BIBLIOLOGY The Doctrine of the Bible

1.1 Who wrote the Bible?

1.1 Who wrote the Bible?

A. What is plenary verbal inspiration?

1. Inspiration: The Bible is God-breathed.

a. The scriptures are not the product of man, but rather they are from God. God is the AUTHOR

b. Biblical Inspiration is NOT like human inspiration- Mozart was inspired to write music

(passionate)- Scripture was inspired by God (breathed

life)

1.1 Who wrote the Bible?2. Verbal Inspiration: The Words of the Bible are

God-breathed. - The words of the Bible (not just the ideas of the bible) are inspired.

- God chose those words for a specific reason.

- The Greek word for Scripture is “graphē.” This refers to the actual physical writing paper and the marks on the page.

- God told the human writers what to write (verbal inspiration) and they wrote it down (graphē)

1.1 Who wrote the Bible?3. Plenary: The All of the words of the Bible are

God-breathed. -All words, phrases, and ideas were inspired by God. They have life and power from God

-All topics are inspired: history, poetry, law, prophets, gospels, letters, revelation.

-2 Timothy 3:16 (Scripture’s Claim about itself)All[plenary] Scripture [verbal] is God-breathed[inspired] and is useful for teach-ing, rebuking, correcting and training in right-eousness,

PlenaryVerbalInspiration

-all-full-complete

-the words -God-breathed; given life from God

1.1 Who wrote the Bible B. How is the Bible different from any other

book?

1. The Word of God is Eternal

Peter 1:25, “But the word of the Lord endures for-ever.”

2. The Word of God is the only book inspired by God

The Bible is the most powerful book

YHWH- the personal name of God(THE LORD)

The LORD God

Israel

Loving kindness

1.2 How Did God write the Bible?

1.2 How Did God write the Bible?

A. The Scriptural view of inspiration

1. God set apart a special group to write His Word.- These people were holy and faithful to

God.- They were chosen by God for this job

2. God used their personalities, but also tran-scended them

- All the writers were different—different jobs, languages, upbringing

-God used their styles, but also overruled when necessary

1.2 How Did God write the Bible?

3. God inspired the human writers to write things they didn’t know or understand

- Example: Creation (Nobody was there!)

4. God inspired the human writers to write about some things of which they had been eyewit-nesses

- Many of Jesus’ disciples wrote down their experiences Example: 1 John 1:1-3

5. Being an eyewitness is not sufficient. It has to have God’s breath too. Example: Luke 1:1-4

1.2 How Did God write the Bible?

6. God inspired the human authors to write about things that human nature would normally ignore or minimize

- The Bible talks about the worst of humanity

- It tells about the mistakes of many peopleDavid and

Bathsheba

2 Samuel 11 Disciple running awayMark 14:51-52

1.2 How Did God write the Bible?

B. Four non-Scriptural View of Inspiration

1. Natural Inspiration- The writers were pas-sionate to write down the words, much like Mozart made music or Van Gogh painted. ONLY HUMAN

2. Partial Inspiration- Some parts of the Bible are inspired and others are not. Ex-ample: The Bible is accurate in morals and doctrine, but is unreliable in areas of science and history.

1.2 How Did God write the Bible?

B. Four non-Scriptural View of Inspiration

3. Conceptual Inspiration- only the concepts and ideas of the Bible are inspired. The specific words are not.

4. Becomes the Word of God- (Karl Barth) The Bible becomes the word of God when you encounter God in a spiritual moment.

Debate

1.3 Proofs of Inspiration

1.3 Proofs of Inspiration

A. The Bible claims to be the inspired Word of God

1. There are many powerful statements of inspiration in the Scriptures.

- 2 Timothy 3:16- Acts 1:16

2. The phrase “Thus saith the Lord” (Thus the Lord says) and similar phrases are found over 3,800 times in the Old Testament.

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3. The human writers realized that God was giving them the words.

- Exodus 25:1- Jeremiah 1:1-2

4. The words of Moses are connected with the words of Christ

- John 5:36-47

5. Christ placed his stamp of approval on the Scriptures.

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6. The judgment attached to adding to or taking away from the words of scripture shows God’s attitude toward the importance of His word.

- Deuteronomy 12:32- Revelation 22:18

7. Very few other books claim to be the Word of God

-Koran, Book of Mormon, Bhagavad Gita, etc.

8. We accept the authorship or reliable literature until proven otherwise.

1.4 Proofs of Inspiration

1.4 Proofs of Inspiration

A. The fulfilled Bible Prophecies

1. Many events in the Old Testament corre-spond or point to what happens in the New Testament.

*DEBATED ISSUE

2. Many New Testament events are fulfilled by historical events

A. Destruction of Jerusalem fits with Matthew 24:2

B. Peter’s actual death matches Jesus’ words

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B. The scientific accuracy of the Bible

1. Scripture-scripture describes natural phe-

nomenon which have been proven to be scientifically accurate

2. Stories from life-George Washington- French Academy- Ocean charts