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WORD FOR TODAY “do you hunger for righteousness?”: Mat 5:6 "How blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness! for they will be filled.
SPOKEN VERSE FOR TODAY: Pro 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts.
“Faith comes by hearing” positive frequencies spoken out loud hourly.
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Isaiah 56:6 — 7, “And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Question 10: When were the Gospels written?
Answer:
The genuineness of the four Gospels rests upon better authority than that of any other ancient writings. It is the general conclusion of the most eminent scholars that all four were written during the latter half of the first century. Before the end of the second century, they were in general use and acceptance as one collection. They are mentioned by Tertullian, in a book written about A.D. 208, as being the work of two apostles and two disciples of apostles. Marcion also mentions their apostolic origin. Origen (who lived A. D. 185-253) refers to them as "the four elements of the church's faith." Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (A. D. 168), also mentions the Gospels in his writings, and Jerome tells us that Theophilus arranged the four into one work. Tatian (who died about A. D. 170) compiled a Harmony of the Gospels. Justin Martyr (A.D. 99-165) gives many quotations from the Gospels. Many other witnesses might be cited to the same purpose. None of the original manuscripts are now in existence.
Question 9: Were the Gospels written by the men whose names they bear?
Answer:
Presumption based on internal evidence is in favour of that theory. There has been no serious question as to the authorship of Matthew. Mark is supposed to have derived his knowledge of the events he recorded from Peter. Our knowledge of Peter's character leads us to believe that if he undertook to write a Gospel it would be such a one as the Gospel according to Mark. Such an expression as that in Mark 14:72, "When he thought thereon, he wept," implies an intimate knowledge of him such as would be written by Peter himself or by a close associate. The introduction to Luke's Gospel shows that many Gospels were in existence when Luke wrote and as he knew of them, he may have availed himself of the material they contained. His remark about writing "in order" suggests compilation. The authorship of the fourth Gospel has been hotly disputed, chiefly because some critics held that the writer of Revelation could not have written the elegant and cultured Greek of the Gospel, the majority of the commentators now however, are in favour of the belief that John wrote it.
Question 8: Has Bible history been substantiated?
Answer:
Yes, to a very notable extent by investigations in Bible lands. Excavations of ancient Babylonian tablets have corroborated the Biblical story of the Flood. The discovery of Assyrian inscriptions has proved the identity of Sargon, one of the greatest of the kings of that nation (see Isaiah 20:1-4); identification of the site of Nineveh and of the Tower of Babel or "Birs Nimrud." Many facts concerning kings, nations, cities and events have been brought to light in these ancient records of brick, stone or papyrus, confirming Scripture history.