Conversion & Calling, Student Workbook, SW01

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C O N V E R S I O N A N D C A L L I N G

I. The Scriptures Are the Word of the Living God, Inspired by His Breath and Associated with His Person and Work.

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A. The Scriptures are the living and eternal Word that lives and abides forever.

1. The Word of God is eternal, possessing God’s attribute of complete truthfulness and authority, 1 Pet. 1.23-25.

2. The Scriptures are inspired by the very “breath” of God Almighty.

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a. 2 Tim. 3.16-17

b. God breathed his own creative life into his Word.

3. We need not believe that God dictated the Scriptures for them to be inspired by him. Rather, we believe that the Holy Spirit used the vocabularies, experiences, and capacities of the authors in the precise way he intended so that the product they produced in their writing was his own creation. The Spirit inspired the writings in such a way that he can be called the author of the documents. It is in this way that the Church has considered the Scriptures to be the authoritative standard and reliable guide for faith and practice.

a. 2 Pet. 1.19-21

b. Men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit himself.