Lesson 2

Question 1

List two scriptures which prove that God is the author of the bible

Answer 1

a. 2 Timothy 3:16

b. 2 Peter 1:20-21

Question 2

What is revelation?

Answer 2

Comes directly from God and reveals truth and knowledge

Question 3

What is inspiration?

Answer 3

Is a human act divinely superintended by God’s revelation

Question 4

What is illumination?

Answer 4

Is a human act of understanding God’s revelation

Question 5

How many books of the Old Testament claim to record God’s message?

Answer 5

26

Question 6

How did the Apostles preserve and propagate the words of Jesus?

Answer 6

By writing the New Testament.

Question 7

Which of the following are inspired?

Answer 7

> the writing process 
> the words them selves 
> the grammatical structure 
> the original Text 
> the individual letters 
> every bibles Part equally

Question 8

When is scripture inspired?

Answer 8

Scripture is inspired in its content

Question 9

How did the inspired authors of the Bible choose their words?

Answer 9

Carefully selected their words based on their own vocabulary etc.

Question 10

What is a biblical criticism?

Answer 10

An interpretive method used to study scripture

Question 11

What two questions does a destructive view of biblical criticism ask?

Answer 11

a. Did God really say that?

b. What does the Biblical passage mean?