Do you believe the words of the bible are the word of God?

Question

If someone came with a NEW BIBLE and said these are the words of God, would you believe them? I mean if we were made in God's image then wouldn't it suggest that God has fault's as man does and he could rewrite the bible through MAN again, or the bible many follow now could hold mistakes and discrepencies as no one is perfect including God.

Please do not quote the bible in your answer. Please use your own words.

Okay I'm not arguing the existence of God, but the truth of the bible. I've seen some same they wouldn't beleive man's imagination, but the original bible could have been the imagination of a man all those years ago. People say they only follow the king james version, but who's to say that the original writers are getting honest words from God and not their words. If we can't believe MAN now, what makes us beleive his words of the past?

I was not trying to be offensive by saying do not use the words of the bible in your answer. I just feel if the question pertains to the truth of the bible then it should been done in your words.

Answer 1

somewhat, but then again the bible been tampered with.

Answer 2

Yes, I believe it was written with the words of God. Prophets and Desciples, helped to write the words of God as He spoke. If some man would re-write the Holy Bible to his own liking, I would not read it. It is said in the Bible that the words and meanings, not be changed. That is why the Bible has been revised, but only to t he closest text and only under close watch. Go ahead and quote the mistakes. I don't know of any. You say could hold, but your really don't know , do you ? Go read the Bible and you will see that it is truley from God. The more you read the scripture, the easier it gets to understand. Take care and may God bless you, Always.

Answer 3

The Bible is not 100% accurate but, there are some things to take into consideration before declaring the Bible an invalid source to believe in. You ask a lot of good questions.

There are some problems with the Bible and errors. Please remember, the Old Testament was passed down by oral tradition before the technology of writing was available. Compared to the Quran which existed long after the technology for writing was invented. So, yes there are errors.

Secondly, there are different ways to interpret based upon the "literary forms" of writers. Depending whether it is in a historical context, prophetic, poetry, or some other type of literary form. I believe Jesus Christ IS THE WORD of God. The Bible is written by people inspired by God.

If you took a Bible course and discovered what SCRIPTURAL TYPOLOGY is you would be amazed. If you knew what SALVATION HISTORY was in the Bible you would understand. If you recognized DIVINE AUTHORITY you would know that there has to be someone in authority to reveal the "secret" truths God has given. If you research all those phrases you will begin a journey of discovery that will last a life time.

We have a saying in Catholicism: the New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old is revealed in the New. There are many mysteries contained in the Bible that I have been amazed at discovering for the past 20 years and there is a whole lot more. St. Jerome said: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. The whole Bible is about our SALVATION: Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ fulfilled over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament about the Messiah you can discover 50 of them in cd's IT IS WRITTEN.

WHEN YOU HAVE BEGUN TO DISCOVER THESE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY MAN. Jesus (a historical figure along with others in the Bible that are not fictitional characters) by fulfilling just 50 prophesies makes the odds of doing that 10X135 power! An astronomical figure that could not have been achieved by human means.

The thing that might shock you and others is that SATAN used scripture to tempt Jesus. So, too Satan will use scripture to trip us up from following the true faith. This is why there has to be DIVINE AUTHORITY that passes from the Old Testament to APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION in the New Testament. This is why someone cannot Authoritatively pick up a Bible and correctly interpret it nor can there be millions of interpretors to HOLY SCRIPTURE. There can only be one! I can go into detail about that but I have sufficiently answered your great question. If you want to know more you can reach me.

GOD AND HIS IMAGE:

God can not be compared to man in that: God is a being greater than what human imagination can conceive. God created everything out of nothing. It is by sheer will that God created the universe. I can show you 5 proofs of God's existence but need to keep this as short as possible to answer your questions.

God is spirit. He cannot be seen. If you were to examine all the creatures, the CREATOR has made a pattern emerges: angels and demons are intellectual creatures without a body; plants and animals do not have an intellect but a body and mortal soul. IT IS ONLY LIVING, HUMAN, BEINGS, that have a MIND, BODY, and SOUL. Only human beings have all three. Now, living, human, being is the existence of man. Those words describe the essence of man's mind, body, and soul. The Body is living, the Mind makes us human and distinguishing us from animals, and our Soul makes us the being that we become (good or evil).

Now, even Muslims will agree Allah is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and omnipresent (ever present). These words describe the existence of God. So, what is the essence of God? I will hold off answering this question till the end.

