First Baptist Bible Study 4/21/20

“God, who at various times and in various
ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the
prophets . . .” (Hebrews 1:1).
God Almighty, Creator of all we see, does not leave
humankind without guidance and direction. He has
put His thoughts into words for our benefit. God has
revealed Himself through the vehicle of words.
The Bible itself calls Jesus Christ “the Word” (John
1:1, 14). And, according to this introductory New
Testament passage, the message of the Hebrew Bible
(the Old Testament) is the true Word of God (compare
Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4; Acts 24:14; 28:23).
But how did God choose to reveal even more precious

Nearly 4,000 times, passages in the Hebrew Bible
are introduced by such expressions as “The LORD
spoke,” “Thus says the LORD” and “the Word of the
LORD came.” Scripture is consistently portrayed as
coming from the very “mouth of God” Himself
(Matthew 4:4).
Yet in one sense the authorship of the Bible is