Commentary on Ezekiel 20:25 and Hebrews 8:7-13 (KJB) I

 A direct connection exists between these two Bible passages.

Why is the written Word of God inerrant and infallible? It is so for two reasons. First because God never makes errors, and He never fails to tell the truth. God is the Truth and that means that God never fails to inform humans about the extent of their fallen condition and their propensity to commit sins and practice evil. God tells the truth to humans no matter how ugly that truth may be. All humans possess a spiritual death within them that they inherited from the fall of Adam. Romans 5:12 (KJB). That spiritual death puts an excessive pride in humans that causes them to strive to make themselves right with God or free of God. But they can never succeed in this endeavor because their spiritual deaths, that they cannot get rid of, always causes them to fail. Romans 5:6 (KJB).

The second reason why God's written Word is inerrant and infallible is that God actually allowed fallen humans to write manmade laws into His Word in order to prove to humans that they cannot create perfect people or perfect societies on their own. God never fails to inform humans about the truth about themselves. God's Truth is always inerrant and infallible. When humans attempt to make themselves right with God through their own efforts, that is called religion. When humans attempt to perfect themselves and create perfect societies, that is called atheism. Ezekiel 20:25 (KJB).

The letters that the enemies of God's people wrote to king Darius in their attempt to prevent God's people from rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem could not have been directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Ezra 5:7-17 (KJB). The letter that the Roman officer sent to the governor Felix about how he rescued the Apostle Paul from a mob could not have been directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Acts 23:25-30 (KJB). The railing speech that the orator Tertullus made against the Apostle Paul in one of his trials before the governor could not have been directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Acts 24:1-9 (KJB). All of the errant speculations that the friends of Job made about the nature of God could not have been directly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, these passages of scripture also form the inerrant and infallible Word of God because the Holy Spirit allowed them to be put into the Bible because they reveal the truth about the fallen nature of mankind and how deviant that nature can be.

Jesus clearly informed the Jews, and all who read the Bible, that divorce is always a sin. Mark 10:11-12 (KJB). Yet, He also informed the Jews that God allowed Moses to write a law of divorce into God's Word. Mark 10:1-4; Deuteronomy 24:1-2 (KJB). Moses, being a wise man, must have realized that under certain circumstances divorce happens to be unavoidable. Some sins can be unavoidable such as divorce, defensive wars, or enforced prostitution. The inerrant and infallible Word of God informs humans that God has compassion for the fallen nature of humans. God also has contempt for sin and evil because He has perfect confidence in Himself that He can do all that is necessary to thoroughly purge His creations of all sins, evil, spiritual death, and the Devil in order to forever save all of His living humans that He creates and loves. Ecclesiastes 3:14; John 12:31-32; I John 3:8; I Corinthians 15:20-22 (KJB).

Hebrews 8:7-8 (KJB) further expounds on that which God wrote in Ezekiel 20:25 (KJB). God had Paul to write that there were "faults" in the "first covenant" that God gave to the Israelites, and that those "faults" were man's errors and not God's. In other words, God allowed humans to write manmade errors into His Word, such as when Moses allowed divorce by law.