By Affirming That the Bible Is the Word of God

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Lesson 4 By Affirming That the Bible Is the Word
of God
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Summary of Various Skepticism

• Unbelievers who discard the Bible entirely
• Religious folks who redefine inspiration to
• include other books besides the Bible, or
• say writers were creative geniuses, unusually
  talented, or
• say its inspired in sense (in
  thoughts/concepts) but not in sentence (the
  very words) Dynamic Inspiration,
• claim Bible becomes inspired when encountered,
• suggest inspiration was accomplished only by
  mechanical dictation.
• Highly educated scholars who affirm that the
  Bible is inspired, but only certain parts
• Dates, numbers, places, events not inspired
• Only matters of doctrine, morals faith are
  inspired, all others liable to mistakes by good,
  but fallible men
• Must demythologize the Bible
• Discrepanciesresult of writers slip of the
  mind

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Where will this lead?

• Where will
• the thoughts are inspired but not the words
  lead?
• it becomes inspired when encountered lead?
• only part of the Bible is inspired lead?
• Bible writers slipped and made some mistakes
  lead?
• the Bible only has Gods thoughts and not His
  words lead?
• the Bible is open to a wide range of
  interpretations lead?
• the Bible cannot be approached as THE WORDS of
  God lead?
• the Bible is a fallible book written by fallible
  men lead?
• there are obvious and real contradictions in the
  Bible lead?
• the Bible is NOT the verbally inspired Word of
  God lead?
• to think every word is from God is a naïve
  assumption lead?

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Where will this lead?
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• It will lead millions of souls to make the same
  damnable affirmation as the avid atheist, Dan
  Barker, did in his February 12, 2009, debate with
  Kyle Butt (15459-15619).

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Where will this lead?

• It will lead millions of souls to make the same
  damnable affirmation as the avid atheist, Dan
  Barker, did in his February 12, 2009, debate with
  Kyle Butt (15459-15619).
• It is but a small step
• From some of the Bible is from God
• To none of the Bible is from God
• From there are mistakes in some parts of the
  Bible
• To there are mistakes in all parts of the
  Bible
• From not every single word in the Bible is from
  God
• To not any single word in the Bible is from
  God
• From the thoughts/concepts in the Bible are
  inspired
• To nothing in the Bible is inspired

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THE TRUTHThe Bible is the result of the verbal,
plenary inspiration of God

• Verbal the very words (every word, not merely
  the thoughts) are God directed/permitted
• Plenary full, each every part is inspired

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THE TRUTHThe Bible is the result of the verbal,
plenary inspiration of God

• The original documents of the Bible were written
  by men, who, though permitted the exercise of
  their own personalities and literary talents, yet
  wrote under the control and guidance of the
  Spirit of God, the result being in every word of
  the original documents a perfect and errorless
  recording of the exact message which God desired
  to give to man.
• - Frank E. Gaebelein

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THE TRUTHThe Bible is the result of the verbal,
plenary inspiration of God

• Inspiration is that inexplicable power which the
  Divine Spirit put forth of old on the authors of
  holy Scripture, in order to their guidance even
  in the employment of the words they used, and to
  preserve them alike from all error and from all
  omission.

- L. Glaussen, TheopneustiaThe Plenary
Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures
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THE TRUTHThe Bible is the result of the verbal,
plenary inspiration of God

• Unexplained power
• of the Holy Spirit
• exerted on the writers
• in order to guide
• and to preserve
• - from error
• - and omission

- L. Glaussen, TheopneustiaThe Plenary
Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures
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THE TRUTHThe Bible is the result of the verbal,
plenary inspiration of God

• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,
  and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
  correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
  equipped for every good work (2 Tim. 316-17).
• ALL
• SCRIPTURE (Gk, graphe) denotes writing (i.e.,
  sacred writings) Writing is composed of words,
  thus we have an emphatic declaration of verbal
  inspiration!
• INSPIRATION God-breathed

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• More than 3,800 times in Old Testament
• Jesus endorsed verbal inspiration
• Christ promised His apostles words
• Writers were conscious of inspiration
• Writers considered one anothers productions to
  be inspired

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• More than 3,800 times in Old Testament
• Thus saith the Lord
• Then the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a
  memorial in the book (Ex. 1714).
• And God spoke all these words, saying (Ex.
  201).
• the LORD spoke to Moses (100 times in Ex,
  Lev, Num)
• The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word
  was on my tongue (2 Sam. 232).
• I have put My words in your mouth (Isa. 5116).

