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1 | How is the Bible the Word of God? | Ezra 9:2 | Morant61 | 115740 | ||
Greetings Ischus! I pray that you get to feeling better my friend. When you do, perhaps we can discuss this further. I don't know of anyone who claims inerrancy for the copies or the translations of the text, but I believe that one can make a strong logical case for the original autographs, and I believe that Scripture makes this case concerning itself. So, I would contend that the Bible doesn't just contain God's Word, but that it is God's Word. For instance, 2 Peter 2:20-21 makes this statement about Scripture: "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." The fact that copyist may have intentionally or unintentionally added or deleted a few things here and there doesn't change the status of the original. And, as youself pointed out, we can be almost certain that the text we have now is in agreement with the original. This was an issue that I have spent much time studying. And, it has been my experience that the importance of and frequency of the variants readings has been vastly overblown. The majority of the texts are in agreement with one another. Get better! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | How is the Bible the Word of God? | Ezra 9:2 | ischus | 115870 | ||
Tim- I agree totally with all of this. my case is strickly for our english bible today, certainly not for the original autographs! I do take 2 Peter to be referring to "prophesy" and not "all scripture"(as in Tim.) I know the definition of prophesy and I know that it is not just "prediction and foretelling," but I take this to be the "thus says the Lord" comments of scripture. clearly there are many scriptures that were the interpretation or commentary of men about a particular situation, especially in the OT. ischus |
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