God-Breathed - 1

Were going this morning.

Of course, to second Timothy chapter 3 where we've already read from the word of God as we embark upon a series of studies concerning the Scripture itself the word of God. If you're anything like me, and I think you are much like me and many of these thoughts you are looking at a world that is swirling with absolute confusion as our brother praying this morning noted don't know who to believe. The authorities sources from which our news used to come from which reliable information used to be received. Whether it be in the media or in political elected government or in the various administrative agencies of government, the healthcare profession you go through all of it that there was a time when we had a rather sound confidence in much of what we receive, but I don't know anyone who has that today there is confusion abounded and I think that there is a hiss Oracle explanation for all this and I don't want to get in all of the philosophical and certainly not historical events but in 1962 in 1963. Now I know many of you understand that to be ancient history you weren't around then and so I would listen to an ancient one talk a little bit about things I don't remember necessarily first-hand, but no happen. In 1962 in 1963 there were three Supreme Court cases which rendered the decision that there was to be no prayer or Bible reading in the government schools of this country. In other words, there was a first unofficial judicial decision to remove God consciousness from rising generation in the success of that object is on full display in our culture today.

It's as if God was speaking in that decade for that very autumn November 1963. Suddenly the most gruesome and hideous public fashion. Our president was assassinated and within a year or two. We were plunged into a Vietnam war were tens of thousands of our young men would be killed in the war we would not when in which we would ultimately withdrawal in some measure of disgrace. And as that raged in Vietnam there raged in this country. The protest against of a divided nation confusion in battle and you inherited object into that the race riots that rocked this country in an amazing way you consider how that in high think it was 1964, 65, the Beatles were introduced to this country to publicize and advance the rock culture with John Lennon saying that they would soon be more popular than Jesus Christ noted two of them are no longer alive. Christ lives forever more worshiped and adored around the world never heard the name John Lennon 1973 the horrific Roe versus Wade abortion case.

What I'm saying is that following the removal or the goal to remove God consciousness from the rising generation of this nation. There came upon this land to seek winds of unprecedented events one after another multiple assassinations of prominent civil all and the course has continued on that trajectory since until we come to this age where nobody knows who the contracts, what they can bully and it is to be noted that when the script sure is excluded from a culture the confusion and misunderstanding and deception, not simply spiritually but in every venue will only abounded multiply is no coincidence that the most prosperous, productive, creative nation in the history of humanity was founded upon principles of historic reformed Christianity. This nation was established by people heavily influenced not by Islam or Buddhism, or Judaism, but Christianity not by the Roman Catholic version of Christianity, but by Protestant Protestant reformed Christianity is to be noted the blessing of God upon that. But as we depart from the word of God decline in international esteem and respect decline in our ability to trust and name of our leaders only increases.

Enough said. What are we to learn from all this, we are to learn that the only thing we can trust. Let God be true and every man a liar and thus I come to you in these five messages, God helping us with what were calling news you can trust and we've read from second Timothy chapter 3 that notable text in verse 16 all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, we think of inspiration as being someone who overcomes great obstacles in order to succeed in what an inspiration.

They are that's the way that term is today the literal meaning here is all Scripture is God breathed in spirited innocence fire like the respiratory system respire a touring has to do with breathing, respiration is breathing when someone has expired. They breathed out there last two in inspire is to breathe in two and it's telling us all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, God breathed in to instruments of his choosing that which was to be written and preserved for us and we will look this week, God helping us at various evidences of the fact that it is God.

Three God validated God apply all Scripture is given by inspiration of God breathed his very mind is thoughts. EA is words throw human instruments who delivered them unto us in writing. Think of it this way. Master musician enters into a room filled with wind instrument picks up a trumpet and breathes into and that instrument under his control, brings forth the exact sound that he desires and is capable of reducing with with all of the rig and all of the inflections and all of the acts and send sound that he desires then having played that beautiful selection. He puts down the trumpet and picks up a trombone and puts it to his lips and begins to breathe into that instrument and with his masterful abilities sets forth a piece of music that comes out of that instrument, sounding exactly as he desires it to sound and he goes then to the French horn and then to the clarinet and then to the food and when he is finished. He has produced a sequence of sounds which perfectly serve his purpose and his desire and is or order this, but illustrates from a human standpoint how God himself. He picked up a man who had been reared in the palace of Pharaoh destined for Egyptian royalty, but then exiled to the wilderness where he lived for 80 and through that man God breathed forth his true yes like the master musician playing the trumpet. It sounds like a trumpet and so when you read Moses, it sounds like someone who spent 80 years in the wilderness.

