'All Scripture...' (Steve CR)

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> > STEVE CR

> > Why do you think that Matthew's Gospel is inspired by God and inerrant?

> 

> MATT

> I believe the above for the same reason I believe all the Bible is

inspired

> by God and inerrant, i.e. my conviction that the God of the Bible and

> Christianity is true and that the claims of passages like 2Timothy 3:16

are

> true and extend to cover the completed canon.

> 

> STEVE CR

> Ah ha, a starting point. 

> 

> So give an explanation of 2 Tim 3:15 in conjunction with 2 Tim 3:16.

After

> all, I thought Biblical exegesis was supposed to explain what the

original

> meaning of the verses written. I personally think that Paul when he says

> all 'scripture', includes 'The Histories' by Herodotus - after all

> 'scripture' just means 'writings'. Do you agree?

> 

> I might start my discussions on the inerrancy of Herodotus quite soon.


MATT
2 Tim. 3:15,16 is in my opinion a foundational verse of what inspiration is
and how it works. Taken in its textual context the phrase 'all scripture'
can only be that of the OT which Timothy would be familiar with. However,
such is the workings of God that it does not only have application for the
immediate person it was written to i.e. Timothy but has a wider meaning
intended for believers from the time of writing to the present day and
indeed beyond. To Timothy the 'scriptures' were that of the OT, since the
completion of the Canon it is all that it contains. The Scripture has a
double-application, relevant for all believers, then, now and the future.

Thanks
Matt

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