without any need of specialized training. These are:

1. You will be able to recognize in the Bible what may be described as "The Word of God."
2. You also be able to discern what can be described as the "Words of a Prophet of God."
3. And you will most readily observe that the bulk of the Bible is the records of eye witnesses or ear witnesses, or people writing from hearsay. As such they are the "Words of a Historian."

You do not have to hunt for examples of these different types of evidences in the Bible. The following quotations will make the position crystal clear:

The First Type:

1. will raise them up a prophet...and will put my words in...and he shall speak unto them that shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:18)
2. even am the Lord, and beside there is no saviour." (Isaiah 43:11)
3. Look unto and be ye saved, all the end of the earth: for am God, and there is non else" (Isaiah 45:22)

Note the first person pronoun singular (encircled) in the above references, and without any difficulty you will agree that the statements seem to have the sound of being GOD'S WORD.

The Second Type:

1. "Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, Lama sabachtani?..." (Matthew 27:46)
2. "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord:" (Mark 12:29)
3. " And Jesus said unto him, why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God." (Mark 10:18).

Even a child will be able to affirm that: Jesus "cried," Jesus "answered," and Jesus "said," are the words of the one to whom they are attributed, i.e. the WORDS OF A PROPHET OF GOD.

The Third Type: