Understanding Your Religion
7 Major Doctrines that Define Christianity
6 Proofs of Inspiration
The Doctrine of Inspiration - Part 3
Стратегия преподавания
The emphasis of this lesson are the arguments that support the idea that the Bible is an inspired text. This lesson is an introduction into these concepts and will be continued in following lessons.
Результаты обучения студентов
- Know: Understand how the Bible came into being.
- Feel: Value the importance of the Bible in maintaining our faithfulness to God.
- Do: Apply the will of God for our lives as revealed in scripture.
Основная часть урока
Вопросы для обсуждения
Ниже приведены вопросы, которые можно использовать во время части урока, посвященной обсуждению. Также предлагаются ответы на вопросы, которые помогут учащимся усвоить различные понятия. Они даны для помощи в обсуждении и не рассматриваются как "правильные или неправильные" ответы.
This is a review of information from the text.
- Matthew 10:19-20 – Jesus' statement to the apostles about their words coming from God.
- John 14:26 – States how the apostles spoke from God.
- II Timothy 3:16 – Paul states all scripture is from God.
- II Peter 1:20-21 – The Bible states that scripture was not derived from man's ideas but men chosen by God were guided by the Holy Spirit as to what they would say.
- Dictation theory – God dictated word for word what is in scripture.
- Thought theory – God provided general ideas and principles and the writers interpreted these in their own words.
- Verbal inspiration – God revealed the true knowledge to the patriarchs, prophets and apostles as well as other Bible writers, and they wrote down the information under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
One can choose not to believe in the inspiration of scripture, but this would be going against teachings that have been handed down and validated throughout history. We can trust God's word as inspired because of how it was put together and how it has withstood the test of time and survived continual attacks against its legitimacy and truthfulness.