Bibliology · Foundational
The Inspiration of Scripture
All Scripture is breathed out by God. The Holy Spirit carried the human writers along so that every word they wrote, in every part of the Bible, is the very Word of God.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
Explain what *given by inspiration of God* means in 2 Timothy 3:16 and how 2 Peter 1:20-21 describes the process.
2
Define verbal, plenary inspiration, and distinguish revelation, inspiration, and illumination.
3
Show how God used the real personalities and styles of the human writers without mechanical dictation.
4
Answer the views that only the ideas, or only some parts, of Scripture are inspired.
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