WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.799 All right, well we are working our way as a church through Paul's second letter to Timothy. 00:00:05.179 --> 00:00:10.599 We've been doing that for a good part of this year because I took two months off this summer. 00:00:11.300 --> 00:00:14.759 So we're still there and we are in chapter three. 00:00:16.580 --> 00:00:21.300 And we're going to kind of pause here a little bit and we're going to consider two things. 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:25.060 So this morning's message and next Sunday's message will be a little out of the ordinary. 00:00:25.059 --> 00:00:37.979 We're going to kind of widen the focus to the rest of the scriptures to see what they have to say on this thing that we've come to in 2 Timothy 3, verse 16. 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:42.899 This idea, this truth that God has inspired. 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:45.099 He has breathed out the scriptures. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:50.259 So this is the passage that we came to last Sunday, 2 Timothy 3, verse 16. 00:00:50.259 --> 00:00:51.739 Paul writes, 00:00:51.739 --> 00:01:04.000 All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:11.400 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:17.719 This is a passage of scripture that is so foundational to our Christian faith. 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:26.719 It explains why we here at the Bible Church take the Bible so seriously. 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.560 It is not just the words of men who lived long ago. 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.519 It is the very word of God. 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:43.200 As men like Moses and Isaiah and Peter and Paul were putting pen to parchment, 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:49.579 God was breathing out his own words, speaking through them, 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:57.859 so that what ended up on the parchment was God's own words to us, not just their own. 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:01.280 The Apostle Peter said it this way in his letter. 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:03.760 He writes, 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:10.759 We did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:15.060 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:22.860 He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the majestic glory saying, 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.140 This is my son whom I love. 00:02:27.099 --> 00:02:29.599 With him I am well pleased. 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:36.579 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:44.919 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:49.919 and you will do well to pay attention to it as to a light shining in a dark place 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:55.780 until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 00:02:55.780 --> 00:03:25.759 Peter says, 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:34.179 Peter reminds the followers of Jesus that all of the teaching about Jesus that he's been proclaiming 00:03:34.179 --> 00:03:37.679 isn't just some cleverly devised bunch of stories. 00:03:39.519 --> 00:03:40.500 Peter says, 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:45.699 I was there on the mountain when Jesus was transfigured before us. 00:03:46.099 --> 00:03:49.099 I heard God speak audibly from heaven. 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.939 I heard him confirm that yes, this Jesus was and is his son. 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.599 And so you can count on what I saw. 00:03:58.699 --> 00:04:00.560 You can count on what I heard, says Peter. 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:01.599 It's reliable. 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:02.319 It's trustworthy. 00:04:04.179 --> 00:04:07.439 And then he goes on to talk about how we can completely depend 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:12.259 and rely on the word of the prophets that we have in the scriptures. 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:15.819 They too are reliable. 00:04:15.819 --> 00:04:16.939 They too are trustworthy. 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:24.240 He's basically saying God really has spoken through human beings. 00:04:25.159 --> 00:04:28.639 The words the prophets wrote down, the scriptures, 00:04:29.139 --> 00:04:30.699 you must understand, he says, 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:33.980 these words didn't come about because men just decided, 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:39.680 I'm going to sit down and write a book about what I think is going on in my day. 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:44.420 No, the prophetic words, the words of scripture came from God. 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:51.879 And the prophets spoke and wrote as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit of God. 00:04:51.879 --> 00:05:00.920 What Paul and Peter are saying here is that God acted supernaturally 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:07.600 over, under, and within the biblical authors 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:14.659 to ensure that his own words were written and communicated 00:05:14.659 --> 00:05:17.180 just as he wanted them to be. 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:25.439 God's own spirit, God's own breath are in the words of scripture 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:27.720 that we have in our Bibles. 00:05:29.180 --> 00:05:32.300 And this was the whole topic of last Sunday's message. 00:05:32.900 --> 00:05:36.840 But now we want to consider a couple other questions related to this this morning. 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:45.960 To what extent is the Bible inspired by God? 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:51.560 To what extent is the Bible inspired by God? 00:05:51.579 --> 00:05:53.500 We want to talk about this this morning. 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:59.280 Our church is now a member of the Baptist General Conference of Canada. 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:04.800 And our conference has a good statement about this in our affirmation of faith. 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:07.220 And this is the statement. 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:11.980 We believe that the Bible is the revealed word of God 00:06:11.980 --> 00:06:16.879 fully and verbally inspired. 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:18.180 We believe that the Bible is the word of God. 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:20.560 Written under the direction of the Holy Spirit. 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:25.379 We believe it is without error in the original manuscripts 00:06:25.379 --> 00:06:30.160 and is true and trustworthy in all that it asserts. 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:34.500 It has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. 00:06:36.379 --> 00:06:37.740 Notice the wording here. 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.199 We believe that the Bible is the word of God 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:45.019 and that it is fully inspired. 00:06:47.019 --> 00:06:52.019 In other words, we believe that all of the Bible is God-breathed, 00:06:52.219 --> 00:06:56.199 divinely inspired, coming from God himself as his own word. 00:06:56.199 --> 00:07:00.719 And a lot of why we believe that comes from 2 Timothy 3.16, 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:03.519 which we just saw on the screen and which we looked at last Sunday. 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:06.939 It says all scripture is God-breathed. 00:07:06.939 --> 00:07:11.459 And so from Genesis all the way to Revelation and everything in between, 00:07:11.699 --> 00:07:13.660 all of it is inspired by God. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:15.839 All of it comes from God. 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:20.339 It was breathed out by him as the human authors wrote on the parchment. 00:07:20.339 --> 00:07:24.500 It's fully inspired, we believe. 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:29.979 Not only that, but we believe that it is verbally inspired. 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:33.120 Verbally inspired. 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:41.120 That is, that every word of the Bible is God-breathed, 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:46.219 comes from God under the direction of his Holy Spirit 00:07:46.219 --> 00:07:49.620 as the human author wrote it down. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:53.759 And I want to explore this a little bit more together this morning. 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:59.319 Why do we believe that every word of this book comes from God? 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.519 Let's look together at a few passages. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:06.000 The first one comes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:10.240 As he was teaching his disciples and later the crowd that gathered. 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:11.860 This is what he said. 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:12.199 He said, 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:17.479 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:22.839 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. 00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:28.899 For truly, I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, 00:08:29.159 --> 00:08:33.500 not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:40.899 will by any means disappear from the law until everything is accomplished. 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:45.120 Therefore, anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:49.960 and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:57.660 But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:03.860 So there was some suspicion in Jesus' day that he had come to cast doubt 00:09:03.860 --> 00:09:11.379 on the word of God, the trustworthy word of Moses and the prophets 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:13.259 that had been handed down to Israel. 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:16.419 But Jesus says, 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:17.500 Don't even think. 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:22.840 Don't even think that I have come to do away with the law or the prophets, 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:23.720 to abolish them. 00:09:25.019 --> 00:09:26.879 If you look at the law, 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:30.080 that's actually the short name for the law of Moses. 00:09:32.819 --> 00:09:37.179 Referring to the first five books of the Bible that Moses wrote down, 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.559 Genesis to Deuteronomy. 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:40.200 And the prophets, 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:45.980 this is also kind of a shorthand way of referring to the rest of the Old Testament. 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:53.120 We tend to think of the prophets as only referring to men like Elijah and Isaiah and Ezekiel. 00:09:53.400 --> 00:09:56.160 But the biblical notion of a prophet is much broader. 00:09:56.160 --> 00:09:59.080 It would have included men like King David, 00:09:59.220 --> 00:10:00.800 who wrote the Psalms, 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:01.980 and Solomon, 00:10:02.680 --> 00:10:03.620 who wrote Proverbs. 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:10.020 It would have included anyone who truly spoke or wrote on God's behalf. 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:11.280 To the people. 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:13.360 And so when Jesus says, 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:14.640 The law and the prophets, 00:10:14.900 --> 00:10:18.360 it's actually a reference to all of the scriptures that they had. 00:10:18.680 --> 00:10:20.500 The scriptures of the Old Testament. 00:10:20.980 --> 00:10:21.300 He says, 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.960 I've not come to abolish the law or the prophets, 00:10:25.160 --> 00:10:27.840 all the scriptures that you have now. 00:10:28.140 --> 00:10:29.860 I've come to fulfill them. 00:10:29.860 --> 00:10:37.860 He makes it clear that those writings are not something he came to do away with or replace. 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:43.820 God doesn't intend to replace the Old Testament with Jesus. 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:50.279 He intends to fulfill what was written in those scriptures through Jesus. 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:58.240 But now let's look at the way Jesus speaks about the Old Testament scriptures here in verse 18. 00:10:59.199 --> 00:11:00.480 The law of Moses, 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:01.839 the writings of the prophets. 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.460 Truly I tell you, 00:11:05.660 --> 00:11:07.660 until heaven and earth disappear, 00:11:08.660 --> 00:11:10.340 not the smallest letter, 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:15.399 not the least stroke of a pen will by any means disappear from the law 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:18.600 until everything is accomplished. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:19.660 In other words, 00:11:19.780 --> 00:11:20.759 according to Jesus, 00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:25.080 every letter of every word 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.040 matters. 