How Can I Be Sure I Got The Right Books In My Bible?

A question about the canon and what should Christians hold as authoritative.

[SuperAirsoft]

Watching these videos can get addictive lol

[jackjones]

One common thread in Dr. Turek's Q and A Sessions is how respectful and patient he is with everyone.

[Augustosticca]

He’s got a power point ready for anything! 😆

[coffeemkr]

What a brave young man, asking such a deeply troubling question in public like that for all to benefit.

[blessedflip]

What a genuine and transparent young man. Great question.

[vanbailey]

That is a great young man, who genuinely wants to seek God. Love to see it

[rathorrath]

Thank God for these videos. This has been on my mind since yesterday and it pops into my feed. He really does guide us if we ask.

[neo]

Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.

[HerotPM]

The Council of Rome in 382 confirmed the same canonical books that Florance later did in the 15th century and then Trent again in the 16th century. The Catholic Church did not add the Deuterocanonical books at Trent. If the Deuterocanon was added at Trent then why would the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches also both include them when they broke off from the Catholic Church hundreds of years prior to Trent? No, Trent did not add them, Luther and the protestants removed them.

As far as Protestants having the Jewish canon, that depends which Jewish sects we are talking about. Some Jews had a similar canon, but the Jewish canon was not set. The Essenes for example included most of the Deuterocanon, the Saducees only included the Torah, the Pharisees seemed to accept at least Wisdom of Solomon since they cite it while Jesus was on the cross. The Jews did not have a set canon. The current and most common Jewish Canon today is the same as the Protestants, but even to this day many Jews accept the Deuterocanons and some sects of Judaism have less books than the Protestants. But even if the Jews did and still entirely reject the Deuterocanon, which they neither entirely did nor do, that would still not disprove these books as scripture since the Jews are not the standard setters any longer, the Church is. The Jews also reject the New Testament and Jesus, so them rejecting the Deuterocanons is hardly a good argument against those books.

[brookewashington]

I watched a video yesterday of a girl who was a catholic and listened to her reasoning why and she was giving all this information and everything. I have grown up a Christian, non-denominational. I believe in the Word of God and I believe that Jesus Christ came and died for my sins. As I’ve gotten older I really love learning different ppls beliefs and their reasonings why. When I heard why that young girl was catholic I was shocked. In a 20 minute video she mentioned Jesus’ name twice and neither time talked about what He did. She focused on the saints and praying to them and books that were added to the Bible. I was a little angry and sad when listening to her because I was like why pray to the saints when Christ came and died and tore the veil so that way we could speak directly to God. We didn’t have to go through others anymore. I prayed last night and I said God if I am getting this wrong please show me the right way. Then I came across this channel today and I just happened to see this video and it has helped me to confirm my beliefs even more so! So thank you for having this channel and teaching and letting God use you!! It helps so much!!

[levantateyora]

They for get to mention that the Holy spirit who inspired the scriptures also helps us decide what were the book to put together. Dont forget the Holy spirt was and is with us till the end of times

[Flosseveryday]

I have to give my respect and gratitude to the Catholics and Non Catholics in the comment section for clearing up the error made by Dr. Turek.
God Bless you all.

[caracal]

Catholic Christian here. Dr Turek you are true inspiration and my role model as an apologist. I have couple of friends who are atheists and I'm preparing to bring them to the Lord by watching your videos. Thank you very much for your hard work. And I love how you ended here "it's the New Testament that all Christians agree upon" God bless

[vasquezeli]

That's my cousin Francisco from gmu!! Cool

[mrniceguy]

Great question. Love the brothers heart.

[mamaf]

use to be a Catholic and finally sat down read the bible studied it with Christians and that was that I was in shock that I never knew anything about God. It was amazing how I let myself believe in the traditions man made idols it was a HUGE wake up for me I thank God in Jesus name Amen.

[psalm]

If you love the Father He will put into your hands what you need. He will also take away what you don't need.

[printedmarble]

Quick correction the council did not add books, when the church has meeting they usually do them when there is a movement against a belief and they meet and discuss the issue, and at the end they affirm the teaching or not. What the council did during the reformation was affirm that those 7 books were scripture, they did not add them

[CPATuttle]

That kid is right. And that man is wrong. He mentioned the 4th century cannons that determined scripture. And he totally ignored it and lied that the council of Trent in 1, 500’s added books. When I’m reality Martin Luther removed books. The council of Trent affirmed the already cannon in response to the removal of books. The Old Testament used by Jesus and the disciples were the Septuagint that has the deuterocanonical books. And the Jews never had a closed cannon by the time Jesus was born. Anyone can look this up.

[ImAlrightITHINK]

That man asked an important question. For the rest of us who had the same question.