1. ‘GOD-BREATHED’ 2 Tim 3:14-4:5

2. 1. Introduction

3. ‘All scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness’.

4. 2. Scripture

6. 3. Not for me

8. 4. God-breathed

10. So how were the scriptures God-breathed?

11. * Natural Inspiration * * * * * *

12. * Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * * * * *

13. * Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * Partial Inspiration * * * *

14. * Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * Partial Inspiration * * * *

15. Natural Inspiration. Spiritual Illumination. Partial Inspiration
* Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * Partial Inspiration * Conceptual or Dynamic Inspiration * * *

16. Natural Inspiration. Spiritual Illumination. Partial Inspiration
* Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * Partial Inspiration * Conceptual or Dynamic Inspiration * Divine Dictation * *

17. Natural Inspiration. Spiritual Illumination. Partial Inspiration
* Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * Partial Inspiration * Conceptual or Dynamic Inspiration * Divine Dictation * Verbal Plenary Inspiration *

18. Natural Inspiration. Spiritual Illumination. Partial Inspiration
* Natural Inspiration * Spiritual Illumination * Partial Inspiration * Conceptual or Dynamic Inspiration * Divine Dictation * Verbal Plenary Inspiration * Personal Revelation

19. 6. The Result * The debtor * The merchant *

20. God used authors with all their personality and experience and breathed his Spirit into the writing process motivating them to write over time and so supervised the process that in the end he was satisfied with the result that they became the word of God. ‘And God saw that it was very good’.

21. 5. Using the scriptures

23. Rebuking Correcting Teaching Training

24. 6. The Result