All
Scripture is therefore “theopneustic.”
From the Greek word theopneustia, the
apostle Paul used this term to describe “the mysterious power which the divine
Spirit put forth on the authors of the Old and New Testament in order to their
composing these as they have been received by the church of God at their
hands.”[2]
The biblical authors affirm that the effort of their hands is from God. In the
process of this dual authorship, these men recited the mysteries of the past
and those of the future, shared the secrets of men’s hearts or the deep things
of God, described their own emotions, copied genealogies, made extracts from
uninspired documents and repeated contemporary narratives.[3]
Regardless of the extent of their
contribution, “it was always God who spoke, who relates, who employs their
different personalities in different measures, who superintends, who employs
and who guides them through the entire process.”[4]
There is no question that God himself “put his seal on all the facts and
constituted himself the author of all these commands; the revealer of these
truths and so ordered to be given to his church in order, measure and in the
terms which he has deemed most suitable to his heavenly purpose.”[5]
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