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.120 God intends to fulfill 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:32.439 all of what he has spoken. 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:34.019 Not just kind of, 00:11:34.599 --> 00:11:35.819 not just essentially, 00:11:36.339 --> 00:11:39.059 but down to the smallest stroke of the pen. 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:41.360 In other words, 00:11:41.459 --> 00:11:46.439 not a single word of the revelation that God gave through Moses or the prophets 00:11:46.439 --> 00:11:47.419 is unimportant 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:49.319 or irrelevant. 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:55.679 We believe that the scriptures are verbally inspired, 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:57.179 word for word. 00:11:57.539 --> 00:11:58.599 Every word from God. 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.319 Let's look at another passage where we see this. 00:12:02.099 --> 00:12:04.459 Jesus on another occasion had a run-in with the religious, 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:07.799 some of the religious leaders known as the Sadducees. 00:12:08.319 --> 00:12:09.599 And the Sadducees, 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:12.620 who say there is no resurrection, 00:12:12.839 --> 00:12:14.139 came to Jesus with a question. 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.879 So they denied the afterlife, essentially. 00:12:17.419 --> 00:12:21.039 They didn't believe in many spiritual things. 00:12:22.979 --> 00:12:25.039 And Jesus has a conversation with them. 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:26.740 They come to Jesus and they say, 00:12:27.819 --> 00:12:30.360 Moses told us that if a man dies 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:32.319 without having children, 00:12:32.819 --> 00:12:35.980 then that man's brother must marry the widow 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:37.599 and raise up offspring 00:12:37.599 --> 00:12:39.579 for his brother. 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:42.899 Now there were seven brothers among us 00:12:42.899 --> 00:12:44.740 and the first one married 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:46.459 and died. 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:48.579 And since he had no children, 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:50.779 he left his wife 00:12:50.779 --> 00:12:51.659 to his brother. 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:54.339 The same thing happened to the second. 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.039 They married the widow, 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:57.480 had no children, 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.240 died, 00:12:58.559 --> 00:12:59.759 and the third brother 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:01.199 right on down to the seventh. 00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:04.339 Finally, the woman died. 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:06.779 Now then, 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.919 at the resurrection, 00:13:08.579 --> 00:13:09.519 whose wife 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.799 will she be 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.480 of the seventh 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.139 since all of them were married to her? 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:18.039 This was kind of a hypothetical scenario 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.539 used to challenge Jesus' belief 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.799 in the resurrection. 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:25.059 And Jesus looks at him and says, 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.059 you are in error 00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:29.600 because you do not know 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:30.659 the scriptures 00:13:30.659 --> 00:13:33.179 or the power of God. 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:35.720 At the resurrection, 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:37.000 people will neither marry 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.340 nor be given in marriage. 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.860 they will be like 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:41.160 the angels in heaven. 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:43.560 But about the resurrection 00:13:43.560 --> 00:13:44.399 of the dead, 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:45.960 have you not read 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:47.360 what God said to you? 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:51.740 I am the God of Abraham, 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:53.320 the God of Isaac, 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:54.620 and the God of Jacob. 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.519 Jesus is quoting 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.740 from the book of Exodus, 00:13:57.920 --> 00:13:59.899 chapter 3, verse 6. 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:05.440 God is not the God of the dead, 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.840 but of the living. 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:10.240 When the crowds heard this, 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.720 they were astonished 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.280 at his teaching. 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.940 So here Jesus uses 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:15.620 the scriptures 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.879 from the book of Exodus 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.320 to correct the Sadducees, 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.200 and he quotes it 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:21.220 word for word. 00:14:22.180 --> 00:14:23.720 This is what God said. 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:26.240 And amazingly, 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.100 he makes his whole point here 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:30.280 on the tense 00:14:30.280 --> 00:14:32.440 of the verb. 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.220 I am the God 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.019 of Abraham, 00:14:37.160 --> 00:14:37.940 the God of Isaac, 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:39.000 the God of Jacob. 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:40.300 As in presently, 00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:40.940 right now, 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.580 I am still 00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.440 the God of Abraham. 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.759 At this point in Exodus, 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.680 Abraham had died 00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:45.620 long before this. 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.620 He's not the God 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.180 of the dead, 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.019 but of the living. 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:52.500 Is Jesus just nitpicking? 00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:55.440 Is he being argumentative? 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:57.200 Far from it. 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.480 Jesus understood 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:00.160 that God was deliberate 00:15:00.160 --> 00:15:00.899 in his choice 00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:02.019 of every word 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:03.679 that he spoke long ago. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:05.240 Even to the tense 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.059 of the verb, 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.240 it was significant. 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.980 It was accurate. 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.539 What was written 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.199 in the scriptures. 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:15.159 And so we believe 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.159 in the verbal inspiration. 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:17.919 We believe that 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:18.840 every word 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.399 is God-breathed. 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:23.360 One more quick example 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.139 from the letter 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.120 that Paul wrote 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.919 to the Galatians. 00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:27.019 Galatians 3, 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.819 verse 16. 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:29.820 Paul is writing here 00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:30.260 and he says, 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.840 the promises 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:32.200 were spoken to Abraham 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:35.480 and to his seed. 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:38.220 Scripture does not say 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:39.840 and to seeds, 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:41.600 meaning many people, 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:43.840 but and to your seed, 00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:45.860 meaning one person 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:47.860 who is Christ. 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.000 Now I know we're kind of 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.879 jumping into the middle 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.520 of something here. 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.180 Paul's making 00:15:53.180 --> 00:15:54.340 some big points here. 00:15:54.780 --> 00:15:55.920 He's laboring to show 00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.840 that the promises 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.120 which God made 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.700 to Abraham 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:00.560 and his seed, 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.740 his offspring. 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.780 He's laboring to show 00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.620 that those promises 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.300 are fulfilled 00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:06.300 in one person. 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.280 And that person 00:16:08.280 --> 00:16:09.360 is Jesus Christ. 00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:12.139 And so here Paul, 00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:13.000 under the direction 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.120 of the Holy Spirit 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.980 as an apostle 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.000 of Jesus Christ, 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.040 makes his case 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:19.200 on the singularity 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:21.900 of the word seed 00:16:21.900 --> 00:16:23.720 as opposed to 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.200 the plural, 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:24.900 seeds. 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:27.079 think of this. 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.899 This was a word 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:29.379 penned in the scriptures 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:30.439 by Moses 00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:32.539 recording what happened 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.860 with Abraham 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:35.159 thousands of years 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.179 prior to this. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.600 And Paul's saying, 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.059 yes, 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.799 whether the word 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:40.360 was plural or not 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.399 mattered to God. 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:45.919 When he made that promise, 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.299 God had a particular 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.519 fulfillment in mind 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.519 the day he said this 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.279 to Abraham. 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.579 And that fulfillment 00:16:52.579 --> 00:16:53.459 would be Christ. 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.559 And so his word, 00:16:54.819 --> 00:16:55.360 the scriptures, 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.639 said, 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.120 say, 00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.220 seed, 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.879 and not seeds. 