Who wrote the Bible?
Who wrote the Bible?
Posted on July 22, 2012 Updated on July 20, 2012
This verse of scripture teaches three vital facts concerning how we got the Bible:
1. It wasn’t made up by men. (“…came not by the will of man…”)
2. Men of God wrote the Bible. (“…holy men of God spake…”)
God authored the Bible. (“…as they were moved by the Holy Ghost…”)
B. God Used Human Writers To Pen His Words.
God used about 40 different men from all walks of life to write the Bible. This was accomplished over a period of some 1,600 years. Since these men did not live at the same time and had not met each other in many cases we must stand in amazement at the unity of this Bible. No contradictions! This is more than a human book!
C. God Authored The Bible.
A good way to illustrate this miracle is to consider how you would write things down on paper. It is the PEN which actually does the writing — but only writes as you move it.
The way in which God gave us the Bible is called INSPIRATION. “Inspired” literally means “God breathed”. As we speak, we breathe. So it is with the Bible. It claims to be the breath of God, OR the very words of Almighty God. By inspiration we mean that the Holy Spirit moved the human writers of the Bible in such a way that they recorded the very words of God although in their own literary style.
If the Bible is the INSPIRED Word of God we can take it as THE authority for all we believe and do. Surely if it is the Word of God there will be some ‘proofs’ of this. And there ARE…
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