The Inspiration of the Bible.
By Arthur L. Manous
What Inspiration Itself Says.
The apostle Paul: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Tim. 3:16. The priest Zacharias: "He [God] spake by the mouth of His holy prophets." Luke 1:70. The apostle Peter: "The Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David." Acts 1:16, R.V. Again Peter says: "Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 Peter 1:21. The psalmist David: "The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue." 2 Sam. 23:2. Again the apostle Peter says: "God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began." Acts 3:21. Elihu: "There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." Job 32:8. What Others Say of the Inspiration of the Scriptures.
Doctor Binney: "This view [that "holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," 2 Peter 1:21], secures the Scriptures from all error, both as to the subjects spoken and the manner of expressing them."—"Binney’s Theological Compendium," p. 20. Professor Johnson: "The Old and New Testament Scriptures were given thru the agency of God’s Holy Spirit, hence they are inspired and infallible. 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Acts 1:16; 28:25, 26."—"Bible Text-Book," p. 11. Doctor Rice: "All Christians agree that in the Bible, and in the Bible only, we have a full and trustworthy revelation of God, and that it is the infallible rule of our faith and practise."—"People’s Dictionary of the Bible." Another author: "The scribes of God wrote as they were dictated by the Holy Spirit, having no control of the work themselves. They penned the literal truth, and stern, forbidding facts are revealed for reasons that our finite minds can not fully comprehend." Doctor Watson: "The sacred writers composed their works under so plenary and immediate an influence of the Holy Spirit, that God may be said to speak by those writers to men, and not merely that they spoke to men in the name of God and by His authority."—"Watson’s Theological Dictionary."