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3 solutions to the epistemological barrier
Human Action, Skepticism or Postmodernism, Divine Action
Human Action (solutions)
1. Reson is able to penetrate the barrier. we can have knowledge to get to the other side.

Ex. Plato, Decarte, Kant
Skepticism or Postmodernism
1. Reason is not able to penetrate the barrier (not smart enough)

Ex. Zeno, Nietzche, Rorty
Divine Action
1. God alone is able to penetrate the barrier.

Ex. Augustine, MALEBRANCHE
Implications of epistemological barrier
A. Limitations of our "own stream," yet hope because God grants knowledge.
B. Priority of divine revelation in God's two books: Scripture and Nature.
Oakes Proposed Explanation:
We no longer believe the necessity and sufficiency of the Bible.
Bible is necessary for
Knowing God, Knowledge of the Gospel, maintaining spiritual life, knowing God's will.
Bible is NOT necessary for
knowing about God, His existence, certain attributes about God.
Sufficiency for the Bible
"wise for salvation.. competent, equipped for every good work.

2 Tim 3:15-17....... "which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."
Implications of sufficiency
Implies that we have all the words of God that we need.
It does not imply (sufficiency)
that no other part of God's creation is useful or helpful.
Applications of Sufficiency
1 Subtract nothing from the Bible
2 Add nothing to the Bible.
3 Emphasize what Scripture emphasizes
Amy Grant Example
Source of "revelation" with her marriage. said she felt that God told her it was ok to end her marriage.
Biola Statement of Faith
Believes the Bible is without mistake
Our need for Divine revelation
1. Infinite/ Finite gap
2. Creator/creature gap
3. Holy/Sinful gap
4. Noetic effects of sin.
We can know God TRULY but
Not exhaustively
2 primary forms of Divine revelation
1. Special Revelation- in scripture
2. General- in His handiwork
General revelation
Creation and Concience
Special Revelation
Primary Source: the Bible

effect of Knowledge of God's salvation, Jesus, mystery of the Gospel.
Inspiration
not people, but TEXT.
Inspired (definition)
Produced by God, "God Breathed"
Verbal
The very language used
Plenary
All, the entirety
Key Passages for Inspiration
2 Tim 3:16-17 "All Scripture os breathed out by God"

&

2 Peter 1:19-20 "No prophesy was produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God by Holy Spirit"
Dual Authorship
God and human
Inspiration: slogan
Bible is the word of God in the words of men
Inspiration: Product
The word of God, exactly as God wanted it to be, but retains the "personality" of it's authors
Canon
Rule or standard of measure and refers to the 66 books that make up the Bible
Canon Keys
1. Church recognized the inspiration of these books, it did not canonize (grant inspiration) them. EX. Inverted Jenny

Key 2: The Role of the Holy Spirit EX Inspiration, preservation ,recognition
Importance of Inerrancy
If we don't accept all of it, we pick and choose and walk a slippery slope
Infallible
incapable of error (in spiritual matter)
inerrant
entirely true (in every matter)
Limited inerrancy view (some of the Bible)
100% infallible, but not 100% inerrant
Autograph
original
Manuscript
copies
text
the content
Translation
text into another language
transmission
copying, translating, recopying, and retranslating
textual criticism
science of determining original text
Response to Bible reporting impossible (such as resurrection)
Worldview issue, not Biblical.
Response to not explicitly taught in scripture
The word "inerrant" is not, but the idea is.
response to not taught in history of the church (inerrancy)
all of these famous scholars who taught including augustine, and quinas and luther
Response to grammatical errors/stylistic concerns
a poorly written sentence can still communicate truth.
Mistakes of fact
1. Eccl "sun rises and goes down" (incorrect teaching)

2. mustard seed is not actually smallest seed
3. There is "no God" psalm
4. Gospel disagreement about who was at the tomb.
response to mistakes of fact
We need to look at these case by case
Reasons to hold full inerrancy
Jesus held it, Bible teaches it, church throughout history has taught it.
If you buy the doctrine of inspiration
God insirite the Bible, God does not er (omnicent and imnipotent), the Bible will have no errors.
If you say the Bible will have no errors and you put it up to interpretation, dangers of this are
What does this passage say?
Is this passage true?
What is its significance, implications?
Biblioidolatry
worshipping the Bible instead of God
Thought Bible translations
NLT, Message, Living Bible
Word Bible translations
NASB, HCSM, ESV, Amplified, New King James
Thought and Word Bible translation
NIV
Main purpose of timeline
We do not need the autographs, we have the text.
Secondary purpose of timeline
understand translations differ. and appreciate the difference of the Bible
Does this mean that my English Translation is not inerrant?
While technically inerrant, all good English translations are functionally inerrant.
Clarity of the Bible
One hand 2 Peter 3:15-16 "hard to understand, ignorant twist words"

Other hand, Understantable Psalm 19:17 "The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
Take aways from clarity of the Bible
Bible is clear enough for us to get the gospel, when we disagree or are confused the problem is with us.
Definitition of Illumination
"The work of the Holy Spirit by which he makes the Scripture both understandable and applicable to an individual's life" -Dr. Bruce Ware
Role of the Holy Spirit in illumination
1 aid in our understanding of the Bible (content)
2 aid in our acceptance of the Bible (application)
Roman Catholic Position on Authority
Sola Scriptura (mary's assumption into heaven"

Ex cathedra

give authority to Church, pope, Bible, Saints, etc.
Liberal Protestant Position
Must be made on reasonable experience, hold pope, church, and more to authority but self as well.
Evangelical position on Authority
Scripture has ultimate authority.
Sola Scriptura
Scripture alone

Acts 17:10-11 Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, examined scriptures daily
Two big H's of today
Hell and homosexuality
Final Thoughts of this class
If the Bible says it, we must listen.
and
we need not take ourselves seriously BUT we MUST take the word of God seriously.
The God of the Bible is
a personal god who speaks
Decree of God=
Causal words