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I know that you like to use that phrase in 2Timothy that the bible was inspired by God.

But the thing is the only scripture that the Jews and "christian"(they were still jews back then) used was the Torah/Tanakh.

So what make you believe that the New testament was "God inspired"?

2006-11-15 01:39:44 · 16 answers · asked by klora 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Those "gospels, letters, etc" that you are talking about was just testimonies.it was neva part of the tanakh.Testomonies can be falsified!

2006-11-15 01:49:19 · update #1

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According to 2 Peter 3:15, 16 at least we know Peter recognized the letters of Paul as Scripture:

"Furthermore, consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given him also wrote you, speaking about these things as he does also in all his letters. In them, however, are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unsteady are twisting, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction."

2006-11-15 01:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 2 1

The word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds. It is very likely derived from the Anglo-Saxon god (good) and spell (to tell), and is generally treated as the exact equivalent of the Greek euaggelion (eu well, aggello, I bear a message), and the Latin Evangelium, which has passed into French, German, Italian, and other modern languages. The Greek euaggelion originally signified the "reward of good tidings" given to the messenger, and subsequently "good tidings". Its other important meanings will be set forth in the body of the present general article on the Gospels.

The existence of numerous and, at times, considerable differences between the four canonical Gospels is a fact which has long been noticed and which all scholars readily admit. Unbelievers of all ages have greatly exaggerated the importance of this fact, and have represented many of the actual variations between the Evangelical narratives as positive contradictions, in order to disprove the historical value and the inspired character of the sacred records of Christ's life.

Many a time the variations are due to the fact that not one but two really distinct events are described, or two distinct sayings recorded, in the parallel passages of the Gospels. At other times, as is indeed very often the case, the supposed contradictions, when closely examined, turn out to be simply differences naturally entailed, and therefore distinctly accounted for, by the literary methods of the sacred writers, and more particularly, by the respective purpose of the Evangelists in setting forth Christ's words and deeds. Lastly, and in a more general way, the Gospels should manifestly be treated with the same fairness and equity as are invariably used with regard to other historical records.

Source(s):

Catholic Encyclodpedia

2006-11-16 06:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The christian church at the time of Christ also had the Old Testament.
Acts 18:24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.

Apollos, being a christian, would only have considered the Old Testament as scripture. If he only knew of the baptism of John, he would not have know of Christ's actions. But if he was teaching about Jesus accurately, knowing only the Old Testament, that would mean that the Old Testament prophets spoke the truth about what would happen in hundreds or thousands of years. Only if God was instructing the prophets in what to say about Christ would allow Apollos to teach correctly

2006-11-15 01:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Just think about it. There's this God almighty that created the world and everything. In other words he can do just about anything he wanted to. Well, if God wanted the bible to be created then all he had to do to communicate to people what "guidelines" he wanted them to follow, was to talk personally to certain people he chose. Those people then wrote down in words and in books (which explains the many books of the bible) what God told them to write. The only difference between the new and old testament was that it splits a different time era, and the new testament started when jesus was born. Another thing is that the new testament is simply fulfulling what the old testament talked about, such as in Isaiah. So it all fits together. i mean without the new testament we wouldnt know the end to the story. and another thing.... go to church!!

2006-11-15 01:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Old testament and Torah give testimony to the truth we also have the holy spirit to guide us and what could be more true than Christ fulfilling prophesy and the law. If you check all prophesy of his coming is in the Torah/Tanakh. Check out the story of the Tree of life. The story of Joseph the story of Jonah the prophesy of Isaiah. The story of Abraham and Issac. There are many that show the coming of our lord and give testimony to who he is and show the truth of the New Testament

2006-11-15 01:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0 0

These letters and the four Gospels are eyewitness accounts and testimony, if we were in a court of law and I produced eyewitness accounts of my existence the court would conceed to the fact that I exist, so why can't we accept these eyewitness accounts as truth? Simple, we don't want to admit God is real, He really did send His Son, Jesus Christ, and He truelly died on the cross and rose from the grave.

2006-11-15 01:44:29 · answer #6 · answered by JesusFreak 4 · 1 1

There are many versions of the bible. The most important thing to remember is that God basis Life on Free Will. You find the bible that you can comprehend the best, and have Faith that God will help you apply it to you life they way he wants you to and you should be fine. That's the best answer I can give. Hope it helps. God bless.

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2006-11-15 01:43:44 · answer #7 · answered by Joshua4F1 2 · 1 1

do you think that the Apostles did not know what they were writing Let alone Apostle Paul, They wrote the nEW testament As they were inspired by God, & also John the Revelator was caught up into a vision before he wrote. That is a very simple question.

2006-11-15 01:44:19 · answer #8 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0 2

When Paul wrote Timothy, the gospel of Mark and the book of James were already written, as were some of Paul's writings. Give it up. You are wrong.

2006-11-15 01:45:02 · answer #9 · answered by ___ 3 · 1 0

Have you ever heard this: And call His name Emmanuel? This is interpreted, "God with us" Yahashua; Yeshua; Jesus Christ.
What more does a person like yourself need?><>

2006-11-15 01:44:35 · answer #10 · answered by CEM 5 · 0 0

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