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Lesson 5 Authority

““The authority of Scripture means The authority of Scripture means that all the words in Scripture are that all the words in Scripture are God’s words in such a way that to God’s words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of disbelieve or disobey any word of Scripture is to disbelieve or Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.”disobey God.”

Wayne Grudem


What is the relationship between the authority and the inspiration of

Scripture?


Authority is based on Inspiration

Inspiration is based on Authority


A Review of the Doctrine of the Inspiration of Scripture

Inspiration = “God-breathed”2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…. [ESV]


Inspiration = “God-breathed”qeo,pneustoj qeo

,j pneu,ma

….God….breathed


Inspiration = “God-breathed”2 Peter 1:20-21 …no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. [ESV]


Implications:

Every word of Scripture is the word of God.


Implications:

To refuse to believe or obey any part of Scripture is to refuse to believe or obey God.


The Work of the Holy SpiritJohn 10:26-27 But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me….


The Testimony of the Holy Spirit1 Corinthians 2:14 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.


Scripture warns us about its own authority.



Lesson 4 Lesson 4 InerrancyInerrancy

Matthew 22:29-32 Matthew 22:29-32 But Jesus But Jesus answered and said to them, “You answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of the Scriptures nor the power of God…[H]ave you not read what God…[H]ave you not read what was spoken to you by God …?”was spoken to you by God …?”



Luke 24:25-27 Luke 24:25-27 And He said to And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!”prophets have spoken!”



John 15:20 John 15:20 …if they kept My …if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.word, they will keep yours also.



2 Peter 3:1-2 2 Peter 3:1-2 …you should …you should remember the words spoken remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.apostles.



2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 If If anyone does not obey our anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take instruction in this letter, take special note of that person and do special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he not associate with him, so that he will be put to shame. Yet do not will be put to shame. Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.admonish him as a brother.



1 Corinthians 7:40 1 Corinthians 7:40 …I think that …I think that I also have the Spirit of God.I also have the Spirit of God.



1 Corinthians 14:37-38 1 Corinthians 14:37-38 If If anyone thinks he is a prophet or anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment. But if the Lord's commandment. But if anyone does not recognize this, he anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.is not recognized.


Scripture’s Final Authority


The Bible’s authority trumps:

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