November 29, 2025 3:00 am
The doctrine of plenary verbal inspiration is essential to the Christian faith, affirming that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, not man. Jesus Christ viewed the Scriptures as divinely inspired and infallibly true, with absolute authority in every area of life. The Bible's words are forever settled in heaven and shall not pass away, making it mortally dangerous to add to or take away from its teachings.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Inspired words. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21, 33. The doctrine of plenary verbal inspiration, wrongly considered antiquated by many modern neo-evangelicals, is actually essential to the Christian faith.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, not man. We acknowledge, of course, that problems of transmission and translation exist, but these are relatively trivial in the entire context. We also acknowledge that the process of inspiration may have varied, but the end result is as if the entire Bible had been dictated and transcribed word by word. This is the way Jesus Christ, the Creator, the living Word, the author of Scripture, viewed the Scriptures. The Scripture cannot be broken, he said.
Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart, to believe all that the prophets have spoken And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. The Bible, every word of it, is divinely inspired without error. Is infallibly true and has absolute authority in every area of our lives. The words of Christ, who taught these truths, are forever settled in heaven and shall not pass away.
It is mortally dangerous, therefore, unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, to add unto these things, as cultists do, or to take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, as liberals do. would it not be much better to say, with the psalmist, Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. Psalm 119, 24. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us.
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