Now, if you think about the existence of a person they have a triple existence: physical (body), mental (mind), and spiritual (eternal soul). In fact, whenever we create something it has all three of these parts. When we cook we have a recipe (in our mind), we gather all the raw ingredients, and we cook (don't burn it, ha ha) what it is we are making. Cooking has the physical, mental, and spiritual parts. Same with engineering or technology it has three parts: the blueprints (to convey an idea), the raw materials (physical), and the workmanship (spiritual). If something goes wrong investigators will look for a design flaw, material flaw, or faulty workmanship. THIS DEMONSTRATES CREATION HAS THREE PARTS LIKE THE CREATOR.

Now, in the Bible it says Jesus is the visible likeness of the invisible God. (Colossians 1:15) The ESSENCE OF GOD IS: Father (mental), Son (physical), Holy Ghost (spiritual). ONE TRUE GOD IN THREE JUST LIKE A PERSON. THREE PARTS ONE PERSON. When you are sick you send for a doctor; when you are mentally troubled, a psychiatrist; when spiritually seeking you seek out a holy person.

Answer 4

my own words are:
I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God
we were made in God's image but our fault's do not suggest that God has faults, it suggests we live in a fallen world.
God would not "rewrite" the Bible as He does not change, so there is no need.
The Bible has stood to more scrutiny and tearing apart and analyzing than any other written work known to man and it still stands as infallible
God is perfect.
There.
Even though I do not like being told how to answer a question and usually will not do so just to prove that it is an immature and controlling request, I'm in a good mood today so, I used my own words.
Yay me!

Answer 5

Yes, I do believe the Bible is the word of God. It says many times in the Bible that God has infinite wisdom, and infinite love. Man is limited. If you study the Bible, you will find a guide for your life and much wisdom. However, if you don't choose to read what is within, you will not learn what God is trying to tell you. Some people want to deny it is the word of God so they can do what they want to. Just because they deny it doesn't make it untrue.

Answer 6

I think the words of the bible are not totally truth especially the chapter on creation of the world. There are a lot of contradiction between different chapters also. I thinks this might be due to the cause of the words being censor & selected by the council of Constantinople. The Discovery channel also reveals that there are some Gospel not included in the Bible.

Answer 7

We were made in the image of god, but we also have the knowledge of the gods, thanks to Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit, man kind always had the bible in our head, and every thing else god has. The one thing that concerns me about hte bible is why did the devil, in the form of the serpent, want us out of Edan, what was his gain. So I think his gain was thecontrol over us, so most of the bible is written under the control of the tempter, only when we were in Edan did we have the connection with god, the true god, the perfect fault less god.
But because Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit we loss that connection, and gained science, and every thing we see today, inculding the Pope saying what he did, when it is a fact the catholic cause more wars in history, because the devil controls us, even if the bible came directly from god,the devil would have final say over how we interpret it.

Answer 8

I am of The True Christian Faith... and I will tell you that there is no inerrant text of The Bible in existance today... The Bible of The Christian Faith is not intended for ones not of The Faith. Those not of The faith can study it all they want and will never find The Truth in it.

God's Word and Will can still be found in some of the modern texts... but only with the leading of The Holy Spirit which dwells in all those of The Church.... and even for those of The Church God dose not reveal all to all... He reveals that which is needed by the individual, for that individual to carry out that which God intends for that individual...

there are many claiming to have a "better" bibles today... They are either decieved or they are the deceivers...

I am absolutly firm in my knowing That God is God and is The Creator... I do not "fully" understand God...no one even understands even 10%... But I Know that The Salvation Message is Truth... Those who come to God in The Way He proscribes will receive His free gift of Salvation.

Those who try to come to God any other way will be rejected.

I accept email questions concerning the basics of The Christian Faith. All honest seekers are welcome to contact.

Answer 9

ok, if someone came up with a New Bible, and the writings were1850years old or older, and they said the same things as the current bible, gave glory to the same God, and named the same savior of the world by the name of Jesus the Christ, then Yeah, I would consider it.

Look what you seem to be mis understanding is that WE are not made in Gods image, we were made in Adams Image, AFTER THE FALL. this is important because the bible makes the distinction, although it is commonly missed.

God does not have any faults, it was man that made a mess of things, through our own Disobediant free will. and in our pain we want to blame it on God?? this is lunacy!!

God is the ONLY one who is perfect

Answer 10

I believe in the King James Version. That's all we have in our home. People have changed the real word so much that it is not always right anymore. God himself does not make mistakes we do as humans. You have asked some very and important question to the whole human race. God bless you and your family.

Answer 11

um no i dont. the bible is writtien by man, by divine inspiration (or so claimed). and good point that we are made in gods image and have many faults therefore god has faults? interesting outloko on it. but it does say god created evil, is murderous, jelous, angry - so he does have many "sinful" emotions (at least according to the bible). plus if men wrote the bible and lying is a sin, and man are born sinners, then how could there not be anything wrong in the bible.. (even though therse been plenty of contradicting verses)