A Broken Record

As a pastor, sometimes I fear that the congregation thinks I am a broken record. However, I do not apologize. Many times in messages and in Bible study I stress the inspiration, inerrancy and infallibility of the Scripture. Most recently in Wednesday night Bible study we have started studying the book of Galatians. In chapter one the Apostle Paul, as he does in many of his writings, stresses his apostleship.

1 Corthinians 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2 Corthinians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Is this important? Yes, because if Paul was not an apostle then his writing could not be included in the cannon of Scripture. That was one of the criteria for being included in the New Testament. It must be written by an apostle. This is relevant because it all has to do with the inspiration of Scripture. God breathed through the apostles his Word. If that is not true then our faith is baseless. And that is exactly the goal of the atheist and humanist. If they can get the Christians to question the authority, inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture, they have a legitimate right to get us to question all Christian principals, including evolution and the moral code.   So if I do sound like a broken record I do not apologize for it? The non believers do not tire nor miss any opportunity to promote their agenda so why should we as Christian apologize for reiterating repeatedly our stances? Is it misguided to continually preach to the "choir"? I don't think so, I hope they will take the message (music) with them to preach (sing) it to their family especially their kids and grandkids. If we fail to repeat our message they will by default pick up the non believer's message.