The Bible is the story of God intersecting human history in the person of Jesus. As such, its primary purpose is to bear witness to Christ, the incarnate Word.

“The phrase ‘authority of scripture’ is shorthand for ‘God’s authority exercised through scripture.’…scripture itself points, authoritatively, away from itself and to the fact that final and true authority belongs to God himself, now delegated to Jesus Christ.” (N.T. Wright, Scripture & The Authority of God, pg. 22)