Are
the Scriptures sufficient for biblical counseling? Explain your position.
Yes. Sola Scriptura! God’s Word provides all we need for life and
godliness (2 Peter 1:3). The Bible
contains all God’s revelation necessary for a person to understand how to
please and glorify Him in this present life.
It is also therefore the sufficient resource for a counselor to lead
another (counselee) through the issues of life; providing answers, hope, and
help in every situation a person may face.
“You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become
convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood
you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that
leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 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 Timothy 3:14-17)
“The meaning [of “perfect”] is that [Scripture] lacks
nothing [for] its completeness; nothing in order that it might be what it should
be. It is complete as a revelation of
Divine truth; it is complete as a rule of conduct…. It is absolutely true; it is adapted with
consummate wisdom to the [needs] of man; it is an unerring guide of
conduct. There is nothing there which
would lead men into error or sin; there is nothing essential for man to know
which may not be found there.”1
The Word of God is the only tool
with which I am equipped to counsel, actually I am just leading them to the one
who is the “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6).
God says; “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should
go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.” (Psalm 32:8) The Bible, God’s Word alone is truth (Psalm
119:160) unchanging (Isaiah 40:8), living and active, discerning hearts
(Hebrews 4:12), eternal (1 Peter 1:25)….. What other counseling source can make
these claims? Society’s morals shift,
psychology finds new theories, and our feelings lead us in all kinds of
directions. We need truth, we need a
moral compass, we need hope, we need help.
The God of the universe has provided all this in His Word; it’s foolish
to look further, it is sufficient, it is superior to all other schools of
thought. “The law of the Lord is
perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the
simple. The precepts of the Lord are
right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening
the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord 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 19:7-11)
1 “Notes on the Old Testament: Psalms, Vol. 1”,
Albert Barnes, page 171
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