Why Did The Writer Feel They Needed To Write This Scripture?

Chapter 6

We know that God inspired all scripture. That statement in itself should be enough to explain the need to write the scriptures, but it’s not. God used people he knew would display the same emotion as He had about the scriptures. The bible is a living document, not only because God inspired it, but also because the writers believed in it.

Have you every been told by your boss at work to do something you didn’t believe was necessary? You do the task without verbal question, but in your mind you keep wondering why. Because your mind is more on why you are doing the task than on the actual task itself, you can’t devote one hundred percent to what you are doing. As a result you never put your all into the task.

God used people He knew would have the same emotional feelings as He about the scriptures. By doing so, He assured Himself that they were giving their all. They never questioned His motives, they never doubted His truth, they never tried to find another way to word the document that would compromise the will of God. God has the ability to look into the heart of a person and know their feelings. There were many other people He could have used, but they would not have put the same effort into the scriptures.

The writers of the scriptures had to be one with God in their beliefs. When you are one with someone, you think and react the same. This was the quality God looked for in these people. Yes, God could have inspired several people to write and they would have; however, they would have been asking why in their mind and would not have given their all.

In the next five lessons we are going to look at the emotions (drive) of the writer as we answer five questions that Christians have been asking for the last 2000 years. The answers will be the same as you have heard before, but we will add the convictions of the writers.

1.  Is the scripture law?

2.  Is the scripture praise?

3.  Is the scripture education?

4.  Is the scripture a Reprimand?

5.  Is the scripture a Warning?

Although there will be some doctrine mentioned in this chapter, try to look past the doctrine. We want to see the perspective in which the scripture was written, not the content.

Is It Law?

Is It Praise?

Is The Scripture Education?

Is The Scripture A Reprimand?

Is The Scripture A Warning?