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• More than 3,800 times in Old Testament
• Thus saith the Lord
• Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my
  mouth, and the LORD said to me Behold, I have
  put My words in your mouthTherefore thus says
  the LORD God of hosts Because you speak this
  word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth
  fire (Jer. 19 514).
• Jeremiah the word of the Lord (more than 70
  times)
• Ezekiel the word of the Lord (more than 60
  times)
• Hosea, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Zephaniah,
  Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi all begin with the
  word of the Lord
• The Scriptures are exalted as the Word of God
  some 175 times in Psalm 119 alone!

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 2. Jesus endorsed verbal inspiration
• Affirming the Divine origin of the Old Testament
• He affirmed that one jot or one tittle would
  not pass away from the law till all is
  fulfilled (Matt. 517-18).
• Frequently introduced O.T. quotations with, It
  is written, validating the truthfulness of the
  teaching.
• Made arguments based on the text of the O.T.,
  wherein He stressed very precise grammatical
  points.
• Matthew 2232 - depends on present tense, I am
  the God
• Matthew 2241 - emphasis on a single word, Lord

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 3. Christ promised words to His apostles
• The words of the gospel would be given them
• But when they deliver you up, do not worry about
  how or what you should speak. For it will be
  given to you in that hour what you should speak
  for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of
  your Father who speaks in you (Matt. 1019-20).
• Therefore settle it in your hearts not to
  meditate beforehand on what you will answer
  (Luke 2114).
• That has to involve their very words!

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 3. Christ promised words to His apostles
• The words of the gospel would be given them
• I will give you the keys of the kingdom of
  heaven and whatever you bind on earth shall have
  been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on
  earth shall have been loosed in heaven (Matt.
  1619, NASB).
• Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth
  shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you
  loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven
  (Matt. 1818, NASB).
• These things I have spoken to you while being
  present with you. But the Helper, the Holy
  Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He
  will teach you all things, and bring to your
  remembrance all things that I said to you (John
  1425-26).

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 4. Writers were conscious of inspiration
• Fully aware they were recording the words of God
• And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
  which you do well to heed as a light that shines
  in a dark place, until the day dawns and the
  morning star rises in your hearts knowing this
  first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any
  private interpretation, for prophecy never came
  by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as
  they were moved by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter
  119-21).
• For I received from the Lord that which I also
  delivered to you (1 Cor. 1123). Had to be in
  the form of words
• For this we say to you by the word of the Lord
  (1 Thess. 415).

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 4. Writers were conscious of inspiration
• Fully aware they were recording the words of God
• when you received the word of God which you
  heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of
  men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,
  which also effectively works in you who believe
  (1 Thess. 213).
• If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or
  spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things
  which I write to you are the commandments of the
  Lord (1 Cor. 1437).
• When Philip preached in Samaria, those people to
  whom he spoke had heard the word of God (Acts
  814).

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 4. Writers were conscious of inspiration
• Fully aware they were recording the words of God
• For I neither received it from man, nor was I
  taught it, but it came through the revelation of
  Jesus Christ (Gal. 112).
• For who among men knows the thoughts of a man
  except the spirit of the man which is in him?
  Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except
  the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the
  spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from
  God, so that we may know the things freely given
  to us by God, which things we also speak, not in
  words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught
  by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with
  spiritual words (1 Cor. 211-13, NASB). The
  mind of God was revealed in inspired words
  recorded by Holy Spirit led men.

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Verbal Inspiration Is Claimed Throughout Scripture

• 5. Writers considered one anothers productions
  to be inspired of God
• Considered OT NT equally inspired Scripture
• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God!
• For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an
  ox while it treads out the grain, and, The
  laborer is worthy of his wages (1 Tim. 518
  combined Deut. 254 Luke 107 and classified
  both as Scripture).
• as also our beloved brother Paul, according to
  the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as
  also in all his epistles, speaking in them of
  these things, in which are some things hard to
  understand, which untaught and unstable people
  twist to their own destruction, as they do also
  the rest of the Scriptures (2 Peter 315-16).

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What does the Bible say?

• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,
  and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
  correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
  equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 316-17).