{"id":5876,"date":"2019-06-28T18:47:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2019-06-28T18:47:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:47:23","slug":"media-link-understanding-the-doctrine-of-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=5876","title":{"rendered":"Media Link – Understanding the Doctrine of Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEXT SUNDAY EVENING …<\/em>
Understanding the Doctrine of Inspiration
MacArthur video <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following up our evening study, on July 7 we will show this video in the evening service.
Here is the Grace to You link<\/strong> to the media for this sermon by MacArthur. You will find links to audio, video, transcripts, etc.
https:\/\/www.gty.org\/library\/sermons-library\/90-324\/understanding-the-doctrine-of-inspiration<\/a>

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Here is an excerpt from the sermon …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We come now to a wonderful opportunity to consider the great doctrine of the inspiration of the Scripture.  We\u2019re going to look at the theology category that is called bibliology, the study of the Word of God.  It was some years ago that I read an interesting interview.  A very popular Christian songwriter, many of whose songs we all sing and enjoy, was asked to explain how he was able to write a certain song, and this was the answer.  \u201cRegarding that song, it came quickly, and we do not care to discuss the theology of it.  In fact, we feel that to dissect the song would be tampering with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who inspired the song,\u201d end quote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I think I understand what the writers of that song meant, but that really is a startling claim; to say that they don\u2019t want to discuss the theology of the song nor dissect the words of the song, because that would be tampering with the Holy Spirit, who inspired the song, may indicate that they don\u2019t quite understand what it means when something is inspired.  In defense of them, we use that word a lot.  We especially use it with regard to music.  It\u2019s one thing to say, \u201cI was inspired by the music.\u201d  It\u2019s something else to say, \u201cThat was an inspiring rendition of the music.\u201d  We mean we were lifted up, and encouraged, and our emotions were elevated in the experience of singing that song, or hearing that song.  A writer could even say, \u201cIt was an inspiring experience for me to write that song.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to say that a song is the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and therefore should not be dissected or tampered with, is to make the song equal to Scripture.  Are we to say, then, that a songwriter who writes a song is inspired in the same way that Luke was inspired when he wrote the gospel of Luke?  Or Paul was inspired when he wrote the book of Romans?  Or Isaiah was inspired when he wrote the prophecy that is called Isaiah?  What do we mean when we say the Bible is inspired?  Do we mean it\u2019s an inspiring book because it inspires in us faith, and religious feeling, and understanding?  And are people today still inspired when they write songs, in the same way that writers of the Bible were inspired?  Are books today inspired?  How about sermons?  Are they inspired?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEXT SUNDAY EVENING …Understanding the Doctrine of InspirationMacArthur video Following up our evening study, on July 7 we will show this video in the evening service.Here is the Grace to You link to the media for this sermon by MacArthur. You will find links to audio, video, transcripts, etc.https:\/\/www.gty.org\/library\/sermons-library\/90-324\/understanding-the-doctrine-of-inspiration Here is an excerpt from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5879,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions\/5879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}