The Bible The Book of Books written several thousand years ago. Loved and cherished by many, yet hated and despised by others. But this Book is more than just a book. This Book has changed lives, contains more prophecies than any other religious book, and has been ahead of scientists throughout history. Even when theories contradicted it and people thought that it was old fashioned and needed to me removed or reformed, we found later that it wasn't the Bible that needed to change but the theories. No other book in history can compare to this one. There is only one way this book would be able to do all this and that is for this book to be God's inspired word. But in order for it to be God's inspired word it must also be infallible. Since …show more content…
In Mathew 27:5 (And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself) it says that Judas hung himself. But in Acts 18:1 (Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.) it appears to give a different story of how Judas died. This is another popular “error” that people use to prove the Bible wrong, but if you study it more you learn that once again it isn't the Bible that is wrong. An error only occurs when you view this from a perspective that these are two separate descriptions of how he died. Instead this is an order of what happened to him. Matthew writes about how Judas died, by hanging himself. Luke (the author of Acts) writes what happened to Judas after he died, there isn't any mention that this is how he was killed. Now as to how both these things happened to him there are 2 explanations. The first can be found at this link https://answersingenesis.org/contradictions-in-the-bible/how-did-judas-die/. The second is that Judas fell off a cliff when he hung himself. It would be easy for Judas to hang himself over a cliff from an overhanging tree branch. The branch would just need to break and this verse becomes true. This isn't a contradiction like many claim it …show more content…
Many books don't contain errors but that doesn't mean God inspired them.” But the fact that there are no contradictions in it is truly amazing. The Bible was written by over 40 authors from various areas of life. It has been written by shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians, fishermen, priests, philosophers, and kings. Not only that but it is filled with topics that today many people have different opinions about, but in the Bible they all agree! Do a test and try to get 5 people today to agree 100% on only a few matters of opinion. Yet as if this wasn't enough, the entire Bible was written book by book over a 1,500 year time period. And some of the authors never read or heard any of the others' writings. And we still don't find any contradictions. This is one reason why I say the Bible is divinely
Judas betrayed everything that he believed in for only thirty pieces of
Jesus asked Judas why he would act like his friend in kissing him, when in actuality Judas
This book fit right into this era for the population. The book was written very well. It was put together as a teaching. Some passages were also put together as a testimony if you say. It was almost as if he wrote it to prevent certain things from occurring in the future.
Matthew chose to focus more on trying to understand the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. He focuses on how Jesus is the son of God, is the King, and is the promised Savior. Matthew also leaves out some stories that the other Gospels contain. However, these are not contradictions. They are simply not a part of the perspective of the Gospel of Matthew.
According to Faber, “This book [Bible] can go under the microscope. You’d find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion”(Bradbury 79). In the Bible there is an infinite amount of knowledge. This knowledge goes past anybodies wisdom, if the society used books they would be able to use the advice of the wise people from the past. Bradbury compares life and books because life is so difficult that nobody can understand it.
In this text it was proven God change people. Saul and Samuel word was known to be true in this text. In his text the Prophets was known to act
“I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book” (Revelation 22.18). As this verse clearly shows, God commands men not to change his word. Contrary to what God commanded, however, many people have tried to distort the Bible from what it truly states, to what they want it to say. For example, the works of a poet named Dante affected the ideas of many men from the time of the Renaissance. Because Dante’s poetry was full of Christian though and terminology, the people of the Renaissance deemed it as Christian theology.
The Bible is a book that vouches for itself. It is the living word of God that was transcribed through the prophets and recorded into book form. The prophets were not the ones who created
I have turned to scriptures in the Bible through times of stress, sickness, and turmoil for clarity. I find it amazing how words written thousands of years ago still ring true today. The words have a powerful and healing effect and can calm and soothe. I am by no means a scholar of the Bible and don’t get to read the Bible as often as I would like too. Most of my
(Harris, S.L., 2014, pg. 136): The author of the Gospel According to Mark was not an account of eyewitnesses but oral preaching done by someone else (Harris, S.L., 2014). Also, the books sequential order is erroneous (Harris, S.L., 2014) and does not explain events as the events occurred. In Studies in the Gospel
I agree completely! Even though all four Gospels are all about the Jesus, “we have four accounts of Jesus’ life and (his) work.” (Bartholomew, Craig pp. 87) Each Gospel has its own individuality and were given to us individually to be interpreted individually. In the Old Testament “each evangelist interprets those events in light of the needs of his own moment in history, arranging the events to convey a particular theme.”
As the Bible was slowly put together, God was watching over this process to make sure that even if people do tamper with the creation of the Bible that his people will still hear the truth. Lastly, I believe that everything that took place in the Bible is true. The reason God gave us the Bible is to help his believers learn about what has happened before and after he has sent his son, to bring his believers closer to him, spread the word, to learn from
Bible inerrancy seems impossible but is certainly challenged by many followers. Saying the Bible is without error would mean believing every statement or story in the Bible is exactly how it happened and truth. Stories in the Bible are unlike books of today. The Bible lacks description on many items. This leads to interpretation which leads to different ideas and understandings.
The Gospel of Matthew The Bible is filled with many books, crazy stories, and truth. The book that begins the New Testament, Matthew, is one of the most well-known books of the Bible. Matthew is the first book of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and contains the famous Sermon on the Mount.
The history of Christianity indicates that there has always been different ways of approaching the Bible. And at particular times, throughout history, the church from its beginning has faced a series of doctrinal issues that have led to numerous council meetings. Usually, two aspects have led to this problem. First, it was the problem of heresy from within the church and second, the outside pressure of secular cultural beliefs reinterpreting the church’s doctrines. It never surprises me that history always seemed to repeat itself.