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Scripture cannot be Broken
Scripture cannot be Broken
In this lesson, students learn that everything that is in the Bible is the Word of God and it is missing nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49bdBtpqhkE Start watching from 2:43 continue to 5:20
Devotion
The lesson
John 10:22-42
John 10:22-42
“I and the Father Are One”
“I and the Father Are One”
22 Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 So the Jews gathered around Jesus, asking, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I am doing in my Father’s name testify about me. 26 But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep, as I said to you.[b] 27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?”
33 “We are not going to stone you for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because although you are a man, you make yourself out to be God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said you are gods’?[c]
וְנֹקֵ֤ב and יְקַלֵּ֥ל
וְנֹקֵ֤ב and יְקַלֵּ֥ל
The first word is from Lev 24:15 and means curses. The second one is blasphemes from Lev 24:16. To curse is to use God's name to cause harm to someone. Blaspheme is treating God's name as though it didn't have power.
Blasphemy quiz
Blasphemy quiz
Is the example blasphemy? Why or why not?
Gen 4:1. Eve said, "I have gotten a man-LORD"
Lev. 24:11 "and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name and cursed..."
John 7:40-41 "This really is the prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ."
John 10:24 "If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."..."I and the Father are one."
Acts 5:35-39 Theudas and Judas the Galilean.
Acts 17:23 Altar for the unknown god.
Psalm 82:6
Psalm 82:6
I myself said, “You are ‘gods,’
and you are all ‘sons of the Most High.’
35 If he called those people ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world? Do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me. 38 But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works so that you will know and understand[d] that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39 So they tried to arrest him again, but he eluded their grasp. 40 He went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he stayed there.
41 Many came to him and were saying, “John never did a miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.
Notes Psalm 82:6 in Hebrew Elohim.
אֲֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֖י עֶלְיֹ֣ון כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃
Bible Reference.com
Bible Reference.com
This comment by Jesus is both a crucial reference to the perfection of God's Word, and a tactical use of His critics' own methods. Jesus is under threat of immediate stoning, presumably for blasphemy. When goaded to repeat His claims by a mob, Jesus went even further and equated Himself with God (John 10:22–31). Now, Jesus is using a technique these religious leaders were familiar with. Scribes and Pharisees would often debate Scripture using various rhetorical tactics and convoluted arguments; Jesus is using one of those in this encounter.
To counter their claim that Jesus should be considered a blasphemer for saying He is "one" with God, Jesus pointed to Psalm 82. In that passage, God's own Word referred to human beings using the same literal word as used for God Himself: elohim. Other Old Testament passages use the same word in a judicial context (Exodus 21:6; 22:8).
Jesus' point is not that humans are divine, but that those who are divinely enabled to perform the will of God are, in a poetic form, referred to as "gods" in Scripture. As this retort continues, Jesus will point out that He has been proven by powerful evidence. This connection has not been lost on everyone; some others have come to the same conclusion (John 3:1–2; 10:19–21). His claim to truth is much stronger than that of anyone else. His works—His miracles—should be absolute proof that He is sent by God. As such, charges of blasphemy against Jesus in this case fall short.
Jesus also makes a point of rejecting the suggestion that the Word of God can be "broken." By this, Jesus means that the verses He quoted could not be dismissed as an error. They could not be written off as a mistake—this is the doctrine of inerrancy, which says that Scripture is perfectly accurate in everything it intends to say. Jesus, in this moment, not only implies inerrancy, He grounds His argument in it.
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Photo of ancient Jerusalem model, formerly at Holyland Hotel
Read the Bible with these thoughts:
-God is the author.
-unity is in every part of it.
-Jesus and His work are the main lesson
The lesson tells us about misunderstanding Scripture and ways we know Scripture is complete.
Jesus used the quote from Psalms to help the people understand that blasphemy is making fun of God. It is not blasphemy to use his name as it was used in the psalm to assure the people that the judiciary were sent from God given that He called them Elohim. In the same way, it is not wrong for Jesus to say "I and my Father are one," because it's the truth. He is not making fun of God, He really is God.
When Jesus said the Scripture cannot be broken, He was telling us that no part of Scripture disagrees with any other part. If God in the Psalm uses the name Elohim, then we know that it is ok to properly use the name Elohim--it is not blasphemy.
In the early 1900's, two Lutheran churches tried to get together by agreeing that the Bible, "contains" the Word of God. The one church was implying that it contains other things, too.
TV shows often talk about the "missing revelations" from the Bible, perking our curiosity that maybe something is missing. But God tells us in II Tim. 3: 15 and 16 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Notes
Edmund Reim Standards to judge Bible Translations
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Becker stands against those who say that since the confessions don't specifically address verbal inspiration, it is an open question and Lutheran's are free to believe as they will.
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BeckerInspiration.pdf (112.9Kb)
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MeyerInspiration.pdf (104.6Kb)
John Meyer was a seminary professor at WELS. During the period of disagreement with LCMS, he wanted to solidify the understanding of the doctrine of inspiration. He speaks against Brunner.
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Warnke makes a thorough study of the Bible. Talks about inspiration, translations. Quite well done.
Christ among the Doctors, c. 1560, by Paolo Veronese
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