The Spirit of Truth and Error
Thursday, April 07, 2005
T2Q1 False
Question Number 1 ~ The Topic is about the Bible
Question:
The Bible is divinely inspired and Authored by God Himself.
You answered FALSE. That is incorrect.
Please note that the terms Bible, Scripture and Word of God are sometimes used interchangeably.
The Word of God, or Word of the Lord, was sometimes spoken orally, either by direct inspiration from God, or read from the written Scriptures. Certain portions of the Bible are also called the Law.
Some examples:
1 Kings 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
Here we have “the word of God” came directly from God to Shemaiah, who in turn spoke the “word of the LORD” to the people, who listened and received it as the very words of God, and acted in obedience according to the commandment.
When Jesus was tempted by Satan, He responded three times with the phrase “it is written”:
Luke 4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Here Jesus refers to the written Word of God, which at that time consisted only of what we know as the Old Testament. He quotes from Deuteronomy 8:3.
This is but one of many examples where He validates the Scriptures by reference to what has been written long ago.
Here’s an example of “word of God” and “Scripture” and “Law” being used together:
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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