Again, the belief is that the men who wrote the words were divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. That doesn’t mean the words are not the words of God, or more importantly the Word of God, it just didn’t have to be a whisper…. There is also a difference in the use of the word “word” in most ancient languages. On one hand it means what you and I think of as a word uttered—in Ancient Greek this is “Rhema”. On the other hand it means the “logic of” or the “reasoned discourse of”—in Ancient Greek this is “Logos”. The Bible doesn’t use these interchangeably. The Bible is the “logos” of God, not necessarily the “rhema”. The words are from men, but they express a divinely inspired “logos”. Reading the Bible in English causes so much confusion because translations are imperfect.
Then it isn't the holy word of God. It's the word of the writers. Exactly as I've been saying since I was a child.
Again, the belief is that the men who wrote the words were divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. That doesn’t mean the words are not the words of God, or more importantly the Word of God, it just didn’t have to be a whisper…. There is also a difference in the use of the word “word” in most ancient languages. On one hand it means what you and I think of as a word uttered—in Ancient Greek this is “Rhema”. On the other hand it means the “logic of” or the “reasoned discourse of”—in Ancient Greek this is “Logos”. The Bible doesn’t use these interchangeably. The Bible is the “logos” of God, not necessarily the “rhema”. The words are from men, but they express a divinely inspired “logos”. Reading the Bible in English causes so much confusion because translations are imperfect.