2 Peter 1:21 Bible writers divinely inspired

1014. Scriptures given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 2 Peter 1:21.

2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

This passage teaches that the Bible was not written by men to convey their own personal or private opinions. The ideas about which they wrote were not their own, but were given them by the Holy Spirit.

While Bible writers used their own words to convey God’s truth revealed to them by the Holy Spirit, we know that God inspired not just the thoughts, but the very words used to express them.

The Holy Spirit is a Person. He is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Spirit is not merely “God’s active force,” as is taught by the Jehovah’s Witnesses and others who deny the doctrine of the Trinity. The doctrine of the Trinity is revealed in the Hebrew Scriptures as early as Genesis chapter 1.

We know from carefully studying what the Bible says about itself that the men of God who wrote the Bible were not always themselves granted full understanding about what they wrote. They searched into these matters to learn what God meant by what He had revealed to them.

We now have the privilege of possessing the whole Bible. We can read and study it in many good translations. We can compare scripture with scripture by means of cross references to better understand its message.

Having these privileges today, we will surely be held accountable by God Himself if we fail to take full advantage of the opportunities to fully learn the truth God has communicated in His love letter to us, the Bible.

In context, Peter tells us we have “a more sure word of prophecy.” That prophecy is recorded in the Bible. It could not have been penned by human wisdom alone, because no man has the ability to accurately predict the future. But the Bible does just that. That is proof enough that the Bible writers were divinely inspired by God himself as they wrote the very words of God now found in your Bible.

Make time to read and study God’s word in the Bible itself every day. You eat physical food every day, don’t you? Then make it an equal priority in your life to feed yourself spiritually on a daily basis. You can make tremendous spiritual progress starting by reading the Bible for just twenty minutes a day from a plain text Bible.

Now, just do it!

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6 Responses to 2 Peter 1:21 Bible writers divinely inspired

  1. ken sagely says:

    hello jerry really appreciate your post today. lewis sperry has a good word i thought on inspiration of scripture ” i cor 2/9-14 enables us to see the word as a supernatural revelation,vs “10 but god hath revealed them unto us by his spirit; for the spirit searcheth all all things,yea,the deep things of god”. vs 13 given by supernatural inspiration, “which things also we speak not in words which mans wisdom teacheth,but which the holy spirit teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” vs 12 speaks of his supernatural illumination “now we have received not the spirit of the world,but the spirit who is of god; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by god.”

  2. Jerry says:

    Dear Ken,

    Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer is excellent. I am hoping I have his book on Grace.

    Thank you for your comments. I wish more Christians would find this site and participate by commenting like you have done. I see Pastor Cheatham has left some comments today too.

    People need to be both reminded and encouraged to read their Bibles more.

    Many otherwise good people are seriously lacking in knowledge and understanding of the Bible itself. I hope what I present here will help reverse that trend.

  3. Christen Zimecki says:

    Hello,
    My name is Christen, and I’m a friend of Martin. Thank you for your blog posts. They are very helpful. Hopefully, one day, I will be able to give an answer likewise.

  4. Jerry says:

    Dear Christen,

    Thank you for visiting my site. I hope you will stop by often. There now is much to read here.

    I think my site will make the most sense if my posts are read in the order I wrote them.

    To do this, go to the Archives shown at the right hand side of the page near the top, and start with the oldest first.

    Thank you for your kind comment. It is an encouragement to me to hear from a friend of my brother Martin!

  5. Christen Zimecki says:

    Now that I have my laptop back up and running, I will do exactly that! This is an excellent resouce. It is helping me as a christian and a writer.

  6. Jerry says:

    Dear Christen,

    So good to see you came back!

    There is much to learn and enjoy here.

    God’s Word is inexhaustible, so there is never a reason or excuse to stop learning more from and about the Bible.

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