Implications of the Inspiration of Scripture – Part 2

We are currently looking at three key implications arising from the inspiration of Scripture. In the previous post, we saw the because the Scripture is inspired it is authoritative.

The second key ramification of a proper understanding of the inspiration of the written Word of God is the truthfulness of the Scripture. God’s Word is absolutely true and trustworthy. This can easily be seen in several Scriptures:

John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

(Jesus Himself declares that God’s Word is truth. As we have seen, Scripture is God’s Word. Therefore, according to Jesus, it is truth itself.)

Psalms 12:6  And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.

(All of God’s words – the whole Bible – are flawless. Nothing could be done to improve the Word of God.)

Psalms 19:7    The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

(God’s law, His Torah, His Word of instruction, is perfect. Nothing could be done to improve it, and any change to it would actually only serve to make it less than perfect. Consequently, it is trustworthy. We can rely upon God’s Word, for it is perfect and perfectly true in all it says.)

Because the Bible is inspired by God, it is utterly true and completely trustworthy. When we read the Scripture, we are reading the very Word of God and we can know all it affirms is true, and whatever it denies is false. What a firm foundation we have in God’s Word!

In Christ,

Bret