January 10, 2021 By the Book Part 1 | Dr. Jeff Jackson | First Redeemer Church

By The Book, Part 1 – January 10, 2021

Intro: Football Game

What?

The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.

2 Timothy 3:14-17 (NIV2011)
14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

“God-breathed” = “theopneustos” = “Inspired”
The Holy Spirit supernaturally influenced Scripture writers so that they wrote what God wanted written.

The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.
The Bible’s own claims

Clarification: OT vs. NT

2 Peter 3:15-16 (NIV2011)
15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.
The Bible’s own claims
The Bible’s supernatural content

Example: Daniel’s prophecy

The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.
The Bible’s own claims
The Bible’s supernatural content
The Bible’s life-changing effects

Example: Eating

Matthew 4:4 (NIV2011)
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”


So What?

We can know the truth
…Your word is truth. (John 17:17)

Example: Teacher Assistant

We can be free
If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (John 8:31-32)

Example: Coffee Maker

Does your treatment of the Bible match your belief about it?