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Bible Question:
Hi Christian24, Thanks for your answer. I agree, it has Divine authorship. But my question is, how did He do it? Did the writers write with their own words? Or did they write with God's own words (dictation)? Are the scriptures the very words of God? If they are, what right do we have to translate them into English? (Something is always lost in the translation.) Fundamentalist claim that every word is inspired by God. I agree. But they won't define what "inspired" means. Again, does it mean that the words are the words of men that convey the thoughts of God or that the words are the very words of God and men just wrote them down? charis72 |
Bible Answer: Hi Charis72, Allow me to jump in. I have not read any of your posts. In other words, I do not know you so in way of a little explaination, when most use the word "Lord" and it refers to Almighty God, I use Jehovah, since that is his name and it clearifies whom I am referrencing. Likewise when referencing Jesus as Lord I use "Lord Jesus". Yes, the apostle Paul stated at 2 Timothy 3:16: “All Scripture is inspired of God.” The phrase “inspired of God” translates the compound Greek word the·o´pneu·stos, meaning, literally, “God-breathed” or “breathed by God.” Thus it is the state of being moved by or produced under the direction of, in this case God. He "moved" these some 40 different Bible writers to write exactly what he wanted written. As the apostle states, God spoke “in many ways” to his servants in pre-Christian times. (Heb 1:1, 2) In at least one case, that of the Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, the information was divinely supplied in written form, merely requiring copying into the scrolls or other material used by Moses. (Ex 31:18; De 10:1-5) In other cases, information was transmitted by verbal dictation, word for word. When presenting the large body of laws and statutes of God’s covenant with Israel, Jehovah instructed Moses: “Write down for yourself these words.” (Ex 34:27) The prophets also were often given specific messages to deliver, and these were then recorded, forming part of the Scriptures.—1Ki 22:14; Jer 1:7; 2:1; 11:1-5; Eze 3:4; 11:5. Among still other methods used for conveying information to the Bible writers were dreams and visions. Dreams, or night visions as they were sometimes called, evidently superimposed a picture of God’s message or purpose on the mind of the sleeping person. (Da 2:19; 7:1) Visions given while the person was conscious were an even more frequently used vehicle of communication of God’s thoughts to the mind of the writer, the revelation being impressed pictorially upon the conscious mind. (Eze 1:1; Da 8:1; Re 9:17) Some visions were received when the person had fallen into a trance. Though conscious, the person apparently was so absorbed by the vision received during the trance as to be oblivious to all else around him.—Ac 10:9-17; 11:5-10; 22:17-21. Angelic messengers were used on many occasions to transmit the divine messages. (Heb 2:2) Such messengers played a larger part in the transmission of information than is at times apparent. Thus, whereas the Law given to Moses is presented as spoken by God, both Stephen and Paul show that God used his angels in transmitting that legal code. (Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19) Since the angels spoke in Jehovah’s name, the message they presented could therefore properly be called “the word of Jehovah.”—Ge 22:11, 12, 15-18; Zec 1:7, 9. No matter what the particular means employed for the transmission of the messages, all parts of the Scriptures would be of the same quality, all of them being inspired, or “God-breathed.” I hope I have answered your question. Truthfinder |