01/22/2023 – Day 329 -2 Peter – Chapter 1 – 3 / Prophecy comes by way of men speaking from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit. (1: 20 – 21)
Last cycle for this reading, we covered two verses within Chapter 3, just search on “Day 329” to call that up
Chapter 1: 20 -21, with verse 21 highlighted: “First of all, you should know this : no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.”
My Apologetics Study Bible sheds some light on this verse in the following footnote:
“Peter claimed that prophets were carried by the Spirit when speaking God’s oracles. Some might think that suggests a dictation theory of inspiration. Such a claim can be easily rejected, however, for the verse in 2 Peter does not constitute a complete explanation of inspiration. Further, the verse also emphasizes that men spoke from God. Their own personalities were not suppressed in the process. They spoke all their distinctiveness as human beings and yet also uttered God’s words. B.B. Warfield rightly identified what occurred as ,concourses. Both God and human beings were fully involved in the communication of God’s Word, and the product is perfect because of God’s Word, and the product is perfect because of God’s inspiring work.” 1:21
Soli Deo Gloria!