Given By Inspiration Of God

Given By Inspiration Of God

From TEACHING TRUTH by Vernon "The WordMaster" Peters

August 1, 2025 · 14 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the divine inspiration of the Bible and its human authorship.

Presented By Brother Jeremiah C. Riley Given by Inspiration of God, August 1 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. The Bible points to God as its author; yet it was written by human hands; and in the varied style of its different books it presents the characteristics of the several writers. The truths revealed are all “given by inspiration of God”; yet they are expressed in the words of men. The Infinite One by His Holy Spirit has shed light into the minds and hearts of His servants. He has given dreams and visions, symbols and figures; and those to whom the truth was thus revealed have themselves embodied the thought in human language. The Ten Commandments were spoken by God Himself, and were written by His own hand. They are of divine and not of human composition. But the Bible, with its God-given truths expressed in the language of men, presents a union of the divine and the human. Such a union existed in the nature of Christ, who was the Son of God and the Son of man. Thus it is true of the Bible, as it was of Christ, that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt…

Topics covered

  • inspiration
  • scripture
  • Bible
  • doctrine
  • reproof
  • correction
  • instruction in righteousness

Keywords

  • 2 Timothy 3:16
  • Ten Commandments
  • divine and human composition
  • Holy Spirit
  • truth revealed

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bible, John 1:14

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