Bibliology Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is the theme of Scripture?
The Kingdom of God and His rule over all.
Gen. 1:28 Adam was to rule the earth
Ps. 145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Thy
dominion endures throughout all generations.
Matt 6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.
Mark 1:15 The kingdom of God is at hand
Rev. 11:15 The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign
forever and ever.
Redemption of a people for God.
I Peter 2:9-10 “chosen race, royal priesthood, people for God’s
possession
Subjugation of the rebellious.
Phil. 2:10 every knee will bow and every tongue confess
What is the purpose of Scripture?
Divine guideline for submission to God’s rulership
Unbelievers
Rom. 10:17 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word
of Christ
I Cor. 1:21-Since in the wisdom of God the world did not
come to know God, God was well pleased through
the foolishness of the message preached to save
those who believe.
II Tim. 3:15 And from childhood you have known the sacred
writings which are able to give you the wisdom
that leads to salvation through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.
Believers
II Tim 3:16-17
What is revelation? What types are there?
“The act of unveiling, as well as the contents unveiled”
General/Natural
“The foundational revelation which rests on creation and is demonstrated in history, nature, providence and the conscience.”
Rom. 1:18-20 God is understood through what has been made
Ps. 19:1-6 The heavens and the earth declare God’s glory
Acts 14:15-17 He did not leave Himself with out witness, but
did good… gave rains and fruitful seasons…
Acts 17:24-29 Being then the offspring of God…
Romans 2:14-15 Their conscience alternately accusing or
defending them…
Special
“The contingent revelation which rests on the re-creation and is demonstrated in the Scriptures and in Jesus Christ.”
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14-18 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
Heb. 1:1-2 In the last days God has spoken to us in His Son.
Heb. 2:3-4 How shall we escape if we neglect so great a
salvation? After it was at the first spoken through
the Lord it was confirmed to us by those who
heard…
Varieties of Special Revelation
1. Audible voice
Gen. 22 Abraham
Matt. 3 Voice from heaven at Christ’s baptism
2. Casting lots
Jonah 1
Acts 1
3. Prophets
I Kings 22:13 Micaiah–“what the Lord says I will speak”
Acts 21:10-12 Agabus prophesies.
4. Angels
Judges 13 Angel appears to Manoah and wife.
Luke 1 Angel appears to Mary
5. Dreams
Gen. 37 Joseph’s dream
Matt. 1, 2 Joseph’s dream
6. Visions
Isaiah 6 “I saw the Lord high and lifted up”
Acts 11 “kill and eat”
Inspiration of Scripture
The Holy Spirit so superintended the biblical writers so that using their own languages, culture and individual personalities, they inscripturated God’s word without error in the autographs.
Method
John 14:26 The Helper will teach you all things
John 16:13 The Spirit of truth will bring to remembrance… will guide
you into all truth
Heb. 1:1-God spoke in many portions and in many ways.
I Peter 1:10-12 Prophets made careful search and inquiry
II Peter 1:19-21 Holy men of God spake as they were moved
Verbal
Matt. 5:17-20 “not the smallest stroke . . .” OT fulfilled in entirety
Matt. 22:32 “I am the God of Abraham” appeals to tense and case
John 8:58 Before Abraham was I Am.
John 10:34 “you are gods” argument appeals to specific words
elohim
John 16:13 Holy Spirit will guide into all the truth (Germinal outline of
NT)
Galatians 3:16 “seed” versus “seeds” appeals to grammatical number
**Plenary **
Inspired in its entirety
II Tim. 3:16 OT Inspired
I Cor. 14:37 The things I write to you are the Lord’s
commandment.
II Peter 3:2 commandment of the Lord spoken by your
apostles -Gospels
II Peter 3:15-16 Paul’s letters “Scripture”
Rev. 22:18,19 Don’t add or subtract to Scripture, John’s
writings inspired
Propositional
Old Testament-2700 times “Thus saith the Lord.
Ex. 24:2-12 “Words of the Lord” = “stone tablets with the law and the
commandments which I wrote.”
Deut. 4:2 You shall not add to the words I am commanding you.
Josh. 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but
you shall meditate on it…
II Kings 22:13 …our fathers have not listened to the words of this
book.
Neh. 8:8 and they read from the book, from the law of God,
translating to give the sense so that they understood the
reading.
I Thess. 2:13 …when you received from us the word of God’s
message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but
for what it really is, the word of God…
I Cor. 14:37 The things I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.
Rev. 22:18-19 Don’t add to or subtract from this book.
Faulty Views of Inspiration
- Mechanical-God dictated
- Dynamic-Holy men “bathed in the aura of the person of Christ”(Schleirm.)
- Partial-Degrees of inspiration-doctrine, not history (Beegle, Fuller)
- Thought/Concept-God’s General thoughts, Man’s words/error (Campbell)
Authority of Scripture
God’s Word demands compliance in thought and deed.
