Christians: Why did the Holy Gjost only inspire four books about Jesus? What about the other disciples?

Question

Three synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) and one 'Jesus-loved-me-best' shameless self-promotion from John.

But there were 11 original disciples left after Jesus ended his ministry.

Over and over we are told the Holy Ghost inspired and preserved the true words in the four gospels.

What about the words of the other seven disciples?

Are we to believe these seven men followed Jesus for three years, witnessed his miracles, went out to preach the gospel and neither they nor their followers wrote -anything- down about Jesus?

Are we to believe the Holy Ghost only inspired four of Jesus disciples, and ignored the other seven?

Would Jesus call these seven to follow him, only to let their witness and testimony be lost to the ages?

Or were their testimonies so out of synch with the four that were chosen that they were deliberately left out?

And in their place we get page after page of Paul's letters, as if he actually had followed Jesus around during his ministry.

hoo boy ... "Ghost", not "Gjost"

Answer 1

It might be wise for you to remember that we have no idea how many original writings there were in existence when the 66 in the bible were chosen. Remember, those who did the choosing had their own ideas on what was true or not. We have english translations of other writings from the disciples in the Nag Hammadi Library if your interested in a different perspective. We have no originals, just pieces of copies of copies of copies, etc. Trying to put together an accurate account on our own would be impossible. That is why God gave us The Holy Spirit to enlighten us. Trust Her to guide you to the truth.

Answer 2

Your whole rant has such an "air" of hostility . . .

Anyway . . . God seems to work through 'gifts' . . . this is what the Bible says . . . and you and I know that if we had 12 people that saw something, there would be only a small portion that would take to the written page and write it all down . . . God seems to work through the personality of the person, their free will, their gift, and also the moving of the Spirit.

Your mind is very made on this and your distain is dripping.

Too bad . . . you seem intelligent, but some root of bitterness has grown in you and has taken over the garden.

Writers of the new testament: Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James (the brother of Jesus) . . . isn't that enough? Wouldn't that number of eyewitnesses be of great value in a court of law? Most people say,"you have no documentation." Now you complain that there is not enough!

About Paul: He met Jesus, on the road as he went to kill Christians . . . he met the 'risen' Jesus . . . He was knocked off his horse or carrige, blinded, and ask some very point blank questions by the risen Christ, personaly. He was chosen by Jesus to do a work.

Now here is the thing; Paul was a PH D of Religion (of his day) and one of the youngest . . . he was a prodogy . . . an "Enstien", if you will.

And his wittness, because of who he was, ROCKED the Jewish world. It was unbelieveable, and many for years thought it was a trick to kill more Christians. He gave up everything he could have been, his position, his honor, his future, to rot in prisons, to be stoned many times, to be beaten often, to be tortured by Roman professionals - all so he could 'tie together' the old testament to the new testament. His expertise alowed him to quote line after line, book after book, showing how what Jesus said was perfectly in line with the old testament . . . He was God's man for the "job" - he was perfectly suited . . . And at the end of his life he hoped "that he had run the race, well" . . . he 'ran' for the prize that was on the other side . . . He was a unique person for a special job . . . he had particular gifts that he used and that is how God does this whole thing . . .

Most of us are wasting a gift that we were given . . . He did not waste his.


peace to you

Answer 3

It depends on your view of what is holy. For instance, catholics believe the holy trinity is holy, but other religions say that this does not exist, and have different ideas on what IS holy. But if you are talking about religions to do with one God (monotheistic) then yes, technically that God inspired the authors, or else why would they write it? Everything written began with an inspiration, whether it is a dream, a thought, or a God. The Christian Bible is particularly inspired by God, while the other "Holy Books" are inspired by another. So my view: The Holy Books were inspired, but not by the same God, and you can tell the Bible was inspired by God because it was written all about Him in the first place.

Answer 4

not sure. John we know was one of Jesus' best friends, so his account was a must. Mark got his account from Peter, so his was a must. Luke got his from Paul, who was an apostle and historian (pharisees needed to know a lot about their enemy) so his was a must.

I guess the best answer I can give is "the Spirit gives gifts (or inspiration in this case) to those He wills". likely, many of the early apostles were uneducated, erego, illiterate, and God, judging based on Biblical account and experience, likes to work with what's already there. so he who can write, can be anointed to write.

also, little is even known of the other apostles. perhaps some of them wrote gospels, perhaps their gospels were corrupted (third hand author). I don't know

some say the gnostic gospels were written by the disciples, but they tend to contradict Jesus' teachings (ex: one gnostic gospel says that God is the Mother not the Father) and so the Holy Spirit said "no". the Father is picky on what goes in His Book....

Answer 5

all the apostles wrote about their experiences and how they percieved the events they witnessed, but, when the Bible was put together by Constantine in ancient Greece, the writings of all the apostles did not support the presence of an earthly king and were therefore considered seditious and not included in the works collected to put in that book. Sadly a large number of those original writings were destroyed for the same reason, and some were hidden away. For instance, the Vatican holds the books written by the apostle Thomas, and will not release them, they do not support the existence of the catholic church. It's all about politics, and men doing what they can to control large numbers of other men thru religion.

Answer 6

None of the Gospels were written by the disciples of Jesus. Matthew, Mark and John represent the traditional stories associated with those disciples, but were not actually written by them. Luke was not a disciple, as far as we know.

Two things prompted the creation of the Gospels: 1) The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD completely altered the former landscape of Judea, and 2) The first generation of Christians died out, leaving followers who had no concept of pre-seige Judea, and no collective memory of Jesus himself. The four Gospels were written as catechisms, meant to inform converts of the events in the life of Jesus. At the time these Gospels were incorporated into the lectionary, they were they only four in existence.

Answer 7

The Bible from front to back is all about Jesus. From Genesis to Malachi (sorry about the spelling error) the Bible is building up to Jesus; the gospels share the life of Jesus; and the epistles teach us more about the life of Jesus and how it affects us, the church. It is all about Jesus. Obviously this is a question brought up among friends of yours during a card game gone bad. You don't give the scriptures a chance. If you did you would know of the many prophesies that foretold of the coming of Christ and humanity's need for him. BTW all scripture was inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Answer 8

There were many gospels written, but the people who voted on what was gods word decided that they didn't like those gospels and they weren't included in the bible. Also, Pauls letters were stuff he made up. He did not become a disciple until after Jesus death. Most of the bible is made up from what was convenient.

Answer 9

People are called to do different things. And can I make a quick correction? They are the apostles, all of us whom follow Christ are disciples. There were another 7 who COULD have written books, but maybe they weren't called to do so. Not everyone is a good writer. Also, ppl weren't educated like we are now, they might not have even KNOWN how to write. And Paul is an amazing author! I love his books.

Answer 10

Don't forget about the books of James, Peter, and Jude.

I don't know why the disciples of Christ recorded their testimonies as they did. Perhaps we're missing some of their testimonies in the modern-day version of the Bible. Perhaps what was written was comprehensive enough that the others' testimonies wouldn't have significantly added to them. Perhaps "the church" removed them as they removed other things from the scriptures.

One thing is certain, Jesus has given us ample testimony of His divinity. (especially if you count modern-day revelation and additional scripture provided by prophets of the Restoration.)