No 3

(Its writers)

The Bible is not a book that contains the Word of God; it is the Word of God!! The Creator wanted His people and the people of the world to know His laws and His promises. The writers that God used are so vast in comparision and so diverse that only a divine miracle could have brought these 66 books together. We don't have time to look at each writer in detail and I leave that up to you for your own study but we can say, that in most cases, the writers did not know what the others were writing and the writers were simply doing what God had instructed them to do and they had no idea that those scrolls would become the Bible we have today.

As we know, Moses is the largest contributor to the Old Testamant (The Pentatuch and some Psalms); Paul is the largest contributor to the New Testament (13 Epistles). Isn't great that the two largest contributors to the Bible have so many things in common; I guess the Lord knew what He was doing.

1) Both had humbling desert experiences: Moses 40 years as a shepherd in the land of Midian and Paul 3 years in the desert of Arabia (Gal 1:18) 2) Both had a thorn in the flesh: Moses had a stuttering problem Exod 4:10 and Paul had an afflication that he asked God three to remove (2 Cor 12:7-10); 3) Both had received formal education and training : Moses in the courts of Egypt and Paul at the feet of Gameliel (Acts 22:3); 4) Both wrote the two main outreaches the God had made to His people: Moses spoke of the Law of God and Paul spoke of the Grace of God.

The Lord preserved His Word over the ages and is still as true as ever: can you imagine how many people tried to destroy it since its inception; it boggles the mind!! Isn't our God awesome??!!