The bible is the key subject matter for section two of Ryrie’s Basic Theology. The chapters within discuss the following: Special Revelation, Inspiration, Inerrancy, Interpretation, & The Cannon. This section seeks to give the reader a base understanding of why the Bible holds authority and how this influences the life of a believer. The first subject that the text describes is special revelation. The text begins by picking up with the special revelation of scripture. Special revelation is described as the revelation of God that is not revealed to the masses all at once. In scripture, special revelation occurs with the use of the Lot, dreams, visions, and the prophets. Some that where of particular interest to me would have to be the different…show more content… Thus Ryrie concludes that God used men as a means to provide a completely truthful bible. The last text used was 1 Corinthians 2:13, which states “we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.” This text describes the revelation of God coming by words. This verse teaches that the specific words of the bible are…show more content… First, scripture had to be authoritative. In other words, the text had to be either written by or accepted by one the the apostles. The second qualification was the test of uniqueness. Ryrie explains it this way, “to be taken into the canon a book had to say internal evidence of its uniqueness as an evidence of its inspiration (Ryrie, 123)” The final qualification was the acceptance of the church. Simply put, this means the churches of the time had accepted this scripture as the true word of