Ps. 19:7-11 The law of the Lord is…
John 17:17 Thy Word is truth.
Acts 17:30 God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent.
Rom. 10:17 So faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God
Gal. 3:22 But the scripture has shut up all men under sin…
Inerrancy of Scripture
Num. 23:19 God is not a man that He should lie…
Mal. 3:6 For I the Lord do not change.
Matt. 5:48 Be perfect as I am perfect
John 10:34-36 The Scripture cannot be broken.
John 17:17 Thy word is truth
I Cor. 14:37 The things I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.
II Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…
I Thess. 2:13 …when you received from us the word of God’s message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God…
Infallibility of Scripture
Some would say that the Scripture is only innerrant in matters of “faith and practice.” This is actually the same as Inerrancy and denotes the formal aspect of God’s authority as revealed in Scripture.
John 10:34-36 The Scripture cannot be broken
Isaiah 55:11 - God’s word does not return void
Illumination of Scripture
“That working of the Holy Spirit where He makes known to regenerate men the spiritual content and truth of the Word.”
I Cor. 2:12-16 The natural man does not accept; the spiritual man appraises all things”
Saved
I John 2:27 The Holy Spirit’s anointing teaches you all things
Unsaved
(No illumination as such-Efficacious Grace)
Darkened Understanding
* Rom. 1:21 foolish heart darkened
* I Cor. 2:14 Natural man does not accept/understand the things of the Spirit
* II Cor. 4:4 The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving
* Eph. 4:17-19 futility of mind, darkened in understanding, given over
Scripture Brings Light
* Rom 10:17 So Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ.
* II Tim. 3:15 Sacred writings which give wisdom that leads to salvation.
* Heb. 4:12 Word of God is living and active.
Canonicity of Scripture
Completion
* Jude 3 “The faith once for all delivered to the saints.”
* Heb. 1:1-2 “spoke long ago”(aorist) “in these last days has spoken”(aorist)
* Heb. 2:3-4 “spoken through the Lord, confirmed by those who heard”(by signs)
* John 14:26 The Helper will teach you all things
* John 16:13 The Spirit of truth will bring to remembrance… will guide you into all truth
* Rev. 22:18-19 “If anyone adds… if anyone takes away”
Internal testimony
II Tim. 3:16 OT Inspired
I Cor. 14:37 The things I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.
II Peter 3:2 commandment of the Lord spoken by your apostles -Gospels
II Peter 3:15-16 Paul’s letters “Scripture”
Rev. 22:18,19 Don’t add or subtract to Scripture, John’s writings inspired
External testimony
1. Authorship-Apostle or related to apostle
2. Local church acceptance
3. Church father’s recognition
4. Subject matter-Did it agree with other books
5. Personal edification
Closing of the Canon
Old Testament
* Ezra may have played a pivotal role in collecting the OT Scriptures in the fifth century B.C.
* II Tim. 3:16 “Scripture” There was evidently a “canonized” collection of books called “Scripture.”
* Qumran-The Qumran community cites most of the OT books.
* The canon was closed by general common consent rather than by formal decree on the part of the rabbis.
* Council of Jamnia-Doubtful if such a council ever occurred; no formal pronouncement as to the limits of the canon was made.
New Testament
* The books of the NT were used in public worship by the first century church. I Thess. 4:27 …have this letter read to all the brethren…
* Apostolic fathers (90-120) quote most of the epistles as Scripture.
* The apologists (120-170) clearly recognized the canonical gospels as distinct from other spurios works.
* The Third council of Carthage (397 A.D.) recognized the presently accepted NT canon.
Historicity of the Bible
The Bible is historically accurate, and fully what it claims to be, the inerrant Word of God.
Bibliographic Test
Def. The reliability of the textual transmission.
Document Abundance
Work Written Earliest Copy Time Span Copies
Homer 900 BC 400 BC 500 yrs. 643
NT 40-90 AD 125 AD 35 yrs. 24,000+
Important Manuscripts
Old Testament
* Samaritan Pent. 500 BC
* Septuagint 250 BC
* Masoretic Text 90 AD ?
New Testament
* P52 125-135 AD (Portion of John)
* P45, P46, P47 200-250 AD Chester Beaty Papyri
* Sinaiticus Codex 350 AD +
* Vaticanus 350 AD
Scribal Carefulness
Counted the letters, words, verses, sections in each book.
Determined the middle of a book.
Internal Evidence
No unexplainable contradictions or factual inaccuracies.
External Evidence
Clement of Rome 95 AD
Eusebius 130 AD
Irenaeus 180 AD
Archaelogy-has confirmed the historicity of both OT and NT–Ninevah
Job 26:7 He… hangs the earth on nothing.
KJV Controversy
Textus Receptus
* Done by Erasmus
* Source-six bad fragments and part of the Latin Vulgate. Thus he back translated portions (Revelation) to come up with a Greek text.
* Version-Not a manuscript but version.
