Verbal Inspiration Does
Not Deny the Human Element (Aspect) in Scripture
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness."
Every book in the New Testament
bears the imprint of its human writer
Bible is the most human book in the world.
Human things are not necessarily sinful and false. (We get
this idea from observation of fallen, sinful humanity.)But the Bible is also a Divine Book, Infallible.
Difficulties
To be expected. If we give up because of difficulties, we
must give up Christianity (trinity, incarnation, etc.)All other theories of inspiration have difficulties also.
One great advantage of this theory: Based squarely on the testimony of Christ and the book itself.
The Greatest Difficulty is not Mental but Moral
- Either men do not want to believe, or
- They do not want to believe because it would incriminate them.
The human aspect in Scripture is not ignored in verbal inspiration. Every book bears clearly the imprint of the human author. 2 Tim. 4. (The cloak, books, parchments). Vs. 13, 14
"The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:"
The Bible is the most human book in the world. The Koran is
inhuman, though human in origin. To admit that it is human does not mean that
any part is false or wrong. Christ was human, but he was also Divine, sinless,
perfect.
Denials of Verbal Inspiration
Grow Out of Ignorance
Some men are the kind who like to throw things away.
Some men become the victim of the atmosphere in which they
grew up-to question, deny, and be uncertain.
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
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