finding Our Way Back to Biblical Truth

T hough not an exhaustive list of relevant Scripture verses, our hope is that this appendix will help guide you in developing right thinking about the following topics:

Authority and Sufficiency of Scripture

Psalm 19:7-11 The law of the L ORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the L ORD is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the L ORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the L ORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the L ORD is clean, enduring forever; the judgmentsof the L ORD are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.

Isaiah 66:2 My hand made all these things, thus all these things came into being, declares the L ORD . But to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Jeremiah 23:29 Is not My word like fire? declares the L ORD , and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

Matthew 5:18 Truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:2-3, 19-21 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellenceSo we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of ones own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Care and Compassion

Romans 12:9-21 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord. But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 2:15-17 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

1 John 3:17-18 Whoever has the worlds goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

1 John 4:20 If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Hebrews 13:1-3 Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

Creationism Versus Evolution

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:24-27 Then God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind ; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:312:2 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Exodus 20:11 In six days the L ORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the L ORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the L ORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.

Nehemiah 9:6 You alone are the L ORD . You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them and the heavenly host bows down before You.

Psalm 53:1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; there is no one who does good.

Isaiah 45:11-12, 18 Thus says the L ORD , the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, and you shall commit to Me the work of My hands. It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands and I ordained all their hostFor thus says the L ORD , who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), I am the L ORD , and there is none else.

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

Acts 17:24-27 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.

Romans 1:20-22 Since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools.