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The Bible was written over many centuries by many human authors, yet Scripture insists these writings are not merely human products; they are God-breathed. God spoke through the prophets, moved holy men to write by the Holy Spirit, and had His words written down in books, until in these last days He spoke finally through His Son and the Spirit guided the apostles to write the gospel down. The Bible is God's message, written by men whom He carried along.
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2 Peter 1:16-21
As you read: No prophecy of Scripture came by human will, but holy men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Spirit.
16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
18We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
20knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.
21For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
As you read: Every Scripture is breathed out by God, profitable for teaching, correction, and training in righteousness.
14But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 1:1-4
As you read: God spoke at many times and in various ways through the prophets, and in these last days through His Son.
1God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
2has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.
Jeremiah 36:1-8
As you read: God tells Jeremiah to take a scroll and write down the words He had spoken: prophecy connected to writing from the beginning.
1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all Yahweh’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
5Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I can’t go into Yahweh’s house:
6therefore you go, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, Yahweh’s words in the ears of the people in Yahweh’s house on the fast day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
7It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.
8Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book Yahweh’s words in Yahweh’s house.
Luke 1:1-4
As you read: Luke writes an accurate, orderly account of what was delivered by eyewitnesses, so the reader may be certain.
1Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
2even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
3it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
4that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
From the very beginning, God's speaking was joined to writing. The LORD said to Moses, 'Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you,' and Moses wrote the words of the law in a book. God told Jeremiah, 'Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you.' The spoken word of God was preserved in written form, because He intended it to endure for His people.
“Yahweh said to Moses, “Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.””Exodus 34:27
“When Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,”Deuteronomy 31:24
“Take a scroll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.”Jeremiah 36:2
Scripture is honest about its human writers and clear about its divine origin. Peter writes, 'no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit,' and that 'no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.' The human authors were real men in real circumstances, and the Holy Spirit carried them along, so that what they wrote is at once their words and God's.
“For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.”2 Peter 1:21
“knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.”2 Peter 1:20
The Bible's own account of itself is that its breath comes from God: 'Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness.' Paul could say of his own writings that they were 'the commandment of the Lord,' and Hebrews traces the whole thing back: God spoke through the prophets, and in these last days through His Son. The book is God's own word to us.
“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,”2 Timothy 3:16
“If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.”1 Corinthians 14:37
“God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,”Hebrews 1:1
“has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.”Hebrews 1:2
The New Testament claims the anchor of testimony. Luke wrote 'having traced the course of all things accurately from the first,' an orderly account of what eyewitnesses delivered, that the reader might know the certainty of what was taught. Peter declared, 'we did not follow cunningly devised fables... but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.' John wrote so that his readers might believe that Jesus is the Christ. These writings rest on those who saw and heard.
“it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;”Luke 1:3
“that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.”Luke 1:4
“For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”2 Peter 1:16
“but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.”John 20:31
The Bible was written over centuries by prophets, kings, a shepherd, fishermen, a tax collector, a physician, and an apostle, in different lands and languages; yet it is one book with one Author. God spoke at 'many times and in various ways' through the prophets, and holy men wrote as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit, so that all of it is 'God-breathed.' The many careful human hands are all guided by the one Spirit, and the whole library is the word of the one God.
“God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,”Hebrews 1:1
“For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.”2 Peter 1:21
“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,”2 Timothy 3:16
“Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.”1 Peter 1:10-11