Brentwood Church of Christ

{IMPLICATION: We do not have to follow the Bible strictly.} While it is true that each Bible writer had his own style, it does not follow that they wrote in their own words. God revealed His words using the style of each human author. This is shown in a number of places. In I Corinthians 2:12-13, Paul states that the words that he and the other apostles spoke and revealed were “words” taught them by the Holy Spirit. In II Peter 1:20-21 Peter tells us that no scripture is of any private interpretation. The word “interpretation” refers to how the scriptures were disclosed or revealed to man. These prophets did not reveal God’s message by any private manipulation of their own, because they did not speak of their “own will”, but spoke as they were “moved” by the Holy Spirit. In Matthew 4:4 Jesus told Satan that man does not live by bread alone but by “every word that proceeds from the mouth of the God.” In fact, in Matthew 22:32 Jesus quoted Exodus 3:6 and argued the resurrection from the present tense of “I am the God of Abraham…” Jesus could not have argued from the verb tense if the very words of scripture were not inspired. Again, in Galatians 3:16 Paul argued that salvation came through Christ and not all Israel by emphasizing the singular form of “seed.” “Through your seed all nations shall be blessed” not through your “seeds.” Other scriptures that pertain: Proverbs 30:5-6; Revelation 22:18-19.