00:17:03.439 --> 00:17:04.680 So as we look 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.480 at how Jesus 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:06.799 and the apostles 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.720 handled the Old Testament 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.180 scriptures, 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.720 it becomes pretty obvious 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.279 that they understood 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:14.379 the scriptures 00:17:14.379 --> 00:17:15.779 to be verbally 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:17.220 inspired by God. 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:18.940 every word. 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.339 They understood them 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.700 to be God-breathed 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:26.299 and accurate 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:28.680 down to the tense, 00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.539 down to whether 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.539 the word was plural 00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.160 or not, 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:33.360 and every word 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.100 authoritative 00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:35.779 and important. 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.779 And so that's 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.539 what we believe. 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:40.059 Not just that the 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:41.400 general gist of ideas 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.120 that God had 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:42.700 in his mind 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:44.000 are essentially 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.220 intact 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.759 in our Bibles, 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:47.680 but that every word 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.279 comes from God 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:51.319 under the direction 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:52.019 of his spirit. 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.700 And so this 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:54.379 has big implications 00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:56.259 for how we view 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.879 this book, 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.220 the Bible. 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.000 It necessarily 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.779 follows that 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.660 if every word 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.180 in this book 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:06.500 is supernaturally 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.700 selected 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.920 by God 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.539 and spoken 00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.240 by God, 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.640 then it necessarily 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.500 follows that 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.039 this book 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.640 is without 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:15.420 error. 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.500 it also 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.140 follows that 00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.879 it's true 00:18:19.879 --> 00:18:21.619 in all that 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.440 it asserts 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.420 and trustworthy. 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.660 And it also 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.339 follows that 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.160 it has supreme 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.640 authority 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.579 in everything 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.240 that we believe 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.819 and in everything 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.480 that we do 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.779 for all of life. 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.900 But here's one 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.640 caveat that we 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.299 have to notice 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.599 here, 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.299 especially when 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.799 it comes to 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.740 looking at the 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.779 inerrancy of 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.099 Scripture. 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.980 we believe 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.679 it is without 00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:46.039 error in 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.379 the original 00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:48.559 manuscripts. 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:52.779 So we do 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.359 not believe 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.359 that every copy 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.179 that has ever 00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:55.799 been made 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.619 over the 00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:56.980 centuries 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.980 has no mistakes 00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.539 or words 00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.059 accidentally 00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.839 left out 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.980 or accidentally 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.819 added in 00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.639 over the 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.019 centuries. 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.240 We believe 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.559 that the 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.519 original scroll 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.399 which Moses 00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.559 wrote under 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.119 the influence 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.679 of God's 00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:09.079 Spirit is 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:10.219 100% 00:19:10.219 --> 00:19:11.139 without error. 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.599 We believe 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:13.879 that the 00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.679 original letter 00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.539 that was penned 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.500 by the 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.239 Apostle Paul 00:19:17.239 --> 00:19:17.559 on the 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:17.939 parchment 00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:19.899 was 100% 00:19:19.899 --> 00:19:21.259 without error. 00:19:22.739 --> 00:19:23.500 That every 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.299 word that he 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.779 wrote was 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.599 God-breathed 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:25.899 and was 00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.679 exactly as 00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.199 God wanted 00:19:27.199 --> 00:19:27.759 it to be. 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.119 And this is 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.619 a place 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.519 where the 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.000 devil has 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.500 worked to 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.199 cause all 00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:33.779 kinds of 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.199 trouble 00:19:34.199 --> 00:19:35.339 amongst 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.259 Christians. 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:38.180 his goal 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.900 has always 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:40.359 been to 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.700 get us 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.259 not to 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.379 trust the 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.720 word of 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.059 God. 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.000 Did God 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:47.019 really say 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:50.200 were the 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.559 words of 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:50.980 the serpent 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.839 in the 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:53.240 garden that 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.920 fateful day? 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.039 And so for 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.759 centuries the 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.180 devil has 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.640 been trying 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.299 to cause 00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.960 people to 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.539 doubt whether 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.339 God has 00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.220 really spoken 00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:01.700 to us, 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.599 whether we 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.099 can really 00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.400 be sure that 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.039 we have 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.519 his words 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.000 intact in 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.460 our 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.079 scriptures. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.839 One of the 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.420 questions he 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:11.859 loves to 00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.299 poke us 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.859 with is 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:14.680 isn't it 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.420 possible that 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.519 so many 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.460 human errors 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.259 and mistakes 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.099 have crept 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.700 into the 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.420 Bible over 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.159 the centuries 00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:23.899 that now 00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.720 it hardly 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.700 resembles the 00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.139 original 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.680 manuscripts? 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.539 Isn't it 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.180 likely that 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.619 the truth 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:31.899 of the 00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.579 Bible has 00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.799 been lost 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.440 in 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.159 translation 00:20:35.159 --> 00:20:36.720 over the 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.200 centuries? 