Bibleology
Doctrine of the Bible
Theology
Doctrine of God
Inspiration
God breathed
Holy
Set apart/sanctified
Revelation
God’s disclosing to man things about Himself
Illumination
God’s teaching the Christian the truths of God’s Word
Transcendence
Above God’s creation
Immanence
Involved with His creation
Eternity
No beginning or ending
Infinity
No limitation in space
Immutability
Unchangeable
Omniscience
All knowing
Omnipresence
Everywhere
Omnipotence
All powerful
Holiness
Separation from sin/evil
Justice
Remunerative/retributive
Righteousness
Always do right
Love
Concern for welfare of others
Mercy
Not giving us what we deserve
Grace
Giving what we don’t deserve
Truth
Cannot lie
Goodness
Bountiful dealing with man
Books in the Bible
66
New Testament
27
Old Testament
39
Natural inspiration
God gave the words to the writers
Partial inspiration
Contains the word of God
Conceptual inspiration
Inspiration of thoughts
Encounter
Becomes God’s word when it speaks to you
Human writers of Scripture
40
Canonicity
A book’s right to be included in the Bible
Hittites
Discovery of this empire confirmed the historical accuracy of the Bible
Determiner of Canonicity
God
Moses
Wrote the first 5 books of the Bible
Plenary
Full
Apocrypha
Books written between the OT and NT
Greek
Original language of NT
2 Tim 3:16-17
Rejects all four false views of inspiration
Doctrine
Teaching
Apocrypha
False because no claim of inspiration; contradiction
Psalm 22
Speaks of crucifixion; casting lots
Historical Prophecy
Destruction of Jerusalem; Peter’s death
Inerrancy
No error
Scientific Accuracy
Round earth; always night and day/seasons; Life in the blood
Belshazzar
Confirmed accuracy of the Bible
Division of OT in Jesus’s day
3
Verbal
By word
Graphe
To write
True
Spelling is important
Last book in Jesus’s day
2 Chronicles
35
References to OT by Jesus
Tittle
Smallest appendage in Hebrew
True
Jesus authenticated the OT
Requirements of OT writers
Prophetic authority
1947
Dead Sea Scrolls
True
Writing was advanced enough for the Pentateuch
Leviticus
90% quotes from God
Proofs of canonicity
Authentic, dynamic, prophetic, accepted, preserved
1500
Time to write the Bible
Deceptivity of cults
Partial truths
Study Scripture
Best way to combat cults
Inspiration of the Bible
Plenary verbal inspiration
Inspired
Most accurate account
Mechanical dictation
Mindless writers
Thus sayeth the Lord
3800 times
True
Writers recognized the inspiration of the scriptures
AD 303
Destruction of Bibles decreed by Diocletian
Isaiah 7:14
Virgin birth of Christ
Reasons to study the scripture
God says to, to know God’s Word, God tells us what to know
Micah 5:2
Birthplace of Christ
Canon
Measuring rod, rule, standard
Proofs of inspiration
God claims it, transforms lives, inerrancy, indestructibility, scientific accuracy, prophecy, historical accuracy
Zechariah 12:10
Death at Calvary