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Regarding scripture the book of 2 Timothy says:
One thing I hear that disturbs me is when Christians claim that the authors of scripture wrote certain things from their own initiative.
This claim usually arises when something in scripture is not politically correct, or goes against something taught in the scientific community.
Another reason is based on how a particular verse is worded.
There are a handful of verses in 1st and 2nd Corinthians that are sometimes used to cast doubt on Paul's writings being entirely the word of God.
Number one:
The misunderstanding is that by Paul saying "I say this", he is writing from his own initiative.
Rather Yahweh spoke his word through Paul letting the saints know a recommendation he has for them, but that it is not a command.
A few verses later in reads:
Verse 5 was not spoken from the mouth of Jesus while on earth.
Rather it was given by the holy Spirit to Paul.
What is taught in verses 10-11 was spoken from the mouth of Jesus as can be found in Matthew 19:3-9.
Following in 1st Corinthians it reads:
Here Paul goes on to give a command that the Lord did not speak during his earthly ministry.
The final verses I will expound on read:
These verses seem clear enough to me, but nevertheless here's my commentary:
This is a judgement Paul gives and not a command.
But since God was speaking through Paul it is really God's judgement, but not a command.
The Corinthians saints were to decide if they were going to help out their fellow saints.
Aside from Christian tradition what evidence do we have that Paul's writings are the actual word of God?
Jesus told his disciple Peter "Feed my sheep".
Paul later penned 1st & 2nd Corinthians.
Then 10 years after that Peter wrote a letter to feed the sheep of Jesus, and this is what he said about Paul:
Peter acknowledged Pauls writings as scripture, and Jesus called scripture "the word of God".
So it would be reasonable for Peter to recognize Paul's writings as the word of God.
The phrase 'inspiration of God' is from one compound Greek word that means God blown.
This depicts that the scripture is from the mouth of God, and is why it is rightly called the word of God.
Earlier in the book of 2 Peter it says:
Peter recounts how the scriptures they had up to that point were completely reliable since the men who recorded them were brought along by the holy Spirit.
Here's a quick example:
If you give me directions to your home I may get there or I may get lost.
However if you came to my home with a tandem bicycle and told me to sit in back and pedal it could be said that you brought me to your home.
Both people are putting in effort but only the one steering knows the final destination.
Just as you would not transport a person who would try to jump off the bicycle or interfere with your steering, the holy Spirit chose men who would be receptive to the leading of Spirit.
The other thing that disturbs me is when Christians try fit God into a mold of what is politically correct in our day.
One misconception I think many people have is that God is under the same law he gave to mankind.
God is not under any law, because laws are only made for those who are prone to do evil.
Many commands against Yahweh are fallacious such as him commanding *** or ***.
However according to scripture God did command genocide, involuntary slavery, and the killing of babies.
So we can trust that God did command such things, but we can also trust that God is good, as that is also revealed in scripture.
Failing to understand why God did something, or choosing a different method ourselves is no reason to mold God into someone we are more comfortable with.
It is a tactic of Satan to get people to doubt the word of God, that being where God has preserved his word.
Though there's nothing wrong with doubting man made translations.
We can have faith in every single word as God inspired it.