Inspiration<\/b><\/p>\n
IA. The main issues.<\/p>\n
1B. Revelation.<\/p>\n
2B. Inspiration.<\/p>\n
3B. Canonization.<\/p>\n
4B. Illumination.<\/p>\n
5B. Interpretation.<\/p>\n
6B. Application.<\/p>\n
1C. First three issues deal with the Bible\u2019s authority in our lives.<\/p>\n
2C. Second three issues deal with the Bible\u2019s impact upon our lives.<\/p>\n
2A. Revelation: the problem of communication: Hebrews 1:1\u20132.<\/p>\n
1B. Nature: Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:1\u20134.<\/p>\n
2B. Miracles: II Kings 5:14\u201315.<\/p>\n
3B. Christ: Hebrews 1:1\u20132; John 1:18.<\/p>\n
4B. Bible: I John 5:9\u201313.<\/p>\n
3A. Inspiration: the problem of accuracy: II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20\u201321.<\/p>\n
Definition: Inspiration is the act of God by which He directly controlled the writers so that what was written (original autographs) was free from error.<\/p>\n
1B. It refers to the writings, not the writers.<\/p>\n
2B. It demands inerrancy (three reasons).<\/p>\n
1C. Trustworthiness of God\u2019s character: Romans 3:4.<\/p>\n
2C. Consistency of the Holy Spirit: Acts 1:16 (cf. Psalm 41:9).<\/p>\n
3C. Teaching of Christ: Matthew 5:18.<\/p>\n
4A. Canonization: the problem of recognition.<\/p>\n
1B. Criteria.<\/p>\n
1C. Its own claim of divine authorship: Hebrews 1:1\u20132.<\/p>\n
2C. Written by selected spokesmen: Ephesians 2:20, 3:5.<\/p>\n
3C. Agrees with itself (cf. Romans 4:3, 6; 9:6, 10, 15, 17, 25, 27, 29, 33; 10:11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, ; 11:2, 7\u201310, 27).<\/p>\n
4C. Universally accepted by believers: II Peter 3:15\u201318<\/p>\n
5A. Illumination: the problem of understanding: I Corinthians 2:14; John 16:7\u20138, 13.<\/p>\n
6A. Interpretation: the problem of study:<\/p>\n
\u2014 II Timothy 2:15.<\/p>\n
\u2014 II Peter 1:20: \u201cno prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n
7A. Application: the problem of change:<\/p>\n
II Timothy 3:16\u201317.<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u201cProfitable\u201d root: \u201cto increase.\u201d Comes to mean \u201cmaking a profit\u201d or \u201cadvantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
1B. Doctrine: teaching us what God says and wants us to do.<\/p>\n
2B. Reproof: convicting us of sin and rebuking us when we are going the wrong way or believing the wrong thing.<\/p>\n
3B. Correction: \u201cto stand or set up straight.\u201d Rebuilding and reconstructing our lives when we stumble and fall.<\/p>\n
4B. Instruction in righteousness: discipling and educating us in what is right.<\/p>\n
8A. Purpose.<\/p>\n
1B. To be prepared: \u201ccomplete.\u201d<\/p>\n
2B. To be effective: \u201cthoroughly equipped.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Biola Hour Guidelines, What We Believe, by David L. Hocking, (La Mirada, CA: Biola Univ. , 1982), pp. 6\u20137<\/p>\n
Diligence<\/b><\/p>\n
Remember the wise words of Richard Baxter to the people of Kidderminster: \u201cWere you but as willing to get the knowledge of God and heavenly things as you are to know how to work in your trade, you would have set yourself to it before this day, and you would have spared no cost or pains till you had got it. But you account seven years little enough to learn your trade and will not bestow one day in seven in diligent learning the matters of your salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n
John R. W. Stott, The Preacher\u2019s Portrait, Some New Testament Word Studies, (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publ. Co. , 1961), p. 27<\/p>\n
The Light and Glory of the Word<\/b><\/p>\n
The Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the truth to sight; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light.<\/p>\n
A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun; It gives a light to every age. It gives, but borrows none.<\/p>\n
The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set.<\/p>\n
Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.<\/p>\n
My soul rejoices to pursue The steps of Him I love, Till glory break upon my view In brighter worlds above.<\/p>\n
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper\u2019s Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York<\/p>\n
Afflictions Sanctified By the Word<\/b><\/p>\n
Oh how I love Thy holy Word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! It guides me in the peaceful way; I think upon it all the day.<\/p>\n
What are the mines of shining wealth, The strength of youth, the bloom of health! hat are all joys compared with those, Thine everlasting Word bestows!<\/p>\n
Long unafflicted, undismay\u2019d, In pleasure\u2019s path secure I stray\u2019d; Thou mad\u2019st me feel thy chast\u2019ning rod, And straight I turn\u2019d unto my God.<\/p>\n
What though it pierced my fainting heart, I bless\u2019d Thine hand that caused the smart: It taught my tears awhile to flow, But saved me from eternal woe.<\/p>\n
Oh! hadst Thou left me unchastised, Thy precepts I had still despised; And still the snare in secret laid Had my unwary feet betray\u2019d.<\/p>\n
I love thee, therefore, O my God, And breathe towards Thy dear abode; Where, in Thy presence fully blest, Thy chosen saints for ever rest.<\/p>\n
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper\u2019s Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York<\/p>\n
If I But Read<\/b><\/p>\n
The Lord I love went on ahead To make a home for me He said. He would come back again, and He Oh, Gracious Love He wrote to me!<\/p>\n
