Lost books that are not part of the Bible.

The original Scripture was manuscripts, codexes, and letters, not books.

The early church condemned much of the early Bible Scriptures for various reasons, such as:

being written by unknown authors,

their writings being unpleasant,

not important enough,

contrary to their beliefs, and

contrary to the majority of other writings.

Some scriptures were not well used or copied and were just forgotten about.

Many of the lost biblical manuscripts are known about and referenced in other writings.
 

The modern Bible mentions several lost books.

Jesus mentions a book.

The Lord mentions the Book of Jashar when speaking to Joshua.

David, when he is mourning the death of Saul, mentions the Book of Jashar.

The Bible mentions half a dozen other biblical books.

The modern Bible does not include any of these books, that it mentions itself.
 

The question one should ask is:

If these scriptures were good enough to be used by disciples of the past, our forefathers, so to speak, and Jesus himself.
Shouldn't those scriptures be good enough for us in modern times?
 

Believers used many of these manuscripts before 1611.
Then King James said, "Slim down the Bible" and "Make the Bible smaller to be carried easily."

If not for that event in 1611, the Bibles found at the pulpit now, in modern times, might still weigh a ton and be secured down so as not to fall off the pulpit or be carried off.
Something to think about!

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