In any writing, one must begin with certain propositions that serve as a foundation for the writing, such as the existence of God and the inspiration of Scripture, both of which are presumed here. The first proposition is that the Scriptures are verbally inspired of God (2 Tim. 3:16-17). The apostles of Christ were Christ’s ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20) and were promised by the Lord that their teaching would be guided by the Holy Spirit (John 14:26, 15:26; 16:12-13). Paul, who was chosen by the Lord after the twelve (1 Cor. 15:8, Acts 9:15, 26:16-18), explains that the gift of revelation which they speak was in words which the Spirit teaches “combining spiritual things with spiritual words” (1 Cor. 2:10-13). The Holy Spirit chose the words that would reveal the mind of God to the apostles so that we might read and understand the revelation of God (Ephesians 3:1-3). As was true then, it is still true today that if any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God (2 Peter 4:11). These oracles were chosen words of the Spirit that communicated the ideas of God. Paul wrote letters to both Timothy and Titus that they speak things that “befit sound teaching (2 Tim 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1) and to “hold the pattern of sound words” that was heard from Paul (2 Tim. 1:13-14). I urge you to adopt the words of the Spirit in your speech to convey His thoughts and maintain the ideas and concepts that He has revealed.
If we will agree to this, we will prefer biblical words to describe and define spiritual thoughts which the Spirit desired to convey. In time, “speaking as the oracles of God” will assist all to communicate more effectively and will prevent using words to convey thoughts that are foreign of the New Testament writers.