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.639 And so 00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:39.899 we're going 00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.200 to take 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.940 next Sunday 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:42.099 Lord willing 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.159 just to 00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:43.659 talk about 00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.259 this issue 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.019 of transmission 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.779 and translation 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:48.240 from the 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.980 originals 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:50.000 to today 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.159 because there's 00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:51.599 a lot to 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.099 talk about 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.759 there's a lot 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.399 to look at 00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.279 and we do 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.039 not want to 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.399 give the 00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.460 devil an 00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.019 opportunity 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.720 or a 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.180 foothold 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.279 in our 00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.700 church. 00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:01.600 yes we 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.080 believe that 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.779 every word 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.500 penned by 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.920 the biblical 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.640 authors is 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.259 breathed out 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.799 by God 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:07.019 is without 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.380 error 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.559 true in 00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.140 all that it 00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.700 asserts 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.420 and trustworthy 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.860 in the 00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.279 original 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.840 manuscripts 00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:14.460 and I'll 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.799 give you a 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.279 spoiler for 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.860 next Sunday 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:17.240 we can be 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.080 absolutely 00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:18.960 confident 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:20.000 that the 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.740 best English 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.340 translations 00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.779 that we 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:23.140 hold in 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.580 our hands 00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.340 today are 00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:25.299 very accurate 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.319 and that 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.299 the overwhelming 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.480 majority of 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.440 variances between 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.099 the manuscript 00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:31.000 copies that we 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.240 have do not 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.980 affect any 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.819 major Christian 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.339 doctrine 00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.319 whatsoever. 00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.200 More about 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.700 that next 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.039 Sunday. 00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.720 For the rest 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.259 of our time 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.940 here I want 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.819 to look at 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.519 some examples 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.319 of how different 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.220 genres in the 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.399 Bible are 00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.180 inspired by 00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.539 God. 00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.980 How they are 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.799 God breathed 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.079 and we're going 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.700 to start right 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.180 at the end 00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.599 and kind of 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.059 work our way 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.859 backwards a bit. 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.379 Let's go to 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.919 Revelation. 00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.819 chapter 1. 00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.339 How did 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.180 Revelation come 00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.639 to be in 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.139 our Bibles? 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.919 This is what 00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.519 John wrote 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.980 right at the 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.279 beginning. 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.759 He said 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.899 the revelation 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.740 from Jesus 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.359 Christ 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:08.200 which God 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.759 gave him 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.019 to show 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.659 his servants 00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.220 what must 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.779 soon take 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.240 place. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.099 He made 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.500 it known 00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.299 by sending 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.119 his angel 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:17.859 to his 00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.200 servant 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.700 John 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:20.220 who testifies 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.879 to everything 00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.480 he saw. 00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.299 That is 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.019 the word 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.559 of God 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:26.000 and the 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.419 testimony 00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:27.099 of Jesus 00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.679 Christ. 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.460 Blessed 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.740 is the 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.079 one who 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.700 reads aloud 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.200 the words 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.519 of this 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.980 prophecy 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.599 and blessed 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.000 are those 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.460 who hear 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.519 it and 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.899 take to 00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.339 heart what 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.779 is written 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.339 in it 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:38.259 because the 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.059 time is 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.359 near. 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.299 God 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.240 So the 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.879 apostle John 00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.379 identifies 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.279 himself as 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.799 the recipient 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.339 of this 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.859 revelation. 00:22:47.219 --> 00:22:47.839 He says 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.119 that it 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.619 came from 00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:48.959 Jesus 00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.359 Christ 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.859 himself 00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.979 through 00:22:50.979 --> 00:22:52.299 an angel 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:54.919 and John 00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.699 as he 00:22:55.699 --> 00:22:56.199 writes this 00:22:56.199 --> 00:22:57.259 now he 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.119 says I'm 00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:59.139 testifying to 00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.819 what I saw 00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.740 everything 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.199 he saw 00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:04.019 and then the 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.399 rest of 00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:05.539 revelation is 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.719 his vision 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.640 which Jesus 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.380 gave him 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.440 through this 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.220 angel and 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.059 if you've read 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.480 the book of 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.140 revelation you 00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.600 know it's 00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:12.960 quite the 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.279 vision. 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.480 But we 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.319 notice also in 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.019 revelation there 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.460 are numerous 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.380 times where 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:21.420 Jesus tells 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.839 John 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:23.759 write and 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.339 then tells 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.000 him exactly 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.440 what to 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.740 write. 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.839 In other 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.539 places he's 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.279 told to 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.940 write what he 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.680 sees or to 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.279 write what he 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.740 hears. 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:35.420 And so 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.920 there's two 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.599 ways here that 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.240 we see God 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.960 causing his 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.900 word to be 00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.940 written down. 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:43.039 Sometimes he 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.740 dictates it 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.440 word for word 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.180 and he told 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.900 his chosen 00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.000 man write 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.120 this and 00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.440 then told 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.799 him what to 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.039 write. 