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10 Reasons To Believe In The Bible
(From Our Daily Bread / Radio Bible
Class)
1. Its Honesty: the
Bible is painfully honest. It shows
Jacob, the father of God’s “chosen
people,” to be a deceiver. It
portrays
2. Its
Preservation: In a cave by the
3. Its Claim For Itself: If the authors of Scripture had not claimed to speak
for God, it would be presumptuous for us to make that claim for them. The Bible would then be a collection of
unsolved mysteries, embodied in historical and ethical literature. But the Bible’s authors did claim to be
inspired by God. Because millions have
staked their present and eternal well-being on those claims, the Bible cannot
be a good book if its authors consistently lied about their source of
information.
4. Its
Miracles: If the
5. Its
Unity: Forty different authors over a period of 1,600 years
penned the 66 books of the Bible. Yet,
the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 of the New Testament tell one
unfolding story of God’s plan of redemption.
Together they give consistent answers to the most important question we
can ask: Why are we here? How can we know God? How can we make peace with our Maker?
6. Its
Historical And Geographical Accuracy: Many
have doubted the historical and geographical accuracy of the Bible. Yet modern archaeologists have repeatedly
unearthed evidence of the people, places, and cultures described in the
Scriptures. Time after time, the
descriptions in the biblical record have shown to be more reliable than the
speculations of scholars.
7. Its
Endorsement By Christ:
Christ endorsed the Bible
not only by His words but by His life.
He made it clear that He believed the Old Testament Scriptures (Matthew 4:1-11,
8. Its
Prophetic Accuracy: From the days of Moses, the Bible predicted events
no one wanted to believe. Before Israel
went into the Promised Land, Moses predicted that Israel would be unfaithful,
that she would lose the land God was giving her, and that she would be
dispersed throughout all the world, regathered, and then re-established (Deuteronomy 28-31). Those events happened as prophesied. Central to Old Testament prophecy was the
promise of a Messiah who would save God’s people from their sins and eventually
bring judgment and peace to the whole world.
9. Its
Survival: The Bible has been in existence for 2,000
years. During that long history, no
other book has been as loved or as hated as the Bible. No other book has been so consistently
bought, studied, and quoted as this book.
The Bible is still the book by which all other books are measured.
10. Its Power
To Change Lives:
History is marked by those
who claim to believe in the Bible and have been changed and bettered by
it. The Ten Commandments are a source of
moral direction to countless numbers of people.
The psalms of David have comforted many in times of trouble and
loss. Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount has
given millions a pattern for right living.
Paul’s description of love in 1
Corinthians 13 has softened angry hearts.
You’re Not Alone:
You’re not alone if you have
questions about the reliability of the Bible.
The Scriptures, like the world around us, are marked by elements of
mystery. Yet if the Bible is what it claims
to be, you don’t have to try to sort out the evidence on your own. You can be sure that the Author will help you
to find satisfying answers to your searching questions.
One important key to
understanding the Bible is that it was never meant merely to bring us to
itself. Every principle of Scripture
shows us our need of the forgiveness that Christ secured on our behalf. It shows us why we need to let the Spirit of
God live through us. It is for such a
relationship that the Bible was given.
For further reading: “Can I
Really Trust The Bible?” by Radio Bible
Class. Read it online at www.discoveryseries.org/q0402
or request a printed copy by writing to
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