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1. Law -- v1 2. Testimonies -- v2 3. Precepts -- v4 4. Statutes -- v5 5. Commandments -- v6 6. Judgments -- v7 A. The Bible Consists Of 66 Books. 1. The Old Testament has 39 Books. 2. The New Testament has 27 Books. B. The Bible Is One Book. 1. It bears witness of ONE God 2. If forms ONE continuous story 3. It has ONE plan of salvation 4. It has ONE central theme--Jesus Christ. C. Augustine (354-430 A.D.)
A. Its Writers. Approximately 40 human writers were used to pen the Word of God.
Some of the occupations of the Bible writers were: prophets, kings,
B. Its Period Of Writing. The Bible was written down over a period of approximately 1,600 years:
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A. Moses--"Torah" The Books of the Law: Genesis-- Deuteronomy B. The Prophets--"Nebhiim" C. The Psalms--"Kethubhim" The sacred Writings: Chronicles--Canticles, plus exceptions above In dividing the Books of the Bible in our Bibles we often use the "4 x 4
[...] These are termed the Four Hundred Silent Years.
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The following chart shows this theme unfolded: |
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[...] God desires to make Himself known to man, and has in
"Revelation is the unveiling of something previously
hidden so that it may be
All revelation is supernatural in that it has God for its source and
truth as its end.
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General Revelation is accessible to all men and is addressed to all
intelligent
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General Revelation bears witness to the existence of God, the
power of
According to Romans 1:18-20, the effect of General Revelation is to
[...] a. Creation has been affected by the entrance of sin. See:
Genesis
b. Man himself has also been affected by sin, [....]
This kind of revelation has come to man by various means: 1. Through Dreams--Genesis 37:5-10 2. Through Visions--Daniel 8:1 3. Through Urim and Thummim--Numbers 27:21 4. Through Audible Voices--I Samuel 3:1-10 5. Through Animals--Numbers 22:28 6. Through Angels--Luke 1:26-37 etc. The "crown" of God's special revelation of
Himself to man was in the
The "completion" of God's special
revelation of Himself to man is the
According to Psalm 19:7-14, the effect of special Biblical
revelation is to
Special Revelation is necessary because of: a. The effects of sin (as outlined above.) b. The transcendence of God (the fact that He is so separated, holy,
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c. The Personality of God (the fact that He is a God of love Who
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[...]"1 A number of terms are [...] contrasted below: A. Revelation vs. Inspiration. 1. Revelation makes truth known. Inspiration provides for its inerrant recording. 2. The Bible contains Revelation. The entire Bible is Inspired. a. Special revelation--i.e. things that only God could make known. e.g. the account of Creation, the fall of Satan, etc. b. Personal observation--i.e. known facts that resulted from what the writer saw, e.g. the crossing of the Red Sea, or, from existing documents, e.g. Ezra 6:1-12. 3. Revelation is progressive. Inspiration is plenary. 1 Warfield, B. B. ..., 1948 |
God did not reveal all truth at the beginning. Much truth was
revealed
a. The Name of God.
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The believer enjoys this blessing today as he studies the Word of God.
The presence or absence of illumination with the writers of the Word of
1. Sometimes the words of the Biblical writers were the result of careful
2. Sometimes the Biblical writers both understood what they were writing
3. Sometimes the Biblical writers did not know the importance of the
4. In some cases, the source of the words neither understood the
words
The point is, whether the writer had illumination or not, inspiration
Note:
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[...] The Bible itself is very clear as to its origins and its inspiration. The two outstanding Scripture references regarding the doctrine of
inspiration
1. Human Penmanship--"...holy men of God spake...." 2. Divine Authorship--"...moved by the Holy Ghost." An analysis of this particular verse makes it clear that God was the
active
[...] The important phrase is "...inspiration of
God...[.]" Those who delight
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[...] [...] For example: 1. Acts 4:25-- 2. Acts 13:35--
[...] Note: [...] Paul in I Corinthians
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[...] A comparison of this
I Corinthians 2:13; Matthew 24:35; Jeremiah 1:9 In fact, according to Matthew 5:18, inspiration extends to even the
letters
Many Scriptures show the emphasis God places upon "words": Exodus
[...] II Timothy 3:16--"All scripture is given by inspiration of God..." [...]
