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[3478.36 --> 3480.74] I want you to think about that
[3480.74 --> 3482.76] quickly with me.
[3483.60 --> 3484.94] As Christians,
[3486.08 --> 3487.22] we believe
[3487.22 --> 3488.32] that the Bible
[3488.32 --> 3490.14] is divinely inspired,
[3490.70 --> 3491.62] that it is the
[3491.62 --> 3493.48] infallible word of God.
[3494.06 --> 3495.20] Now, that means
[3495.20 --> 3496.46] that it is true,
[3496.64 --> 3497.44] and it is right,
[3497.54 --> 3498.46] and it is good,
[3498.50 --> 3499.14] that the Bible
[3499.14 --> 3501.52] is the only final authority
[3501.52 --> 3502.80] in matters of life
[3502.80 --> 3503.88] and faith.
[3503.88 --> 3507.26] as the voice of Jesus,
[3507.62 --> 3509.00] the logos of God,
[3509.14 --> 3509.60] the Bible
[3509.60 --> 3512.02] is the powerful word of God
[3512.02 --> 3513.38] for the church,
[3513.52 --> 3514.10] for us.
[3515.42 --> 3515.98] And,
[3516.28 --> 3517.58] what we also know
[3517.58 --> 3518.68] is that the Bible
[3518.68 --> 3519.22] is given
[3519.22 --> 3520.52] in a particular time
[3520.52 --> 3521.30] and place
[3521.30 --> 3524.34] to a particular people
[3524.34 --> 3525.02] who wrote
[3525.02 --> 3526.42] in a particular format
[3526.42 --> 3528.26] using what were normal
[3528.26 --> 3528.94] to them
[3528.94 --> 3530.32] literary genres,
[3530.68 --> 3530.86] right,
[3530.92 --> 3532.18] and using particular
[3532.18 --> 3532.80] cultural
[3532.80 --> 3534.00] and contextually
[3534.00 --> 3535.44] specific images
[3535.44 --> 3536.86] and metaphors.
[3538.18 --> 3538.48] And so,
[3538.58 --> 3539.84] there are these two things
[3539.84 --> 3540.50] that are happening
[3540.50 --> 3542.20] at exactly the same time
[3542.20 --> 3543.12] in the Bible,
[3543.20 --> 3544.10] in the whole word of God,
[3544.72 --> 3544.92] right?
[3544.96 --> 3545.72] On the one hand,
[3545.82 --> 3546.40] we recognize
[3546.40 --> 3547.16] and believe
[3547.16 --> 3547.80] that the Bible
[3547.80 --> 3549.08] is God's word,
[3549.22 --> 3550.56] his revelation to us,
[3550.62 --> 3551.48] his very word
[3551.48 --> 3553.12] and his very revelation.
[3553.54 --> 3553.80] And,
[3553.92 --> 3554.66] on the other hand,
[3554.72 --> 3556.12] at the exact same time,
[3556.22 --> 3556.92] we recognize
[3556.92 --> 3558.40] that his revelation
[3558.40 --> 3560.56] has been mediated to us,
[3560.60 --> 3562.02] has been given to us
[3562.02 --> 3563.76] through a particular time
[3563.76 --> 3564.48] in history
[3564.48 --> 3566.02] and through the voice
[3566.02 --> 3568.12] of countless different authors
[3568.12 --> 3569.14] as we don't know
[3569.14 --> 3570.04] who some of them are
[3570.04 --> 3571.40] and over the period
[3571.40 --> 3572.58] of thousands of years.
[3573.94 --> 3574.06] Right?
[3574.10 --> 3574.94] This book
[3574.94 --> 3577.72] is humanity's word
[3577.72 --> 3578.66] about God,
[3578.72 --> 3580.10] but it is so much more
[3580.10 --> 3580.48] than that
[3580.48 --> 3582.20] because it's God's word
[3582.20 --> 3582.88] about himself.
[3584.78 --> 3586.04] In the first letter
[3586.04 --> 3586.56] of Peter,
[3587.40 --> 3588.46] he gives us
[3588.46 --> 3589.32] a good summary
[3589.32 --> 3590.34] of this,
[3590.34 --> 3591.12] what we've been talking about.
[3591.36 --> 3592.48] The theological term
[3592.48 --> 3593.18] is the doctrine
[3593.18 --> 3594.04] of inspiration.
[3595.24 --> 3597.46] But in 1 Peter 1.21,
[3597.78 --> 3598.22] he says,
[3599.18 --> 3600.78] people spoke from God
[3600.78 --> 3602.70] as they were carried along
[3602.70 --> 3603.88] by the Holy Spirit.
[3604.78 --> 3605.06] That is,
[3605.20 --> 3606.50] God gave them words
[3606.50 --> 3607.26] to speak
[3607.26 --> 3608.46] and they spoke it
[3608.46 --> 3609.10] as people
[3609.10 --> 3610.34] in their unique voice.
[3612.72 --> 3612.88] Now,
[3612.94 --> 3614.06] I start here