The Written Word and Jesus, the Word

As I walked home from work today, I was thinking about 2 Timothy 3:16, where it says that all scripture is "inspired by God or "God-breathed" or, in the words of the English Standard Version, "breathed out by God."

The problem with the word "inspiration" is that it means breathing in. We need to make sure we have the right perspective. It's God that breathes out the Word.

In contemplating the nature of the written word, I began to think of the relationship between the written word and Jesus as the Word, the Logos.

He was God, and, at the same time, He was man. This is a mystery for sure, but it is true nonetheless.

I began then to think about the product that we have now that we call the Bible. It proclaims itself to be the word of God. 2 Peter 1:21 tells us that "men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." Some other translations say "moved" or "borne" by the Holy Spirit.

The particular thought that struck me was that in a similar way that Jesus (the Logos) was both God and man, both divine and human, so the Bible also is both divine and human.

It makes sense, does it not? They are both the Word of God.