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Find out as we study where the Bible came from.

Welcome to Family Builders

Answering the Bible Question:

Is the Bible the Word of God?

Pastor Eric S. LewisShadow Mountain Community Church

Series IntroductionWeek 1

What does the Bible claim about itself?Week 2

How do we know that the Bible IS the word of God?

Week 3How do I know my English Bible is reliable?

Class RulesIn the end all doctrine must come from

Scripture.There are no dumb questions so please ask.The goal of the course is life change, so ask if

you don’t understand.There is no quiz so relax.

Let’s start with some words to know!

RevelationInspirationVerbal and Plenary

InspirationIllumination

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from

what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Revelation

God reveling something to

mankind that we could not know any other way.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,

for correction, for training in righteousness;

Inspiration

The act of God by which He insure

that the revelation is

communicated correctly.

2 Peter 1:20-21But know this first of all, that no prophecy

of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men

moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Verbal InspirationThe

understanding that each word of scripture is

inspired.

Plenary Inspiration

The understanding that the entirety of Scripture is

inspired.

1 Corinthians 2:13-15which things we also speak, not in words taught

by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with

spiritual words. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they

are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

Illumination

The work of the Holy Spirit by

which He makes clear the scriptural

revelation to the believer.

1 Corinthians 2:13-14

The Einstein IllustrationEinstein dictates the theory of

relativity to you (Revelation)He then asks you to write it

down (Inspiration)He then tells you what words

to use (Verbal Plenary Inspiration)

He then explains it to you so that you understand it (Illumination)

Inerrancy

The doctrine that understands that the Bible is without error in its original

form (the autographs)

To Sum Up:

The Bible claims to be…God’s revelation to mankindInspired by God word for word and

in its entirety and therefore without error

The Holy Spirit helps the believer to understand the inspired words

So What?The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that whatever it says,

God says. -Dr. B. B. Warfield

Questions?

Ok, but I can write a book that claims to be the Word of God, but it isn’t really. Is there a way that I know the Bible is really the word of God besides what it

says about itself?