The Claim of Inspiration

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The Inspiration Of the Bible
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The Inspiration Of the Bible
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The Claim of Inspiration
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 1426
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The Claim of Inspiration
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come,
He will guide you into all truth for He will not
speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears
He will speak and He will tell you things to
come. John 1613
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The Claim of Inspiration
For I neither received it from man, nor was I
taught it, but it came through the revelation of
Jesus Christ. Galatians 112
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The Claim of Inspiration
For this reason we also thank God without
ceasing, because 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 Thessalonians 213
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The Inspiration of the Bible

• Bible writers claimed to be speaking the word of
  God
• thus saith the Lord occurs more than 2,000
  times in O.T.
• Hear, O heavens and give ear, O earth! For the
  LORD has spoken (Isaiah 12)
• Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O
  house of Israel. Thus says the LORD (Jeremiah
  101-2)
• the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel
  the priest (Ezekiel 13)

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The Inspiration of the Bible

• Bible is verbally inspired
• God directed men to speak His will using His
  words
• He revealed the words He wanted them to speak
• 1 Corinthians 210-13 But God has revealed them
  to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches
  all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what
  man knows the things of a man except the spirit
  of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows
  the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now
  we have received, not the spirit of the world,
  but the Spirit who is from God, that we might
  know the things that have been freely given to us
  by God. These things we also speak, not in words
  which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy
  Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with
  spiritual.

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The Inspiration of the Bible
2 Samuel 232 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by
me, And His word was on my tongue. Jeremiah 19
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 mouth. Jeremiah 364 Then
Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah and
Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the
instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the
LORD which He had spoken to him.
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The Inspiration of the Bible

• The process of inspiration
• Zech 712 Yes, they made their hearts like
  flint, refusing to hear the law and the words
  which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit
  through the former prophets. Thus great wrath
  came from the LORD of hosts.

God sent His word gt By His Spirit gt By His
prophets gt To His people

• Gods inspired scriptures are incorruptible
• Will continue forever
• 1 Peter 122-25

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The Inspiration of the Bible

• Scripture is the authoritative Word of God
• Inspiration of the Bible
• Is supported by its unity fulfilled prophecy
• Deuteronomy 1820-22
• Completely equips a person to do Gods will
• 2 Tim 317 that the man of God may be complete,
  thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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The Inspired Word alone has
The Power to Save Romans 116 The Power to Defeat
Error Jude 3 Acts 610 The Power to Give
Life John 1248-50
The Bible is the inspired Word of God!