While instructing his disciples and his followers, Jesus affirmed the inspiration of the Old Testament canon. He also promised that God the Holy Spirit would guide his chosen apostles and prophets in writing the books that would become the New Testament canon. Only twenty-seven books of the writings from this time period were determined to be part of the canon. Just as the Old Testament Hebrews accepted God's authority in the sacred writings of the prophets' New Testament writings. A book was not the word of God because it was consented to by God's people, but it was consented to by God's people because it was the word of God.
Reference: The Everything History of the Bible Book, Jeffery Donley, Ph.D., Adams Media.