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.700 We see this 00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.220 all over the 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.900 prophets in the 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.440 Old Testament 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.859 too. 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.700 Say to 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.400 so and so 00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.620 and then God 00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.559 tells him word 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.160 for word what 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.599 to say. 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.180 The other way 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.759 that we see 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.000 inspiration happening 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.160 here is just 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:07.079 the vision itself 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:08.140 that John 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.440 sees that God 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.059 gives him. 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.000 He's told to 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.680 write it down 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.859 and that this 00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.740 is inspired by 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.620 God means that 00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.299 John is 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.859 accurately describing 00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:18.740 exactly what 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.579 he really saw 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.700 as Jesus gave 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.200 this vision 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.940 through this 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.400 angel. 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.019 Sometimes in 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.680 this book John 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.180 gives some 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.200 explanation about 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.019 the meaning of 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.700 certain things in 00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.099 the vision. 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.339 That this is 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.039 inspired by 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.599 God means 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.500 that his 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.359 explanation is 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.779 true. 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.220 The spirit 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.859 was influencing 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.439 him as he 00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:39.919 was writing 00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.539 this so that 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.599 he understood 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.879 what he was 00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.819 writing about. 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.119 That's 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.559 revelation. 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.159 Let's consider 00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:49.559 one of the 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.019 letters of 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.339 Paul. 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.179 What does it 00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:52.919 mean for this 00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.959 genre to be 00:24:53.959 --> 00:24:54.759 inspired by 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.159 God? 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.240 Paul was an 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.659 apostle, 00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.439 sort of the 00:24:59.439 --> 00:25:00.000 New Testament 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.819 equivalent of 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.319 a prophet, 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.960 specifically 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.079 though, a 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.240 spokesperson of 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.180 Jesus Christ. 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.539 Jesus said on 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.960 the night of 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.539 his betrayal 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.920 that his 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.519 spirit would 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.420 give his 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.240 apostles the 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.740 words to 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.019 say. 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.259 And then he 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.859 enabled the 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.539 apostles to 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.400 perform signs 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.039 and wonders 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.579 just like Jesus 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.180 did to 00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:22.059 authenticate 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.579 those men 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.299 as his 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.839 messengers. 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.180 And Paul was 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.599 one of those 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.880 men. 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.860 Paul wrote 00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.420 letters to 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.900 the churches 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.680 that he 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.100 helped to 00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.440 establish all 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.880 around the 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.300 Mediterranean 00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:33.880 world. 00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.040 And his 00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.460 letters are 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.840 full of 00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:37.080 teaching and 00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:38.300 instruction for 00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.960 followers of 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.280 Jesus. 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.260 But we also 00:25:41.260 --> 00:25:43.120 notice that 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.760 his letters are 00:25:43.760 --> 00:25:45.860 not devoid of 00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.360 his own 00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:47.060 personality. 00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.380 Paul had a 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.380 fun tendency to 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.880 take some 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.540 things to the 00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.880 extreme, to 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.460 make a point. 00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:53.960 And it just 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.600 shows up in 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.180 his letters and 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.660 we kind of have 00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.420 to laugh when we 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.880 get to those 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.280 points. 00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.760 If you're new 00:25:59.760 --> 00:26:00.140 here, you're 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.680 probably thinking 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.680 that that verse 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.240 right there is 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.040 really strange. 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.780 But if you 00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.320 read all of 00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.980 Galatians in 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.020 context, you'll 00:26:07.020 --> 00:26:07.860 understand what 00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.460 he's saying 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.700 there. 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.420 The Holy 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.280 Spirit did not 00:26:12.280 --> 00:26:13.660 bypass Paul's 00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.440 personality 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.000 altogether as 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.780 Paul wrote the 00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:17.760 scriptures that 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:18.200 he wrote. 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.140 His personality 00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.300 shines through at 00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:22.080 the same time. 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.940 We see the 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.540 authenticity of 00:26:24.540 --> 00:26:26.260 Paul's love for 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.019 the people in 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.500 the churches. 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.920 We see how 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:32.039 he really cared 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.940 for people, how 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.759 he related to 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.099 people. 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.539 We see his 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.480 frustration over 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.519 the division, his 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.619 personal frustration 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.460 over the division 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.400 and the damage 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.940 caused in the 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.720 church by false 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.180 teachers. 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.579 And so as God 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.440 breathed the 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.059 scriptures that 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.660 Paul wrote, he 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.680 did so in a way 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.859 that kept the 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:51.119 humanity of Paul 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.599 and his 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.740 relationships fully 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.240 intact. 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:56.180 I love this 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.000 reference to 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.900 Paul's letters 00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.120 that Peter makes 00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:00.660 in his letter. 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.359 Peter writes 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.559 this in 2 Peter 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.259 chapter 3 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.559 verse 15. 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:05.940 He says, 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.720 bear in mind 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.920 that our Lord's 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.640 patience means 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.019 salvation just 00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.620 as our dear 00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.940 brother Paul also 00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.680 wrote you with 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.539 the wisdom that 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:15.579 God gave him. 