Who is this guy?
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?