INSPIRATION AND ___________ WRITINGS A.

When God's nger touched the tables of stone to write the Ten Commandments B. When God's nger touched the plasterwall of Belshazzar's palace to deliver a sentence of doom C. When Jesus Christ stooped down to write in the dust after they brought him the woman taken in adultery
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Psalm 68:11

DEFINITIONS ____________________ is the mechanism God used to get his word to us without corruption __________________ is the written preservation of verbal communication from God by making it visible in writing; scripture is what was written, and then recognized as authoritative.

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WHAT IS YOUR ______________ FOR? REVELATIONGod manifesting himself INSPIRATIONthe manifestation coming down in words INSCRIPTURATIONthose words recorded in writing TRANSMISSIONthat writing copied for others PRESERVATIONthose copies being providentially protected TRANSLATIONpreserved copies brought into your language ILLUMINATIONthe Spirit giving you understanding of that translation

publish the word!

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF YOUR COMPASS 1. God has blessed us with a compass in the _____________, and that compass is designed to work when the storms of life rage 2. Without a compass, you wont get anyplace but ________ 3. If I have the right connection to God, then direction is all about me being transformed by the Spirit of God to measure up to the ________________ of God as found in the word of God 4. To get from where I am to where I am going, my going has to be ordered by my ______________ of Gods word

2 Pet 1:21; 2 Tim 3:16

Message Three

Gods Hand in History

Prov 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: DIRECTIONwhere the Spirit gives you guidance on where to go INSTRUCTIONwhere the scripture gives you wisdom on what to do PUBLICATIONof translations produced in your language

Psa 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Prov 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

THE IDEOLOGY OF OUR THEOLOGY 1. There are two __________ that are outwardly similar, but produce different fruits and results
TWO SEEDS GODS WORD SAYS Salvation Is by atonement It is based on divine mercy You need a new heart It is all done God worked his way to you MANS WAY SAYS Salvation Is by attainment It is based on human merit You only need a new start You still have to do You must work your way to God

Rev. W Alan Shelby www.facebook.com/ashelby

Be enveloped in Christs character Develop a better character

2 Pet 1 & 2 Tim 3 preservation

Thesis:
The Reformation led to the discovery of biblical __________________, so that Gods revelation could go through translation and give a new generation Gods inspiration.

2. Because there are two seeds, they produced two different __________: Received and Eclectic
TWO NT GREEK TEXTS THE TRADITIONAL RECEIVED TEXT City: Antioch in Syria A Majority of Texts 95+% of all existing MSS Located in the Byzantine Church Written by Great Apostles Unintentional Scribal Errors Printed in the Reformation Based on Believers Assumptions Providentially Preserved Text THE MODERN ECLECTIC TEXT City: Alexandria in Egypt A Minority of Texts <5% of all existing MSS Lost by the Western Church Revised by Gnostic Apostates Intentional Heretical Corruptions Presented in the 1880s Based on Unbelieving Approach A Lately Discovered Text

3. Because there are two texts, it resulted in two __________ of Bibles: Reformed and Revised
TWO LINES OF BIBLES REFORMED REVISED OT corrected by Greek LXX Man-Made Altered Texts Westcott & Hort-Nestle & AlandMetzger & United Bible Societies Modern NT Greek Eclectic Text Recently Discovered Apocrypha Treated as Inspired From Essentially Literal to Paraphrased Uncertain & Changing Readings NIV, etc.

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Tomorrow night: getting over Masoretic Hebrew OT Text God-Preserved Apostolic Texts your trouble with the truth.
Erasmus-Staphanus-Beza-Elzevir NT Greek Received Text Handed Down through History Apocrypha Treated as Information Literal Translation Settled and Certain Readings KJV

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