How do we know that the 66 books of the Bible were inspired from God?

Question

A lot of Christians believe this. I am a Christian...but if these books were from God, I wouldn't mind some sort of evidence. I was told at the Council of Nicea, a lot of the books that contradicted the Gospels were burned. I was told there were a lot more books than 66 and it was up for some HUMAN popes and bishops to decide. Did God work through them? Or did they just guess?

Answer 1

2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

These 66 books of the Bible contain His Spirit. That is how you are born again which means born from above, born of His Spirit.

The evidence is in the Spirit of truth.

God’s Word is His Spirit the Spirit of truth or the Holy Spirit.

Not the printed text but God’s will, plan, thoughts, wisdom, knowledge, and His feelings the printed text conveys.

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Answer 2

It is amazing how those 66 books work together to present the very same message, in various different ways. Sure, doubters search hard for and then magnify apparent discrepancies, but look how hard they have to search for them, in a huge text with 66 books and so many different writers. Its very consistency proves that the books that did make it in, belong in. Could the compilers have left a book out? I guess, but would it have clarified that consistent message any more?
Look at it this way, read the Apocrypha, the books Catholics believe are inspired and Protestants do not. I consider those books the "runners up", just beneath the 66 winners. Read one of them after reading three or four books of the other 66. They read "funny", not bad, but just empty, compared to the 66 of the accepted canon. That will give you an insight into how and why the 66 were chosen.

Answer 3

Yes, God worked through the bishops of the Catholic Church at the councils of Hippo and Carthage, at the end of the 4th Century, when they discerned and defined, once and for all time, the 73 inspired books of the Word of God. Nothing has been changed, added, or removed since that time. The Council of Nicea simply reaffirmed the final Canon of Scripture as finalized long before at Carthage. It didn't change a single word. Of course in denominational religion, 7 whole books have been trashed, part of another book removed, and words inserted into the text in other places in an attempt to support Luther's new doctrines. The infallible decision of the Catholic Church is the only way anyone has of knowing what is scripture and what is not.
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Answer 4

Dear Aaron,

Have you actually read the Bible from cover-to-cover on your own?

I knew in high school that SOMEDAY I wanted to read the whole Bible but I didn't end up doing that until nearly 3 decades later. I read The Daily Walk Bible from cover-to-cover when my life was falling apart at the seams.

It was SO GOOD I couldn't put it down and finished it in 90 days. It was the BEST thing I've done in my life. I felt as though it were written directly to me. Now I realize that is evidence of being the Living Word of God.

When I shared some of my JOY with someone else she decided to read her Catholic Bible reading whatever she opened to each day. One day she asked me about Judith. That is in the Apocrypha. When I read that my first thought was that it is NOT divinely inspired as is the Bible.

Now I read a Bible from cover-to-cover each year and keep learning more and more. This year I'm reading The Daily Bible in Chronological Order.

If you want to Know God He is going to help you.
If you want to know About God then you will wander around and around.

Remember the one true God is the awesome uncreated Creator of the universe.

Answer 5

hi, plenty relies upon on which fringe of the fence you're on. basically positioned the reformers argued that those books have been basically historic narratives that had no divine suggestion in accordance to the Jews as nicely and could by no skill have been positioned into the Bible with the help of the previous church fathers interior the 1st place mutually as Catholics say that those books contained teachings and factors of view which contradict Protestant grievance of Catholicism and subsequently had to be very actual positioned aside. Cheers, Michael Kelly

Answer 6

If you truly believe in God, that He created everything from nothing, that He has given us the very air that we breathe.... Then, do you think that it would be so hard for Him to provide us with a book and keep that book holy and pure? I'm glad that you question it's authenticity openly, but I hope that you look into it and pray for understanding. Evidence is all around. Evidence for this or that... so which one will you "believe"?

Answer 7

Here are Two great sites

1st PROVES the inspiration of Scripture
http://www.anabaptists.org/history/howwegot.html

2nd Talks about what really happened at the Nicea Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
http://www.gotquestions.org/Constantine-Bible.html

Answer 8

They all tell of the redemption story and modern events are being made clear by vindicated prophecy. Written at different times but all dovetailing.

Answer 9

I believe that God is in control of that, since its His word, and all the books are what He wants in there.

Answer 10

I guess this is a fallout of the da vinci code. The first thirty nine old testament books were accepted by the jews during the time of Jesus as the authentic word of God. It does not mean there weren't other books available then, infact they were many e.g Tobit, Sirach, Maccabees; however the jews did not accept them as being genuine, they were called apocrypha (false) books.

The remainder twenty seven new testament books were written by people recognized as founders of the christian church and were mostly men who associated with Jesus during his life on earth, these books were accepted by the early disciples long before nicea . Others like paul who never met Jesus but went ahead to write about two thirds of the new testament books was acknowledged by peter himself as a mouthpiece of God in 2 peter 3:15-16

"And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction."

The nicean council only validated what was generally accepted among christians at that time. To accept every book written during that period as the word of God would only make a mockery of Christ as alot of these so called books were more like fictional work and fantasy. Some no doubt could be useful for historical purposes e.g macabees but historically correct does not mean inspired by God.

However the foundation of Christianity is faith in the son of God, Jesus and in He's ability to cleanse you from sin and make you a child of God. When you have received him, you will not have any struggle with the 66 books because they are synergistically one whole and complete and it requires spiritual insight to see this.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually DISCERNED." 1 Corinthians 2:14

Finally according to peter:
"Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance. For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount. And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit." 2Peter 1:15 - 21

shalom