Name: Rani B. Saliba Writing Style Used: APA Fifth Course and Section Number: Theo 201 – B16 Short Essay on Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible First we’ll discuss the authority of the bible; Authority is defined as “the right and power to command”. The authority of the bible comes from the fact that the fact that the bible is the physical result of God revelation of himself to mankind. In John 1:14 it says “14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” Jesus is described as the word of god. And Mathew28:18 say “Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”.
Though Romans says that human nature is that we are sinners. Human beings are slaves to sin and seem to be powerless against it. We understand that we are not righteous at all, and that we need a relationship with God, so that we can be empowered by His righteous. His righteous comes through our faith in Jesus Christ. Only he can redeem, justify, and sanctify us, and we need all three for our salvation.
But, alas, people still play the Christianity card. And here’s why: the Bible appeals to ethics. As we all learned in AP Lang, ‘ethos’ is one of the three appeals that effective speakers and writers use in persuasive arguments. Our ethical reasoning is inborn and biased. If we try to mix in logic, we end up with a rhetorical disaster.
John 17:3 sums up the point of life: to know God. If there truly is this all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good God of which the Bible speaks, of course He would be the One worth knowing in this universe. Man was created in God’s image, so his life’s ambition should be to find what that image is and who that God
However, it appears that the shift in focus can drastically change the interpretations in the Bible. Ultimately, fundamentalists accept as true the inerrancy of the Bible as rationale. However, Wesleyans tend to take away that “the proof of the gospel resides primarily in its being lived, in transformed life, not in logic and argumentation.” Two entirely different understandings of the same Bible, exemplifies another key contrast among fundamentalists and
The Bible has such a source of authority, God. This is what is commonly known as divine inspiration. Divine inspiration is “the guidance or influence of the Holy Spirit on the human writers of Scripture so that God controlled them in such a way that what they wrote was exactly what God wanted them to write without error.” (Towns 2008) Support for this inspiration is revealed in scripture like II Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” The term “God breathed” translates to mean “divinely breathed”. Elmer Towns notes “since breath is life, when God put His Spirit into the words of Scripture, He was also putting His life in Scripture.” (Towns 2008) God placed his endorsement of authority on the Holy Scriptures with his own breath and at the same time gave divine life to the Bible. Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active…” The Bible is authoritative due to divine inspiration, but what good would this authority be if what was written in the Bible was unreliable?
First, I account for the teachings of the Bible, which serve quite nicely to define purposes of humankind and morals, along with the origins of humankind, earth and all else of creation. Based on the Word and countless experiences, I recognize that sin and separation from God rages across the globe, and that unjust methods to reach ends many would find, in themselves, good are often used. My interpretation of human actions is heavily influenced by these understandings, and I strive to be sure to present myself in a manner that is upright to these understandings, that I might be more effective a tool for God. To understand one’s worldview is important in understanding how one will react to different situations, and understanding the concept of worldview is key to understanding how others will react to your own actions. A worldview is a culmination of what one has experienced or heard and found worthy, knowingly or unknowingly, of holding on to so much for it to become both a factor or the perspective and the perspective itself from where one views everything they encounter.
It affects us from our body, to our mind and will. This is known as the doctrine of total depravity. This doctrine is popular amongst various evangelical groups. Many Christians maintain that a historical examination of Christianity will reveal that a biblical view of the fall requires affirmation of the concept of original sin. Humans therefore sin because we have a corrupt and fallen nature.
5) The second core concept is the notion of free grace as opposed to a doctrine of works for the salvation of man, or in other words the earning of salvation. (Puritanism par. 2) The core beliefs of Puritans are illustrated well in the sermon of Jonathan Edwards’s, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” In Jonathan Edwards sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” the reader is bombarded with the concepts and beliefs of the Puritans. The first instance of this has to do with
(In recent years this practice of driving ethnic groups from their homes has become known as "ethnic cleansing," which is itself an interesting example of the use of language to disguise what is taking place.) Not all the language used to control the populace in Gilead is Bible-based, however. The most disturbing examples are the terms Unbaby and Unwoman, which deny the humanity of those who have no place in Gilead society. Once this has been done, the authorities can do whatever they like with such individuals without having to justify themselves, since the victims are by definition sub-human. Women in particular are the victims of the way the Gilead authorities exert control through language.