[BornToBeAmerican]

Likely to be slammed here, but the problem is not the Bible in and of itself. It is those who persist in defining it as God and then shelving it when it finished reading. The Bible is Sacred, but then so is the person reading it. Is not the very Spirit of Jesus in each person?

Jhn 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created male and female created he them.

Jhn 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. Every living person was given the light.

Jhn 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood [fn] it.

Luk 11:35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

Therefore, by the very words of Christ himself, the Spirit of God is clearly not only in the Bible.

I incidentally watched the entire “The Bible” series on the History Channel. Sure, it did not follow the storyline contained in the Bible word for word, but the MESSAGE WAS NOT LOST. Which in my opinion was more important.

[circlecity]

"Is not the very Spirit of Jesus in each person?"

No. The Holy Spirit is only in those who have been born again and are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. Yes, we are created in God's image but that does not mean we are all indwelt with the Holy Spirit. None of the verses you cite referes to the Holy Spirit which is the third person of the Godhood.

[JLLH]

The Holy Spirit only indwells those who are His — not everyone.