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.559 Paul writes the 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.519 same way in all 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.220 his letters, 00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.160 says Peter, 00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.500 speaking in them 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.579 of these matters, 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.420 his letters 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.099 contain some 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.660 things that are 00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.720 hard to understand 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.859 which ignorant 00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.799 and unstable 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.799 people distort 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.880 as they do 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.539 the other 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:33.279 scriptures to 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.660 their own 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.200 destruction. 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.720 Notice how 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.559 the apostle Peter 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.519 spoke of Paul's 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.779 writings as 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.960 coming from 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.119 God's wisdom 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:44.079 and how he 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.759 lumps Paul's 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.559 letters right 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.740 in with the 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.740 other scriptures. 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:49.920 letters. 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.480 Peter recognized 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.180 the letters of 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.339 Paul as God 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.220 breathed scripture 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.559 on the same 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.420 level as the 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.380 other divinely 00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.380 inspired writings 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.120 that they had 00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.259 in the Old 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.660 Testament. 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.940 Next, let's look 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.759 at the gospel 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.240 of Luke. 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.940 Luke admits 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.380 right at the 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.980 beginning that 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.779 he was not 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.759 one of the 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.920 first eyewitnesses 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:14.000 of all that 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.480 happened with 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.120 Jesus but 00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.680 that later on 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.500 once he heard 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.819 about it, 00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.400 he made an 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.940 effort to 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.460 carefully 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.240 investigate 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.980 everything 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:22.360 about Jesus 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.140 right back 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.420 to the 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.779 beginning. 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.480 And then 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.840 Luke took 00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.420 everything that 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.700 he had 00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.340 gathered from 00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.519 these eyewitnesses 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.420 and compiled 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.340 this account 00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:32.740 of Jesus' 00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.860 story, 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.340 of Jesus' 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.779 life and 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.240 death and 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.720 resurrection. 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.220 And he did 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.799 this for a 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.279 man named 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.880 Theophilus. 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.380 That's who he 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.799 was writing 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.480 at this for. 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.019 And so that 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.840 Luke's gospel 00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.759 account is 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:47.259 God breathed 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.240 means that 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.799 as he did 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.319 this work 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.859 God's 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.440 spirit was 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.400 directing him 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.000 to the 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.619 right people 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.500 to have 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.920 the needed 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.720 conversations, 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.680 to ascertain 00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.359 the precise 00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:59.160 words and 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.000 details of the 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.500 events of 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.759 Jesus' 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.279 life. 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.339 And then 00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.059 ultimately that 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.819 Luke's gospel 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.359 account is 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.079 God breathed 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.640 means that as 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.420 he sat down 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.099 to write it 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.339 out, 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.099 the spirit 00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.660 of God 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:11.180 supernaturally 00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.200 influenced him 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.900 such that the 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.900 final product 00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:16.200 was 100% 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.640 true and 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:19.060 accurate to 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.920 every detail 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.920 of what Jesus 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.120 said and 00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.040 did and what 00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:23.740 happened during 00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.320 his life. 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.259 What about the 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.900 Psalms in the 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.519 Old Testament? 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.680 If there's any 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.480 part of 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.259 scripture that 00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.780 we may wonder 00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:34.620 about how can 00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:36.060 that be the 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.759 word of God, 00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.580 it could be the 00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.060 Psalms. 00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:40.840 Many of them 00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.640 are prayers that 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.640 are written by 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.120 men to God. 00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.620 And so we 00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.800 might wonder 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:47.420 about that. 00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.780 Let's look at 00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.900 how Jesus quotes 00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.680 the words of 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.380 David from 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.380 Psalm 110. 00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:56.960 Jesus is 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.920 having another 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.620 encounter with 00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.060 the religious 00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.480 leaders. 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.300 He's teaching 00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:01.860 in the temple 00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:05.259 courts and he 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.300 asks this 00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:06.740 question, 00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.820 why do the 00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.520 teachers of the 00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:09.520 law say that 00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:10.380 the Messiah is 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.880 the son of 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.200 David? 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.380 David himself 00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:15.160 speaking by the 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.980 Holy Spirit 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.600 declared, 00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.220 the Lord said 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.860 to my Lord 00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.700 and then he 00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.980 quotes Psalm 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.400 110 right 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.740 there. 00:30:24.540 --> 00:30:25.140 Now Jesus 00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.920 is making a 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.900 big point here 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.520 to the religious 00:30:27.520 --> 00:30:27.940 leaders. 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.820 We're not going 00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.300 to get into 00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.720 that but notice 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.620 what Jesus says 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.420 about David's 00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.240 Psalm which 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.780 was written a 00:30:33.780 --> 00:30:34.520 thousand years 00:30:34.520 --> 00:30:35.380 before this. 00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:39.240 David himself 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.540 speaking by the 00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:42.500 Holy Spirit 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:45.580 said and 00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:45.880 then he 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.320 quotes. 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.680 So when David 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.160 wrote this 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.500 Psalm it 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.960 wasn't just 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.120 some uninspired 00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:52.460 his own 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.000 thoughts. 