The Bible is presented as divine revelation recorded through Spirit-guided writers, making its words authoritative Scripture. Written inspiration preserves God’s message accurately, enables verification against a fixed text, and extends access across generations through durable, reproducible documents.

This message traces how the Bible understands its own origin by clarifying the difference between revelation and inspiration. Revelation refers to a divine message given to prophets and apostles, while inspiration describes that revelation being preserved in written form. The result is a collection of writings presented as God’s recorded words, not merely human reflections, and treated as authoritative Scripture.

Attention is given to why God’s message was written rather than continually delivered through ongoing revelations. Written revelation preserves God’s words across generations, allows careful verification of what is taught against a stable standard, and makes God’s instruction widely accessible through copying and distribution. The Bible’s claims about the Holy Spirit’s role in guiding its writers are emphasized as central to understanding why these writings were recognized as belonging within the canon and trusted as reliable and complete.