Secret Church 17 – Session 3: Is the Bible Inspired by God?

About this sermon

In this session of Secret Church 17, Pastor David Platt provides more biblical insight to answer the question, “Is the Bible divine?” He focuses on the inspiration of Scripture, a mysterious supernatural process by which God worked through men to reveal his truth in written form. While there is some mystery concerning how God inspired Scripture, that he inspired Scripture is evident to us in a number of ways. David Platt reminds us that the canon was recognized, not created, by man. In order to determine whether or not a particular book or writing was inspired, the church applied specific tests of canonicity. One such test was, “Was this book written by an apostle or a close associate of an apostle?” If we are going to bank our lives and our eternity on the truths of Scripture, then we need to know whether or not we are reading God’s Word or merely the religious insights and opinions of men. For more information visit https://radical.net/?session=session-3-is-the-bible-divine-inspired-by-god-and-recognized-by-man Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 2:06 - How do we know the Bible is Inspired by God? 5:50 - The Bible was Not Made Up 7:58 - Is This a Circular Argument? 9:38 - External Validation that Proves the Bible is Inspired by God 12:32 - The Bible has power 15:01 - How God Inspired Scripture is Mysterious 18:28 - The Canon: Recognized by Man 19:48 - Five Questions Used to Determine Biblical Inspiration 25:25 - What about the Apocrypha? 28:44 - The Bible is Divine

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• Bible Study
• Church & Fellowship
• The Church