Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible

Inspiration and Inerrancy of the discussion The discussion is a collection of books, shake up by God, to be use as Gods revelation of Himself to us. It is Gods door sort to declare his authority over his people. Authority of the Bible is established and/or comes from its admit claims. The Old Testament uses the phrase This is what the Lord says enough times to give any reader the understanding that it is the word of God. Because the Bible is viewed as Gods Word it is the final word concerning all issues it speaks. Inspiration is the supernatural guidance of biblical writers by the Holy Spirit.There are different theories as to how God inspired the Bible. Verbal and Plenary inspiration are two theories held by many. These are similar in the belief that they believe the Holy Spirits process was so intense that each word ended up being the exact word God wanted used. Verbal inspiration is more schoolbook oriented than author oriented while Plenary holds more to author oriented rat her than text oriented. I hold to the belief once taught to me by Dr. Orr that God is God, and therefore can do anything God wants God inspired the Bible in his own way thus the Bible turned fall out exactly as God intended it.With this belief I do not try to prove how the Bible was inspired but rather examine the Biblical support of the theories. 2 Timothy 316 is one of the verses most used when proving inspiration in that it tells us that all record is from God. In 1 Corinthians 29-13 we are apt(p) Pauls view to the process of inspiration. In this verse Paul explains that the spirit revealed the things God wanted them to agnise so that they may understand and write what was freely given to them. As Christians we view the Bible as inerrant.Inerrancy is the belief that what God inspired in the Bible is without error. In Numbers 2319 we are taught that God cannot lie, if this is so and the Bible was inspired by God then we are indirectly given support to and definition of inerra ncy. There are five common arguments for and against inerrancy of the Bible. The weakest argument is the Slippery Slope Argument. It just states that if you stop believing in the inerrancy of the Bible than you impart stop believing in the teachings and end up an unbeliever. Though this may happen to a few people this is not the usual.Christians can hold to their beliefs without retention to the belief that the Bible is inerrant. The Epistemological Argument is just as weak of an argument. It states that claims of belief can only be justified by believers if account book is without error. It states that scripture must be beyond a doubt the truth. The problem with this is that a believer should not have to rely on the belief that all scripture is without error to feel that their claim of belief is justified. The Biblical Argument is a great way to defend inerrancy.In this argument it states that the Bible teaches of its own inerrancy. We can chatter one of these teachings in Matt hew 517-20. The argument against this is very weak. It argues that the Bible does not teach inerrancy because nowhere does it directly say that the Bible is inerrant, without error. This to me in no way disproves the argument just argues for arguments sake. The last and strongest is the Historical Argument. This argument states that the bible is inerrant because it has been the belief of Christians throughout history.Throughout history Christianity has not fallen as many new(prenominal) beliefs and cultures have. No matter how hard disbelievers try to fight scripture it still stands and is believed by many. There are many famous historical theologians that can be used to defend the inerrancy of the Bible. The argument against this is weak in that it argues that the Bible was not taught as inerrant till the 19th century. It argues that the only reason Christians began to say the Bible was inerrant was because of the aim for it in apologetics.The relationship between inspiration and inerrancy is powerful because they are united. Without the inspiration of the Holy Spirit there would be no need of inerrancy. We trust in the inerrancy of the Bible because we are taught that scripture was given to the authors by the breath of God. God is infallible and therefore the inspiration of the Bible is inerrant. When I forge on the authority, inspiration, and inerrancy of the Bible I know that to be a committed follower of Jesus I must submit to each of these so that I may grow in my faith.