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Inspirat ion and authorit y
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Inspiration and
authority
The authorsh
ip of Scriptur
e
The authorship of ScriptureWhat exactly did God “inspire”?
The reader?
The events?
The ideas?
The pen?
BUTthat’s
illumination
BUTif so, he says
nothing
BUTsome bits are more
rewarding
BUTvery little
fits this idea
concursive action
God
the writer
God
Human
What this means is that it’s
inspiration
Human words, style, vocabulary, decisions
God’s choice of exactly what should be there
Jesus appealed to verbal inspiration
Mt 5:18 “not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law...”
Mt 22:32 bases its whole argument on the tense used
One word makes all
the difference
in Mt 22:45
Jn 10:34-35
depends on
whether a word is plural
The words are exact and all quotations are absolutely precise!
WOW! So everything it says is literally
true!
Don’t jump to conclusions!
THAT’S why there are no uncertainties about any of
it!
Not necessarily!
What doesn’t this mean?
1. That every word is original and unique
EZRA
Persian records
CHRONICLES
Other histories
PROVERBS
Amenemope
What doesn’t this mean?
2. That every word is exact
“three days”?
What doesn’t this mean?
3. That quotations are always precise
When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts
from men Ps 68:18
When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men Eph 4:8
The initial recipients of the New Testament books did not have personal copies of the Old Testament, which meant that most people relied on the meaning of the text more than the precise wording of the text. This means that the majority of quotations in close conformity are from passages most people would have memorized or heard frequently … Quotations from less familiar texts are more likely to be quoted for reasons other than strict repetition of the original… It is also true that sometimes the New Testament writer incorporated his allusions to the Old into the argument or literary style by changes inconsequential to the meaning or purpose, but which blend the allusion into the narrative better.
Bob Passantino
What doesn’t this mean?
4. That every word is literally true
There is no God
The fool has said in his heart,“ .”
What doesn’t this mean?
5. That no words have been changed before they reached usIsaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
What doesn’t this mean?
6. That every word was carefully planned by the writer
The ending of Mark
Short notes like Philemon
Moses and Deuteronomy 34
What doesn’t this mean?
7. That there are no uncertainties about any of the words
Authority on her head
I hate divorce
The text of
Scripture
coming next time:
When we look at the manuscripts we have – can they be trusted?
