Category: Inspiration

False Views of Inspiration

7/8/2020

Trinity Bible Church · False Views Of Inspiration

There are many false views of inspiration, which undermine or completely discredit the Bible as God’s breathed out words.

Natural Inspiration teaches that the writers of the Bible were nothing more than men of unusual ability and insights. We reject Natural Inspiration. If the Bible is no different that any other secular book it cannot be trusted for matters of faith.

Spiritual Illumination teaches that certain believers, who have greater insights than others, wrote the Bible. We reject Spiritual Illumination. If greater insight is all that is needed to produce Scripture, than Scripture should still be in the process of being written.

Partial Inspiration teaches that only those parts of the Bible related to faith and practice are inspired; those parts related to history, science, and chronology may be in error. We reject Partial Inspiration. Can faith or doctrine be separated from history? For example, the narratives about the birth of Jesus contain both doctrine and history. Furthermore, can the Bible be trusted if it contains errors?

Conceptual Inspiration teaches that only the concepts or ideas of the Bible are inspired, not the words. We reject Conceptional Inspiration. Concepts and ideas can only be communicated by words. If the words are incorrect how can they communicate concepts or ideas correctly?

Divine Dictation teaches that God dictated the words to men, who passively recorded. We reject Divine Dictation. If the human authors were passive secretaries each book should have the same style of writing. However, there is no uniformity of style between the books of the Bible.

Neo-Orthodoxy teaches that the Bible becomes inspired as the believer experiences God. We reject Neo-Orthodoxy. If each believer experiences God differently, them the Bible varies in its inspiration. How can one be sure that what they are reading is from God?

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Verbal-Plenary Inspiration of Scripture

7/4/2020

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Trinity Bible Church · The Verbal-Plenary Inspiration of Scripture

There are many views on the inspiration of the Scriptures. The Biblical view of inspiration is known as verbal-plenary inspiration.

Verbal means that every word of Scripture is breathed out by God. In other words, God communicated not by thought or ideas, but accurately and precisely through words.

which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. - 1 Corinthians 2:13

Verbal inspiration applies not only to the words themselves but to the letters and the parts of the letters.

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. - Matthew 5:18

Plenary means that all Scripture, in all its parts, is equally from God. There is no part of Scripture that is more inspired than another part. The Law is just as inspired as the Gospels, and the Psalms are just as inspired as the Epistles. By teaching about Himself from the three parts of the Old Testament (i.e., the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms), Jesus affirmed that they were equally inspired.

Now He said to them, These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, - Luke 24:44-45

If only certain parts of Scripture are inspired, which parts are? If some portions of Scripture are more inspired than others, are the more inspired, more trustworthy?

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Inspiration & Infallibility of Scripture

6/13/2020

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Trinity Bible Church · Inspiration And Infallibility Of Scripture

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
The words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. You, O Lord, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. - Psalm 12:6-7
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. - 2 Peter 1:20-21

Inspiration is the work of the Holy Spirit to correctly and adequately transfer God’s truth into a language that may be read and understood by various people. Inspiration is always related to the Bible itself, not an individual, although it is accomplished through human writers. However, God did not merely dictate to the human writers but used them and their styles.

Because the Holy Spirit correctly and adequately transferred God’s Word to humanity, Scripture is both inerrant (i.e., free from error) and infallible. The Word of Truth is free from all flaws and, though debated, has never been proven wrong in any area of history, science, moral issue, or doctrinal matters. Therefore, the Word of God is free of any blemish, dependable, accurate, and trustworthy. It is thus, infallible in everything it teaches.

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False Views of Inspiration

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