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INSPIRATION

The Old Testament Is Considered to Be a Book Wholly 17:24-26; He. 11:3
Reliable and Pointing to Jesus Christ. The Apostles did Adam and Eve — Mt. 19:4-6; Mk. 10:6-7; Lk. 3:38; Ro.
not consider the O.T. to be a man-made, error-filled 5:12,14; 2 Co. 11:3; 1 Ti. 2:13
jigsaw puzzle, but a divinely-planned and inspired Book Abel — Mt. 23:35; Lk. 11:50-51; He. 11:4,24
with a perfect unity, each part having its unique place in Enoch — He. 11:5; Jude 14-15
the overall purpose: Ac. 2:13-36; 3:18-24; 7:52; Noah and the Flood — Mt. 24:37-39; Lk. 17:26-27; He.
8:30-35; 13:27-29; 10:43; 26:22-23. 11:7; 1 Pe. 3:20; 2 Pe. 3:5-6
The Apostles Believed the Old Testament Contains Abraham — mentioned 74 times in the N.T.; leaving his
Literal Prophecy. “Whom the heaven must receive until homeland and traveling to Palestine (Ac. 7:2-5; He.
the times of restitution of all things, which God hath 11:8-9); God spoke to him (Lk. 1:55); God’s covenant to
spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the him (Lk. 1:72, 73; Ac. 3:25; 7:17; Ga. 3:8-18; He. 6:13,
world began” (Ac. 3:21). All O.T. prophecy describing a 14); Hagar and Ishmael (Ga. 2:22-25); begetting and
final judgment of sin and the establishment of a circumcising Isaac (Ac. 7:8); offering Isaac (He. 11:17;
worldwide righteousness is literal and true, according to Ja. 2:21); justified by faith before the covenant of
the Lord’s Apostles. circumcision (Ro. 4:3, 9-16; Ga. 3:6).
Biblical Evidence that Moses Wrote the Pentateuch Sarah — He. 11:11; 1 Pe. 3:6
Moses is mentioned 843 times in the Bible! Melchisedec — He. 7:1-4
1. The books themselves claim to have been written Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah — Lk. 17:28-29; Jude 7;
by Moses (Ex. 24:4,7; 34:27-28; Nu. 33:2; De. 1:1-5; 2 Pe. 2:6-8
4:4-5; 31:9-12, 24-26). Lot’s wife — Lk. 17:32
2. Other O.T. books claim that Moses wrote the
Pentateuch (Jos. 1:7; 8:30-35; Ju. 3:4; 1 Ki. 2:3; 2 Ki. Isaac — mentioned 20 times in the N.T. (Mt. 1:2; He.
14:6; 22:8-11; 23:21-25; Ezr. 3:2; Ne. 8:1; 9:14; Da. 11:9, 17-20)
9:11; Mal. 4:4). Jacob — mentioned 26 times in the N.T. (Mt. 1:2; Ac.
3. The N.T. claims Moses wrote the Pentateuch. 7:8)
Moses is mentioned 80 times in the New Testament. See Joseph — sold into slavery and raised to power over
Mk. 12:26; Lk. 16:29-31; 24:27 (Moses writings are Egypt (Ac. 7:9-10); revealed to his brethren (Ac.
called Scripture); 24:44; Jn. 1:17; 5:45-47; 8:5; Ac. 7:11-16); prophesied of Israel’s exodus from Egypt to
15:21; 2 Co. 3:15. the Promise Land (He. 11:21-22)
The Lord Jesus Christ quoted from every part of the Pharaoh (Ac. 7:10)
Pentateuch: Genesis (Mt. 19:4-6; 24:37-39); Exodus Were Adam and Eve Historical Figures? [See Adam.]
(Mk. 12:26 citing Ex. 3:6); Leviticus (Mt. 8:4 citing Le. Was the Flood of Noah’s Day Universal? [See Flood -
14:1-32); Numbers (Jn. 3:14-15 citing Nu. 21:8-9 and Noah’s.]
Jn. 6:31-32 citing Nu. 11:6-9); Deuteronomy (Mk. Did Isaiah Write the Book of Isaiah?
10:4-5 citing De. 24:1). Modernistic theology often questions the authorship
The Divine Inspiration of Genesis of Isaiah. A popular theory is that the first part of Isaiah
Genesis does not claim internally to have been written (chapters 1-39) was written by the biblical Isaiah, but
by Moses or even to be the inspired Word of God. The that the last part (chapters 40-66) was written by other
book of Genesis has been received, though, by the Jews men centuries later. This is contrary to what Christ and
as part of the inspired law of Moses throughout their the Apostles taught about Isaiah. [See Isaiah.]
history. It is accepted unquestionably as part of the What about “Form Criticism?”
inspired Canon of Scripture by Christ and the Apostles. Form criticism or redaction criticism are modernistic
Statements such as “thus saith the Lord” appear in the theories about the formation of the Gospels. Some
book of Genesis 95 times. Genesis 2:2 is cited as the aspects of form criticism are as follows:
Word of God in He. 4:4, and Genesis 12:7 is cited as the
Word of God in Ga. 3:16. Genesis 21:10 is cited as 1. The gospel writers used a common oral tradition
Scripture in Ga. 4:30, and Genesis 15:6 is cited as that was passed around among the Christians for some
Scripture in Ro. 4:3. Consider also the following people time before anything was written down. Textual critics
and events from Genesis which are cited authoritatively Alford (1849) and Westcott (1860) promoted this view.
in the New Testament. Not one time in the New Theological modernists commonly believe that the
Testament is there any hint that the book of Genesis is gospel story was passed along for some time in oral
anything less than the infallible Word of God. form before it was written down.
Creation by the Word of God — Mk. 13:19; Ac.

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