He knew I was so weak and blind And foolish, that I could not find The road alone. He wrote me things That all earth\u2019s wisemen and its kings<\/p>\n
Have never guessed but I foreknow. For I read His letter and oh The depths of love on every sheet My soul is trembling at His feet<\/p>\n
What would He have thought of me I when I saw Him I should say I was to busy everyday To read the letter You wrote to me I really hadn\u2019t time for Thee. <\/p>\n
In Brief<\/p>\n
Admit God\u2019s Word to be His message to you. Submit to the authority of the Book. Commit the words of the Scriptures to your memory. Transmit the message to someone else.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Important comma<\/b><\/p>\n
Maria Fedorovna, the empress of Russia and wife of Czar Alexander III, was known for her philanthropy. She once saved a prisoner from exile in Siberia by transposing a single comma in a warrant signed by Alexander. The czar had written: \u201cPardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.\u201d After Maria\u2019s intervention, the note read: \u201cPardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia.\u201d The prisoner was eventually released.<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, July 14, 1993<\/p>\n
Chapter 11<\/b><\/p>\n
When the preacher\u2019s car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened to you, Frank?\u201d asked the good reverend. \u201cYou used to be rich.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank told a sad tale of bad investments that had led to his downfall.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo home,\u201d the preacher said. \u201cOpen your Bible at random, stick your finger on the page and there will be God\u2019s answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some time later, the preacher bumped into Frank, who was wearing a Gucci suit, sporting a Rolex watch and had just stepped our of a Mercedes.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrank.\u201d said the preacher, \u201cI am glad to see things really turned around for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, preacher, and I owe it all to you,\u201d said Frank. \u201cI opened my Bible, put my finger down on the page and there was the answer\u2014Chapter 11.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reader\u2019s Digest, March, 1993, p. 71<\/p>\n
Faith that Swims<\/b><\/p>\n
I would recommend you either believe God up to the hilt, or else not to believe at all. Believe this book of God, every letter of it, or else reject it. There is no logical standing place between the two. Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in the deeps of divine revelation; a faith that paddles about the edge of the water is poor faith at best. It is little better than a dry-land faith, and is not good for much. – C. H. Spurgeon<\/p>\n
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Read the <\/p>\n
George Mueller, who was known for his strong faith, confided. \u201cThe first 3 years after conversion, I neglected the Word of God. Since I began to search it diligently, the blessing has been wonderful. I have read the Bible through one hundred times and always with increasing delight!\u201d<\/p>\n
John Bunyan, who wrote Pilgrim\u2019s Progress, testified, \u201cRead the Bible, and read it again, and do not despair of help to understand something of the will and mind of God, though you think they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble yourself, though you may not have commentaries and expositions; pray and read, and read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, August 12, 1992<\/p>\n
The Ticket<\/b><\/p>\n
It seems that famed scientist Albert Einstein had more trouble finding his way home from work than he did finding the key to atomic power. One evening as Einstein sat deep in thought aboard the train that brought him home each night, the porter approached to collect his ticket. Einstein rummaged around in his coat, through his pockets, in his shirt, and everywhere else he could think of, growing alarmed at his inability to find the ticket.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s okay, Dr. Einstein,\u201d said the porter. \u201cI know you ride this train every day. I can collect tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s fine for you, young man,\u201d Einstein replied, \u201cbut how am I supposed to get off the train without my ticket?\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Translation Errors<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 CAMELS BIBLE In 1832 an edition had Rebekah leaving her tent to meet Isaac with a group of – not damsels – but camels.<\/p>\n
\u2022 WIFE-HATER BIBLE An 1810 version read, \u201cIf any man come to me, and hate not \u2026 his own wife (instead of \u201clife\u201d), he cannot be my disciple.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cSIN ON\u201d BIBLE. The first English-language Bible to be printed in Ireland, in 1716, encouraged its readers to \u201csin on more\u201d rather than \u201csin no more.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 A similar error in 1653 had declared: \u201cKnow ye not that the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 THE WICKED BIBLE of 1631 reported the Seventh Commandment as \u201cThou shalt commit adultery,\u201d a mistake that infuriated King Charles. He ordered all copies destroyed and fined all printers whose hands had touched the edition.<\/p>\n
