2. True or False? 1. Everything the Scriptures say is true. 2. Only the religious things in the Bible are true. 3. Although the Bible was written by men, God is speaking in it. 4. We cannot expect all the historical facts in the Bible to be true. 5. What the Bible says of scientific matters is accurate. 6. God put only his general thoughts into the Bible, not his exact words. 7. God claims every word of the Scripture to be his own.

3. The Bible is God’s Word Why is it important for us to know that the Bible is verbally inspired?

4. Question 1 What do we mean when we say that God gave us the Bible by “verbal inspiration”?

5. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Holy Spirit 2 Timothy 3:16 2 Peter 1:21 Men writewords Verbal Inspiration Key Point 1 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 John 10:35 No Errors John 17:17 Numbers 23:19 No unkept promises Key Point 2 Deuteronomy 4:2 Revelation 22:18-19 2 Peter 3:16 Jude 4 add subtract change the meaning Key Point 3 Image 1 Image 2

7. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

9. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. Inspiration (Latin, in + spirare = to breathe)

10. 2 Peter 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

11. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

12. Key Point 1 Verbal Inspiration means that the ____ _____ guided ____ to record the exact _____ that he wanted them to ____. Holy Spirit men words write

13. Question 2 What is one reason it is important for us to know that the Bible is verbally inspired?

14. John 10:35 If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came--and the Scripture cannot be broken--

15. John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

16. Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

17. Key Point 2 Because the Bible is verbally _______, we can be sure that it has no _____ and that all its ________ will be ____. inspired errors promises kept

18. Question 3 What is the second reason why it is important for us to know that the Bible is verbally inspired?

19. Deuteronomy 4:2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

20. Revelation 22:18-19 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

21. 2 Peter 3:16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

23. Jude 4 For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

24. Key Point 3 Because the ____ is verbally _______, we will not want to ___ to it, _______ from it, or ______ its meaning in any way. Bible inspired addsubtract change

25. What I’ve Learned… It is important for me to know that the Bible is verbally inspired because then I trust what it says and never change it in any way.

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