Who wrote the Bible

Who wrote the Bible?

Jesus told them: "for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you". Matt 10: 20 

Who wrote the Bible? YHWH wrote the Word of God [Bible]. He did it thru men across history of times past.

“men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Pet. 1:21)

Paul tells the church at Thessalonica, “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers” (1 Thess. 2:13).

When you write a letter to someone, who is writing the letter? You or the pen? The pen is the tool you use to write as the Author, the Creator of the document. So too with the Bible. Across long periods of time, God moved men, by the Holy Spirit, to write the things God has told them, including: history (as witnesses), or prophecy, and of things to come, things that happened, and future things that will be. 

Unlike Creation which is a natural revelation, the Scriptures are a special revelation; it contains everything God wants us to know about Him and mankind. Including Sin and salvation. And the future.

 

If you read the Bible, comprised of 66 books, it only takes 80 hrs, and you will see this. Its full of history, prophecy, promises and the plan for salvation, and about eternity. 

You can also check out the trustworthiness of the Bible by investigating the evidences below, or <<<return to the previous page (they touch on the below). 

 The Bible is reliable 

Manuscript evidence

Why believe this stuff 

50 Reasons We Believe (book)

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Related Verses

Examples showing all of Scripture comes from God, as God specifically stated or the Holy Spirit moved men to write. 

Isaiah 30:8 

And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever

Romans 15:4 

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope

2 Timothy 3:16 

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Peter 1:21 

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:12-13 

Now we [believers] have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual

Luke 1:2-3

just as those, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, handed them down to us it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in orderly sequence, so that you may know the certainty about the things you have been taught.

“And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers” (1 Thess. 2:13).

Galatians 1:11 

For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel

John 7:16

So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me

> Jesus limited his deity before the resurrection, to accomplish the plan of the trinity. I can recommend resources that explain this topic, if you want to look into it further. 

Matt 10: 20 

Jesus told them: "for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you". 

Revelation 21:5 

And he who was seated on the throne [Jesus] said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true

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Hebrews 4:12 

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart

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