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Revelation: How We Got Our Bible

Discover the divine inspiration behind the Scriptures and explore different theories of inspiration. Learn about the importance of revelation and the inerrancy of the written Word.

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Revelation: How We Got Our Bible

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  1. Revelation How We Got Our Bible

  2. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

  3. Inspiration What it is not... • A great or noble idea

  4. Inspiration What it is not... • A great or noble idea • A feeling or beauty or awe

  5. God has moved certain men to write in such a way that the result of that writing, the Scriptures, is the very word of God. Inspiration What it is...

  6. But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Peter 1:20-21).

  7. The Living Word Divine Holy Spirit The Written Word Human Sinless Inerrant Agency

  8. Revelation Revelation versus Inspiration Inspiration God has revealed Himself God in-breathed the Scriptures Involves both general as well as special revelation Confined to the Bible

  9. False Theories of Inspiration • Neo-Orthodoxy Theory: God is seen as transcendent so that we cannot receive an accurate revelation of Him. Orthodoxy: The Bible is the Word of God Neo-Orthodoxy: The Bible gives witness to the Word of God

  10. False Theories of Inspiration • Neo-Orthodoxy Theory • Mechanical Dictation Theory Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD (Exodus 24:4).

  11. False Theories of Inspiration • Neo-Orthodoxy Theory • Mechanical Dictation Theory Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” (Exodus 34:27).

  12. False Theories of Inspiration • Neo-Orthodoxy Theory • Mechanical Dictation Theory Then the LORD answered me and said, “Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That the one who reads it may run.” (Habakkuk 2:2).

  13. False Theories of Inspiration • Neo-Orthodoxy Theory • Mechanical Dictation Theory • Dynamic Inspiration Theory God

  14. False Theories of Inspiration • Neo-Orthodoxy Theory • Mechanical Dictation Theory • Dynamic Inspiration Theory • Limited Inspiration Scientific & Historical Statements Redemptive Truths

  15. Verbal Plenary Inspiration

  16. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. (Matthew 5:18).

  17. But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:4).

  18. Infallible: Incapable of error Inerrancy: Does not contain error

  19. Infallibility & Inerrancy do not demand… • A strict utilization of the rules of grammar • A rigidly literalist interpretation • The technical language of modern science • Verbal preciseness in quotations • A comprehensive accounting of all truth

  20. Infallibility & Inerrancy do not demand… • The infallibility or inerrancy of non-inspired sources used by the Biblical writers

  21. But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife(1 Corinthians 7:10-11). Inerrancy Issues

  22. But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. (1 Corinthians 7:12-13). Inerrancy Issues

  23. Inerrancy Issues Imprecise Quotes

  24. Inerrancy Issues Conflicting Reports • Genealogy of Jesus • Calling of the Disciples • Setting of the Sermon on the Mount • Inscription on the cross of Jesus

  25. Inerrancy Issues Conflicting Reports • Not always the same event • Topical versus chronological order • Quotes made from different languages • Intent of statement rather than exact words

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