How Do We Know God Cannot Make Any Errors?

[cathcath1]

I hope this doesn’t sound like a dumb question, but in my New Testament class we discussed the inerrancy of Scripture. God authored Scripture. God cannot make mistakes. Therefore there are no mistakes in the Bible.

I believe this to be true, but after class I started wondering how do we know God cannot make mistakes? Is it proclaimed in the Bible or by Jesus? I do believe that God cannot make mistakes, but I am sure that I will come into a debate in the future where someone may deny that God is perfect. Any help or pointers would be appreciated!!!

 

[thistle]

I hope this doesn’t sound like a dumb question, but in my New Testament class we discussed the inerrancy of Scripture. God authored Scripture. God cannot make mistakes. Therefore there are no mistakes in the Bible.

I believe this to be true, but after class I started wondering how do we know God cannot make mistakes? Is it proclaimed in the Bible or by Jesus? I do believe that God cannot make mistakes, but I am sure that I will come into a debate in the future where someone may deny that God is perfect. Any help or pointers would be appreciated!!!

That is in respect of religious truths and declaration of the mysteries of faith.

 

[Contarini]

I hope this doesn’t sound like a dumb question, but in my New Testament class we discussed the inerrancy of Scripture. God authored Scripture. God cannot make mistakes. Therefore there are no mistakes in the Bible.

I believe this to be true, but after class I started wondering how do we know God cannot make mistakes? Is it proclaimed in the Bible or by Jesus? I do believe that God cannot make mistakes, but I am sure that I will come into a debate in the future where someone may deny that God is perfect. Any help or pointers would be appreciated!!!

How are you defining God? I would start out by defining God as a being of absolute perfection. If the world turned out to be created by some other sort of being, I would not call that being “God” (though it might be a “god” in a looser, polytheistic sense).

Edwin