How Did God Made The Holy Bible? (part 6)

Have a blessed Sunday to everybody. This series is now down to second to the last part. I hope and pray that somehow you learned something very helpful through this post.

PROOFS THAT THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD

I. The first supernatural elements is its amazing unity. That the Bible is a unity is a fact that no honest reader can deny.

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.....A. This unity is achieved in spite of the long period of time involved in it's writing.

..........1. More than 15 centuries elapsed between the writing of Genesis and Revelation.

..........2. Nearly 400 years elapsed between the writing of Malachi and Matthew.

.....B. This unity is achieved in spite of the many author and their various occupations.

.........."The Lord gave the Word: great was the company of those who published it." (Psalm 68:11)

.....Moses was an egyptian priest

.....Joshua was a soldier

.....Samuel was a priest

.....David was a king

.....Esther was a queen

.....Job was a rich farmer

.....Amos was a poor farmer

.....Ezra was a scribe

.....Isaiah was a prophet

.....Daniel was a prime minister

.....Nehemiah was a cup bearer

.....Matthew was a tax collector

.....Mark was an evangelist

.....Luke was a physician

.....John was a wealthy fisherman

.....Peter was a poor fisherman

.....Jude and James were carpenters

.....Paul was a tent-maker

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.....C. This unity is achieved in spite of the different geographical places where the Bible was written.
.....In the desert (Exodus 17)

.....On Mount Sinai (Exodus 20)

.....In Palestine (most)

.....In Egypt (Jeremiah)

.....On the isle of Patmos (Revelation)

.....In Babylon (Daniel)

.....In Persia (Esther)

.....In Corinth (1 and 2 Thessalonians)

.....In Ephesus (Galatians)

.....In Caesarea (Luke)

.....Rome (2 Timothy)

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.....D. This unity is achieved in spite of the many different authors of writing.

.....As history

.....As prophecy

.....As biography

.....As autobiography

.....As poetry

.....As law

.....In letter form

.....In symbolic form

.....In proverb form

.....In doctrinal form

(This series is to be continued on the last part.)

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This series is from my hand-out notes during our six months Church Membership Class in LWCM , Banilad, Cebu, Philippines. The class was conducted by our Senior Pastor Mel Caparros.