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On one occasion He appeared to His disciples in such a way that they were terrified,
thinking they had seen a spirit. Was Christ, raised from the dead, possessing the spiritual
body of resurrection, still as loyal to these books of Scripture?
"These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things
must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
Psalms concerning Me. Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand
the Scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day" (Luke 24: 44-46).
Surely everyone upon whom that blessed Name is called will realize that the
inspiration, authority and infallibility of the Scriptures is no longer an open question. It is
as settled and fixed as is the doctrine of salvation or any other revelation from God.
We welcome all efforts to ascertain the exact meaning of every word used by God, we
welcome textual criticism that seeks to remove human accretions from the text of
Scripture, and in subsequent articles of this series we hope to show something of what
has been accomplished along these lines. The textual critic, however, is not sitting in
judgment upon the Word. He has no more warrant to set one verse aside because,
forsooth, he cannot see its purpose, than has a surgeon to put into practice his views that
certain organs of the body are superfluous. Some of the glands now regarded so highly
were but a short time ago considered merely vestiges of former condition from which we
were supposed to have "evolved".
Here once more we must stay. We trust every reader has felt the weight of the
testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Word of God, and that this testimony from
henceforth shall be ours, to maintain until we finish our course.
#3.
The inspiration of Scripture.
pp. 159 - 164
The personal testimony of Christ to the truth of Scripture is so complete, full, and
direct, that for the rest of our study we shall have no need to "prove" anything, but simply
learn what has been written for our guidance.
How were the Scriptures written? How did they come? Paul supplies an answer to
the first question, and Peter to the second:--
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God" (II Tim. 3: 16).
"Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (II Pet. 1: 21).
HOW WAS SCRIPTURE GIVEN?--"By inspiration of God."
HOW DID SCRIPTURE COME?--"Holy men were moved by the Holy Ghost."