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HINDUISM, SIKHISM AND ISLAM: ARE THESE GOD'S RELIGIONS
CHAPTER 18
Four Gospels Not God Inspired as Each is Different
Muslim scholars make another argument that the Bible has four gospels, all different from one another. Therefore, they cannot be God-inspired. They also state that the Quran has only one gospel concerning Jesus Christ which Muhammed wrote as it was revealed to him. That’s why they accept the Quran version about the life of Jesus and not the account in the four gospels.
Each contemporary writer writes history based on the facts known to him and remembered by him when he is writing the historical account. In addition, the same writer may write the account differently for different audiences, using the same facts. Some facts may be left out for certain audiences, whereas others left out of other accounts may be included. That has been my experience when I have written various books and booklets available free on my web site.
Different viewers viewing events will have different versions of the same event when writing an account of it, based on the same facts. Therefore, we should expect four different versions of the history of the same time period from four different authors.
In the same way, we have the histories of the kings of the House of Israel and the House of Judah. The accounts differ in I and II Kings from the accounts in I Chronicles and II Chronicles. Different aspects are emphasized in the two sets of books. These were compiled over about four and a half centuries, and edited later. Yet Jesus Christ Himself pronounced the entire Old Testament God-breathed, or inspired.
Please read the chapter titled “Was the Bible Altered?” It explains how canonization of the New Testament was done. The final canonization of the Bible was done by John the Apostle.
John was the disciple Jesus’ loved. They were cousins and had known each other well before Jesus began His ministry. John was with Jesus during virtually every event in His ministry. When he began the final canonization after the initial canonization by Paul the apostle, he would have had access to all the gospels circulating. Perhaps Paul had already selected the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke in his canonization. But John may have been inspired into believing that there were some very important details that needed to be included to provide a well-rounded account of the events surrounding Jesus’ ministry. That’s when he wrote his gospel, incorporating all the details he was inspired to include. The last verse in John’s gospel reads: John 21:25, “25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.” Amen.”
John was inspired to state this after he had considered that only the other three gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke should be included in the final canonization. After the canonization, the Book of Revelation was the only other book written by John. Then God’s angels confirmed that his canonization was the inspired word of God when he stated in Revelation 22:6-9, “6 And he [the angel] said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See that you do it not: for I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.”
The angel confirmed that angels too keep the sayings of the whole Bible as it had been canonized by John, including the Book of Revelation. Then as a warning, Jesus Christ stated Revelation 22:18-19, “18 For I testify unto every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
Jesus Christ warned everyone not to add or take away anything from the final canonization done by John the apostle.
Prophecy is also proof of the divine inspiration of each of the gospels, as they do contain prophecy which is coming true today. For more information on fulfilled prophecies, and prophecies soon to be fulfilled, please read my books “Which Holy Book is the Word of God?” and “World in Bible Prophecy”, both available free on my website.
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