1. The Scriptures claim to be inspired by the Holy Spirit, and not by the imaginations of mankind.

2 Timothy 3:16  //  2 Peter 1:20 //  Galatians 1:11-12

2. The prophets of the Scriptures claim to speak on behalf of God.

Deuteronomy 4:2  //  1 Samuel 15:10  //  1 Kings 16:7  //  1 Kings 21:17  //  Isaiah 38:4  //  Jeremiah 1:2

3. New Testament writers affirm that the writers of the Hebrew Scriptures wrote by the Spirit of God.

       Matthew 19:4-5  //  Mark 12:36  //  Luke 24:25  Hebrews 3:7  //  Acts 4:25  //  1 Thessalonians 2:13

4. The Scriptures claim that the Word they speak from God is eternal.

 Psalms 119:89,160  //  Isaiah 40:8  //  Matthew 24:35

5. The Scriptures claim to lead us into truth perfectly (infallibility).

Psalms 19:7-14  //  2 Samuel 22:31  //  John 10:34-35  //  Mark 12:24

6. The Mosaic law-covenant claims the highest authority to regulate Jewish life.

 Leviticus 18:1-5  //  Deuteronomy 4:2  //  Leviticus 19:2  //  Daniel 9:4-6  //  Deuteronomy 30 :15-18

7. Later prophets recognized the divine authority of the earlier prophets.

Jeremiah 7:25  //  Ezekiel 38:17  //  Zechariah 7:12  //  John 10:35

8. Jesus confirmed the authority of the "Law and the Prophets" to regulate Jewish life.

 Matthew 5:17-20  //  John 10:35  //  Mathew 23:23

9. The authors of the Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament Scriptures had every intention of writing historically accurate accounts, not mythologies or inflated traditions.

2 Peter 1:16  //  1 John 1:1-3  //  Luke 1:1-3  //  Acts 1:1-3  //  John 20:30-31

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