Jesus is only present in the Gospels... Why should we listen to what other people, who were not Jesus or followed him in his life, say?
2007-09-10 15:49:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The difference with prophets and Jesus is that Jesus is Son of God... but you can never verify if a prophet was really inspired by God... Because when I page God to ask him, he never calls back.
2007-09-10 15:58:31 · update #1
Is there, like, a priority when you read it? If you see something in the gnostics, but it contredicts the gospels, you have to follow the gospels?
2007-09-10 16:03:16 · update #2
Because Christianity, from the very beginning, before there was a Bible or Gospels was based on the belief in the triune God. Father , Son and Holy Spirit. This is the basis of Christianity from the beginning. Don't forget there were a lot of Christians around before the first word of the new Testament was written. They were not reading scripture and interpreting Christianity to their own liking and will. They were following the path of the Apostles and the Holy Fathers.
The Church came first, the Bible second. Read it and enjoy and don't think you are somehow so special and gifted as to be able to interpret it or decide what should be included.
2007-09-10 16:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So many superstitious authors. And obviously, yet again another "religious" person that has never read the bible!
First of all there's a whole lot of stuff that is suppose to have happened BEFORE your jesus ever lived and second your jesus based his teachings on those things that were suppose to happen before he supposedly came along. Last, but not least, the people that were suppose to be with him would record what jesus has supposedly said and done. All though no one ever wrote anything down until more than 350 years AFTER this jesus died! (they must have had long memories back then)
...note to self (they should have an IQ minimum to be on Y!A)
2007-09-10 23:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by chuck b 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bible is actually a collection of books and writings from different eras and from the beginning. Jesus didn't live in a vacuum! The build up to His coming is in the Old Testament where there are writings of many great men and women. Without the Old Testament we wouldn't have the Psalms of David or Genesis and so many more that are important to our history. This isn't a "cut to the chase" book! I could only wish there were more books to be translated, included and read.
2007-09-10 22:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by Chris B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The books of the Old Testament foretold the coming of Christ and so set up the Gospels and the books after the Gospels explain the mechanics of what the Gospels mean and application on how to live.
2007-09-10 22:58:11 · answer #4 · answered by mrglass08 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
B/c different people set examples-have different situations. Many books (Gnostic Gospels) were not included and deal with the philosophy of the time more.
2007-09-10 22:54:53 · answer #5 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chuck? did you do a type-o You said 350 years after the death of Jesus.
Jesus died in 33 C.E. Nisan 14th
Matt. was completed in 41 C.E.
Mark 60-65 C.E.
Luke 56-58 C.E.
John 98 C.E. a person who walked with Jesus and was an eyewitness to the things he wrote about.
If you take the Bible as a whole, both the nt and ot they teach us one thing. God's Kingdom
2007-09-11 00:36:28 · answer #6 · answered by PcCowboy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was a new Christian I had that dilemma too. I was being read to from Paul's works. Who was Paul? He wasn't Jesus! So why is he even in there?!
Then as I grew in the Lord I learned that God was doing things with not only people, but in ritual and 'things'.
The Old Testament tells us a lot about what the intent was with Jesus. That's why Jesus said:
39 "You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,"
(John 5)
The 'scriptures' that Jesus was referring to is what we call the Old Testament. He was saying that the Old Testament was talking about Him. They did not understand that. Only those who believe in Jesus can understand these things.
2007-09-10 22:58:49 · answer #7 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The OT builds up to Jesus birth. The NT is the birth of the church. So they both reflect the power of GOD and the love GOD has for us.
GOD took thousands of years patiently waiting for humanity to grasp what GOD was saying, finally having to go in person, as Jesus and Holy Spirit understanding grew, now there is a firm message and people that know it and live it. So GOD is back to waiting for the plan he started when he/she said "let there be light..." - to finish, and bear fruit.
2007-09-10 23:02:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
As a rabbi, Jesus was familiar (very familiar) with the Old Testament. He is frequently depicted in the New Testament as the authority on Jewish scripture. Having a familiarity of Jewish scripture would help you answer the question "What would Jesus do."
2007-09-10 22:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've always wonder about that, but then someone told me that the other books are there to provide us with a background of how things came to be. You know, some sort of fill-in, I guess.
Plus, God talked to all those prophets and told them to write down what they saw. (Kind of keeping history?) So, I guess it's because God said so. :)
2007-09-10 22:54:40 · answer #10 · answered by Kate 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