They reject it because they view it as Jewish legend or fallible human memory, but Les Feldick demonstrates that Scripture is God's own Spirit-moved Word.
Les cites theologians who dismiss the Bible as Jewish campfire myths or who say it only contains part of God's word. He also reports one scholar's objection that the Gospel writers could not have recalled Jesus' words years later. Les answers that the writers did not rely on memory; the Holy Spirit moved them to write. He further points to the Bible's own continuous thread—from the promised seed of the woman to Christ—as proof it is one coherent, God-given message.
Hebrews 1:1-3 — Shows God is the speaker behind Scripture—through prophets and in His Son—and that His word upholds all things.
Genesis 3:15 — Contains the first promise of the Redeemer through the woman's seed, the thread that runs through all Scripture.
Scripture itself presents the Bible as God's own word. Hebrews 1:1-3 says God spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets and in these last days by His Son, who upholds all things by the word of His power. The Bible also records specific promises that show this word is one continuous message: after Abel is murdered, Eve names Seth because God has appointed her 'another seed' in Abel's place (Genesis 4:25), and Genesis 3:15 promises that the woman's seed will bruise the serpent's head. Galatians 3:16 then identifies that seed as Christ. The Bible presents these words as direct divine speech, not as human myth or memory.
Les Feldick says the unbelief of some theologians is rooted in their treatment of the Bible as merely human. He reports that educated men who claim to be theologians can call the Bible 'nothing more than a bunch of Jewish legends and myths' or say that only part of it is the Word of God. He also tells of one theologian who argued that no one could remember Jesus' words ten, fifteen, or twenty years later and therefore doubted the Gospel accounts.
One theologian Les mentions carried a whole string of degrees yet argued that the Gospel writers could not have asked people to remember word-for-word what Jesus said ten to twenty years earlier. Les calls that statement asinine. He says the writers didn't need to remember anything, because the Holy Spirit moved them as they wrote; every word came from God, not from human notes or research.
Les points to Genesis 3:15, where God promises enmity between the serpent's seed and the woman's seed. He says the seed of the woman is Christ, promised from Eve onward. In Galatians 3:16, Scripture qualifies the seed as Christ. It is this thread—from Eve, through Seth, to Christ—that unites the whole Bible. If someone removes part of the Book, Les says, they lose this fabric.
Les's answer is to study Scripture rather than read it casually. He urges comparing Scripture with Scripture, because the whole Book hangs together. He also says the universe is held together by the word of God's power, so the same word that sustains creation is the word that came to the prophets and through Christ.
Seth Replaces the Slain Abel
Les shows that after Abel's murder, God gave Eve another seed, Seth, and through Seth's line came Noah—part of the vital thread from Eve to Christ.
The Promise of the Seed
Les explains that Genesis 3:15 promises enmity between Satan's seed and the woman's seed, and urges people to study the Word instead of reading it casually.
The Seed of the Woman Is Christ
Les identifies the seed of the woman in Scripture as Christ, promised from Eve onward that the Messiah would come through the human race.
Answering the Memory Objection
Les confronts a theologian who doubted the Gospel accounts on the grounds that words could not be remembered years later; he answers that the Holy Spirit moved the writers, so they did not rely on memory.
God Speaks Through Prophets
Les says the Word of God is not a vague mishmash but actual words God spoke, which the Old Testament prophets received and wrote down.
Galatians Identifies the Seed
Les shows from Galatians 3:16 that the promised seed of Abraham is Christ, proving that the seed thread leads to one Redeemer.
Legends, Myths, and the Fabric of Scripture
Les quotes theologians who call the Bible Jewish legends or say only part of it is God's Word, and warns that removing any section destroys the Bible's beautiful threadwork.
Hebrews 1: The Word That Sustains Creation
Les reads Hebrews 1:1-3 to show that God spoke through prophets and by His Son, and that the whole universe is upheld by His word.
Genesis 3:15: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
God's original promise of a redeemer through the woman's seed, which Les sees as the Bible's unifying thread.
Genesis 4:25: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Records Eve receiving Seth as the appointed seed after Abel's murder, carrying the promised line forward.
Galatians 3:16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Identifies the promised seed as Christ, showing Scripture is one continuous divine message.
Hebrews 1:1-3: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Declares God's own speaking through prophets and His Son, and His word's power to uphold all things.
Yes. Les Feldick reports that educated men who claim to be theologians can take the Bible and say it is nothing more than a bunch of Jewish legends and myths that came together around campfires, or that only part of it is the Word of God.
Les explains they didn't rely on memory. Every word of the Book was put together as the Holy Spirit moved the writers; it was not picked from someone's notes or research.
Because it is the continuous thread from Genesis to Christ. God promised through Eve that the Redeemer would come, and Galatians 3:16 identifies that seed as Christ. Seeing this thread proves the Bible is one coherent Word, not a collection of disconnected campfire tales.
He means the Bible has a beautiful threadwork that runs from the first promise in Genesis all the way through to Christ. If any part is removed, the whole unity is lost.
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