Me: Where did the Bible come from?

Christian: God

Me: Who made the Bible?

Christian: God inspired men, through the Holy Spirit, to write the Bible.

Me: Indeed, God inspired men to write books, letters, and poems that you now see in the Bible – but where did THE Bible come from?

Christian: Yes, he did, and it came from God!

Me: Men wrote the different books of the Bible; they wrote different letters to people all over the world, they wrote books with massive gaps of time between each writing -  but who got together ALL the books, letters, poems, ect, and put it all together in one single volume?

Christian: Uhm…I guess….God…?

Me: See, no where does the Bible claim each and every book, letter, or poem. Nowhere does the Bible say who gathered all 66 books and compiled them into each version, nowhere does the Bible even call itself the Bible! Believe it or not, decades after each book was written, men gathered together and voted on what books would be put in the Bible. You don’t usually hear that in the Sunday’s lesson do you? Indeed, they voted – they didn’t just put books together. No no, they had to vote on which books made it into the “Bible” and which books…didn’t. Yes, that’s right – which books didn’t make it into the Bible. 

Christian: Seriously?

Me: Amazing what history can tell you! Ever wonder why certain books didn’t make it into the Bible and why others didn’t? Scholars have ideas and such, but when it comes down to it, the core reason is because certain men didn’t want those particular books in the Bible. God’s will be done…if I feel like doing it.

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