The Word of God

The Bible, in its entirety and as originally composed, is the Word of God written.

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. Every detail, both the form and content of the Bible are inspired by God and essential to the message of the Bible. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.

The Bible is completely inerrant, meaning that everything it asserts explicitly or implicitly, on any subject, is true in the sense intended by the LORD God.

The authority of the Bible derives solely from the fact that it has God as its author, and not from recognition by any church, individual judgment, experience, practicality or conformity to other beliefs or knowledge. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried.

All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.

The assertions of the Bible are absolutely true regardless of the distances of time and culture.

Any copy of the Bible is profitable and remains the inerrant, infallible Word of God, to the extent that its translation communicates clearly and accurately the meaning intended by the words of the authors of the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts at the time they were written.

The Bible is the only authoritative source for Christian faith and practice, and it is the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions of any kind should be tried. There is no realm of life, belief, or investigation over which the Bible does not have supreme authority.

The Bible consists by definition of all written material which is inspired by God. The books of the Bible received entry as they were recognized by Christian consensus to be inspired, and the composition was not of the churches making.

The inspired Bible is the 39 commonly received books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, each as they were originally composed. The order of books is of little or no help in biblical interpretation.

The words contained within the Bible are all equally inspired and true, and are on the same level of inspiration and truthfulness as the words spoken by Jesus Himself.

Biblical revelation is progressive: while the quality of revelation never changed, the quantity increased, so that the fullest revelation comes with the completion of the later parts of the New Testament.

Believer’s confidence in the Spirit’s authorship of the Bible should derive from the internal conviction of the Holy Spirit Himself, rather than from human authority, tradition, intuition, personal appeal, or evidence.

The doctrine of the complete inerrancy of the Bible as originally written is absolutely essential to any theology which would call itself Christian, and anything short of this is heresy and unbelief, and tends toward the destruction of faith. Any perceived inconsistencies or inaccuracies in the words or meanings of the Bible are the reader’s misperceptions. It is a worthwhile task to discover the resolutions of such apparent errors, but some may be beyond present human discovery, and that in any case it is unnecessary to resolve these conflicts to be confident of the complete truthfulness of the Bible.

The Bible infallibly accomplishes all the purposes for which it was intended.

Donations, Transparency, Accountability

Kathy L McFarland (USA) and Jimmy Chirambo (Malawi) have been chosen by God to put their ministries together to evangelize the entire country of Malawi in Africa. We must depend upon God to move Christians to help support our efforts in this impoverished country that is very hungry to receive the Word of God.

We have chosen to use the PayPal system to deliver the funds to Malawi. PayPal has recently expanded to Malawi, and connects PayPal donors to XOOM system. The XOOM system transfers donations in the donors country to Malawi and exchanges those donations for Malawi currency at little or no cost for transfer. It offers transparency and accountability for our donors, and gives Jimmy Chirambo direct access to needed funds quickly and securely. Simply go to our frontpage at the bottom and access the XOOM page through the donation button, and follow the easy links to transfer your donation to Malawi for Altar of Fire Global Ministry efforts in evangelization.

We do NOT seek constant donations of money in our ministry. We depend upon the Lord to lead those in His flock that He chooses to help this ministry. We will publish the costs associated with the various Harvest activities as they are needed, and we trust that you will give what you can, when you can, as God moves you to do so. We won’t be calling you, or cramming your email full of spam; we won’t send you little booklets and trinkets for your support. We won’t beg. We just don’t have the time. We are stepping out in faith, and looking to support of other faithful Christians to help fund this important ministry.

Thank you in advance.