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When people say that Bible is the word of God, they mean that the words in the Bible were influenced to the human authors by God which was written down as the word of God. In other words, it means that the word of God was inspired which means “God-breathed”. If the word of the Bible was God-breathed, then we can justify that the word of God is valid and authoritative and most of all that the bible is the word of God. An essential component of the Word of God is that the Bible is referred to as verbal plenary in which means that God superintended the process and guaranteed the words by using the human authors’ methods, knowledge, and style. Many believe that only certain parts of the bible like the authors’ concepts on religion were inspired, but this clearly tells us that by the verbal plenary theory, the word of God is justifiable and truthful. There also has been dual authorship when writing the Bible and the scriptures also affirm the dual authorship. This verse from 2 Corinthians …show more content…
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” This verse accurately supports the fact that the Scripture is God-breathed or inspired and how the Scripture is reassuring us that everything may pass away but his words won’t and if his words don’t pass away then in conclusion, his words are very true, accurate, and clear because they are the words of the Bible. He also confirms the verbal plenary theory in Matthew 5:17-18 in which it states that he hasn’t come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them and how his words won’t pass, once again reinforcing the confirmation that the scriptures affirm the dual authorship. Most importantly, these texts prove that the accuracy of the bible that it is the word of God and inspired by him through the human

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