Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. Therefore, surely, there is enough in Him to fill the creature. THE DIVINE AUTHORITY AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. " That which fills an ocean will fill a bucket; that which will fill a gallon will fill a pint; those revenues which will defray an emperor's expenses …

God is satisfied with Himself, and sufficient to His own happiness.

If nothing is necessary to Thee, then no … The Protestant Reformation reaffirmed the sufficiency of Scripture in its principle of sola scriptura (Scripture alone), teaching that the Bible alone is necessary to provide the divine words for all of human life. In contrast with the authority of the pope and the many church traditions of that time that were elevated to the level of Scripture or even as more important than Scripture, sola scriptura reclaimed the … Genesis 17 actually covers the new covenant, the new testament. Most of the versions translate this as "the Almighty God," but the Hebrew word here indicates all-sufficiency. Chapter 6 – The Self-sufficiency of God Teach us, O God, that nothing is necessary to Thee. In Genesis 17:1 God appeared to Abraham and declared to him that He is the God of all-sufficiency. Were anything necessary to Thee that thing would be the measure of Thine imperfection: and how could we worship one who is imperfect? God’s economy in …