1. The Authority of Scripture
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The Inspiration of Scripture
…whose word is it?

2. The Authority of Scripture
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Inspiration = “God-breathed”
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…. [ESV]

3. The Authority of Scripture
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Inspiration = “God-breathed”
qeo,pneustoj
….God
qeo,j
….breathed
pneu,ma

4. The Authority of Scripture
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Inspiration = “God-breathed”
2 Peter 1: …no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. [ESV]

5. The Authority of Scripture
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Implications:
Every word of Scripture is the word of God.

6. The Authority of Scripture
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Implications:
To refuse to believe or obey any part of Scripture is to refuse to believe or obey God.

7. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
“Thus saith the Lord…”
-Moses (Ex. 10:3)
-Samuel (I Sam. 15:2)
-Isaiah (Isa. 50:1)
-Amos (Amos 1:3)
and many, many more….

8. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth….

9. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.”

10. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
2 Timothy 3: from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God….

11. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
The Inspiration of the NT:
1 Timothy 5:18 For the Scripture says, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING," and "The laborer is worthy of his wages."

12. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
The Inspiration of the NT:
2 Peter 3: …Paul … wrote to you, as also in all his letters … which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

13. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
The Witness of Jesus Christ
John 5: And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me….You search the Scriptures … it is these that testify about Me….

14. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Bible
The Witness of Jesus Christ
Matthew 19:4-5 And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning … said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE…?”

15. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
John 10: But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me….

16. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

17. The Authority of Scripture
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The Testimony of Outside Sources
“It is helpful for us to learn that the Bible is historically accurate, that it is internally consistent, that it contains prophecies that have been fulfilled hundreds of years later, that it has influenced the course of human history more than any other book….” – Wayne Grudem

18. The Authority of Scripture
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The Method of Inspiration
Dictation
Influence
Authoritative Instruction

19. The Authority of Scripture
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The Method of Inspiration
John 16:13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

20. The Authority of Scripture
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The Method of Inspiration
Ephesians 3:4-5 …when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit….