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The Definition of Inerrancy coincides with Inspiration

Definition of Inerrancy: The original autographs that were written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
were created without any disharmony between books and the very words and even the punctuation were
penned by each author without error in thought or form. God’s thoughts were perfectly expressed in
written words.

The result of the divine-human authorship is a message without error. If God is true (Rom. 3:4) and the
Bible comes from God (2 Tim. 3:16), then the Bible must be true in all its parts. That is why the Bible is
said to be inerrant. “Inerrancy is the view that when all the facts become known, they will demonstrate
that the Bible in its original autographs and correctly interpreted is entirely true and never false in all it
affirms, whether that relates to doctrine or ethics or to the social, physical, or life sciences” (Paul D.
Feinberg in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, ed. Walter A. Elwell. Grand Rapids: Baker. p. 142).

Is the Bible the Only and Final Authority?

4.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Write out the theological definition for inspiration.

2. What verse in the Bible gives us the value of inspiration?

3-6. According to this verse, what are the four values of inspiration?

7. What does verbal inspiration mean?

8. What does plenary inspiration mean?

9. Explain the view of the rationalist regarding inspiration.

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