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Topical Study

INSPIRATION

of Scripture:

(See REVELATION, special revelation)

divine origin of

♦ Scripture as the word of God (see also WORD OF GOD)

• Exodus 19:7-8; Deuteronomy 18:18; 2 Kings 19:20; Jeremiah 1:9; Ezekiel 33:1-2; Amos 2:6; Revelation 1:2

♦ Scripture as the work of God

• Matthew 1:22; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21

♦ Scripture as God's word written

• Exodus 17:14; Matthew 4:4; 1 Corinthians 1:31

♦ role of the Spirit in

• 2 Samuel 23:2 (cf. Matthew 22:43; Acts 4:25); Hebrews 3:7; 1 Peter 1:10-11; 2 Peter 1:21

♦ human agency in

• Exodus 17:14; Matthew 1:22; Acts 28:25; 1 Peter 1:21

method of

(See also REVELATION, special revelation, modes of; forms of)

♦ through God's words conveyed to His messengers

• Deuteronomy 18:18-19; Jeremiah 1:9; I Thessalonians 2:13

♦ through an inward divine working in the writer

• Jeremiah 20:9; 2 Peter 1:20-21

♦ through careful investigation by compilers

• Luke 1:1-4

♦ through accounts from eyewitnesses

• Luke 1:2; Acts 1:3; 2 Peter 1:16-17

resultant authority of

♦ truthful

• 2 Samuel 7:28; John 17:17

♦ unchangeable

• Psalms 119:89

♦ magnified according to God's name

• Psalms 138:2

♦ eternally enduring

• Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 24:35

♦ effective and powerful

• Isaiah 55:11; Jeremiah 23:29; I Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:12

♦ unfailing in fulfillment

• Matthew 5:18

♦ unbreakable in authority

• John 10:35

♦ life-changing

• 2 Timothy 3:15-17

of prophets:

♦ of a false prophet:

• Ezekiel 13:2, 17

♦ of a true prophet:

• Hosea 9:7

♦ of love motivated by another

• 2 Corinthians 8:7

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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