The Narrow Path Ministries

steve7150 wrote:What are the different views of the inerrancy of the Bible?


I don't think the bible claims inerrancy. It may claim inspiration but that doesn't necessarily equate with inerrancy. Paul made several remarks that indicate not every word is inerrant such as he forgot something or he thought he was going to Spain quickly or he corrected Peter so since God used human agents who are not infallible why claim inerrancy?

Jude wrote:Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." (Jude 14, 15 NKJV)

Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked, and reprove all the carnal for everything which the sinful and ungodly have done, and committed against him.

Paidion wrote:

Jude wrote:Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." (Jude 14, 15 NKJV)

Jude seems to have been quoting by memory from the book of Enoch which in Chapter 2 reads:

Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked, and reprove all the carnal for everything which the sinful and ungodly have done, and committed against him.

But the book of Enoch is known to have been written but a few centuries B.C. It could not have been written by the historic Enoch, the seventh from Adam, even though early Christians other than Jude, also believed that it was.

I have a copy of the book of Enoch. The section on the movements of the heavenly bodies (e.g. the sun, moon, and stars passing through gates) is ludicrous.

Jude made a mistake in thinking the book of Enoch was written by Enoch, the seventh from Adam. The book of Jude is not inerrant.

Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.” (Matthew 27: 9, 10)

Matthew 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
Matthew 2:15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Matthew 2:17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
Matthew 2:23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
Matthew 3:3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”
Matthew 4:14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
Matthew 12:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
Matthew 13:35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
“I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 21:4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Matthew 24:15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Jacob wrote:That is, what does the word inerrant mean to you in reference to the Bible?

In what way is it inerrant?