The Nature of Scripture
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Can one say that just as Jesus is both 100% man and 100% God at the same time, so also is Scripture?
If yes, what elements of each (Godness and humanness) can one point out?
Examples: Godness—>inerrant, inspired, etc.
Examples: humanness—>borrows linguistic conventions of the time, borrows conceptual views of reality, editing, etc.
Did any biblical author have the modernist/fundamentalist controversy in mind? Restated, was the original authorial intent ever aimed at a swath of history that did not exist yet?
These are a few thoughts/questions that I would like others to offer input on. The humanness element has a huge impact on how we conceive of inscripturation, perspicuity, genre issues, hermeneutic issues dealing with words like “normal” and “literal”.
Yes, I know about the book by Enns, but how do you interact with the THOUGHT, not the person. Again, I’m asking concerning the issues; I’m not asking about the person/persons. These are some questions to generate some discussion; my aim is to learn from the interaction. Thanks, if you decide to interact.
If yes, what elements of each (Godness and humanness) can one point out?
Examples: Godness—>inerrant, inspired, etc.
Examples: humanness—>borrows linguistic conventions of the time, borrows conceptual views of reality, editing, etc.
Did any biblical author have the modernist/fundamentalist controversy in mind? Restated, was the original authorial intent ever aimed at a swath of history that did not exist yet?
These are a few thoughts/questions that I would like others to offer input on. The humanness element has a huge impact on how we conceive of inscripturation, perspicuity, genre issues, hermeneutic issues dealing with words like “normal” and “literal”.
Yes, I know about the book by Enns, but how do you interact with the THOUGHT, not the person. Again, I’m asking concerning the issues; I’m not asking about the person/persons. These are some questions to generate some discussion; my aim is to learn from the interaction. Thanks, if you decide to interact.
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I’d send you some of my thoughts on this.
My take on this idea:
Where God speaks directly as ascribed by the writer, those words from whom they came are 100% from God without human content. But there is human content in the language used. And that God used a human writer to transcribe what He said.
Now where God speaks through the human writers, writing in their own human thoughts, words and actions, there words and actions are 100% of them, yet they are 100% God’s word in speaking God’s truth in the matter.
How it is like the incarnation, is in that, what is 100% God remains 100% God, the whole of the text. What is of human or other origins (like the devil, demons or angels) are 100% of them, and not mixed.
100% human writers, 100% God authored, even when human writers are speaking there own minds. Both true and not mixed.
So your analogy to the incarnation of Christ is overall a good one, I think.
A recommended book, “Our-God-Book— The Bible” by Dr. John R. Rice. Copyright 1969 Sword of the Lord Publishers.
Where God speaks directly as ascribed by the writer, those words from whom they came are 100% from God without human content. But there is human content in the language used. And that God used a human writer to transcribe what He said.
Now where God speaks through the human writers, writing in their own human thoughts, words and actions, there words and actions are 100% of them, yet they are 100% God’s word in speaking God’s truth in the matter.
How it is like the incarnation, is in that, what is 100% God remains 100% God, the whole of the text. What is of human or other origins (like the devil, demons or angels) are 100% of them, and not mixed.
100% human writers, 100% God authored, even when human writers are speaking there own minds. Both true and not mixed.
So your analogy to the incarnation of Christ is overall a good one, I think.
A recommended book, “Our-God-Book— The Bible” by Dr. John R. Rice. Copyright 1969 Sword of the Lord Publishers.
The only true God is, who is, the only self evident truth not contingent on any thing else. "[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD." -- Proverbs 21:30.
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