Word of Truth Catechism
Bibliology
Olive Drive Church
Lesson 18: Thursday, November 5, 2015
Outline
24. Can we trust the Bible?
Yes. The Bible is completely true and without error in its original manuscripts.
2 Peter 1:20-21 knowing this first of all, that 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.
Romans 15:4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and
through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple
Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he(Jesus) interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning himself.
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John Wycliffe
Can we trust the Bible?
1. Definitions
a. Inspiration
b. Inerrant
c. Infallible
d. Authority
e. Clarity
f. Sufficiency
2. The Problem
a. Liberal Scholarship
b. Error in manuscript transmission
c. What happens if the bible is errant?
3. Inerrancy
a. Doctrine: That the Bible is without error in the original manuscripts
1. No Major Discrepancies
4. God’s Character
a. Error only occurs when
1. Deception
2. Mistake
b. God is Truth
1. Never deceives
a. Numbers 23:19, II Timothy 2:13, Titus 1.2, Hebrews 6:18
2. Never makes mistakes
a. Ps. 33:13-15, Hebrews 4:12-13
3. Scripture is His word and is breathed out by Him therefore cannot contain
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deception, or mistakes.
5. Inerrancy Declared by Scripture
a. God’s Word is Truth
1. Psalm 119:43, 160, 142, 151, John 17:17, Psalm 19 Psalm 39
2. Spirited Inspired Truth
a. I John 5:6
“God’s Word are among His mightiest acts”
-John Frame
What Inerrancy is not.
1. Precision like mathematics
2. Communication through certain genres
3. Required exactitude in quotation
4. Deny Faith in Christ
5. Imply evangelical orthodoxy
What inerrancy is
1. Truth that is attached to theological, ethical teaching, historical and scientific knowledge
2. God’s truth is in the very words of Scripture
3. Original manuscripts of prophet- apostolic alone are error free
4. In autographs does not imply finality attached to contemporary versions
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