What about the 27 books that we call the New Testament? These were all written after Jesus died, in fact, after He had risen from the dead and ascended back into Heaven. How do we know these books are the word of God?
Let’s review them book by book, Matthew though Revelation.
MATTHEW ⟶ Here is a disciple (an Apostle) chosen by Jesus Himself. Matthew talked, walked and served with the Lord. He simply recorded what he heard, saw and experienced in his relationship with the Lord. Most all we know about the genealogy, birth, life, ministry, death, burial, resurrection of Christ Jesus was given to us by Matthew. He was an eyewitness to almost everything he wrote. TRULY we can, no, must believe Matthew’s account. AMEN
MARK ⟶ His name was John Mark (Acts 12:12). Mark was a Jew, nephew of Peter, and a member of the believer’s who knew and followed Christ. He traveled with Paul and Barnabas on their Missionary Journey. He wrote of things he had seen, and been taught by the Apostles. Since we can compare his words with those of others, and do not find discrepancies, we can trust his Gospel account as the word of God. AMEN
LUKE ⟶ He was a (Jewish) Physician. He probably knew the Lord Jesus when the Lord was on the earth. Luke traveled with Paul on his missionary journeys. He was a faithful witness recording all he saw and experienced. He knew all the Apostles and interacted with them. Which leaves us with the Book of ACTS (called THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES) which Luke wrote. Yes, Luke wrote more words in the New Testament than any other writer. He was used of God to record His Word at the beginning of the new Church Age. We can trust his Gospel account as the word of God. AMEN
JOHN ⟶ (The Gospel According to) – Here again is a chosen disciple (an Apostle), an eyewitness to all the events in the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. A close family friend, when Jesus hung on the Cross, He charged John to care for her. The disciple whom Jesus loved. Yea, here is a witness we can trust, one who could be used of God to write His Holy Word. Believing his book about the Gospel, then allows us to accept his epistles: I John, II John, and III John, as he authored these letters to the Church for doctrine about God. Before we leave John, whom God would use to pen His Word, we need to read Revelation 1:1-2. Yes, this same John authored Revelation, according to the Word of God. Now we see that we can trust John’s Gospel, I, II, and III John, and Revelation as GOD’S WORD, AMEN.
JAMES ⟶ Here was a pillar of the first church (Galatians 2:9) an Apostle, Elder according to Acts 15:4,13 and most of all he is the brother of the Lord Jesus according to Matthew 13:55. Of all the people we should trust to report the Word of God concerning the Lord Jesus, we should trust James. AMEN
PETER ⟶ an Apostle. After reading Matthew’s account of the Lord’s 3 year ministry on earth, who could doubt that Peter would record any thing BUT the Word of GOD. We can trust I,II Peter to only be the true Word of God. AMEN.
JUDE ⟶ Here is the brother of James (Jude 1:1) and thus the younger brother of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 13:55). Can we agree that Jude would record properly the Word of God? AMEN
Epistles of ROMANS, CORINTHIANS, GALATIONS, EPHESIANS, PHILIPPANS, COLOSSIANS, THESSALONIANS, TIMOTHY, TITUS, and PHILEMONS,
these were all written by Paul. He is the Apostle, born out of due time
(I Corinthians 15:8-9), to the Jew and to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15), and Paul believed the Old Testament (Acts 24:14). Peter validates Paul’s writings as the Word of God (2 Peter 3:15) Do we need any other validation that Paul was used of God to record His Word for the Church? AMEN.
Epistle of HEBREWS I believe was written by PAUL. I would further suggest that it is a transitional Book, directed mostly to the Jew, from the Church age to the Tribulation. I would suggest that Revelation is also a transitional book moving swiftly from the Church Age into the TRIBULATION and then ushering in the Millennium Age. The Revelation, along with Hebrews, will be the most referenced books by the 144,000 during the Great Tribulation.
Truly we can trust the New Testament, all 27 books, to be the Word of God.
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