"Every Word"

Question: Is the Scripture inspired by God? Then are the actual words inspired by God?

I'm not a scholar. I can read the Greek manuscripts of the NT but not very well. But I'm continually amazed not only at God's Word but the actual words God has preserved for us.

Dr. Martin-Lloyd Jones was the first one I heard talk about this and I believe this is true: God did not only "breathe" the principles and ideas of Scripture. He breathed the specific words.

As we looked at 1 Peter 3:7 on Sunday, I was reminded of this again. Peter is talking about how the way we treat our wives affects answered prayer. Peter uses the word ἐγκόπτω (pronounced eng-kop'-to). It's only used a few times in the NT and it means 'to cut-off.' It is related to a military term that means to dig a trench. In effect, Peter is saying, "If you treat your wife with disrespect or abuse her, your prayers will be intercepted." Like having call-waiting...the prayers will be cut-off by enemy traffic. Wow. What a picture. 


I believe that God chose Peter and used his specific vocabulary to preserve not only this principle for us, but the actually word ἐγκόπτω. Think how Jesus responded to Satan in the wilderness, "But he answered and said It is written Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" Every word.

Wow. God's word(s) are amazing.