EXPERT AND HONEST BIBLE INTERPRETATION SAYS GOD OF BIBLE INFALLIBLY BREATHED IT OUT
The creeds say "We believe in one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church" meaning the Church finds unity, holiness, universality by standing by what the apostles taught and that if they were around they would sanction the Church and its doctrine.
One apostolic doctrine is the claim that the Bible is to be treated as if it came from the pen of God.
John McArthur wrote in Charismatic Chaos,
Our word inspired comes from a Latin root meaning, “to breathe in.” Unfortunately, that does not convey the true meaning of the Greek term for “inspired” that is used in Scripture. Actually the concept of breathing in is not found in 2 Timothy 3:16 (“All Scripture is inspired by God”). Reading this meaning in has misled many people about the true meaning of inspiration. They have assumed that God breathed some kind of divine life into the words of those who penned the original documents of Scripture. But the Greek term for inspiration is theopneustos, which means “God-breathed.” Literally the verse says, “All Scripture is God-breathed”— that is, Scripture is not the words of men into which God puffed divine life. It is the very breath of God! Scripture is God Himself speaking.
That truth is one many people seem prone to misunderstand. Inspiration does not
mean the Bible contains God’s revelation. It does not mean gems of revealed
truth are concealed in Scripture. It does not mean men wrote God’s truth in
their own words. It does not mean God merely assisted the writers. It means that
the words of the Bible are the words of God Himself. Every word of Scripture was
breathed out by God.
At the burning bush, God said to Moses, “Go, and I, even I will be with your
mouth, and teach you what you are to say” (Ex. 4:12). Jeremiah, the weeping
prophet of Judah, received this charge from God: “All that I command you, you
shall speak. . . . Behold, I have put My words in your mouth” (Jer. 1:7, 9). And
God said to Ezekiel, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel. . . . Take into
your heart all my words which I shall speak to you, and listen closely . . . and
speak to them” (Ezek. 3:4, 10-11).
A key verse describing how God speaks through Scripture is 2 Peter 1:21. Literally it says “No prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” The most important word here is “moved,” which speaks of being carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Theologian Thomas A. Thomas recalls that as a boy he would play in the little streams that ran down the mountainside near his home.
We boys liked to play what we called “boats.” Our “boat” would be any little stick which was placed in the water, and then we would run along beside it and follow it as it was washed downstream. When the water would run rapidly over some rocks the little stick would move rapidly as well. ... In other words, that little stick which served as my boyhood “boat” was carried along, borne along, under the complete control and direction of the water. It moved as the water moved it. So it is with reference to the writers of the Scriptures. They were carried along, borne along, under the control and direction of the Holy Spirit of God. They wrote as the Spirit directed them to write. They were borne along by Him so that what they wrote was exactly that which the Holy Spirit intended should be there. What they wrote was, in a very real sense, not their words; it was the very Word of God.
