The Bible Answers

Isn't the Bible a collection of man's wisdom over the years?

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As this question would be commonly understood, the answer is No.

Note the following Scripture:

2Peter 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."

Although God often used the consciousness, learning, and personal traits of the prophets, yet they did not speak their own words. Throughout the Bible there are reproofs spoken against those who spoke their own message, pretending it was the Word of God. For instance, in Jeremiah 23:21: "I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied."

2Timothy 3:16,17: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."

Scripture is "God breathed." It is the very breath of God, the most intimate and and perfect revelation of God's will and purpose to His people. We are not to seek other revelation, as if the Scripture were insufficient. It is Scripture alone that is necessary.

John 10:35: "The scripture cannot be broken...."

Jesus put his stamp of approval upon the Scriptures, directing the men of His day to study the them. They cannot "be broken" or nullified. Heaven and earth may pass away, but the words of God shall not pass away.

Luke 24:25-27: "Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself."

Men are foolish and dull of heart when we do not believe all that the prophets have written. The prophets wrote of Christ. He is the subject of the Scriptures.

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