The New Testament Scriptures

The same apostolic pronouncement concerning the Old Testament Scriptures applies with equal force to the New. It is safe to conclude that the same Spirit of Christ which was with His prophets would likewise guide His apostles; and that if God directed in the prophecies pertaining to Christ’s mission, He would likewise guide in the writing of the history of His Son’s earthly work. The truthfulness of the gospel record is attested by the concurrent and harmonious agreement of the four evangelists, who wrote at different times and from different points of view, and probably in general without reference to one another’s work. Again, we find that in many respects the book of Revelation is so nearly parallel with the prophecy of Daniel that those who believe the one must also accept the other.TOJ 9.2

Paul was the writer of the larger number of the epistles, and of him Peter says that he wrote “according to the wisdom given unto him,” and classes his epistles with the “other Scriptures.” 2 Peter 3:15, 16. Paul himself says of his epistles, “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth.” 1 Corinthians 2:13.TOJ 9.3

Of the gospel which he proclaimed, the apostle Paul further declares:TOJ 10.1

“I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.” Galatians 1:11, 12.TOJ 10.2

The importance which the apostle John attached to his writings, is stated in his emphatic declaration which we find in Revelation 22:18, 19.TOJ 10.3

Then, as we turn to the Bible, we do not read merely the words of Paul, or Peter, or Samuel, or any of the prophets; we read the words of the Lord transmitted through them. Each, in giving his message, could truly say, as did David, “The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue.” 2 Samuel 23:2. No, the words were not David’s, but, as Peter declares in Acts 1:16, they were the words “which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake.”TOJ 10.4