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.880 No, the 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.080 Psalms are 00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.880 God breathed 00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.200 too. 00:30:58.020 --> 00:30:58.780 And there are 00:30:58.780 --> 00:30:59.120 lots of 00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.760 examples of 00:30:59.760 --> 00:31:00.880 this attributing 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.560 the words of 00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.580 the Psalms in 00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.340 different places 00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.619 to the Holy 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.079 Spirit. 00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.939 Which means 00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:08.240 that we have 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.779 a God 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.859 breathed 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:11.059 collection of 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.599 prayers, 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.559 poetry, 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.240 wisdom, 00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:16.720 songs. 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.419 That the 00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:19.839 Psalms are 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.559 God breathed 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.099 means that 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.919 when the 00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.359 writer of 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.939 the Psalms 00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.579 intends to 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.039 teach us 00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.679 something about 00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:27.399 God or 00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.899 asserts 00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.519 something about 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.079 him in 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.980 praise, 00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:30.859 that they're 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.720 inspired by 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.079 God, 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.659 breathed out 00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:32.980 by him, 00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.360 means that 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:33.779 this is 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.160 true. 00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.720 God is 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.279 really like 00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.660 that. 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.519 He's really 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.120 worthy of 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:40.000 praise for 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.599 that reason. 00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.059 But it 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.640 also means 00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.000 that where 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.599 the Psalmists 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:46.740 lament and 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.539 groan and 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.160 cry out to 00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.240 God and 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.880 wonder if 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.259 God's 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.660 forgotten 00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:51.980 them, 00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.140 that these 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.599 words are 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.200 God breathed 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.640 means that 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.160 their words 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.740 genuinely 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:57.599 describe the 00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.039 kind of 00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:59.160 anguish or 00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.720 anxiety they 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.380 felt, even 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.019 the kinds of 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.420 doubts. 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.400 that they 00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.860 wrestled 00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.420 with. 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.000 We might 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.299 look at 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.819 verses like 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.180 this and 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.539 say, how 00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:08.960 can that 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.279 be the 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.620 word of 00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.960 God? 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.799 It tells 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.059 us in 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.620 other places 00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.099 that God 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.660 is always 00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.099 with his 00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.620 people, that 00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.059 he never 00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.740 abandons his 00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.200 people, that 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.720 he always 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.299 keeps his 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.759 promises. 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.039 These words 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:22.519 being inspired 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.240 by God, it 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.180 doesn't mean 00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.539 that God 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.599 actually abandons 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.460 his people or 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.240 that he fails 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.860 to keep his 00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.279 promises. 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.200 of course 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.579 not. 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.059 Rather, God 00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.799 breathed leaves 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:34.660 room, even 00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.359 for the people 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.059 who wrote the 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.139 Bible to 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.099 speak truthfully 00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.059 about how 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.940 they felt in 00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.399 the moment, 00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.299 even if their 00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.859 thoughts were 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.660 feelings where 00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.740 they were just 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.639 lacking faith, 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.200 or they were 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.259 afraid, or 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.039 they doubted. 00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:51.920 had a 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.599 conversation 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:54.940 with, where 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.759 is he, Rob, 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.700 last Sunday, and 00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.319 he brought this 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.139 passage to my 00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.599 attention. 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.700 Word for 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.599 word inspired 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.319 by God does 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.000 not mean that 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.799 every single 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.460 utterance by 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.079 every single 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.740 person in the 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.539 Bible is 00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.839 true. 00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.399 For example, 00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:13.980 when the devil 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.099 speaks, is that 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.420 true? 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.980 Or when the 00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.720 wicked rulers of 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.160 the nations 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.860 around Israel 00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.279 blaspheme God, 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.559 those words are 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.079 not true. 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.259 Or when Job's 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.920 friends, as Rob 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.500 pointed out, 00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.740 speak wrongly 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.519 about God, 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.779 later on in 00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:32.100 the book, God 00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.920 himself says, 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.579 they did not 00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.360 speak the truth 00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:34.860 about me. 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.460 We have whole 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.360 chapters of 00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.100 these characters 00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:39.200 not speaking the 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.120 truth about God 00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.339 in the Bible. 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.839 God breathed 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.440 means that, 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.819 not that what 00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.819 they said in 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.339 those moments 00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.299 was good or 00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.819 true, it 00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.399 just means that 00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:50.939 the biblical 00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:52.399 author accurately 00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.539 recorded exactly 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.359 what they said. 00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.539 God breathed 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.980 means that we 00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.740 have a trustworthy 00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.859 account of what 00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.559 Job's friends 00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.259 said and what 00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.599 Satan said and 00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:04.119 what the rulers 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.939 of the nations 00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:06.019 said when they 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.519 taunted at 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.279 different times. 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.280 God's friends. 