Is the Bible the inspired word of God in its entirety?
Yes it is. And there is only one interpretation, not several.
1 Corinthians 2:13-16: "These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural (unsaved) man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ"
– So when you have been born again you have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you and your eyes are opened. The scriptures are spiritualy discerned.
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Yes, the Bible is the inspired word of God in its entirety. Perhaps it would be helpful to clarify the distinction between “Inspired By” and “Dictated By”. The Bible we know today in the Western Christian Church is a collection of writings by men who were inspired by God to write about the history of a given people or tribe, their experiences, and/or their observations about the world around them and how it related to the Good News (Gospel) of Jesus Christ. These books were not dictated by God. In fact the only part of the Bible written in God’s own hand was the first set of tablets containing the 10 commandments. These tablets were destroyed when Moses came down from the mountain and were replaced by tablets Moses chiseled himself. Most (but not all) Christian denominations believe that the Bible contains all that is required for salvation but they do not ascribe to the notion that the Bible is infallible. This is mostly due to the minor alterations to the original manuscripts which h
The Bible is a complex document with several different types of literature throughout. It is inspired and accurate in its entirety, but some level of care must be applied when interpreting it. Not every word is to be taken literally. Even among the literal verses, some applied only to specific people in specific places at specific times and no longer apply to us today. The so-called contradictions can generally be reconciled via improved understanding of the text and the examination of these verses in proper context. The scriptures are inspired in that God influenced the authors to record truth, though God used each man according to his skills and abilities. It wasn’t like robotic or automatic writing.
