“Insufficient!”

Piggybacking off “Shove It In Your Face,” there’s a conversation necessary about sufficiency regarding God, His Work, and His Word. I spoke about it in the piece above, but we must unpack the topic more. The reason is that some men say that God, His Work, and His Word are insufficient. Let’s begin by breaking down what they’re saying when they say that.

When some men say God is insufficient, they are calling Him deficient.

When some men say God’s Work is insufficient, they are calling Him a liar and His Work deficient.

When some men say God’s Word is insufficient, they are calling it deficient.

First things first, God doesn’t need us. His Work doesn’t need our help. And His Word doesn’t need us to speak for it. All of His Being, Work, and Word are reliant upon, rooted in, and encapsulated by Him. He is the embodiment of fullness, so all that He is, does, and says is entirely sufficient, which is to say, fullness. Inversely, we need He who is whole and true because we are incomplete. Who we are, what we do, and ourwords are deficient. We are insufficient. We are not enough. We cannot do enough. And we cannot say enough. That’s the Gospel. How do we know all of that to be true? Because of who He is, the work He’sdone, doing, and will do, and His Word, the Bible.

Now, about the Bible, a book deemed insufficient by “scholars” but declared “…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 ‭3‬:‭16-17‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬) by God Himself. A book declaring God’s fullness and the fullness of His Work through Jesus to make us complete(John‬ ‭1‬:‭16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬; Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NASB1995). And if the Bible is insufficient, then it is insufficient to communicate God’s sufficient grace(2 Corinthians 12:9 NASB1995), it cannot be trusted(Psalm 119:42 NASB1995), and therefore not God’s Word(Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭160‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬).

All that pours forth from God is perfect and sufficient. It is good, complete, and full in function and purpose because He is goodness, completion, and fullness. All that He does and says is indicative of who He is. He can be nothing less and nothing more because He is all in all(1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭28‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬), the first and the last(Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭13‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬). If that is not so, then we are all doomed because He is not good, His Work is unfinished, and His Word is incomplete(Revelation 22:18-19 NASB1995). We have no hope, and our faith(Hebrews 11:1 NASB1995) is in vain.

“For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.”

1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭16‬-‭19‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

And if any of you still doubt the clarity, finality, and sufficiency of God, His Work, and His Word, well…

“God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