The Key Message Is, Listen to Him!
“There are so many tiny details that vary yet it’s the same story. The differences do not affect the fact that the Bible is God’s word. God did not dictate the Bible. God’s people experienced God and then in their own way and language and even limited memory they wrote God’s word. The message from God is not distorted even when details do not agree. If a friend sends you a gift, and those who received the gift do not agree on the color of dressing of the messenger, that detail is inconsequential to the key message of the gift. Many conflicting details in the Bible where same story is narrated, are inconsequential to the key message intended for us. In fact the differences confirm that these writers acted independently from each other in delivering God’s word to us, and we remain in awe at how consistently true the key message is!”
