BIBLIOLOGY

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BIBLIOLOGY

• I. REVELATION

to Man
From God
A. The Meaning of Revelation 1. The word itself
disclose, unveil, uncover 2. The usage of the
word a. mystical experiences
b. revealing a secret
c. Illumination, enlightened
d. Instructions, guidance
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• I. REVELATION

B. The Types of Revelation
1. General Revelation a. Characteristic
available to anyone and/or everyone.
b. Categories (naturalistic arguments for the
existence of God)
1) creation (cosmological) Psa.191-6 Rom.
118-20
2) organization (teleological)
3) existence of man himself
a) Morality (conscience) Rom. 214,15
b) Rationality (intelligence) Ac. 1728,29
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• I. REVELATION

B. The Types of Revelation
1. General Revelation 2. Special Revelation
a. Why do we need special revelation?
1) God does reveal Himself in nature and man . .
.
2) . . .but people suppress the truth and, thus,
are under Gods wrath (Rom. 118-21).
3) Special Revelation is needed to illumine our
understanding of general revelation and to reveal
Gods way of salvation for sinful men (1John
59-12).
b. What is the nature of Gods special revelation?
1) God reveals Himself and His redeeming love and
power through events.
2) God reveals Himself and His redeeming love and
power through special messages
3) God reveals Himself and His redeeming love and
power through the Lord Jesus Christ
4) God reveals Himself and His redeeming love and
power through the written word
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BIBLIOLOGY

• II. INSPIRATION

to Paper
From Man
A. The Meaning of Inspiration 1. General
meanings of the word
2. God-breathed (qeopneustos), i.e. divine
origin (2Tim. 316)
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• II. INSPIRATION

B. The Theories of Inspiration
1. Mechanical or Dictation
2. Partial
3. Degrees
4. Intuition or Natural
5. Illumination or Mystical
6. Existential
7. Verbal Plenary
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• II. INSPIRATION

C. Implications of Verbal Plenary Inspiration
1. Infallible incapable of deceiving or
misleading
2. Inerrant free from error
3. The importance of inerrancy demonstrated in
Scripture
a. Spelling makes a difference - Mt. 518 Lk.
1617
b. Verb tense makes a difference - Mt. 2223-33
Jn. 858
c. Pronouns make a difference - Mt. 2241-45 My
Lord
d. Number (sing. pl.) makes a difference - Gal.
316
e. Every word makes a difference - Mt. 44 Ex.
3427 Dt. 42 Prov. 306 Rev. 2218-19
f. All scripture makes a difference errors are
not profitable - 2Tim. 316 2Pet. 120-21
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• II. INSPIRATION

D. The Evidences of Inspiration
3. Its Indestructibility
1. Internal Evidence
a. in spite of political persecutions
a. Scripture
b. Writers
b. in spite of religious persecutions
c. Christ's testimony
c. in spite of philosophical persecution
d. Unity of the Bible
2. External Evidence
a. Archeology
e. Practical
b. History
f. Care and copy
c. Prophecy
d. Science
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• II. INSPIRATION

E. The Completeness of the Inspired Word of God
1. The meaning of canon a. lit., measuring rod

b. fig., standard, rule
c. Biblically the standard by which the books
are tested and those books which meet the
standard.
d. Canonicity The Churchs recognition as
Scripture of those books which are inherently
authoritative because of their evident
inspiration.
e. Implication If there is a canon of Scripture,
it must be closed (Jude 3 Heb. 11,2 Jn.
1613).
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• II. INSPIRATION

E. The Completeness of the Inspired Word of God
2. The standards of canon a. Authorship - Who
wrote the book or the epistle?
b. Local church acceptance
c. Church fathers' recognition
d. Book subject matter (content)
e. Personal edification
3. The Finalization of the Canon
a. The Old Testament By 300 BC all OT books had
been written, collected, revered, and recognized
as official, canonical books.
b. The New Testament During the Third Council of
Carthage held in AD 397, the 27 NT books were
declared to be canonical. However, it absolutely
must be understood that the Bible is not an
authorized collection of books, but rather a
collection of authorized books.
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• III. ILLUMINATION

to mans heart
From paper
A. Definition Divine Enablement to understand
canonical truth.
B. Its Necessity - Without illumination, no
sinner ever would have been saved!
1. It is necessary because of mans finite
nature.
2. It is necessary because of mans fallen
nature.
3. It is necessary because of Satanic blindness.
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• III. ILLUMINATION

to mans heart
From paper
C. The Results of Illumination
1. Sinners are saved.
2. Christians are enlightened.
D. The Means of Illumination Prayer
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