Facts
about the Bible
Lesson
IV
Given
by Divine Inspiration
Date April 5,
2009
Review
We believe the Bible to be a Divine
Revelation,
given by Divine Inspiration, and that it needs Divine Interpretation, made
possible only by Divine Illumination.
I Why another lesson on Divine Inspiration?
This subject needs to be dealt with
because it is under question by our generation
Now
it is under question by many evangelical churches
Is
the Bible trustworthy? Remember, no
writings today are being inspire as the
WORDS
of Holy Scripture were inspired.
“Revelation”
has to do with what the Bible is.
“Inspiration”
has to do with how the Bible came
into being
II We list the major Scriptures related to this subject
2
Timothy 3:16,17 do we really believe these words?
Hebrews
1:1-2 God spake by the prophets and by
His Son
Hebrews
2:3 words spoken by the Lord, confirmed
by them that heard Him
1 Peter
1:10,11 the prophets searched the words
they had written by the Spirit
2 Peter
1:19-21 spake as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost
2 Samuel
23:1-2 the Spirit of the Lord spake by me
1
Chronicles 28:19 writing by his hand upon me
Ephesians 6:17 The Word is the only sword of the
Spirit
Notice
the “word of the Lord” in Jeremiah (beginning 1:4) and Ezekiel beginning 1:3..
III It is this
Inspiration that gives the Bible Authority
1 If the Bible is not inspired all
reason for believing in Bible authority is gone.
2. Those who do not believe that
the Bible is inspired soon add “the Bible is partly true and partly false”.
3. This places the Bible on the
same level as all other books ,for all books contain
some truth
4 Without inspiration the Bible becomes a
dead book. See Hebrews 4:12
5.
Without inspiration the Bible would not have survived the centuries
6.
Without inspiration the lives of men and women would not have been
transformed by it
7 Quote Wycliffe
“There is a spirit in the Bible,
which if it gets into men
Makes tall of soul
Tender in heart
Just, gentle, patient, strong
faithful and fearless”