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If I were to send out a survey and ask people if they believed that the Bible was inspired, most would
probably say, “yes.” However, I fear that most people do not really know what
Biblical inspiration is. Last week we showed that the Bible was given by God. But how?
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…” (2
Timothy 3:16). Literally translated, this passage reads,
“All Scripture is God breathed…” When we talk about
Biblical inspiration, we are not talking about the kind of inspiration that one
has when he is inspired to write a poem or song. We are saying that the Bible
came from God.
Written by Men, Inspired by God
We know that the
Scriptures were written by men. These men were inspired by God to write the
things that have been passed down to us. “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 1:21). Biblical writers were not writing simply writing the will of
man, rather they were moved or borne along by the Holy Spirit. They did not
always understand the things which they were writing; “Of
this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied
of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the
Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.” (1
Peter 1:10-11).
His Words, Their Hands
Some believe that God
supplied the thoughts and allowed the writers to express them in their own
words. The problem with this view is that it would allow human error into the
Bible. Ask any teacher how well his or her students can express thoughts that
the teacher has given. The student may get most of it right but seldom is
perfect. God did more than just supply the thoughts. He gave the very words
using the various men’s own vocabularies and writing styles.
“The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on
my tongue.” (2
Samuel 23:2).
-- Ralph Price --
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