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How To Interpret Scripture The Process of Inspiration

Lesson - 2 — The Origin and Nature of the Bible Genesis 3:14–15 (NKJV) So the Lord God said to the serpent:
TEXT “ONLINE” to 40544 “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And
Memory Verse more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you
1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NKJV) For this reason we also thank God without shall eat dust All the days of your life. And I will put enmity Between
ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall
from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. Revelation 12:17 (NKJV) And the dragon was enraged with the
woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who
keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The Divine Revelation of the Bible
2 Peter 1:19–21 (NKJV) And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
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which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the
Luke 1:1–4 (NKJV) Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in
day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first,
order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us,
that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for 2
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers
prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as
of the word delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having
they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to
you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may know
2 Peter 1:16 (NKJV) For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when
the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.
we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Joshua 10:13 (NKJV) So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped,
but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the
138 Times it says; "The Lord Spoke"
Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not
140 Times; "Thus Says The Lord"
hasten to go down for about a whole day.
Direct verbal communication between God and particular human beings
Romans 15:3–4 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is
is an inescapable fact of the Scriptures. This is why the Bible has special,
written, The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” For
divine authority, and we need to take the divine element into
whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that
consideration in our interpretation of the Scriptures. Having our holy God
we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
as their ultimate author, the biblical books are aptly called “holy
Scriptures” (Rom. 1:2, 2 Tim. 3:15).
“The Bible points to God as its author; yet it was written by human
1 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) But the natural man does not receive the
hands; and in the varied style of its different books it presents the
things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he
characteristics of the several writers. The truths revealed are all ‘given
know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
by inspiration of God’ (2 Tim. 3:16); yet they are expressed in the words
2 Timothy 3:16–17 (NKJV) All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,
of men.”—Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 7.
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction
in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work. Today there are some biblical scholars who deny divine authorship
of many parts of the Bible, even to the point where many crucial
It’s hard enough for Christians to obey the Bible even when we
teachings—Creation, the Exodus, the resurrection—are denied.
believe in its divine origin. What would happen if we come to distrust
Why is it so essential that we not open that door, even a bit? After
or even question that divine origin?
all, are we to pass judgment upon the Word of God?
Were far better off believing too much then to start doubting its
accuracy and picking and choosing what versus to believe.
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The Written Word of God
Exodus 34:27 (NKJV) Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write these The Parallel Between Christ and Scripture
words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a
covenant with you and with Israel.” Can A Person Be Like A Book?
People’s minds were much stronger when they liver over 100. Jesus Is Called The Light
The danger of the oral repetition of the word is over time it might The Bible Is Called The Light
appear to change once it was written it was codified. Jesus Is Called The Truth
Exodus 17:14 (NKJV) Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a The Bible Is Called The Truth
memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I Jesus Is Called The Bread
will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” The Bible Is Called The Bread
Joshua 24:26 (NKJV) Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of Jesus Is Called The Word
the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under The Bible Is Called The Word
the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. Jesus Is Called The Eternal
Jeremiah 30:2 (NKJV) “Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying: The Bible Is Called The Eternal
‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you.
Revelation 1:11 (NKJV) saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the “The Bible, with its God-given truths expressed in the language of
First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to men, presents a union of the divine and the human. Such a union
the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to existed in the nature of Christ, who was the Son of God and the Son
Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” of man. Thus it is true of the Bible, as it was of Christ, that ‘the
Revelation 1:19 (NKJV) Write the things which you have seen, and Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.’ John 1:14.” –GC p. 8.
the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.
Revelation 21:5 (NKJV) Then He who sat on the throne said,
“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these Understanding the Bible in Faith
words are true and faithful.” Hebrews 11:3 (NKJV) By faith we understand that the worlds were
Revelation 22:18–19 (NKJV) For I testify to everyone who hears the framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were
words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, not made of things which are visible.
God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV) But without faith it is impossible to please
anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is
shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
from the things which are written in this book. Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God.
TRANSMISSION OF TRUTH.
Revelation 1:1–3 (NKJV) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place.
And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who
bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ,
to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear
the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in
it; for the time is near.
The message goes from God the Father, to Jesus, to the angel, to the
apostle, John to the churches