I don't understand why Amadeus has put his "Like" against this post since it has some very serious problems.
The first thing that Christians must believe is that EACH AND EVERY WRITER of the Bible wrote by divine inspiration (2 Tim 3:16,17). Which means that each one *had it right* because God always has it right.
Paul meant at least the Hebrew books of the Jews. There is no evidence he meant all those we include today.
Another erroneous statement.
John was probably the chief PERSONAL WITNESS of the earthly ministry of Christ. He did not need any other sources, and what Jesus did not supply the Holy Spirit supplied.
Now you're saying he depended on his own eyes and on the Holy Spirit for what he wrote.
I'd consider his seeing things himself a very good source. He includes passages where he heard what went on the Sanhedrin. I don't assume he was there; I assume he knew someone in the Sanhedrin, probably Nicodemus. I don't think John was there in person to hear what Nicodemus and John said.
Zechariah has never been regarded as a poetic book.
What can I say? Much of the Old Testament takes the form of poetry.
Matthew wrote AS DIRECTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. Therefore there were no blunders or oversights in his Gospel.
Who claimed this first? Matthew himself? The Catholic Church?
GOD WON'T ALLOW THAT. All the Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are equally credible), since God is the Author, and they are merely the writers (or scribes if you will).
Answer the questions posed then.
What was "literally" written above Jesus on the cross?
Did Jesus ride one or two animals?
Why does Matthew say 14 generations and have only 13 names?
Why are there missing names in his list?
Was Rachel really crying?
How is Rachel the mother of the Jews?
GOD WON'T ALLOW THAT EITHER. Just as God is the one who inspired the original writers, God is the one who had His hand over the copies of copies of copies. That is why we have over 5,000 manuscripts of the New Testament, so that the overwhelming witness of the majority confirms that Scripture was preserved over the centuries.
God could force men to preserve a book but He didn't force the Catholic Church to remain truthful? How do you know the Catholics didn't burn other books? Maybe they forged some? You take their word for it what books should be in your Bible.
There is NO CREDIBLE PROOF of any such thing. Pure conjecture.
There is no proof for many things we believe. You have zero proof that the entire New Testament is inspired, without error. On the contrary, we can see it contains errors.
Have you ever asked yourself what "scriptures" Paul meant here?
2 Timothy 3:15 and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
It couldn't mean the New Testament. That means the Old Testament can make us "wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."
Perhaps some New Testament books were inspired; but most do not claim it.
Giuliano, it is quite evident from this post that you DO NOT BELIEVE that the Bible is literally the Word of God, given by divine inspiration, therefore inerrant and infallible. Well you have much to learn, so kindly obtain a hard copy of The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible by Benjamin B. Warfield (with a word of caution). He was deceived by the modern lower critics into thinking that the ideas of Westcott & Hort (and their ilk) were credible. So he gave credence to their theories.
I would call the books of Moses the "Word of God." The rest have some errors. Even the Jews say the books called "the Prophets" and "the Scriptures" contain errors. They'll tell you where they think they are.
If Luke was fully inspired by God alone, why did he ask people what happened?
Luke 1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
2 even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
It seems clear to me that most of the New Testament is as not as highly inspired as the books of Moses or those called the Prophets. It is inspired but with with more inaccuracies like some books of the Old Testament contains minor mistakes.
What was written above Jesus on the cross? Do you know? Can you tell us? I think I know, and I can give reasonable explanations for it too.
The real Word of God is not a written book. The real Word of God is alive. The "written" words say that.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Can your Bible read your mind? Separate soul and spirit? Do you think a book (your Bible) visited Abraham?
Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Nothing is perfect except God. Holy books and holy men are good, but they are not God. My faith is in God and in His Messiah, not in a book.
