Inspired, Infallible, Inerrant -- The Holy Scriptures

Clause XXXI That the scriptures, composing the book currently known as the Bible, are the only source now extant of knowledge concerning God and His purposes, and that they were given wholly by the unerring inspiration of God in the writers, and that such errors as have since crept in are due to transcription or translation. (Nehemiah 9:30; Luke 1:70; John 10:35; 1 Corinthians 2:13, 14:37; 2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 1:1; 2 Peter 1:21)

Doctrines To Be Rejected 1. That the Bible is only partly the work of inspiration - or if wholly so, contains errors which inspiration allowed.

Christadelphians Believe and Teach the Scriptures are:

INSPIRED - the word meaning "God-breathed," establishing the foundation of scripture - Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet...(Matthew 1:22)

• "of the Lord" states God was the ultimate agent
• "by the prophet" implies an intermediate agent of God
• The Bible is in this sense both a human and divine product, but the end product is God's.

INFALLIBLE - the next level up from inspired, meaning the Bible is true in what it teaches

• There is no untruth in its pages regarding matters of faith or practice

INERRANT - the highest and most stringent level...a step beyond infallibility

• The Bible is true in its description of historical events and summary of words spoken.

From Brother Richard Farrar's "Answering Modern Challenges to our Faith" 2008 New Mexico Bible School class material.