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- When we say that the Bible is inspired, we mean that when the authors wrote the Bible, God spoke through them.
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- Their writing was not a mechanical dictation where the people wrote down what they heard directly spoken from God, nor did they get into some kind of trance -like state where they were unaware of what they were doing.
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- Instead, the writers of the Bible were free to express what they wanted, the way they wanted, and when they wanted.
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- Yet God was also moving through them to ensure the integrity and accuracy of what they said.
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- Therefore, the Christian Church did not give us the Bible. Instead, it recognizes what the
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- Bible already was—God's inspired word. After all, Jesus said in John 10 .27,
