This is why we speak the truth. Since God is truth, we – His offspring – are called to imitate Him and be truth tellers. It is one way that God’s people are recognized. Lies and deception are wrong because they are against God’s very nature… Speaking truth instead of lies is not simply being nice. It is a declaration of allegiance. Truth is a shibboleth – a telltale mark – revealing that you belong to the kingdom of God.
Edward Welch

Is The Bible Inspired

Is The Bible Inspired

IS THE BIBLE INSPIRED WHERE PAUL SAYS, “TO THE REST SPEAK I, NOT THE LORD”?

Oh, yeah, it’s inspired. He’s saying, “By the Holy Spirit, I’m telling you what the Lord will allow.” That’s what he’s saying. “The Lord will allow that.”

Let me show you another one just like it. Verse 10: “To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord.” Verse 12: “But to the rest speak I, not the Lord.” The idea on that is, that the Lord, when He was on the earth, didn’t say anything about that. When he says, “To the rest speak I, not the Lord,” he’s not saying, “The Lord is not behind what I’m saying.” He’s saying, “The Lord didn’t say what I’m getting ready to say. So I’m speaking this.” But the Lord led him to say it! “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.”

When the Lord was on the earth, He said some things about marriage in Matthew 19, but didn’t say the things that Paul says in 1Corinthians 7. So, when Paul says, “I’m saying it, not the Lord,” he’s saying, “The Lord didn’t say these things, but I’m saying them.” And, of course, he’s saying them under inspiration.