“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” -2 Peter 1:20-21 (NIV)
We have a promise from the Apostle Peter in his second letter to all believers about our Bible. The promise is this, the Scriptures come to us from God. They are trustworthy and true. Peter is making it clear, Scripture is not of human origin, nor is it the result of human will. The emphasis is that no part of Scripture was ever at any time produced because men wanted it so. So the Bible is not the product of human effort or origin. In the OT alone, the human writers refer to their writings as the words of God over 3800 times. The prophets, in fact, sometimes wrote what they could not fully understand (1 Peter 1:10-11 NLT), but were nonetheless faithful to write what God revealed to them as they were carried along and moved by the Holy Spirit. We can therefore trust this promise that Scripture is the Word of God and written down by those who God inspired. This same Holy Spirit dwells within in all believers to help us discern and understand this Word of God. Let us seek His guidance to understand what has been given to us.
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