Lesson 1

The Holy Scripture

Word
Of
GOD
“cannot be broken”
( John 10:35)
they will always be
binding (stand)

“ will never
pass away (perish)”
(Matthew 24:35)
Jesus strengthens
Notoura faith
singlefurther
item by illustrating
that every “Jot”oforthe
“Tittle”
Law or stands until that
Scripture is fulfilled (Matthew 5:18; Luke 16:17).
Word of God
will pass away
(perish) or
(Iota in Hebrew) remain (Keros in Hebrew) refers
is the name unfulfilled
to the small strokes (-)
of the smallest used to distinguish one
Hebrew letter from
Hebrew letter
another
Greek word “Gramma”
“Graphe” (plural)

a collection
a writing
of writings

“the Holy Scriptures”

(2Timothy 3:15)
– a collection of the sacred writings
“Biblos”
“Biblion”
- the “inner bark of the
papyrus plant” from which
ancient people made writing - which means “a scroll or
little book”
materials

he Bo o k”
“T
of books,
E
The BIBL
Old Testament New Testament

Gre
w ek
Hebre

Cove
is Go nant of
w , d’ s N G
e na nt o f L a ew A race,
C o v e m en t (Jer. with gree
’ s A gr e 31:31 Israe ment
o d
was G ewish Nation as we -34; Heb
l
ith t h eJ ll as a . 8 : 7-
w sra e l
o f I
; 2 0 : 1 ; (Rom l manki 13),
l
1 9 : 5- 6 1Cor . 3:21 nd
u s . 11:2 -3
(Exod 7 -2 8 ). 3-26 1;
34 : 2 ; 15:1
-4).
Old Testament New Testament

Gre
w ek
Hebre

Total
66
Books NT
27 b
OT ook
oks s
39 b o
 Poetry
History
Prophecy
17 5books
books
17 books
 Epistles
History
Or
Prophecy
Letters
5 books
1 book
21 books
 Divisions of the Old and New Testaments Summarized
Old Testament

Historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 books The rise and fall of the Hebrew nation.
Law 5 books
History 12 books
Poetical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 books The Nation’s literature in poetry and song.
Prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 books God’s warnings and promises to the Nation.
Major Prophets 5 books
Minor Prophets 12 books

New Testament

Historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 books
Gospels 4 books Jesus Christ the Man whom the Nation produced.
History 1 book The beginning of His Church and reign among all
nations.
Epistles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 books His teachings and principles.
Paul’s Epistles 13 books
General Epistles 8 books
Prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 book His glory and His universal judgment and control
promised.
 Lesson 2

How God Gave the

Scripture
 REVELATION
GOD REVEALING HIS MIND AND TRUTH

Revelation means – “To unveil, to make

known a truth”

Biblical or Special Revelation is that act of

God by which He directly communicates truth
which was previously unknown, and
undiscoverable in any other way by the mind
of man (1Corinthians 2:9-10a, 11b, 14a).
 e INSPIRATION
Th g of GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
nin ion
e a at
M pi r COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH
Ins

Inspiration means, “God breathed, a

conscious forcible breathing” (2Timothy
3:16).

It is the supernatural control of God over the

production of the Old and New Testament, so
that all that was written is true and accurate.
 e INSPIRATION
Th g of GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
nin ion
e a at
M pi r COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH
Ins

Since all Scripture is inspired by God they are

“infallible”, meaning incapable of error as
originally given by God.
 e
INSPIRATION
Th t of GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
te n on
x t i
E
p ira COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH
Ins

Plenary Inspiration means, “full, complete,

extending to every part.” “All Scripture is
given by inspiration” (2Timothy 3:16).

Verbal Inspiration means, “pertaining to

words, every word”. Every word of Scripture
is inspired (1Corinthians 2:13; 2Peter 3:2).
 e
INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION
Th of GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
d e on
Mo irati COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH
s p
I n

“Holy men of God spake as they were moved

by the Holy Spirit (2Peter 1:20-21).
The Scripture does not originate with the
writer (private interpretation). No, the
Scripture did not come by the will of men.
Rather, holy men spake as they were moved
(carried along by) the Holy Spirit (Ephesians
3:4-5; Hebrews 11:1).
 o f
f on
INSPIRATION
oo
Pr irati GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
s p
In COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH

 Christ’s Testimony Concerning “The Scriptures”.

Twelve times Jesus recognized

these divisions under various names:
Scripture, The Law, The Law and The Prophets,
and the Psalms, and Moses and The Prophets
(Luke 24:25-27, 44-45).
 o f
f on
INSPIRATION
oo
Pr irati GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
s p
In COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH

 The Testimony of New Testament Writers

The New Testament writers quote

the Old Testament approximately 240 times.

2Timothy 3:16 and 2Peter 1:20-21 claim that

ALL Scripture or Prophecy (the same OT that
we have in our Bibles) is inspired by God.
 o f
f on
INSPIRATION
oo
Pr irati GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
s p
In COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH

 The Testimony of Prophecy

Bible Prophecy means, “the predicting

of future events under the influence
of Divine guidance”.

There are 33 fulfilled prophecies concerning

Christ’s life. These point to the inspiration
of the Scriptures.
 o f
f on
INSPIRATION
oo
Pr irati GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
s p
In COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH

 The Unity of the Bible

The first books were written about 1500 B.C.,

Yet, all
God wrote
usedconcerning
about 40 differentone Divine
and the last ones about 100 A.D.
menPlan,
“REDEMPTION”,
in writing theAHoly in such
total a fashion
Scriptures.
of 1600 T that of
years. Most every
these part
men had of the
hereneverBible
is no seen
other agrees
each
book in with
all theand
other. supplements
Some
world likespoke different
the Bible.
all the Truly,
languages other
and parts.
its unity
some There
is a proof
lived are noinspiration.
contradictions
inofdifferent
its countries.
 o f
f on
INSPIRATION
oo
Pr irati GOD’S SUPERNATURAL CONTROL IN
s p
In COMMUNICATING HIS REVEALED TRUTH

 The Testimony of Archaeology

“There can be no doubt that archaeology

 Archaeology means, “the scientific study
ofhas
theconfirmed the substantial
life and culture of ancient history ofas
peoples, theby
Old Testament,”
excavation says Dr.
of ancient W.F. relics,
cities, Albright.
andThis means,
artifacts.”
that history revealed in the Scriptures
has been proven by archaeological
discoveries.
ILLUMINATION
GOD’S ACTION IN THE MIND OF MAN.

Illumination refers to the process of

understanding truth already revealed.

This occurs when the indwelling Holy Spirit

acts on the minds of believers giving them
insight and understanding of the already
revealed Word of God (Matthew 16:17; Luke 24:45;
1Corithians 2:12-14; Psalms 119:18).
 Unseen things of God are undiscoverable by
the natural man (2:9). This shows the need of
a supernatural revelation from God.

These undiscoverable things God has revealed

to chosen men (2:10-12).
This is revelation.
The things revealed are communicated in Holy
Spirit taught words (2:13).
This is inspiration.

These Holy Spirit-taught-words of the Bible

are spiritually discerned only by those having
the Holy Spirit dwelling in them (2:14-16).
This is illumination.