Week 2 Inerrancy Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
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To what does Inerrancy refer?

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Actual words on the page

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2
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Definition of inerrancy

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“All the words in Scripture are God’s words” –Grudem

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3
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More about what inerrancy means

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completely truthful
no errors
no internal contradictions
affirms nothing contrary to fact
Bible tells truth
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4
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Why not “infallibility?”

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“Infallibility” is subjective–truth comes to me

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5
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Bible claims God speaks through a prophet

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Ahijah 1 Kings 14,16

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Bible claims God speaks directly to a prophet

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Jeremiah 1:4 “Word came to me”

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7
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Prophet believed he was speaking God’s words

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Jeremiah 2

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8
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We have a written account of God’s words

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Samuel (1 Sam 10) says he is writing God’s word

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Jesus claimed that the Scriptures would be maintained

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Not the smallest stroke pass away Mt 5, John 10

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10
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Neo orthodoxy says

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men fallible recorded God’s word therefore must contain errors

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NT affirms that Scripture is God’s word

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Acts 24, 1 Tim 3:16, 2 Pet 1:21 men spoke as moved

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NT claims same authority

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the rest of the scriptures

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13
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Paul claimed to be speaking on behalf of God

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“things I write to you are the Lord’s commandment” 1 Cor 7, 14

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14
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Self attesting people object is circular

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Multiple authors attest. Holy Spirit attests.

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15
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Not dictation

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“write the things you have seen” Rev 1; Luke 1; Heb 1

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16
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Scripture says God doesn’t lie

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Titus 1:2, Heb 6:18

17
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God’s words are ultimate standard of truth

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though interpretation can be wrong

18
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If a new discovery contradicts the Bible

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hold in tension until resolves

19
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Are only Autographs inerrant?

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The text is inerrant, not the document

20
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God approves transmission

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Jer. 36:28 “take another scroll”
2 Kings 22:8 directed to make copies
Errors can be recovered

21
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Both inerrant and in ordinary language

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Yes–see Ps 19

22
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Inerrant and casual quotations

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Mk 1:2 quotes several but only attributes Isaiah. Was a common practice.

23
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Inerrant and unusual or uncommon grammatical constructions

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See 1st Peter vs 2nd Peter

24
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Inerrant but quoted statement may be untrue

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Job’s friends

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God's word in translation
True collectively though translation errors may occur
26
"unanswered questions" vs "demonstrated errors"
Possibly emerges from prior decision to judge the Bible rather than letting the Bible be the norm for all judgments. Harold OJ Brown
27
Scope of inerrancy
Faith and practice, or everything
28
Manuscripts not inerrant
Therefore don't say the Bible is inerrant
29
Denying inerrancy creates moral problem
Did God intentionally speak falsely in anything, even minor?
30
Denying inerrancy in some areas
Means human mind has to judge all
31
Denying inerrancy affects doctrine
Bible must then be wrong in major doctrines as well as minor details
32
Words vs paper
The Word of God --words --are inerrant and we make no claim about the physical carrier of the words.
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Dynamic vs functional
Dynamic allows actual meaning; functional stays more strictly literal