Is the Bible Corrupted? Part 4- How God inspired the Bible

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Welcome to This Week in the Word!

This is where I am sharing the work God is using to grow me. How I am preparing for his calling on my life, and being a witness to his glory. I am not a graduate of seminary, a theologian, or godly scholar. I am just a born again BIBLE believing disciple of Jesus.

My mission is to encourage people to seek God through reading his word.

This weeks study: How God inspired the Bible

Hebrews 4:12 This book is a miracle and gift from God. Its the only book in the world that is alive, and its the only book in the word that reads you as you read it. Think about that for a minute.

This book is a miracle:
It is complete: [Rev 22:18-19]
It needs zero help: [2Tim 2:15-16]
Just as Jesus is a miracle, so is this word: 1 Tim 3:16, 2 Tim 3:16 says, John 1:14 , and 1 John 5:7
It goes against man’s logic:
The wisdom of man is foolishness. [1Cor 3:19]
Through God all things are possible. [Mark 10:27]
Without faith it is impossible to please God. [Heb 11:6]
What is Faith? [Heb 11:1]
By grace we are saved through faith [Eph 2:8]

“Inspiration without preservation is damnation”
This week we look to the Bible to see how the Bible tells us it was written and how it has withstood the attacks of the enemies for over 6000 years. This is called “Inspiration” (how it was written), and “Preservation” (how it has been protected).
1Pet 1:23-25:

What men call Inspiration:
Natural Inspiration: There is nothing supernatural about it. Men wrote stuff down and others liked it.
Spiritual Illumination: it's not the writings that are inspired, but rather the men who wrote. God inspired the man, and while inspired they wrote the scripture. Today God could inspire someone in this way to write more scripture.
Partial Inspiration: Parts of the Bible are inspired. Typically meaning the only parts inspired are the parts that pertain to faith and practice, but there are errors in parts related to history, science, chronology, etc. (“just the important parts”)
Conceptual Inspiration: only the concepts are inspired, not the words. God gave a man an idea and they wrote it in their own words.
Personal Revelation: the Bible itself is not the word of God, because God doesn’t speak through propositions or mere facts about himself. He is God and he reveals himself (through an experience). The “lower case” word of God is a witness to the “upper case” Word of God [Jesus], and the lower case word and become the upper case word through reading it and encountering Christ “the true word of God” within its pages.
Divine Dictation: AKA Mechanical Dictation- God dictated the words of scripture and man recorded them in a passive manner, like a secretary would write only as they were instructed to write.
Verbal Plenary Inspiration: literally means absolutely every word is inspired. Now there are people and pastors who claim this view, yet when pressed to explain would put limits on this.
What is inspiration? Most scholars want to limit “inspiration” to men speaking, or the words written, but the miracle of the Bible is far more vast than the mind of men can understand. Inspiration covers everything. Its the words and personalities God chose, the concepts, the organization of them, the translation of them. It is perfect and the only way it is perfect is because God only. Man had nothing to do with it other than being God’s instrument.

What God says about Inspiration:
What is inspiration? Let's cover everything the Bible says about Inspiration: This word only appears 2 time in the Bible.
[Rule of first mention is one precept on “how to study the Bible”]
Job 32:8- describes inspiration.
2 Timothy 3:16- declares inspiration.
Inspiration is given (in both verses) by God the Almighty through his scriptures to the spirit of man so that “the man of God” may be complete in understanding for what God wants him to do.
God gives the inspiration:
2 Peter 1:21
Inspiration through Dictation: God tells men what to write.
Isa 8:1
Inspiration without understanding:
Daniel 12
Inspiration through Revelation: Deut 29:29, Gal 1:11-12
Inspiration is not dependent on the man: John 11:47-53
Inspiration is not limited: Jeremiah 36 Who was inspired?
Many of Paul’s letters were not written (penned) by Paul, who was inspired?
God didn’t explain this process other than to let us know that ALL scripture is inspired by God. God did say how he was going to do it and he doesn’t need to. We are to believe God. Again this comes back to faith. Its spiritual. The bible is call by the bile as the sword of the spirit. Without God’s inspiration there is no spirit in this book and its not alive. Its a miracle.

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