It Is Written: “All the Prophets” of Scripture Alone | Acts 3:17-26

ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church · Carlos Montijo

January 4, 2026

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Lord's Day: January 4, 2025  Preacher: <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a>  Series: <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/it-is-written:-scripture-alone" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">It Is Written: Scripture Alone</a>  Topic: <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/scripture" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scripture</a>  Scripture: Acts 3:17–26; Psalm 119:41–48; Luke 24:25–27; 2 Samuel 7:12–17; Hebrews 11:35–38; Romans 3:1–2; Jude 3; Romans 16:25–27 “But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled." Acts 3:18 <ul> <li>The issues of the canon of Scripture and biblical authority are foundational differences between Protestantism and everything else.</li> <li>Basil Manly, Jr., The Bible Doctrine of Inspiration, ed. Timothy George and Denise George (Broadman and Holman, 1995).</li> <li>François Samuel Robert Louis Gaussen, God-Breathed: The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, ed. John W. Robbins, trans. David Scott, Trinity Paper 57 (The Trinity Foundation, 2001), <a href="https://www.trinitylectures.org/god-breathed-the-divine-inspiration-of-the-bible-p-88.html">https://www.trinitylectures.org/god-breathed-the-divine-inspiration-of-the-bible-p-88.html</a>.</li> <li>John D. Meade and Peter J. Gurry, Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible (Crossway, 2022).</li> </ul> <h4>I.  What is a biblical prophet? The office of a prophet?</h4> <ul> <li>“All the prophets,” including the New Testament prophets, are divine representatives, who speak for, and, beginning with Moses—write for—God, with supernatural aid, direction, and authority.</li> </ul> <h4>II. “The prophets” and “all the prophets” of Scripture alone</h4> <ul> <li>Every genuine prophet spoke, and eventually wrote, directly or indirectly, of the coming Messiah and His kingdom, with divine authority.</li> </ul> <h4>III. Does the New Testament also quote apocryphal books?</h4> <ul> <li>There is a difference between quoting something directly and alluding to something, and loosely resembling something as opposed to consciously alluding to it.</li> <li>Romans 3:2</li> </ul> <h4>IV. We normally understand Scripture and canon to refer to the same books.</h4> <ul> <li>Some early church writers like Jerome, Athansius, Cyril, did not list apocrypha as part of the Old/New Testament canons, although they sometimes quoted them as (lower-tier) "Scripture."</li> <li>We have the same Old Testament that was entrusted to the Jews, which Jesus and His Apostles affirmed.</li> <li>The entire Old Testament speaks to, foretells, anticipates, looks forward to the coming Messiah who takes away all our sin.</li> </ul> We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a> 4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> Contact us at: <ul> <li>web: <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a> call/text: (915) 843-8088 email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a>

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