And I Approve This Message
Posted on Nov 8th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Read This Article »
There is a certain gubernatorial candidate here in Texas that has released a commercial where he grossly misquotes a Bible verse and uses it to refer to himself as the “Good Shepherd.” Politicians misquoting the Bible is quite common so it is not too shocking, but what do we do when an Apostle misquotes the Bible?!?!?
Well that does in fact seem to be the case for two Holy Spirit-inspired Biblical authors named Matthew and Mark. There are two instances when Matthew and Mark quote the Old Testament and then seemingly attribute the quote to the wrong author.
I don’t doubt the existence of George Washington because I’ve touched his bed. I don’t doubt the existence of Elvis because I’ve been to Graceland. I don’t doubt the existence of Tupac because he’s still alive. But there are many who doubt the existence of Jesus because we don’t have His toothbrush displayed in a museum somewhere. Wouldn’t it be great if we could say, “Of course Jesus existed, here are His sandals.” Too bad for us, things like that do not generally last for 2,000 years. Or do they?
I always wonder what Paul was thinking as He wrote an epistle. Was he sitting there thinking “man this is good stuff” or was he completely unaware that what he was writing would be read by billions? I’m sure that he wrote other stuff outside of what is now Scripture. I wonder if he felt any different when writing that, as opposed to his Holy Spirit-inspired letters. Perhaps a warm, tingling sensation to let him know when he was inspired. If we look at Paul’s writings we know for sure that the thirteen Pauline Epistles are not all he wrote. There are a couple of writings that were written by authors of the New Testament, but just didn’t make the cut for the Bible.