The Inspiration of Scripture

II Timothy 3:16-17 says, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." We have a Bible which is inspired by God above. Throughout the Old and New Testaments God inspired prophets to pen down the Word of God. Throughout the whole period of both the Old and New Testaments as well as the process of the cannonization of both the Old and New Testaments, every jot and tittle of the Bible is correct. Not a word is out of place. Not a paragraph is out of place. I'm thankful God kept his word together throughout that whole time so we could have a Bible to read in this day we're living in. The very fact that God was able to inspire the prophets and even Jesus's disciples and the Apostle Paul and there not be any contradiction in the Word shows that God inspired it. It's very easy humanly speaking to put together several different books and there be contradiction and incompatibilities in what's written. However, that didn't happen when it came to penning down the books because it was the Holy Spirit that gave the word to those that penned it. Praise the Lord. Many professors in liberal seminaries would make you believe the Bible couldn't be inspired by God due to all those that penned the books to the Bible for a period of 4000 years. I'm thankful God's not limited to man's way of thinking.

Those of us that speak the English language the correct English translation is the King James 1611 authorized version. It was translated from the Textus Receptus. Today's modern versions such as the NIV, Good News for Modern Man, the New American Standard, etc. were translated from corrupt texts. Many Bible scholars would dispute that fact but it's the truth. Some of these modern translations remove the blood in certain spots in the New Testament and refer to Mary as a "young woman" instead of a virgin. There's a major difference there. There are many young women who aren't virgins. Mary was a virgin who knew no man. I've heard preachers say if God was able to inspire and preserve the Word in the Greek and Hebrew language, then God was also able to preserve it in the English language as well. The King James Bible happens to be the correct translation. It was translated from the proper text. Prior to the King James translation, John Wycliffe and William Tyndale had attempted to translate the Bible in the English language, but they never completed it. But in 1611, we finally had our English Bible, which is the King James. I believe whichever language the Bible is interpreted, the proper text to translate the Bible is the Textus Receptus.

It's very crucial we daily read the Word so we can grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says we are to study the word to show ourselves approved unto God; a workman that needeth not be ashamed. In order for the man of God to be thoroughly furnished unto all good works, he must read and study the Word. What a privilege it is to have a written copy of the Word. It contains all the answers to modern man's dilemma. That's never changed. The Bible has the solutions for man's dilemma today just like it did during the days that Jesus walked on earth. Today's "educated" man thinks the Bible is irrelevant to man's problems. He thinks the Koran, the Book of Mormon and others religious books have parity with the Bible. He believes man can use psychology and all these other worldly philosophies to solve man's problems. However, psychology nor any of today's religious philosophies have the ability to make a drunken man sober nor fulfill that inner void or the "vacuum-shaped" void that St. Augustine mentions that man possesses. Man has a void inside his life. He needs God. Only the God of the Bible can fulfill that void. Another thing to note is none of the gods of this world has arisen from the dead. However, the God of Holy Scripture, Jesus Christ did arise from the dead. We have a living book that's inspired by God. It's the inerrant, infallible Word of God.