Spineyman
Senior Member
Just as Holy men were carried about by the Holy Spirit to record the Word of the Living God. So were Holy men carried about by the Holy Spirit to make the collection of what was kept and what was discarded to form the cannon of Scripture. It is all important and it was all recorded for our benefit.Discussion in the AAA forum has me asking what is the Scripture that Jesus often quotes and makes comments about vs the gospel.
Jesus talks about the scripture a lot. It is the Word of his Father. The Gospel accounts were not written when Jesus did this. Foretold but not written. Well at least by the authors of the four gospels.
Could the scripture be the lesson or story leading up to the need of the gospel?
The scripture is pretty much cut and dry. We know it is the Word. Jesus comes, dies, resurrects, and ascends. This account is recorded by four men. The first three a bit different from the other and the fourth an account of a smaller time frame of Jesus. John being more of his death and resurrection. His story not being a repeat as Matthew, Mark, and Luke's account.
The Gospel being just as important as the scripture. The Word was scripture and the Word was the Gospel.
Then came Paul and his revelation was revealed to the world.
Eventually man decided it was necessary to compile it all together. Scripture, the Gospel, and those spreading the Gospel. They had a council and voted on what to include and what to toss away. Men did this.
So when Jesus said how important scripture was or his Father's Word, what was he referring to? The Gospel had not been recorded yet. Paul's letters had not been written yet.
But we do know the Gospel was the plot. The Word was with God before time. The plan of Jesus coming, ie the Gospel was the plan from the get go.
We can't ignore the importance of the gospel. It is the core of Christianity but is it Scripture? Is it the literal writings of the Father? The four humans writing about his Son?
Next up is Paul. He had a calling from God. He wasn't even seeking God. Yet God elected him to reveal the Gospel to the world. He wrote a bunch a letters to the many new believers. Stuff about faith and not returning to past beliefs.
His story is also important. Important as God's Word? Important as the Gospel accounts? I guess so but is his letters the literal word of God?
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Inspired by God literally means God Breathed. which means 100 % accurate. What was cannonized is also exactly what God meant to be recorded and kept.