Saturday, February 4, 2012

Inspiration

More than once Paul said he spoke of his own volition, not a commandment of God.
so that pretty much denied that every word in the bible came by inspireation/ God's
breath.
1Cr 7:6  But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
1Cr 7:25  Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give
my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
There are many places in Paul's letters  where it is apparent he is speaking on his
own.
unless you are willing to say Paul did not know of which he spoke, you can not
contradict what he said. Jesus Christ spoke the words of God, as Paul said he did
not always do so.
Unless you wish to contradict what Luke said about where he got his information that
he wrote about in two books, you can not say Lukes writings were whispered to him
by the :holy ghost"
Luk 1:1  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration
of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Luk 1:2   Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Luk 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things
from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Luk 1:4  That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast
been instructed.
If you look at Lk 1:2 it is evident that Luke is speaking of the Apostles who were
with Jesus.Yes the Apostles had the advantage of calling upon the "holy ghost"/
comforter when they needed to do so, but even that does not mean every word they
wrote was breathed into their ear, by the spirit.
That said I believe every writer in the bible was inspired to do what they did, inspired
by their belief, inspired in the meaning influenced.

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