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His Word Will not Return Void — Preservation in Action
God’s work of preservation is usually through providential means, but He has shown He will do whatever is necessary to ensure that His Word will not return void. Continue reading
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Tagged inscripturation, Inspiration, miracles, preservation, providence, Scripture
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The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (Summary)
Our salvation is clear — because “That Book in Your Hands” is His Book. The ideas, the words, the languages in which they were given, the styles in which they were communicated, the personal experiences of the writers, it is all His. We don’t have to worry about whether Paul’s personality, or Luke’s Greek education, or David’s warfare, hindered God’s truth and puts our eternal destiny at risk. Your Book is God’s Book, and our salvation is on solid ground. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, God's Sovereignty, Holy Spirit, inscripturation, Inspiration, Inspiration Dictation, Scripture
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The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (part four — Human Writers)
“That Book in Your Hand” As we continue the study on Bibliology (the study of what the Scriptures are, and how they came to us), I want to look at how God worked in the lives of the human writers … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, Amos, God's Sovereignty, Holy Spirit, inscripturation, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Paul, Scripture, Scripture Writers, Writing Styles
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The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (part three — Languages)
Language was not something that “happened” to God, something that confined Him in communicating His message. Rather, a sovereign God “happened” to the languages, forming them to be exactly what He wanted to use to convey His truth. Continue reading
The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (part one)
The Spirit carried along the writers in their speaking and writing so that the end product is God’s, and not man’s. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:16, Holy Spirit, immediate inspiration, inscripturation, Inspiration, Scripture
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“Given by Inspiration” — theopneustos, Context Revisited
God breathed life into that Book, and thus it is and remains forever a living and life-giving Book. The divine qualities that He breathed into it live on even in that translation in your hand, just as they lived in Timothy’s Greek translation. It still lives and gives life today, just as it always has. Continue reading
“Given by Inspiration” — Three Useful Terms
“That Book in Your Hand” This post continues thoughts from/related to my first sermon on “That Book in Your Hand,” a series on the Bible, what it is and how we got it. We have already spent three posts looking at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, Holy Spirit, immediate inspiration, inscripturation, Inspiration, revelation, Scripture, theopneustos
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