God's Word Holy Spirit Breathed!

"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16,17).

For centuries man has taken on the challenge to prove that the Bible is the "inspired" word of God" When it is referred to as "inspired" it is meant that the Holy Spirit has exerted His supernatural influence on the writers of the Bible (those who would be the authors within each book). And so we have God inspired or "breathed" words from God Himself, delivered through the Holy Spirit to the man that would eventually pen His remarks. It means that every word, in the original language, is equally and fully inspired in all of its teachings. It means that the Bible does not simply contain the Word of God but it is literally "the Word of God". Men moved by the Holy Spirit inscribed the Words of God as they were spoken to. So from this passage of scripture we can understand that the Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible, that God used man as the instrument by the Holy Spirit with which to write His Word, and the results being "the infallible Word of God.

The Bible is free from error and very much trustworthy as we see in Matthew 24:35 where it says "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away" (Jesus speaking).

This passage gives me an overwhelmingly good feeling about God's conversation with us and exactly what it is that He wants from us and what He has planned for us. It has as its profit margin, Teaching, Reproof, Correction, and Training in righteousness. And of course, one of our greatest desires in life should be in being trained in righteousness as someday, when Jesus decides to return for His church, the Bride of Christ, we will finally and fully be trained in righteousness which will be displayed as we bow before our King in all of His glory with the righteousness that He has saved us with.

Therefore all scripture given by God is:

• Internal - infallible; Forever true, new, honest, unique, and accurate
• External - profitable, because it works
• Eternal - indestructible, as seen over the past several thousand years

Finally in this passage, Paul says "that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." That's us, folks, "adequately equipped for every good work. Sometimes you may not feel like it but that is exactly what God is doing in your life if you are completely surrendered to His will.

Dave