I have no hesitation in acknowledging that in the Bible, there are three different
kinds of witnessing recognizable without any need of specialized training. These are:
1. You will be able to recognize in the Bible what may be described as "The Word of God."
2. You will also be able to discern what can be described as the "Words of a Prophet of God."
3. And you will most readily observe that the bulk of the Bible is the records of eye witnessess or
ear witnesses, or people writing from hearsay. As such they are the "Words of a Historian"
You do not have to hunt for examples of these different types of evidences in the Bible. The
following quotations will make the position crystal clear:
The FIRST Type:
(a) I will raise them up a prophet . . . and I will put my words in ... and he shall speak unto them
all that I shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:18)
(b) I even, I am the Lord, and beside me there is no saviour." (Isaiah 43:11)
(c) "Look unto me, and be ye saved, ..
2006-07-28 11:54:03 · 6 answers · asked by Sailor 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The SECOND Type:
(a) "Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani? . . ." (Matthew 27:46)
(b) "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord
our God is one Lord:" (Mark 12:29)
(c) "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is
God." (Mark 10:18).
Even a child will be able to affirm that: Jesus "cried" Jesus "answered" and Jesus "said" are
the words of the one to whom they are attributed, i.e. the WORDS OF A PROPHET OF GOD.
The THIRD Type:
"And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he, (JESUS) came, if haply he (JESUS) might find
anything thereon: and when he (JESUS) came to it, (Jesus) found nothing but leaves . . ." (Mark
11:13)
The bulk of the Bible is a witnessing of this THIRD kind. These are the words of a third person.
Note the underlined pronouns. They are not the Words of God or of His prophet, but the
WORDS OF A HISTORIAN.
2006-07-28 11:54:13 · update #1
Well, He didn't need man when He wrote the ten commandments now did He? I guess He just figured it would be too hard on us to carry around a book of stone tablets.
2006-07-28 12:21:13 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In saying that the Bible is God's word, what Christians generally mean is that every word of the original texts was written by men who acted under the inspiration of God to put the truth down on paper. So, even though the Bible doesn't always read as if it's coming right from the mouth of God to our ears, it's still God's word to us because he divinely superintended the creation of the scriptures.
2006-07-28 19:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To avoid 'opinion' perhaps that is why the Jews and Christians were both given the 'two or more witnesses' principle. (So things are facts, not assertions). (Two or more witnesses principle; Jews Deut. 10-20, Christians Matt. 18:16, 2 Cor. 13:1).
The biblical 'old testament' is not Genesis-Malachi, but the law of Moses, if one uses that principle, along with 2 Tim. 3:16-17, (all scripture is given by inspiration of God).
2006-07-28 19:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
It is the "inspired" word of God -- written by men who were called to write by the Holy Spirit (according to Christianity anyway).
2006-07-28 19:01:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bible is like gossip it starts of telling the truth then the rest is added lies.
2006-07-28 18:59:59 · answer #5 · answered by mary k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interpretations of someones words. think they call it hearsay
2006-07-28 18:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