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Guesssen concludes his volume extolling the eschatological wonder of Holy Scripture. He speaks of the Bible as a “germ of God” that once for the saint once admitted “to the Jerusalem that is from above, under the bright effilgence of the Sun of Righteouness, he will see beaming in those words of wisdom, on theirContinue reading “The “Infinite in the Finite””

This excerpt is Gaussen’s personal testimony describing the change that took place in his life and the life of the Apostle Paul when “Divine grace revealed to us that doctrine of the righteousness of faith.” It was then that “every word became light, harmony, and life.” The uniting of Spirit, Word, and believer is notContinue reading “The Believer’s Natural and Expected Response to Scripture”

Gaussen compares the traditional inclusion of 1 John 5:7 with the corruption by deletion of Griesdach’s text omitting “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one; and there are three that bear witness.” In summary, Gaussen makes the following points for inclusion: This, of course, is not exhaustiveContinue reading “A Mid-19th c. Defense of the Traditional Inclusion of 1 John 5:7”

Gaussen, Divine Inspiration of the Bible, 1841, p. 168. Of 19th c. text critical work he notes that “this immense toil has ended in a result wonderful by its insignificance, and (shall I say?) imposing by its nullity.” And this “wonderful” insignificance and “imposing” nothingness or absence of efficacy is perpetually raised by critics ofContinue reading “The “Wonderful” Insignificance of Modern Text Criticism”

Gaussen hits head on what we call “theological schizophrenia” or believing the Bible regarding redemptive themes while disbelieving what the Bible says about itself. We should believe what the Bible says about itself “as it teaches us all the rest.” The modern Evangelical church has foolishly carved out a section of orthodox theology, exegetically basedContinue reading ““As it teaches us all the rest””

One historic proof of how quickly and decidedly the Church can drift from orthodoxy is demonstrated in the Bible version debate, specifically the paradigm shift from exegetically based conclusions to empirically based confusion. Gaussen published Divine Inspiration of the Bible in 1841, only 40 years before the infamous novel and corrupted Greek text of 1881.Continue reading “The Spiritual Freefall of the Western Church and the Power of God’s Word”