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2 Timothy 3:16
INSPIRATION DEFINED
Inspiration
A Comparison for Sake of Brevity
• A WORD IS MADE OF TWO PARTS.
• The Living Word: Jesus is every bit divine and
every bit human.
• The Written Word: The Bible is every bit
divine in origin and yet is still very human.
• Inspiration is the process whereby a human
communicates a divinely given message.
Defined
• 2 Timothy 3:16 (KJV) All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:
• 2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV) All Scripture is breathed
out by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness,
• inspiration: divinely breathed
Defined
• The term is only used once in the entire New
Testament.
• However, the Old Testament uses very similar
terminology.
• In the Old Testament: Something that is Godbreathed is given by God’s command.
Divine Command
• Job 37:10
• Job 4:9
• Natural law and divine judgment are examples
of God’s breath – His command – in operation.
Divine Command
• Job 33:4
• Genesis 2:7
• God commanded life into man.
Divine Command
• God’s command is all that was required to
create the universe …
– Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and
there was light.
– Genesis 1:6-7 And God said … and it was so.
– Genesis 1:9 And God said … and it was so.
– Genesis 1:11 And God said … and it was so.
– Genesis 1:14-15 And God said … and it was so.
– Genesis 1:24 And God said … and it was so.
– Genesis 1:29-30 And God said … and it was so.
God Commanded Words
• Jeremiah 1:7-9 (ESV) But the LORD said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to
whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I
command you, you shall speak. Do not be
afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver
you, declares the LORD.” Then the LORD put
out his hand and touched my mouth. And the
LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my
words in your mouth.”
God’s Words, David’s Mouth
• Acts 4:24-25 And when they heard it, they
lifted their voices together to God and said,
“Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and
the earth and the sea and everything in them,
who through the mouth of our father David,
your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, ‘Why did
the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in
vain?’”
• Psalm 2 is called God speaking through David’s
mouth.
Spoke As They Were Moved
• 2 Peter 1:20-21 (ESV) 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.
• They spoke as they were “being borne along”
by the Holy Spirit.
Take No Thought
• Matthew 10:19 (ESV) When they deliver you
over, do not be anxious how you are to speak
or what you are to say, for what you are to say
will be given to you in that hour.
• The words given were not the result of human
thought. They were provided and
commanded by God.
Eat the Book
• Ezekiel 2:8-10 (ESV) “But you, son of man,
hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like
that rebellious house; open your mouth and
eat what I give you.” And when I looked,
behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and
behold, a scroll of a book was in it. And he
spread it before me. And it had writing on the
front and on the back, and there were written
on it words of lamentation and mourning and
woe.
Eat the Book
• Ezekiel 3:1-4 (ESV) And he said to me, “Son of
man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this
scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” So
I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll
to eat. And he said to me, “Son of man, feed
your belly with this scroll that I give you and
fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it
was in my mouth as sweet as honey. And he
said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of
Israel and speak with my words to them.”
Conclusion
• Mark 4:39-41 And he awoke and rebuked the
wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!”
And the wind ceased, and there was a great
calm. He said to them, “Why are you so
afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were
filled with great fear and said to one another,
“Who then is this, that even the wind and the
sea obey him?”
• The every word of the Bible is from the God
whose words part the seas.