RE: [asa] Question on inerrancy

On Sat, 17 May 2008, Jon Tandy wrote:

> To add to examples of a different sort given earlier: When Paul said "to
> the rest speak I, not the Lord" (1Cor 7:12), or "I have no commandment of
> the Lord, yet I give my judgment" (1Cor 7:25), or "...after my judgment, and
> I think also that I have the Spirit of God" - will you claim that these
> passages are inerrant, when Paul himself doesn't even seem to claim it about
> his own writings? Compare with "I command, yet not I, but the Lord" (1Cor
> 7:10) and "If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him
> acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of
> the Lord" (1Cor 14:37).

Presumably Paul did not realize that he was writing inspired scripture,
but that doesn't mean that he was denying inspiration. When we accept that
his writing is inspired, we can be sure even where Paul was only
tentative.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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Received on Sat May 24 20:00:23 2008