Anchored?

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. II Timothy 3:16-17

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. II Peter 1:20-21

Following up on the end of last week's posts and comments....it might be helpful to share a few thoughts this week regarding the nature of the Bible and the study thereof.

As Christians we believe that Jesus is both God and man. Jesus is God incarnate.... or "God, in flesh." This is his nature. Taking one position over the other would not fully represent who Jesus is and could lead to doctrinal error. Similarly, the source or origin of the bible is both divinely inspired and humanly authored. I love what Earle (How we got our bible, p.17) writes:

God could have sent down the Book all inscribed with the complete revelation, bound in black leather, divinity circuit, gold-edged, silk-sewn, India paper- even dedicated to King James! But he did not choose to do so. Instead the light of divine revelation broke in on the soul of Moses, of David, of Paul, of John, and many others. The result is a divinely inspired, humanly written Revelation of God's truth for man. They wrote on sheepskin and goatskin, on papyrus and parchment. They wrote the thoughts of God as best they could understand them by the help of the Holy Spirit.

This is what makes the scripture so useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training us how to be rightly related to God. If you struggle with this concept, you will be a person blown here and there by every wind of doctrine and teaching. Be sure you're anchored!