Did God Really Write the Bible?

Did God really write the Bible? Oh wait a second. I think several people did. Inspired by God himself. Can we call them ghostwriters then? Only difference is that they do give us their names. Except Genesis of course. No one really knows who wrote this book. Moses? Ah I hear he actually wrote the first five books of the Bible. Surprised? You should be. He actually wrote about his death in Deuteronomy 34, one of the books he supposedly wrote. Imagine the man writing about himself saying “So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD (Deut. 34:5)” When was the last time someone died and wrote about the process? Strange, isn’t it? I am not planning to write about myself after I am dead. Are you?

I am not a Bible skeptic. Neither am I a Bible stomping Christian. I am a believer. Full stop. And I love the Book. And by the book I mean the Bible with a capital B. And unlike new believers, which I am always, I love to start with Genesis, not John. In Genesis things are held together. In Genesis we are able to see how God creates the world, how sin comes into the world, and how God loves mankind in spite of his sin. The God of Genesis is a cloth of many colors. He loves, he rewards, he punishes, and he hates. What a split personality kind of God! Sounds like this God actually has emotions. Is he human? Hope not, because I really don’t want to passionately devote myself to a human being. Divine is my thing for worship.

Okay I really believe God is divine. Emotional but divine. What makes him divine can be debated but Genesis tells me why. Unless you believe in evolution, in which case you shouldn’t be reading this, you know that this emotional, split personality, and sissy-kind of guy actually has some action. And that’s why you and me should tiptoe as we speak about him. I mean think about this: This guy speaks a word and things come into existence. Can you imagine? Ever wonder why God created us in his image but never gave us this kind of power? Well you know why. How many people would be dead by now if you had this kind of power? I don’t even want to count. But this God actually has power over, not only words, but also everything that has ever lived and will ever live. Listen to this verse: “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep… and God said, “Let there be Light” and there was light.” Wow! God said to the darkness, “Darkness, I have four words for you. Let there be light!” Now that’s the kind of God I want to follow. Powerful yet kind. Strong yet loving. The entire first chapter of Genesis is about this powerful, divine and Supreme Being speaking everything into existence. Have you ever stopped to imagine what that means? You mean there is a supreme being out there who actually speaks things into existence? You bet. You might be surprised to know that he still does speak things into existence. And some he speaks out of existence. I know you are wondering, “If God can speak things into and out of existence why doesn’t he speak to HIV/AIDS to disappear from the face of the earth?” Well, I don’t know but I for sure want some freedoms of my own too, and I am glad God has left me with some decisions to make and consequences to bear. I guess that’s what makes me a human being created in God’s image. Don’t you think so?