What is Inspiration? Inspiration is define in the book as supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon the Scripture writers. The dictionary has inspiration defined as the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something; the quality of being inspired; a person or thing that inspires; a sudden brilliant, creative or timely idea and lastly the divine influence believed to have led to the writing of the Bible. The word inspiration is derived from the word inspire which in Greek is theopneustos
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Inerrancy and Inspiration Morgan Sikes Liberty University THEO 201-B18 Inerrancy and Inspiration Although, contrary to some who believe otherwise, the Bible is an all-authoritative book. As Christians we believe, that scripture is God breathed and because it is from God, it is accurate and authoritative. The Bible is directly from God, written through his disciples. Since the authority belongs to God, our command as Christ followers is to follow Jesus’ example of how he lived in the Bible
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Short Essay on Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible Living in a Fallen world, people tend to search for answers to life’s questions in places they should not be looking. This causes them to belittle the actual source of answers God has provided for us, the Bible. I find it hard to explain God’s authority to an unbelieving individual talk less of the Bible’s authority. If a person doesn’t believe the bible, it can be a task to convince them that it has any authority. It is easy to explain the
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God declares His authority. Inspiration is the process by which God chose to reveal Himself, apart from general revelation, through His written Word. By His Word, we mean being God’s own Word written by men and superintended by His Holy Spirit as the divine author. The written word of God is whole and was verbally given with the incorporation of the writer’s personality without any error or fault. In 2 Timothy 3:16 (KJV) we read that “all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
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Inspiration and Inerrancy (Turabian-Bibliography) Terrell Harrison Student # 23479051 Theology 201 William D. Aleshire Liberty University Online, February 24th,2014 Contents Introduction 1 How does the World see the Word 2 Five Questions kinds of Research Questions 2-5 a. The authority of the Bible and where it came from? b. Inspiration and Biblical Support. c. The validity of the Arguments of Inerrancy with Biblical Support.
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Group Discussion Board Forum 1 Please respond to each bullet in at least 100 words each: * What are the benefits of natural revelation? What are the benefits of special revelation? * Consider the orthodox Christian belief that salvation is found in nothing else than faith in Jesus Christ. General revelation reveals certain attributes of God. Can natural revelation alone lead to salvation or is special revelation required for the necessary information to be available for salvation? Consider
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Bible you will see such phrases as, “This is what the Lord says”. All scripture is truth (Psalm 108:4). The authority of the Bible comes from within itself. It is the word of God. God is both true and truthful (1 Thess. 1:9; Rom. 15:8). Inspiration in the Biblical sense means that each word comes from God’s mouth. As in, 2 Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is God-breathed…”, meaning God has spoken the words to the writers of the Bible. Scriptures that backs up my statements are: 1 Peter 1: 20
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Bibliology: Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible Dana Peebles THEO 201: THEOLOGY SURVEY 1 Writing Style: APA Professor Gaston July 5, 2014 Well, hello there. I am so glad you asked me why in the world I would be studying the Bible, and how can I possibly consider it to be authoritative. I must say, that when I first started reading it I found that I had more questions than answers and really wasn’t sure of its authenticity myself. However, what I found was that within the pages of
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THEO201_B01 Short Essay # 1 Short Essay on Inerrancy and Inspiration Millions of people worldwide read the Bible and use it for our worship of the Lord, instructions on how to live a moral life, and for guidance. Most people are naturally curious about why the Bible was written and who it was written by. People wonder if we can trust the words of the Bible since God didn’t actually put pen to paper and write the book. The Bible was written by authors who were inspired to write by God.
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Anthony Henderson Turabian Theo-201 D16 Essay on Bibliology: Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible I n today’s society many people question the authority and inerrancy of the Bible. They want concrete proof of the inerrancy of the Bible and they question the inspiration and ability of the writers. When we say the Bible has authority, we must also show where the authority comes from. “Authority is the right and power to command, enforce laws, exact obedience, determine or judge”. Many people
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