The Word of God

What does God say about his Word in the Bible?

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God's divine message can provide direction and instruction. The Bible is God's revealed word. It is split into two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament, and it contains stories about God's connection with humans as well as lessons and prohibitions.

Welcome to Bible Study for Busy people. We're going to talk about the the word of God today. How is the Bible the inspired Word of God? The study is presented as a set of questions and answers. Please open a Bible for yourself so that we can discuss what the Bible says about God's word. Attached, below and above, to the lesson is audio and video recordings for additional study.

1. 1.How were the Scriptures given?

   Bible⇒ 2 Timothy 3 : 16, 17 ; 2 Peter 1 : 21 .

2. 2.How did God reveal truth to His prophets?

   Bible⇒ Numbers 12 : 6 ; Galatians 1: 12

   The revelations of prophecy are facts which exhibit the divine omniscience. So long as Babylon is in heaps; so long as Nineveh lies empty, void, and waste; so long as Egypt is the basest of kingdoms; so long as Tyre is a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; so long as Israel is scattered among all nations; so long as Jerusalem is trodden underfoot of the Gentiles; so long as the great empires of th6 world march on in their predicted course,— so long we have proof that one Omniscient Mind dictated the predictions of that book, and ' prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.' — Will the Old Book Stand? H. L. Hastings, p. 19

3. 3.Has God guarded the purity of His word?

   Bible⇒ Psalms 12 : 6, 7 ; Proverbs 30 : 5

4. 4.Are the Scriptures infallible?

   Bible⇒ Psalms 119: 160; Matthew 24: 3

   This is the century of romance — romance in exploration, in discovery, in invention, in thought, and in life. . . . Through a series of marvelous discoveries and romantic events we have been let into the secrets of wonderful centuries of hitherto unknown peoples and events. . . . Now through the co-operation of explorer, archeologist, and linguist, we are the heirs of what was formerly regarded as prehistoric times. . . . These marvelous revelations from the archives of the nations of the past have painted for us a new background, in fact our first background, of the Old Testament. — The Monuments and the Old Testament, Ira Maurice Price, Ph. D., pp. 17, 18.

5. 5.Are the writings of the prophets to be received as the words of God Himself?

   Bible⇒ 2 Samuel 23 : 1, 2 ; Jeremiah 1: 4-9 ; 1 Thessalonians 2 : 13.

   

   

   

6. 6.Are the prophecies important now?

   Bible⇒ Hosea 12 : 10 ; Amos 3 : 7 ; 2 Peter 1 : 19

7. 7. For what purpose were the Scriptures written?

   Bible⇒ 2 Timothy 3 : 16, 17 ; Deuteronomy 29 : 29 ; John 20 : 30, 31

8. 8.What is necessary on our part?

   Bible ⇉ John 5 : 39 ; Psalms 119: 11, 16

9. 9.How are we to search the Scriptures?

   Bible⇒ 1 Corinthians 2 : 13; Isaiah 28 : 10, 13 ; Luke 24 : 27

10. 10.How shall we relate ourselves to the Scriptures?

    Bible⇒ Proverbs 2 : 1-5 ; Proverbs 22 : 20, 21; Luke 6 : 46-49.