The Plan Of Scripture

by Sydney Collett | Category: General | Apr 1971

As in a building - of whatever style - one cannot fail to detect the carrying out of the architect's plan, whether the roof, windows, or doors, etc., are considered; and as in the human body every anatomist is bound to recognize the working out of a marvellous plan, whether he considers the nerves, the blood vessels, or the bones-so, after all that has been said about inspiration, we would naturally expect that, if the Bible is all that it claims for itself, it will be found to constitute what a classical scholar would call an organic unity.

Cuvier, the great comparative anatomist, said that a complete organism is governed by three laws: (1) that each and every part is essential to the whole; (2) that each part is related to, or corresponds to, all the other parts, as in a human body hand corresponds to hand, eye to eye, etc., and (3) that all the parts of such an organism must be pervaded by the spirit of life.

On these lines the Bible is certainly a complete organism. For on a careful study it is found to contain in itself a well-considered plan throughout, showing that each part belongs to, and contributes towards the beauty and perfection of, the whole-the whole being pervaded in every part by the Spirit of life (John 6:63) and manifesting in itself such a completeness that there is neither need nor room for any additional part or parts.

Sydney Collett | Apr 1971
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