Does the Bible claim to be inerrant?

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Antony_me

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[FONT=&quot]Many who have wanted to defend the credibility of the Bible have claimed that is inerrant. Does it?[/FONT]
 
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There is different translations,
There is different views,
There is different denominations.


There is only one Truth, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ, is the way, the truth, and the life, He has done a lot for everyone in this entire world, paying the price of sin, and by having faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we are made right in the sight of God. Since Jesus Christ died God raised Him from the dead, if you believe this in your heart, you shall be saved. Because of the Lord Jesus Christ and everything He had done, for the entire world, we can now have access to our Father in heave, and the Lord Jesus Christ anytime, and understand that they care and love, everyone around, and us. Always willing to listen to us in our time of need, or just to talk to.
 

John146

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Many who have wanted to defend the credibility of the Bible have claimed that is inerrant. Does it?
If it's not inerrant, then it's not the word of God. The word of God can always be trusted every word to be true, accurate, and in all of it's historical and doctrinal content.

I've had lost people tell me they will not believe in the account of Jesus Christ because of all the inaccuracies and contradictions from one bible to another. Confusion creates unbelief.
 
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Nehemiah6

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Many who have wanted to defend the credibility of the Bible have claimed that is inerrant. Does it?
The Bible says that every word of God is pure (Prov 30:5,6). Which means tested, refined, and found free from from every defect, including error. Therefore Christ said that man shall not live by bread alone but by EVERY WORD that proceeds out of the mouth of God (Mt 4:4). If there were errors in the Bible, it could not be regarded as the Word of God.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

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It's more than mere words written on paper. His word is alive.
 

trofimus

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If it's not inerrant, then it's not the word of God. The word of God can always be trusted every word to be true, accurate, and in all of it's historical and doctrinal content.

I've had lost people tell me they will not believe in the account of Jesus Christ because of all the inaccuracies and contradictions from one bible to another. Confusion creates unbelief.
You are mixing terms.

Book in your hands is not "the word of God".

Book in your hands is a print of translation of critically compared edition of handmade copies of manuscripts of collection of some Scriptures.

This is just reality. Its how it is. Your book did not fall from heaven in some kind of perfect, inerrant state.

Scriptures are sometimes direct quotations of God, sometimes personal additions (Bring me my cloak I left in Troas), sometimes history (containing many evil things) etc.

Jesus Christ is the word of God.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

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If it's not inerrant, then it's not the word of God. The word of God can always be trusted every word to be true, accurate, and in all of it's historical and doctrinal content.

I've had lost people tell me they will not believe in the account of Jesus Christ because of all the inaccuracies and contradictions from one bible to another. Confusion creates unbelief.
And you continually make a meal out of all these "contradictions" that you see. It's people like you who exacerbate unbelief by helping to spread rumours that the bible is "corrupt".
 

Musicus

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If it's not inerrant, then it's not the word of God. The word of God can always be trusted every word to be true, accurate, and in all of it's historical and doctrinal content.

I've had lost people tell me they will not believe in the account of Jesus Christ because of all the inaccuracies and contradictions from one bible to another. Confusion creates unbelief.
There is no inconsistancy in the message of salvation. Show them this is what's important.
 

John146

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There is no inconsistancy in the message of salvation. Show them this is what's important.
As for these lost critics, if one cannot trust all that is written, it is very difficult to believe a portion of it. One Bible would create unity among the brethren, as far as, the validity of the text and it's truth.
 

Nehemiah6

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Jesus Christ is inerrant.

Our books about Him are not.
This is just laughable. Who's talking about "our books"? So explain what Jesus said inerrantly in Matthew 4:4.
 

Musicus

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As for these lost critics, if one cannot trust all that is written, it is very difficult to believe a portion of it. One Bible would create unity among the brethren, as far as, the validity of the text and it's truth.
Seeds sewn on rocks, then, but sewn nonetheless. And you mean One Version, right? Ain't falling for it.
 

trofimus

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This is just laughable. Who's talking about "our books"? So explain what Jesus said inerrantly in Matthew 4:4.
"Our books" - Your KJV OT, my Septuagint OT, your KJV NT, my UBS NT... these are not inerrant.

Mt 4:4 is not about our Bibles. Our Bibles have not come from the mouth of God, but from many men, translators, editors etc.
 

Nehemiah6

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Mt 4:4 is not about our Bibles. Our Bibles have not come from the mouth of God, but from many men, translators, editors etc.
So according to you there is no written Word of God. Have you joined the ranks of the theological liberals?
 
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The Bible says that every word of God is pure (Prov 30:5,6). Which means tested, refined, and found free from from every defect, including error. Therefore Christ said that man shall not live by bread alone but by EVERY WORD that proceeds out of the mouth of God (Mt 4:4). If there were errors in the Bible, it could not be regarded as the Word of God.

Well said! Where can I find this Bible?
 
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Bibles, can have translational errors in them, but they can be found out by doing word studies.

The general message of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all He has done can still be found.
 

Zmouth

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You are mixing terms.

Book in your hands is not "the word of God".

Jesus Christ is the word of God.
So faith comes by hearing Jesus Christ and not by believing the Bible?

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth;Deut 18:18

Do you believe that Jesus Christ was born of the flesh?


It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63

So does the word come from the flesh or the Spirit?


For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thess 2:13




 
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Am not understanding how you praise The Messiah the Christ the son of Mary , while He himself praised Jehovah and called the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel to do the same ,,,I see that you reject much of the O/T but you are even rejecting the N/T in preference to the teachings 14 letters of Saul ,,, In my studies it's appears that the people whom He [ Jesus ] was sent to and attended his gathering thought he was a prophet as seem here
Matthew 21:11
And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. [
Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. [
Matthew 11:9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet ] .. MANY YEARS BEFORE THE CLAIM THAT HE WAS A GOD OR
THE SON OF GOD ...