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The Bible --
The Most Unique Book in the World -- Part Two
by Dr John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon
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3. Scriptural Declarations Concerning
the Bible’s Own Authority The
Old Testament
Eternal
Isaiah 40:8—The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever.
Psalm 119:89—Your word, 0 LORD, is eternal; it stands
firm in the heavens.
Psalm 138:2—I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name for your love and your
faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your
name and your word.
Perfect and Trustworthy
Proverbs 30:5-6—Every word of God is flawless; he is
a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to
his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
Psalm 12:6—And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven
times.
Psalm 18:30— As for God, his way is perfect; the word
of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take
refuge in him.
Psalm 19:7-9— The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul... the judgments of the LORD are
true and righteous altogether.
True
Psalm 119:43, 142, 151, 16—The word of truth... your
law is true… All your commandments are true…. All your
words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
Holy and Righteous
Psalm 105:42— For he remembered his holy promise
given to his servant Abraham.
Psalm 119:125— My eyes fail, looking for your
salvation, looking for your righteous promise.
Psalm 119:140— Your promises have been thoroughly
tested, and your servant loves them.
Good
Jeremiah 33:14— I will fulfill the gracious promise I
made....
Vital (and verbal)
Isaiah 59:21—"As for me, this is my covenant with
them," says the Lord. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my
words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from
your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from
the mouths of their descendants from this time on and
forever," says the LORD.
Jesus Christ and the Gospels
Note Jesus’ view of God’s Word:
Eternal
Matthew 24:55— Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will never pass away.
Trustworthy
Matthew 5:18— I tell you the truth, until heaven and
earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the
Law until everything is accomplished.
John 5:47—But since you do not believe what he
[Moses] wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?
John 10:35—... the Scripture cannot be broken...
John 12:49-50—For I did not speak of my own accord,
but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and
how to say it. I know that his command leads to eternal
life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told
me to say.
John 17:8—I gave them the words you gave me...
Luke 16:17—It is easier for heaven and earth to
disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out
of the Law.
True
John 17:17—Sanctify them by the truth; your word is
truth.
Holy
John 7:16— My teaching is not my own. It comes from
him who sent me. (compare 12:49-50)
Vital (and Verbal)
Matthew 4:4—Jesus answered, "It is written: ‘Man does
not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God."’
The Rest of the New Testament
Note the Apostles’ view of God’s Word:
Eternal
1 Peter 1:25—But the word of the Lord stands forever.
And this is the word that was preached to you.
Inspired
2 Timothy 3:16-17— All Scripture is God-breathed and
is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be
thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Peter 1:20-21—... no prophecy of Scripture came
about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy
never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke
from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 3:2, 15-16—I want you to recall the words
spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command
given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles....
Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation,
just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the
wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all
his letters, speaking in them of these mailers. His
letters contain some things that are hard to understand,
which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do
the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. (This
shows the inspiration of the New Testament.)
Living and Active
Hebrews 4:12—For the word of God is living and
active... (compare Acts 7:38)
1 Peter 1:23—For you have been born again, not of
perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living
and enduring word of God.
True
2 Timothy 2:15— Do your best to present yourself to
God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be
ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
Not Human
1 Thessalonians 2:13— And we also thank God
continually because, when you received the word of God,
which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word
of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is
at work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 4:8—…he who rejects this instruction
does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy
Spirit
Holy
2 Timothy 3:15—... from infancy you have known the
holy Scriptures...
Vital (and Verbal)
Revelation 22:18-19—I warn everyone who hears the
words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds
anything to them, God will add to him the plagues
described in this book. And if anyone takes words away
from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him
his share in the tree of life and in the holy city,
which are described in this book.
1 Corinthians 2:12-13—We have not received the spirit
of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may
understand what God has freely given us... in words
taught by the Spirit... (See v.14)
Romans 3:2—... they have been entrusted with the very
words (logia) of God.
The Character of God and
the Inerrancy and Authority of Scripture
• Sovereign: A sovereign God is able
to preserve the process of inspiration from error.
• Righteousness: A righteous God is
unable to inspire error.
• Just: A just God could not be
untruthful when asserting that His word is inerrant He
would be unjust if He bore witness to errant Scripture
as "holy and true."
• Love: A loving God would adequately
provide for the spiritual health and safety of His
people by inspiring an inerrant word.
• Eternal: An eternal God has had
forever to determine the canon and means of inspiration
(verbal, plenary, perspicuous) for His word.
• Omniscient: An omniscient God knows
every contingency that might arise to inhibit inerrancy.
• Omnipotent: An omnipotent God can
effectively respond to every contingency and also
preserve the transmission of His Word.
• Omnipresent: An omnipresent God can
initially reveal and inspire His word and later
illuminate it
• Immutable: An immutable God could
never contradict His word.
• Veracity: A truthful God would not
lie when He testifies about the inerrancy of His word.
• Merciful: A merciful God would not
be unmerciful in inspiring both truth and error and then
have His people vainly attempt to find the parts that
are true. He would not leave His people to subjectivism
and uncertainty about His vital word.
• Personal: A personal God can inspire
verbally, with words, to ensure effective communication.
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