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.600 God's friends 00:34:09.600 --> 00:34:10.280 said and what 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.920 God's friends 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.280 said. 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.580 On the flip 00:34:12.580 --> 00:34:13.860 side, let's 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.040 consider that the 00:34:15.040 --> 00:34:16.260 divine inspiration 00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.000 of the scriptures 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.580 is the only 00:34:18.580 --> 00:34:20.640 explanation for 00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:21.940 how many of the 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.940 declarations of the 00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.660 prophets made 00:34:23.660 --> 00:34:24.500 about the future 00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.519 could be fulfilled 00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.540 so exactly. 00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.780 Some of the 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.460 predictions made 00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.080 by the prophets 00:34:30.080 --> 00:34:30.980 had a specific 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:33.060 day or year 00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:34.180 attached to them 00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.199 and God 00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.940 fulfilled them 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.719 in the time 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.599 that he specified 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.519 to the year, 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.500 to the day. 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.079 This is one 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.819 example on the 00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:41.139 screen. 00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:43.000 That can only 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.599 happen as 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.879 consistently and 00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:46.639 plentifully as it 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.299 did in the Bible 00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.500 if the words the 00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.299 prophets penned were 00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:51.579 inspired by God 00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:53.099 word for word. 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:57.019 In fact, God even 00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.919 told the Israelites 00:34:57.919 --> 00:35:00.339 to discern whether a 00:35:00.339 --> 00:35:01.199 prophet was truly 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.039 speaking on his 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:05.399 behalf based on 00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:06.139 whether or not the 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.719 thing that they 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.659 were predicting in 00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.439 the near future 00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:10.399 came true. 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:16.019 So I hope that 00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.939 this has been an 00:35:16.939 --> 00:35:17.639 encouragement to 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:17.859 you. 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.839 Not just from 00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.899 Paul in his 00:35:20.899 --> 00:35:21.699 letter to Timothy 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.719 but from all over 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.480 the Bible, from 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.559 Peter, from 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.879 Jesus, from the 00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.559 fulfillment of 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.119 prophecy. 00:35:27.939 --> 00:35:29.359 All scripture is 00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:31.139 God-breathed and 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.139 is useful for 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:34.119 teaching, rebuking, 00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:36.440 correcting, and 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.319 training in 00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:38.900 righteousness so 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.519 that the servant 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.739 of God may be 00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.559 thoroughly equipped 00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.859 for every good 00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.199 work. 00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.000 The scriptures are 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.000 God-breathed down 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.299 to the word, even 00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.299 the tense, even 00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:51.259 the plurality of 00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.859 the words. 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.819 And because the 00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.440 scriptures are 00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.379 God-breathed means 00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:56.199 that they are 00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.859 trustworthy. 00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.719 It means that we 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.279 can build our lives 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.640 on these words. 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.300 And when we 00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.140 start to read our 00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.980 Bibles in this 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.380 way, it changes 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.920 everything. 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:09.460 The disorientation 00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.480 that we find from 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.920 all the voices in 00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.380 our world speaking 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.200 at us, that 00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:15.260 disorientation just 00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.160 begins to lift. 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.519 We begin to see 00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.400 clearly what's going 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.300 on in our world, 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:22.480 where we stand, 00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:24.220 with God, what he 00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:25.300 desires for us, 00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:27.840 how he truly does 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:30.120 love us with a 00:36:30.120 --> 00:36:30.980 love beyond measure. 00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.740 I want to close 00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.500 with the words of 00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:36.620 Jesus himself from 00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:37.740 Matthew chapter 7, 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.620 Sermon on the 00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:38.860 Mount. 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.740 Jesus said this, 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.100 he said, 00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.860 therefore everyone 00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.900 who hears these 00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:45.120 words of mine and 00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:45.800 puts them into 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.980 practice is like a 00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:49.920 wise man who built 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.420 his house on the 00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.820 rock. 00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:53.900 the rain came 00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.900 down, the streams 00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.680 rose, and the 00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:57.019 winds blew and beat 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.920 against that house, 00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.019 yet it did not 00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:00.960 fall, because it 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.840 had its foundation 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:04.760 on the rock. 00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:07.140 But everyone who 00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:08.019 hears these words of 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.660 mine and does not 00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:09.180 put them into 00:37:09.180 --> 00:37:10.160 practice is like a 00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:11.460 foolish man who 00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.300 built his house on 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.760 sand. 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:15.180 The rain came down, 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.600 the streams rose, 00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.780 the winds blew and 00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.519 beat against that 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:20.920 house, and it fell 00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.000 with a great crash. 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.340 Let's pray. 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.579 Father in heaven, we 00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.639 want to say thank 00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.440 you for your word. 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.480 The amazing thing 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.220 that you've done in 00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.320 preserving exactly 00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.579 what you said all 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.559 those thousands of 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.180 years ago for us, 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.900 so that today we can 00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.860 look in our Bibles and 00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.700 we can read and we 00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.480 can have confidence 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.260 confidence that you 00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:53.079 spoke this, and we 00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.579 can know how we 00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.539 need to respond and 00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.480 what we need to 00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.519 believe and how we 00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.340 need to think and 00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.559 how we need to live. 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.199 Thank you for this 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.079 incredible gift. 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.000 I pray that our 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.139 hearts would be good 00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:07.780 soil, that we would 00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:09.539 all respond whole 00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.380 heartedly to your 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:11.139 word in whatever 00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:12.380 ways we encounter it, 00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.360 whether it's at home 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.240 reading our Bibles, 00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.340 whether it's on 00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.099 Sunday mornings, 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:19.519 whether it's listening 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.619 as we drive on the 00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.920 road. 00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:23.500 Do your work in us. 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.339 Cause us to bear 00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:26.339 much fruit for your 00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:27.039 name and for your 00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.380 glory. 00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:29.079 Amen.