Inspiration and authority of Scripture

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Those writings that are acknowledged to be the word of God to be revered as issuing from him and as having his authority.

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Recognition of a body of sacred writings

In the OT

Nehemiah 8:1 ESV
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
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By Jesus Christ

Matthew 22:29 ESV
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
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Jesus Christ frequently appealed to the OT as a recognised sacred corpus, with the expression “it is written”.
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By the apostles

2 Timothy 3:14–15 ESV
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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By the early church

Acts 17:11 ESV
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

The inspiration of Scripture

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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The authority of Scripture recognised in the OT

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The authority of Scripture recognised in the NT

John 10:34–36 ESV
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
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Jesus Christ claims scriptural authority for his own words

Matthew 24:34–35 ESV
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
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