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doctrine of plenary inspiration must be accepted. There are no errors in the
Bible as it came from God, none have been proved to exist. Difficulties and
phenomena we cannot explain are not errors. All these books of the Old
and New Testaments are inspired. We do not say that they contain, but
that they are, the Word of God. The gift of inspiration rendered the writers
the organs of God, for the infallible communication of his mind and will, in
the very manner and words in which it was originally given.
As to the nature of inspiration we have no information. This only we
know, it rendered the writers infallible. They were all equally inspired, and
are all equally infallible. The inspiration of the sacred writers did not
change their characters. They retained all their individual peculiarities as
thinkers or writers. (See BIBLE; WORD OF GOD.)
Another Bible Timeline fact –>INTERCESSION OF CHRIST Christ?s priestly office consists of these
two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making
continual intercession for us.
When on earth he made intercession for his people (Luke 23:34; John
17:20; Hebrews 5:7); but now he exercises this function of his priesthood
in heaven, where he is said to appear in the presence of God for us
(Hebrews 9:12,24).
His advocacy with the Father for his people rests on the basis of his own
all-perfect sacrifice. Thus he pleads for and obtains the fulfilment of all the
promises of the everlasting covenant (1 John 2:1; John 17:24; Hebrews
7:25). He can be ?touched with the feeling of our infirmities,? and is both a
merciful and a faithful high priest (Hebrews 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16). This
intercession is an essential part of his mediatorial work. Through him we
have ?access? to the Father (John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18; 3:12). ?The
communion of his people with the Father will ever be sustained through
him as mediatorial Priest? (Psalm 110:4; Revelation 7:17).
Another Bible Timeline fact –>INTERCESSION OF THE SPIRIT (Romans 8:26, 27;
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