Most people when confronted with whether or not to accept Christ have to decide first whether the Bible that presents God and Jesus to them is worthy of trust. Of course to most of us who have accepted the Lord, know from our own experience and study that the Bible 100% accurate scientifically, medically, historically, and prophetically. However convincing others seem to be much more difficult as most people want proof over faith. Luckily for us the Bible does this well too with proof bordering upon the creepy. But what do you expect from a book about the supernatural.
The all important question: "Can the Bible be trusted?"
The all important question: "Can the Bible be trusted?"
What sets the Bible apart from ALL holy books?
One of the biggest difference the Bible has over all other holy books is that it never changes. It never needs to. God got it ALL right the first time! The Bible is the literal & infallible Word of God. Israel preserved the 39 Old Testament books carefully and with quite literally no tolerance for copying errors. The New Testament were likewise preserved by the apostles in Antioch with 5200+ manuscripts. This is the reason why when the Dead Sea Scrolls were found and dated to 100 BC, they found that they were perfect matches to Bible's books.
So when the Bible touches on any particular topic, it’s always right. When the Bible talks about geology or astronomy, it’s correct. When Scripture addresses biology or anthropology or historical locations long gone, it’s also right.
One of the biggest difference the Bible has over all other holy books is that it never changes. It never needs to. God got it ALL right the first time! The Bible is the literal & infallible Word of God. Israel preserved the 39 Old Testament books carefully and with quite literally no tolerance for copying errors. The New Testament were likewise preserved by the apostles in Antioch with 5200+ manuscripts. This is the reason why when the Dead Sea Scrolls were found and dated to 100 BC, they found that they were perfect matches to Bible's books.
So when the Bible touches on any particular topic, it’s always right. When the Bible talks about geology or astronomy, it’s correct. When Scripture addresses biology or anthropology or historical locations long gone, it’s also right.
Who is this author of the Bible (God) and what sets Him apart from any other god?
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Isaiah 43:10 (KJV) 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else. Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. |
Quite simply the God, who inspired the Bible, was in the beginning and created everything ranging from things on earth to the innumerable stars and galaxies of the heavens. There is no one like Him and no one else besides Him. He created the earth to be inhabited. That explains all of us and this earth being so specifically tuned to support complex life.
What makes this God unique?
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Isaiah 46:9-10 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: |
Not only does God (YWH) know everything because He created everything, but He knows and sees everything. He also operates outside of time and alone possess both natural and supernatural powers over everything. He can see history before it happens and can tell us what is to come. It is also not within God's nature to lie or deceive, so His words in the Bible are 100% trustworthy.
The Heart of the Matter
Since we have established the Bible is 100% correct in its Science, Medicine, History & Archaeology, and Prophecies, we can conclusively say the Bible is 100% believable and trustworthy in everything and anything it talks about. But thats not all the Bible speaks about. The Bible also speaks about man's wickedness from birth and that we are desperately wicked all the time.
Since we have established the Bible is 100% correct in its Science, Medicine, History & Archaeology, and Prophecies, we can conclusively say the Bible is 100% believable and trustworthy in everything and anything it talks about. But thats not all the Bible speaks about. The Bible also speaks about man's wickedness from birth and that we are desperately wicked all the time.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? |
Based simply from observation, this isn't difficult to confirm. But the Bible goes even further to say no one does good. And anyone who thinks they do good is self deceived.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Romans 3:10-12 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. |
According to the Bible whoever sins will not go to Heaven and be with God because, God is outright holy and just. His justice will not allow sins to go unpunished. And since God can see straight through us at all times, there is nothing we can hide from Him. For those who want to earn their way(or even part of their way) to Heaven, the Bible requires us to be perfect at all times in Deeds, Thoughts, Motives and Intents. If you can't the Bible says your part is in the Lake of Fire that burns forever and ever.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. |
The Bible's Good News (Way Out)!!
Sound impossible? That's because it is. But before you give up the Bible contains great news. The Old Testament foretells and the New Testament witnesses that a Savior was sent by God (Yahweh). His name is Jesus (Yahshua). And the Bible clearly tells us what to do if we wish to be saved by this ONLY method that God has laid out for us.
Sound impossible? That's because it is. But before you give up the Bible contains great news. The Old Testament foretells and the New Testament witnesses that a Savior was sent by God (Yahweh). His name is Jesus (Yahshua). And the Bible clearly tells us what to do if we wish to be saved by this ONLY method that God has laid out for us.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. |
The Bible is 100% trustworthy in EVERYTHING. So won't you believe the Bible when it tells you to "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ" to be saved? Yes it sounds way to simple but again the Bible has not been wrong about anything else has it? Pray today and be saved.
Dear Lord God. I know I am a sinner and need your gift of salvation from my sins. I BELIEVE IN JESUS, the Son of God, as my personal Savior. I believe that His death on the cross and resurrection provides forgiveness for ALL my sins past, present, & future. Please forgive all my sins and come into my heart and life. I hereby trust in Jesus FINISHED WORK alone, and NOT upon me & my "good works", as sufficient to make me right with you and fit for Heaven. Please forgive ALL my sins and come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Seal me with your Holy Spirit until the day you come to take me home. In your Son Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Lastly and perhaps the best thing ever the Bible also includes is ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE that once you are saved you are safe forever. How is that for a guarantee?