Posted on 02/08/2017 5:08:00 AM PST by Gamecock
The Bible is the word of God. God inspired through the Holy Spirit men to write the word.
If we say it contains the word of God that opens up the door for additional revelation outside of the Bible to be accepted. If we allow this we have to allow the Mormon the Book of Mormon and the Muslim the Koran and so on.
I’ll add this, though. I see a lot of wisdom in the writings of mere men like C. S. Lewis. However, I see them as the equivalent of a sermon, but in writing. i.e. I test the words against the bible to ensure accuracy.
Some content in the bible (both OT and NT) bluntly says it is the word of the Lord. Some doesn’t. Some says explicitly that it is NOT the word of the Lord:
“Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.” (1 Corinthians 7:25, ESV)
This is what pastors and Christian writers do all the time.
An interesting discussion:
http://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/10165/is-1cor-726-40-not-the-word-of-god
BTW, that link I supplied has an interesting comment:
“Why did God cause Paul to write his own opinion as part of Scripture? “
My answer is this: He didn’t He wasn’t writing scripture. He was writing a letter to a particular church that he expected the mailman* to deliver.
*Yes, I know they didn’t use the USPS, but that is, in essence what he was doing.
The Bible is the inspired word of God. It is the only thing that is trustworthy in this world.
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