The purpose of this article is to address one particular aspect of this subject by evaluating the concepts of Ipsissima Verba (IVA) and Ipsissima Vox (IVO), Latin expressions which respectively mean “the very words” and “the very voice.”
Authority
The Word of God declares its own inerrancy. It affirms it with direct statements of passages in the Old Testament and declarations from Jesus in the Gospels and with apostolic authority from the Epistles.
The attack on God will not cease until He puts it to an end in His own timing. In the meantime, He has commissioned His church to rightly handle His word (2 Ti 2:15).
From the very beginning, the enemy’s primary tactic has been the same: “Did God actually say . . .” (Ge 3:1)? If he can get humanity to doubt or reject God’s Word, the rest unravels from there.
Our commitment to the Bible must be built upon the ultimate commitment that this book we preach is God’s Word and not man’s. From this truth we derive all our authority to proclaim the matters of life and death to the Church and the world (2 Co 2:16).
