What are the attributes of Holy Scripture and why do they stand or fall together?

The attributes of Holy Scripture are authority, clarity, necessity and sufficiency.  These attributes stand upon the doctrine of God to take their shape.  By Authority, God explimfies his self-authenticating witness to provide Scripture with a transcendant and timeless norm throughout history.  There is no greater authority on Scripture than Scripture itself because it bears the breath of God's authority.  By clarity, God shows the world that he is both transcendant and immanant, so that he can be seen and understood.  That is why man is responsible for his own sin as Romans 1:19 shows us.  Clarity should not be mistaken for comprehensiveness for there is still mystery in Holy Scripture as God is incomprehensible in his transcendance.  But his message is clear, thus the ncessity of Scripture.  Since Jesus Christ is the word of God (John 1:1) we see the two intimately together and thus the immense necessirty of both to provide salvation.  That message of salvation gives the church it's mission as Romans 10:14 shows us the neccessity of Scritpure to provide the life-giving good news by preaching the word.  Ultimately this word provides the message of faith, hope and love to a dead individual who desparately needs the message of salvation.  Finally, by sufficiency, Scripture shows that it is perfect and complete.  There is no need to add anything further to God's word because it is wholly sufficient for its purposes of breathing God's truth into the world and hearts of stone.

With a careful analysis of these attributes we can see the foundation of God's attributes which seal the truth of Scripture.  If these intricately woven attributes of Scripture hold one another up based on who God is, than they all begin to crumble together.  Only a sovereign, immanant and transcendant, creator, sustainer, holy perfect God could ever author the authoratative, clear, neccessary and sufficient Holy Scriptures.