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#1,040: All Scripture is Inspired by the Holy Spirit

• Loren Hicks

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In the biblical sense inspiration is unique.  God was the primary author of the Bible; He was the One who inspired the writers to speak truths.  He was the initiator.  God was the source, the writers were the recipients.


Main Points:

1. The Bible is the product of God himself.  The ideas are not human thoughts but come from God’s will.  We also need to understand though, that the writers of the Bible were not just writing machines.  God did not punch them like keys on a keyboard.  His Holy Spirit prompted their hearts and minds, but it is clear that each writer had a style of his own.  

2. One of ways we see the divine inspiration of scripture is in the unity of the Bible. There is amazing clarity in the central message of the Bible.  The unity of the Bible is simply amazing.  It’s even more amazing when you understand how it came together.  The Bible was not written by one man, but by 45 different authors over a period of 1500 years in places all the way from Babylon to Rome.

3. Think for a moment about the diversity of these authors: kings, poets, prophets, a physician, farmers, shepherds, fisherman, a tax collector, apostles, and pastors.  All of these men writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and when the writings are gathered together in the canon of Scripture, they tell a complete story.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

2 Timothy 3:16 - “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness…” 

1 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.” 


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