The terminology the circumstances, all of it. And yet, as it comes forth. It is the word of God and then God picked up another instrument and breathe through that instrument and what do you know what comes out is distinctly the sound of that instrument it sounds. In fact, like a Shepherd, who was also a warrior who also became king and we read the Psalms and we find the personality of the Shepherd King and triumphant warrior, David, through God's delivering truth such as Jehovah is my shepherd, I shall not want. God speaks through such instruments under loss. All Scripture is breathed forth by God through the instruments of his choosing. And so, as these men wrote they were in fact setting forth the very word of God in human language which reflects their own life experience and all of it exhibiting the amazing diversity of divine creation and communication of the word of God, Scripture, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, it is God like Kimberly. This is why we can take it for what it says it is profitable for doctrine, and so we can learn what is true what is true about God.

It is profitable for reproof ethically and morally. It sets a perfect standard and then stands in judgment of man's abilities in order to lead him and what is right is it is a word that is complete in order to furnish God's people for the work he is called to do and then another passage I would direct your attention to in the epistle of Peter second Peter chapter 1 and I'm taking you quickly to two primary New Testament texts which deal with the Scripture itself.

I'm sure many of you have these memorized and know them well. Apostle Peter is writing about that day when he with James and John met on the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus Christ and Moses and Elijah joined them from heaven and amazing seeing they saw Christ blistering in his glory, and Moses and Elijah with him speaking with him of his coming death, and after observing all of that, Peter says we have a more sure word of practice. He says to his reader. I was in the holy mountain. I saw that with my own eyes, but I have something more sure in my own experience or the perceptions of my own sensory organ says in verse 21.

The prophecy came not in old time by the will of man holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost in the picture here.

If you can have it in your mind of the ancient ship out on the seas with the glowing sales which movement through the water when power and as those pillows come in the sales catch them vote is moved along so these holy men of all Moses, Dave, I say Jeremiah Amos named them they were being along by the spirit of God. You understand that the word spirit and breath are one of the same spirit of God moving breath of God moving them along so that what they read it was in fact, that which God was moving them through and into as he breathe through them.

Consequently, they wrote, as men writing God. Theological liberals would have us think that the Scriptures were simply religious writings that very gifted and inspiring men wrote, and as with all of our dead heroes, they become larger in death than they were in the life legends develop that. So after they died there writings began to be esteemed and what you know people even began to ascribe to those writings divine origin. The fact of the matter is the writers themselves knew it was divine. They spoke to that effect. Let me read just a couple of passes quickly. I read from Exodus chapter 1 where Moses rights and God spake all these words say I have the Lord thy God which have brought the out of the land of Egypt.

I read just portion from second Samuel, in chapter 23 now these be the last words of David David, the son of Jesse said and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel said the spirit of the Lord spake by me and his word was in my mouth, the God of Israel, said the rock of Israel spake to me he that rules over men must be just hear these words from the prophet Isaiah in chapter 61, as he writes the spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He had sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the's and the opening of the eyes to the blind is about three many many references where the claim is made. God speaking through me.

Scripture is given by inspiration of God and so Jeremiah says, thus saith the Lord hundred and 47 time Ezra says, thus saith the Lord hundred and 26 time the small book of Amos Amos the farmer the herdsman says, thus saith the Lord hundred and 13 time in 413 verses of the Scripture. It says, thus saith the Lord. 415 time. Likewise, the claim of it being the spirit of the Lord speaking is repeated 30 one time 43 times the Scripture say God said in 255 time because itself the word of the Lord, the claims of Scripture and of the writers are that it is the word of God, and there are only three conclusions that we can draw from that two of them wrong one correct but only three. One option they were all liars, deceivers trying to mislead and if that's the case then there writings are not simply worthless. They are worse than worthless, for they mislead and guide souls in the most vital elements of life or second option they were confused and deluded man. They imagine themselves to be something they were not sincere. Indeed, genuine. But just confused and crazy, in which case there writings are no better than if they live because they still mislead and misdirect in the most important elements of life. Third option is there, exactly what they said the word of God and every soul must consider that option. Those three which will it be to you, which will you I get ahead of myself a little bit here and speaking of a matter that I believe is a sound validation the last God, but I want you to come with me and try to exercise in imagination concerning the writing materials.

Suppose in the year 521.

I don't remember that but 521 there began to be a book, year by year by year past decade by decade in the first writer.but other writers succeeded most of the writers did not know any of the others at all.

Many of them were separated by the earliest by more than 1004 1500 year that book was in right by people from diverse languages diverse cultures. Some of them living in the nomadic desert experience and culture.

