In your opinion what is the strongest evidence for the inspiration of the New Testament

In your opinion what is the strongest evidence for the inspiration of the New Testament?

Keith Mears

Question: What is the strongest evidence for the inspiration of the New Testament?


It is a wonderful fact that we are reading Spirit inspired words sent to the human mind and put into script by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Peter refers to the transfiguration of our Lord and personifies the operation of the Holy Spirit as the evidence of power in the anointing of the word through prophetic utterance.

2 Peter 1:19-21 NKJV
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The point is that the words that our Lord
was quoting and teaching to the Apostles were Spirit inspired.

I feel that the scriptures that quoted in the New Testament from the Old Testament text is most amazing. The 280 quotes in the New Testament out of 39 book proves that there were men that had studied these prophesies of the coming of our Lord events and the law. Timothy Keller writes ,“The Canonical Gospels were written at the very most forty to sixty years after Jesus’s death. Paul’s letters, written just fifteen to twenty -five years after the death of Jesus, provide an outline of all the events of Jesus’s life found in the gospels , his miracles, claims, crucifixion and resurrection. This means that the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s life were circulating within the lifetimes of hundreds who had been present at the events of his ministry. The gospel author Luke claims that he got his account of Jesus’s life from eyewitnesses who were still alive.”

Luke 1:1-4

1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
ESV

Keith MacTough

There are 3 reasons for me that are the strongest evidence for the inspiration of the New Testament.

1. The books of the New Testament do not contradict each other. With so many different authors over varying periods of time you would think we would find even the smallest contradictions or differences of opinion. The book of Matthew does not contradict the book of Mark, Paul does not contradict Peter.

2. The fact that the New Testament contains over 280 quotations from the Old Testament from 30 of the 39 books, spread of 18 of its 27 books. The writers of the New Testament considered the writings of the Old Testament as God inspired as well as their own writings. They new that on their own they would never be able to write the books of the New Testament. 2 Timothy 3:1, "All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

3. Lastly, Jesus regarded the scriptures as authentic in their entirety. In Matthew 5:17-18 Jesus states "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law unil everything is accomplished.

In your opinion what is the strongest evidence for the inspiration of the New Testament

When I first started reading the bible I was told to start with John, then read Matthew, Mark and Luke. When I was finished with those four gospels I was really surprised at how similar they were. My first thought was why did they include all four of these books when they basically said the same thing. I also remember thinking that these four prophets must have lived close by each other and compared notes as they wrote.

But as it turned out, that of course was not the case. I learned that these writers were so far removed from each other in point of time and in circumstance. They did not even write these books at the same time but yet they all recollect the same things in their writings. The four gospels were written with human expression, but even with their individual literary styles you can tell they were all Holy Spirit driven by their similarities.

I also learned that a lot of the prophets wrote their books without any understanding of what they were writing, and actually had to study their writings after they were done.

Yes, I do believe that the books in the New Testament were a direct and special revelation from the mouth of God.

Pam Reed

Let me first say, I believe you have to have faith in Jesus Christ to believe anything written in the Old or New Testament. Without faith you will not believe anything written because some of the scriptures are so deep you just cannot comprehend them in your own finite mind.

In my opinion, which is based on my faith in Jesus Christ, the strongest evidence for me that the New Testament was inspired is by the confirmation in the scriptures that God inspired the writers and gave them the words to write. Looking at 2Timothy 3:16, Paul states that all scripture was inspired by God. Paul wants us to know that God was actively involved in revealing the truths to the apostles and prophets who would write down these revelations. The author of our book, Bibical Beliefs states on page 6, "The Bible contains history in the language of men, even wicked men, but there is no part that is not inspired. The Spirit so directed and influenced the writers that they were kept from any error of fact or doctrine."

Again, you have to have faith in Jesus Christ that the New Testament writers as well as the Old Testament writers were inspired to write the word of God. If you choose not to believe in God/Jesus then you would not believe what is written in either the Old or New Testament. Belief and faith come first in order for you to believe anything written. There are so many confirmations written in the New Testament which do not contridict anything else written. How can you not believe it was inspired? Although I'm sure many do believe the New Testament was not inspired by God but just a bunch of men writing about things which have no meaning.

I believe deep within my heart that God inspired not only the New Testament but also the Old Testament. God made it crystal clear how we are to live our lives in righteousness.

Nena McDonald