Bibliology - Inspiration

Psalm 119:18 NASB95

Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law.

Inspiration

2 Timothy 3:16 NASB95

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

1. “Inspired”

a. “Inspired” following the Latin Vulgate – inspirata – “To breathe in”

b. θεοπνευστος

1- θεος – God

2- πνευστος – verb, πνεω with aorist stem, verbal adjective ending

3- “God-breathed”

4- Active or passive?

i. Active = Scripture breathes out God

ii. Passive =f xz Scripture is the result of God’s breathing

2 Peter 1:20–21 NASB95

But 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.

1. “No prophecy of Scripture”

a. Once again, all inclusive.

2. “…is a matter of one’s own interpretation…”

a.

3. Not “human will”, but “men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God”

a. Not human will only.

1- “men…spoke from God”

2- “Human beings spoke, and they spoke with their own personalities and literary styles; hence inspiration does not require a dictation theory of inspiration.”[1]

[1] Schreiner, T. R. (2003). 1, 2 Peter, Jude (Vol. 37, p. 324). Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.

b. “Moved by the Holy Spirit”

1- The verb is used to describe a ship carried along by the wind

2- ,

c. Concursive

1- B.B. Warfield[2]

[2] Warfield, B. B. (1948). The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. Philadelphia: Presbyterian & Reformed.

2- “Both human beings and God were fully involved in the process of inspiration.”[3]

[3] Schreiner

[3] Schreiner

[3] Schreiner