Keep Growing! (2 Peter 1:19-21)

`Inspiration is this, but men spoke from god as they were carried along by the holy spirit. That's inspiration. And so when we look at inspiration, we see two authors, the little A author, that would be the human author. They were probably at least 40 different writers of scriptures. So, if somebody says, scriptures were written by humans, it is true. It was. But it was also written by god. That's the capital letter a author. So, we have the capital letter a, the author is god but the little letter a, the author was human. Probably 40 different authors writing the word of god and it says this, but men spoke from god as they were carried along by the holy spirit of god. That's inspiration. [01:04:15] (53 seconds)  #DivineHumanInspiration

Knowing this, first of all, so here's the thing. That no prophecy of scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. When I used to to go into my Greek class, my my Greek teacher, New Testament languages teacher used to write on the board context. And he talked about not just taking the meaning of a Greek word, but that Greek word within its context. And if we take a verse out of its context and we can make scripture mean whatever we want it to mean. We've got to leave it in its context. We've gotta understand the push of the passage because we don't want to use verses to fit our own interpretation. [00:58:22] (44 seconds)  #ScriptureInContext

By the transformation, Transfiguration rather. The transfiguration of Christ which Peter had seen gives us confidence that the scriptures are true. And they're more sure for us actually than an experience or somebody telling you they saw something. That we actually have the scriptures. It's what we go to. It is what we research. It's how we know the content of our faith. It's it it's how we know how to live and so the the prophetic word was more fully confirmed by what Peter said because it came true. It supported the prophetic scriptures. [00:53:10] (40 seconds)  #TransfigurationConfirms

Now, he's gonna go an extra step and say, not only is that a confirmation that what we've said is true but it's a confirmation that the scriptures are true. It's not, Paul's not saying this exactly but there's hints of it in there that just because Paul saw that the transfiguration of Christ just because Paul experienced something is not the most important consideration. The most important consideration is that these things were affirmed in the scriptures. The the transfiguration was a further confirmation that the Bible is true, and therefore, these aren't cleverly devised myths. [00:50:45] (43 seconds)  #ScriptureOverExperience

Don and Linda know I'm gonna say this, but Linda called and said, hey, we decided to change our doorknob, and it didn't work, and now we have no doorknob. Can you come help us? And so I'm like, yeah. You called the right guy. I said, do you have tools over there? And she said, yeah. We have tools. And so I got over there. They had put in a new doorknob, and the holes didn't line up right. And so they put the old one back on, and suddenly it was working. And so somebody might wanna go check their doorknob. But as I was lining it up, it's like, yeah. I can fix that. And I I could not get the screw in the hole. I mean, my shaky little hands. My hands have always been shaky, and you can tell by my scribbles on the board. I but there I am trying to put the screw in the hole. That's why my son never let me do Legos with him. I used to destroy his little creations. But I'm trying to get the screw in the hole, and finally, Linda comes over with a flashlight, and I shined it in the hole, and there it was. And I got the screw right in. That's what light does. [00:54:01] (65 seconds)  #LightReveals

The next one is the one that I'm preaching about today and it it's not that I'm preaching about this term but what I, the content of what I'm preaching about concerns us and so that's why I decided to use this as an introduction but sola scriptura. Nobody ever yet got saved unless they first heard the truth of the word of god from the word of god. You might not have heard the verse quoted but the content of scriptures had to be relayed to you in order for you to be saved. [00:47:41] (31 seconds)  #SolaScriptura

More recently, I've talked about neoorthodox treatments of scripture and that is people look at scripture as if it's just a diary of how people experience god and I'm telling you, it's not a just a diary of how people experience god. It is a word from god. And that word means something and we need to hold on to it. That's a primary consideration that no prophecy of scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. [01:00:47] (30 seconds)  #ScriptureIsGodsWord

It is from the standpoint that this is a message from god. I have a message from the lord. Hallelujah. A message unto you I'll give. It's a message from god and the best a man or woman can do is to explain the scriptures to people. That's where we get the content of our preaching and our teaching. What does the Bible say? Thus saith the lord. If we can say, god has said this, then it gives us confidence in our preaching that it it is indeed the thing that god wants us to know. So, know this first of all, no scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. [00:59:44] (41 seconds)  #PreachTheScriptures