\u2022 MURDERER\u2019S BIBLE. This 19th-century faux pas had Mark 7:27 as \u201cLet the children be killed\u201d instead of \u201cfilled.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 PLACEMAKER BIBLE. a 16th Century printer had Jesus blessing the \u201cplace-makers\u201d instead of \u201cpeacemakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 An American printer later substituted the \u201cParable of the Vinegar\u201d for the \u201cVineyard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 PRINTERS BIBLE. Perhaps King David was on target in a 1702 edition, which quoted him as saying \u201cPrinters (instead of \u201cprinces\u201d) have persecuted me without cause.<\/p>\n
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Telescope<\/b><\/p>\n
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through to see that which is beyond; but most people only look at it and so they see only the dead letter. – Phillip Brooks<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Toilet Paper<\/b><\/p>\n
In 1915, A Russian Armenian was reading his Bible when he was beheaded. I saw the Bible\u2014large, thick, and well used. Inside was a reddish stain that permeated most of the book. The stain was the blood of this man, one of more than a million casualties of a religious and ethnic holocaust. About 70 years later a large shipment of bibles entered Romania from the West, and Ceausescu\u2019s (dictator of Romania) lieutenants confiscated them, shredded them, and turned them into pulp. Then they had the pulp reconstituted into toilet paper and sold to the West.<\/p>\n
Robert A Seiple, president, World Vision, June-July, 1990<\/p>\n
Famous Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 A Bible in the hand is worth two in the bookcase. – Author unknown<\/p>\n
\u2022 Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them. – Author unknown<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Bible is a window in this prison-world, through which we may look into eternity. – Timothy Dwight<\/p>\n
\u2022 The inspiration of the Bible depends on the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. – R. G. Ingersoll<\/p>\n
\u2022 The New Testament is the very best book that was or ever will be known in the world. – Charles Dickens<\/p>\n
\u2022 It is impossible to righteously govern the world without God and the Bible. – George Washington<\/p>\n
\u2022 Within the covers of one single book, the Bible, are all the answers to all the problems that face us today\u2014if only we would read and believe. – Ronald Reagan<\/p>\n
\u2022 Never let good books take the place of the Bible. Drink from the Well, not from the streams that flow from the Well .- Amy Carmichael<\/p>\n
\u2022 God is everywhere. However, He does not want you to reach out for Him everywhere but only in the Word. Reach out for it and you will grasp Him aright. Otherwise you are tempting God and setting up idolatry. That is why He has established a certain method for us. This teaches us how and where we are to look for Him and find Him, namely, in the Word. – Martin Luther<\/p>\n
\u2022 I was never out of my Bible. – John Bunyan<\/p>\n
\u2022 I am a man of one Book. – John Wesley<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties. Write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. – U. S. Grant<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Tuned Out<\/b><\/p>\n
A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire lookout. The ranger was so intent on telling the hikers about the flowers and animals that he considered the messages on his two-way radio distracting, so he switched it off. Nearing the tower, the ranger was met by a nearly breathless lookout, who asked why he hadn\u2019t responded to the messages on his radio. A grizzly bear had been seen stalking the group, and the authorities were trying to warn them of the danger.<\/p>\n
Any time we tune out the messages God has sent us, we put at peril not only ourselves, but also those around us. How important it is that we never turn off God\u2019s saving communication!<\/p>\n
Harold M. Wiest, Power for Living, p. 109<\/p>\n
Surgeon<\/b><\/p>\n
My doctor had recommended surgery and referred me to a specialist. Arriving early for my appointment, I found the door unlocked and the young surgeon, deeply engrossed in reading, behind the receptionist\u2019s desk. When he didn\u2019t hear me come in, I cleared my throat. Startled, he closed the book, which I recognized as a Bible. \u201cDoes reading the Bible help you before or after an operation?\u201d I asked. My fears were dispelled by his soft, one-word answer: \u201cDuring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eleanor Schmidt, in Reader\u2019s Digest<\/p>\n
Beyond Searching Out<\/b><\/p>\n
And how endlessly interesting these problem texts make the Bible! Joseph Parker well said, \u201cWhen the last word has been said about the Bible it will no longer be the Word of God.\u201d We never get to the end of the Bible. It is as wise in its reservations as in its revelations. Enough is reserved to give faith scope for development. Everything needful to salvation and godliness is written with such clarity that all the simple-hearted may understand; but there are other matters which, with wise divine purpose, are presented less lucidly, or even enigmatically, so as to challenge enquiry\u2014matters fascinating, mysterious, or more intricate, but all yielding rich and sanctifying reward to devout exploration.<\/p>\n
J. Sidlow Baxter, Studies in Problem Texts, p. 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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