Others living in the Mediterranean, Roman and Greek era of culture, people spoke different languages who lived over a time span of 1500 years who never knew one another and what you know who were writing about the most controversial subject known to man religion and today in our own time, it comes off of the press and what you know there is a unity to a harmony to an agreement earliest to the latest. A consistency throughout. In fact multiple themes that run through all of the right, the tree of life, the Lamb, the need for a sacrifice. All of these things with perfect consistency that you would have to say I wasn't written by 40 different people, over 1500 years of time from multiple cultures that had to come from Walther. This is an example of itself. Validation is unique. There is not another book ever published in human history that came about in that manner. With so many things to tear it apart and take it opposite directions so that it would be nothing but confusion in bed if you get 40 people living today on planet Earth 40 people living in Burlington, North Carolina. Forget the multi-cultures out there and ask them to write on a certain religious theme, you will get 40 different collections of contradiction come to the Bible and whether you believe the Bible are not. This is extra biblical evidence, you've got to look at and face and consider we are not dealing with human genius.

We are not dealing with righteous writers. Two of them at least tell the man there's an altar in their they were polygamists through such to fix defective instruments.

The master musician breathed forth his truth in a wholesome, coherent and sensible tone that goes beyond mere human literature. It didn't man service. How do you respond to Scripture, God the Old Testament writers referred to what they wrote is the very words of God.

3800 times the New Testament writers quote the Old Testament is the word of God.

300 and and referred to it at least a thousand times.

The New Testament writers repeatedly claim divine inspiration, as did the old and Jesus himself claimed that both the Old Testament and the New Testament are inspired of God demands respond to yours because it is inspired by God maintained the Scripture is in parent, God makes no mistakes. Jesus said think not that I'm come to destroy the law of the prophet. I'm not come to destroy but to fulfill. And, till heaven and earth shall pass away, no, one jot or tittle shall fail till all fulfill Christ believed it was totally truthful in Erin and on that day of his resurrection as he walked.

Disciples did not recognize him to the village of Emmaus. He ultimately said to them, overflows, and slow of heart to believe all the prophets spoke Jesus Christ believed in the total reliability of the Old Testament Scriptures. So much so that he chose Judas to be one of his disciples in order that the Old Testament Scripture would be fulfilled, and much more could be cited concerning the extent to which Jesus believed the Old Testament. It is inherent without error. Second matter. We conclude from the fact of inspiration is that the Scripture is in fallible. There's a difference between inerrancy and infallibility inherent means there are no infallible means it will not mislead or misguide you will not follow the Scripture and come to the end. Disappointed and fine faith was Miss placed it will guide you aright. Jesus himself said, whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments is to teach men so he shall be called the least in the of heaven with. Whosoever shall teach them the same shall be called the great great in the kingdom of heaven. In other words Christ was affirming total reliability of the Scripture follow third gather from what is stated that the Scripture is authority. I've already recited to you the hundreds and hundreds of times when there is a phrase used such as thus saith the Lord, or the spirit of the Lord spake by me and when we consider the fact that this is the word of God. It has all the authority of creator who spoke everything into existence out of nothing. And if that is the power of his word. Then the word that he has given and recorded for us must be given is authoritative forth matter that we gather from this we will touch on later this week.

Is this Scripture is also effectual.

It will accomplish the purpose that God has given to it at truly changes hearts.

I can recall, dear brother on his name but he was a part of the congregation I pastored in Spartanburg, South Carolina young man would been a student at Georgia Tech engineering student foul mouth, unconcerned about the things of God. Someone gave them a five begin reading and as he rated he knew this is the word of God. What is the transforms of foul mouth young man living life for its pleasure into one who suddenly sees and perceives and references the word of God.

While it is the fact God with Scripture can write a new program for our computer can read wire our thinking and has done so, how many times the fact that when these things that I am proclaiming our reached many rejoice and others are hardened in a yet false out to the confirmation of the fact that the word of God is effectual, it cannot be proclaimed without producing a result, righteousness and faith rage and unbelief is effectual. It is the word of God. We cannot debate with him, and when the debate we cannot argue with him and win the argument. His word is for adverse said told in heaven stand is our brother reminded us this morning. Forevermore the grass withers flour for God stands forever. We have said it is an errant, infallible, authoritative, effectual, and last, it is sufficient sufficient for the saving of the soul.

It is sufficient to reveal to us every thing necessary for saving faith God has given us enough to satisfy our faith, but not enough to satisfy our curiosity so that our faith is prompted to search and search and search when John concluded the book of Revelation, which is clearly the capstone concluding book of the Bible.

He wrote you a God breathed forth through in for I testify unto every man that here at the words of the process.

Prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in, if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the book of life and that of the holy city from the things which are written in this book, which is another way of saying it needs no additions. It needs no deletion sufficient is the perfect spring was holy God and precious father.

There was nothing in us that would compel a written communication from God. We receive your word overlord is a manifestation of measureless grace, compassion and mercy overlord, having received your word.

Let us not harden our heart. Let us give heed to the loving authority who they are in speaks and beckons come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest less this time together unto the spiritual nurture and fortification of your people, unto the conviction and salvation and a life eternal of those without Christ made all praise be yours now and forevermore we pray in Jesus name