{"id":3945,"date":"2018-06-17T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T17:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2018-06-17T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T17:39:12","slug":"author-of-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3945","title":{"rendered":"AUTHOR OF SCRIPTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>HOLY SPIRIT, HOLY FRIEND<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rec0617-112552.mp3\">rec0617-112552<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Author of Scripture&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Various Texts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>REVELATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.<\/p>\n<p><b>Micah 3:8 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But as for me, I am filled with power, <span class=\"poetry2\">with the Spirit of the <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">LORD<\/span>,<\/span> <span class=\"poetry2\">and with justice and might,<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\">to declare to Jacob his transgression<\/span> <span class=\"poetry2\">and to Israel his sin.<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2 Samuel 23:2-3 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cThe Spirit of the LORD speaks by me; <span class=\"poetry2\">his word is on my tongue.<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The God of Israel has spoken; <span class=\"poetry2\">the Rock of Israel has said to me:<\/span> When one rules justly over men, <span class=\"poetry2\">ruling in the fear of God,<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1 Corinthians 14:37-38 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">37 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">38 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>INSPIRATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>2 Peter 1:20-21 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone\u201d\u2122s own interpretation.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p><b>Acts 27:15 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ATTESTED BY JESUS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>Matthew 4:3-4 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the tempter came and said to him, \u201cIf you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.\u201d<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But he answered, <span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cIt is written,<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201c\u201d\u02dcMan shall not live by bread alone,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"poetry2\"><span class=\"JesusWords\">but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u201d\u2122\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew 5:17-18 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ACKNOWLEDGED BY NT WRITERS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>Acts 1:16 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cBrothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hebrews 3:7-8 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, <\/span><span class=\"poetry1\">\u201cToday, if you hear his voice,<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, <span class=\"poetry2\">on the day of testing in the wilderness,<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Acts 28:25-26 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: \u201cThe Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201c\u201d\u02dcGo to this people, and say, \u201cYou will indeed hear but never understand, <span class=\"poetry2\">and you will indeed see but never perceive.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>John 14:25-26 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cThese things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"JesusWords\">But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1 Thessalonians 4:15 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.<\/p>\n<p><b>2 Peter 3:15-16 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ILLUMINATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>1 Corinthians 2:12-13 (ESV) <\/b><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOLY SPIRIT, HOLY FRIEND Sermon Series by Rev. 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