19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
1. Scripture is the Word of God: Peter uses three different terms to refer to the Word of God in these verses: “prophetic message (19),” “prophecy of Scripture (20),” and “prophecy (21)”. The Greek word in verse 20 for Scripture is “graphe,” which refers to something written down. So the Word of God is an objective reality outside of us.
2. The Word of God is no less divine because it is given through human instrumentality: God used the intellect, skills, and personality of fallible men to write down what was diving and infallible. The Bible is, in one sense, both a product of humans and God. But this in no way implies any fallibility in the Scriptures.
3. The Bible is without error (20): The ideas did not spring from confused minds. No prophecy was ever produced by the “will of man (21).” Scripture did not come from the will of man; it came from God. And if it is God’s Word then it must be true, for in Him there can be no error or deceit.