I have asked before. I did not get a good answer. Why didn't Jesus write any Scriptures?

Question

Given the factionalization of Christian thought, why did'nt Jesus write any Scriptures? God can't pick up a pen? He could have miricalized them the way Josesph Smith was supposed to get the Golden Plates from Moroni, or Moses got the Ten Commandments.

Answer 1

i had ask the same question to a pastor and they cant answer it. 90% of the new testament is Paul and only 10% is in red or is what Jesus said. but like you said,nothing is of Jesus own writing.why?my guess, Jesus probably never existed and if he did, its not like the gospels portrays him as.

Answer 2

You ask a VERY good question. I'll be honest. I have no idea why Jesus didn't pen the gospel himself. But I will say this. The gospel message holds more weight for me the way it is written because the witnesses who wrote it endured great persecution in order to deliver it. They were tortured and gave their lives for it. To me, that says something. I think it was a smart move on Jesus' part not to have written anything. I imagine there have been plenty of 'self-proclaimed' messiahs writing about themselves and all have ended up locked away in padded rooms. Jesus was wise to let his peers write about him, don't you think? The fact that Jesus' words have survived over two thousand years without him having written down any of it might just be some of the most compelling evidence that he is exactly who he claims to be. He once prophesied that "the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God shall stand forever." .......and as you say, He wrote not a word. Amazing!

Answer 3

Joseph Smith was the False Prophet of Mormonism! The Reformed Mormons calim to have the Real Truth! Which Mormon SECT DO YOU WANT TO BELIEVE!

As far as Writing Scripture hear WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS!

(2Peter 1:20-21) Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

(2Pe 1:21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

GOD Wrote the 10 Commandments on the Stone Tablets!

Thanks, RR

Answer 4

Jesus told the apostles to go and preach the gospel to every living bieng. He new they would write it all down. Also in John, the first chapter, he opens it up with," in the beginning was the Word and the Word became flesh and dwelled amoung us..." This is stating that God in the person of Jesus is the Word,(Truth) and that the Word or Truth became flesh, a literal reality. When you ask these questions, have you ever tried to read the bible for yourself? They have a lot of new modern day language bibles that explain all these types of questions. So the answer is Jesus himself is the Scripture and the author of it.

Answer 5

He only had three years to deal with a hard race of people,he concentrated on his preaching work against great odds,however without writing that we know about he fulfilled his purpose in being on earth.The Apostles wrote much about him and his work as well what he passed on to John and is recorded in the last book of the Bible.

Answer 6

In the Bible it says that Jesus said that he didn't come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Jesus didn't come to change, destroy, etc. the scriptures. Because he didn't come to do anything to it, he didn't have to write new scriptures, amend or revise the scriptures, or edit or otherwise delete the scriptures. Jesus came to be a living example of who we should be and can be if we live according to God's will - if we fulfill the scripture. Other people thought it was necessary to write about him and what he said because they were either moved by it and wanted others to know about in the future OR because they wanted to bend it to reflect their own agenda. You don't have write a recipe if you already know how to make (or better yet you already are) a cake.

Answer 7

First the Ten Comandment was written by the finger of God, and not the hand of Moses. 2nd Concerning Jesus, he only had 3 1/2 years to get his messge out, and besides the Bible tells us, that, if everything Jesus did was put in to books the world would not be able to contain the books.

God is the original author of the Book of Revelation, as it says; It is the "Revelation" of Jesus Christ "which" God "gave" unto him. and the Means by which it came is seen in the word "signified" his "angel" to his servant John. No other book of the Bible was presented to us, this way. From God, to Jesus, to his Angel, to John and then, to Us.

Answer 8

The gospel of John tells us that "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. " Jesus was the fulfillment of all of God's word. That's why scripture can say "the word of God is living and active"---in other words, the Word of God is a person. Jesus.

Answer 9

God has inspired all the scriptures. We as humans have enough trouble with them being written down by man. It would be harder to believe God wrote with his finger in stone, oh yeah, he did that. Jesus' ministry was 3 years. He didn't have time to write with all the healing and teaching he did. The apostles and disciples that were with him were told to write what they did. There was so much that Jesus did, they said there is not enough room or paper to write it all down. If you actually read the Bible, it gives you the answer. God Bless

Answer 10

In an attempt to support Roman Catholic Tradition, and discredit Sola Scriptura, you may hear the claim made by Catholics that Jesus never told any of his disciples to write anything down, and clearly never wrote any of the scriptures Himself. For example:

"Is it not strange that if Christianity were to be learned from the Bible only, that Christ Himself never wrote a line, nor ever commanded His apostles to write. Only five of the twelve did write; for their divine commission was not to write, but to preach and teach the gospel (Matt. xxviii. 19; Mark xvi. 15; Luke x. 16; Acts i. 8). They wrote merely to confirm their teaching, never giving the slightest intimation that Christianity was to rest solely on a Bible foundation."

Source: The Question-Box Answers, by Rev. Bertrand L. Conway, of the Paulist Fathers, 961st Thousand, copyright 1903 by "The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of New York", published in 1915 by the Catholic Book Exchange, 120 West 60th Street, New York, Nihil Obstat: Remigius Lafort, S.T.L., Censor Deputatus, Imprimatur: Joannes M. Farley, Archiep. Neo Ebor., February, 1903, pg. 49 (pages 69-70 in earlier editions.)

So, they will say, this is a significant omission in the Bible, which in their view severely undermines the validity of the Protestant principle. Turn the attention of those making such claims to the book of Revelation. These verses are quoted from the King James:

Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Note that according to the first verse, the book of Revelation is in fact, a revelation from Jesus Christ to John. Here is what Jesus said to John the Apostle and Revelator:

Rev 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Rev 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

So, twelve times, and to seven different church communities, John the Revelator is directed to write what became scripture. Now, in the last chapter, we are warned that this scripture is to remain inviolate as the word of God and is not to be amended by additions or deletions.