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1 | Were human authors aware of inspiration? | 2 Tim 3:16 | bjh | 92621 | ||
Did the human authors of Scripture (Moses, Samuel, Matthew, Paul, etc.) know that they were writing God's Word (i.e., Did they know that what they wrote was "inspired" or "God-breathed")? | ||||||
2 | Were human authors aware of inspiration? | 2 Tim 3:16 | GeorJoy | 92622 | ||
They knew they were in the Spirit. 2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Would Paul have written the above if your answer were not as is stated below? Your answer is Yes. George |
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3 | Were human authors aware of inspiration? | 2 Tim 3:16 | bjh | 92626 | ||
That's an interesting response. I was at another forum where the answer was "No, they didn't". That answer bothers me. The example given was Luke's statement to Theophilus in Lk 1, "It seemed good to me..." That answer, however, doesn't seem to address the issue of whether or not Luke (or the rest) knew that they were writing was Scripture. In my original question here, I'm not sure if I made myself clear as to whether or not they even knew it was Scripture. (I called it as such, because that's how we view it.) I do, however, tend towards the "Yes, they did know that their writing was God-breathed (and that it is Scripture)." |
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4 | Were human authors aware of inspiration? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 92631 | ||
bjh, the argument that you read on another forum is a weak one indeed. The fact that Luke addressed his Gospel (and its sequel, Acts) to Theophilus says nothing either of Luke's divine inspiration or of his awareness of writing under inspiration of the Spirit. Luke wrote two treatises to Theophilus and Paul wrote two letters to Timothy. Does this mean that Luke's communication to Theophilus and Paul's to Timothy are somehow not inspired and not Scripture, or that neither of these men had any idea that what they wrote was inspired by the Holy Spirit? And isn't it ironic that in the second letter to Timothy, Paul told his young Christian brother that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God? Every one of the 66 books in the Bible was written to someone or some group. None of them were written to the wind! How the addressee could detract from the inspiration of Scripture or the awareness of the human author that he was writing under inspiration of God is beyond me. ..... I suppose your experience serves to prove one thing, that you can't trust everything you read on another forum. Nor on this one! --Hank | ||||||