Why is the bible important to Christians?

                The New Testament is a record of the life and teachings of Jesus and forms the foundation of the Christian church.The old and new testaments confirm and complement each other. The purpose of the gospels is to show conclusively that Jesus is the son of God and so there is a lot written about his works and miracles and this is a fundamental part of Christian belief. This is followed by the book of Acts, which shows how Christianity spread around the world Most of the other books of the New Testament were written by Paul. Most of the writings of Paul are in form of letters to different churches, to encourage and strengthen their faith, even as it still does in churches today. Many Bible passages and scriptures can be used as inspiration by a Christian who feels miserable and depressed.

             Many Christians find the bible to be very important, but still they disagree about the contents of the bible for example: fundamentalist Christians think that the Bible is the direct word of god and that it has no errors, but the conservative Christians think the bible is the word of God, but the writers write with their own personalities and style.

             Christians believe that the whole bible shows Gods plan for his people, for the start of the bible which is genesis to the end of the Bible which is revelation. Many Christians believe that the book of revelation is very important because it talks about what is going to happen in the end times when Jesus come down to earth to take his people to heaven.

             Christians believe the bible is inspired by God; the bible is used in prayer, teaching, instruction, correction and, as can be seen in 2 Timothy 3:16. The central theme and purpose are the spiritual welfare of man. Christians consider the Bible to be sacred and some Christians stick to ever word of the strictly whilst some others are more flexible in their interpretations.