Where Did The Bible Come From

Have you ever been reading your Bible and thought to yourself, “Where did the inspiration of the Bible come from?” I believe that this is a very common question that many Christians ask. I believe that when you are talking about the inspiration of the Bible you have to start with God. I think if you want to find out about biblical inspiration you need to first look at the Bible itself. 2 Timothy 3:16 says, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” This verse tells us that every word of the Bible comes from God. In 2 Peter 1:20-21 it tells us that, “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture

Inspiration is verbal (Geisler, 28). There are multiple passages of scripture in the Bible from both the Old Testament and the New Testament that state this idea, like the two passages mentioned above. One example comes from Exodus 24:3-4, “When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.” 2 Samuel 23:2 says, “The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.” From the New Testament you can look at one of an often repeated phrase, “it is written”, to see that this fact that the Bible’s inspiration is verbal is seen in the New Testament as well as the Old Testament (Geisler, 29). The second idea is that inspiration is plenary or full (Geisler, 29).The Bible is inspired in all its parts (Geisler, 29). Referring back to 2 Timothy 3:16 it says that ALL scripture is God breathed. You can even look to Romans 15:4 when it says, “For EVERYTHING that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” Jesus and the New Testament writers often illustrate their belief in the full and complete inspiration of the Old Testament by quoting from every part of the Scriptures as authoritative (Geisler,