Commentary on the Book of Job part ninety

                                      Job 32:1-22

Many interpret II Timothy 3:16 to relate that God directly inspired every word in His Bible, but this verse does not teach that. This verse teaches that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God," and further states the reasons why God gave it. The key word in this verse is the word "given." God could not have directly inspired a pagan Roman soldier to write a letter to his governor Felix in Acts 23:25-30. God could not have directly inspired two pagan poets that Paul quotes in Acts 17:28. God could not have directly inspired letters written by the enemies of the Jews in Nehemiah. But God did allow those words of mere humans to be given to His Holy Word for the purpose of making His stories more understandable and to help teach the basic doctrine of the Bible that all humans are fallen sinners in need of God's salvation. If Bible readers cannot understand this basic doctrine, then they cannot hope to understand the rest of God's Word. By this method, God has made His entire Word infallible and inerrant in its teachings.

Many humans cannot understand even this basic teaching of the Bible. Many humans exist who cannot admit that they can make even the slightest mistake, even in arithmetic. Many humans exist who stubbornly cling to false religions or political ideologies even after they learn that they are wrong. God allowed man's fallible words to be added to His infallible Word to emphasize the fallen condition of man which is an infallible doctrine.

No doubt God gave the ten commandments to Moses by direct inspiration. But in Mark 10:5, Jesus admitted that Moses gave the law of divorce to the Israelites and not by direct inspiration from God. Jesus contradicted Moses. In order to teach God's true Word about marriage, Jesus reminded His listeners of God's creation. God made male and female, and God puts a particular male and female together in marriage which means any divorce involving God's marriage has to be sinful. Nevertheless, God allowed Moses to put a law of divorce into His Holy and infallible Word. God allowed Moses to do this in order to teach His infallible truth that every Godly man and woman should diligently pray that God will give them the mate that He has selected for them, and that divorce and remarriage seldom causes greater happiness and always hurts someone even if God did not give the man and woman to each other.