[...] "What Scripture says, God says--through human agents
and without
The proof of this statement may be seen by comparing Romans 9:17 and
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Psalm 119:160; John 17:17. [...]
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1. It Convicts.
2. It Converts.
3. It Corrects.
4. It Cleanses.
5. It Conceives.
6. It Conquers.
7. It Comforts.
DVM: - # 2: II Peter 1:21 DVM: - # 3: II Timothy 3:16 3 The material under this section above was derived
from: Melton, J. H. What The Bible
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BIBLE--DEMONSTRATED [...] may be classified as follows: 1. Direct Claims for inspiration 2. Internal Evidence for inspiration 3. External Evidence for inspiration Over and over, [...] We
[...] in Deuteronomy 18:18-22 shows that true
See also: Exodus 7:1,2; Numbers 22:18; I Kings 14:18c; Ezekiel 3:17;
1. Moses
2. Samuel, Nathan, Gad
3. David
4. Solomon
5. Daniel
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6. Ahijah, Iddo
Add to these the writers of all the prophetic Books, and we have covered
1. Joshua--acknowledged the Law of Moses. Joshua 1:8 2. Ezra--refers to Jeremiah as "the word of the LORD[.]" Ezra 1:1 3. Ezra--also recognizes the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah. Ezra
4. Daniel--accepted the Book of Jeremiah and the Law of Moses as the
5. Zechariah--alludes to the "former prophets" (the
historical Books) in
1. The tables of the Law were kept in the ark. Deuteronomy 10:2 2. The Books of Moses were commanded to be read. Joshua 1:8 3. Samuel's writings were kept in the tabernacle. I Samuel 10:25. 4. Israel stood at the reading of the Law. Nehemiah 8:5. 1. Exodus 20:1 -- "God spake all these
words..." (also: Exodus
2. Leviticus 1:1 -- Lord spake 3. Leviticus 8:9 -- Lord commanded 4. Numbers 1:1 -- Lord spake 5. Numbers 2:1 -- Lord spake 6. Numbers 4:1 -- Lord spake 7. Deuteronomy 1:3 -- "...the Lord had given him
in commandment."
See also: Judges 3:4; I Kings 8:53; II Kings 14:6; II Chronicles
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1. The Former Prophets. a. Joshua 24:26,27; I Kings 16:34 b. Judges 1:2-- c. I Chronicles 29:29 2. The Latter Prophets.
1. David
2. Solomon
3. Job
[...] There are 332 direct quotations and references to the Old Testament in
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2. Particular Sections Of The Old Testament. a. The Law.
b. The Prophets.
c. The Writings.
3. Particular Books Of The Old Testament. [...] (Hebrews 11:32; Matthew 23:35 resp.)
[...] Each one of the above mentioned points (1 to 7) have been attacked by
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See also: Matthew 6:29; 8:4; 12:3,4,42; 19:5-7; 22:31,32; Mark 2:24-28;
Christ began (Matthew 4:4) and ended (Luke 24:46) His earthly
ministry
The inspiration of the New Testament rests upon 3 factors:
1. II Peter 3:15,16 refers to Paul's writings as Scripture. 2. I Timothy 5:18b quotes Luke 10:7 as Scripture. 1. Luke 1:1-4 "...perfect understanding..." 2. Romans 16:26; Galatians 1:12; Ephesians 2:20; 3:3,5; I
3. I Timothy 4:11 with 13 4. Revelation 1:1
Such evidences include:
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1. The Doctrine Of God. 2. The Doctrine Of Man. 3. The Doctrine Of Sin. 4. The Doctrine Of Salvation.
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