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Scripture is the storehouse of divine revelation. For decades liberal theologians have misrepresented the Bible as merely a collection of man's religious thoughts and aspirations. But Scripture is much more than that. It is in fact divine revelation—God's self disclosure through His Spirit to the human authors. Man could never know God's identity, attributes, perspectives, or commands if God hadn't revealed them to him. Nor could man know his own origin, purpose, or destiny.

This is why we KNOW that Sacred Scripture is above and in authority over any so-called Traditions of the church. It's amazing how frequently we must defend the concept of sola Scriptura on these threads. For some reason, a few presume that belief means EVERYTHING must be in the Bible specifically or it cannot be accepted and they insist that their "Church" teachings and its traditions are equal in authority to God's word. But what the earliest Christians believed and taught was that Scripture ALONE is the authority by which all other teachings of the faith must be measured against.

We can be assured that the "whole counsel of God" has been declared (Acts 20:27) through His word and the truths that have been revealed to us are trustworthy and complete. What happens is that our understanding of them grows and matures over time but they remain THE authority by which we are all called to obey and be in subjection to.