The Bible is filled with mystery. It is the most amazing book on earth. It is a treasure beyond treasures. It is far better than any movie or anything the world has to offer in entertainment. It is a book that is both physical and spiritual and contains in its words awesome power to transform lives here on earth and transport your being into another realm, a heavenly realm.
In this installment we want to introduce to you the idea of evidences for faith in the Bible. These evidences are powerful and tinted with a hint of great mystery. How the Bible has come to us and how it has survived for centuries and how it has survived all the hatred of its enemies is an amazing story and mysterious.
What powerful and mysterious evidences exists that prove that the Bible came from Almighty God? Here is the argument as I would set it forth.
If the Bible fully claims to be the book of God, exhibits complete and total historical accuracy from Genesis to Revelation, and if, it exhibits total scientific accuracy, (that is, when it speaks of anything related to Science, it always speaks in total accuracy), is free of all errors and mistakes of any form, possess a remarkable unity, has a world view that is true and unique to the age of the writings (Bible), contains within its pages predictions about the future that would be impossible for humans to know and that had clear and precise fulfillments (predictive prophecy), has a presentation of reality in life that is unique, true, and unknown to the times in which the books were written, and has other demonstrations that prove it is a book of divine (supernatural) origins, then it is indeed, THE WORD OF GOD.
The Bible does exhibit claims to be the book of God, exhibits complete and total historical accuracy from Genesis to Revelation, it exhibits total scientific accuracy, (that is, when it speaks of anything related to Science, it always speaks in total accuracy), is free of all errors and mistakes of any form, possess a remarkable unity, has a world view that is true and unique to the age of the writings (Bible), contains within its pages, predictions about the future that would be impossible for humans to know and that had clear and precise fulfillments (predictive prophecy), has a presentation of reality in life that is unique, true, and unknown to the times in which the books were written, and has other demonstrations that prove it is a book of divine (supernatural) origins.
Therefore, the Holy Bible is most certainly, the Word of God!
All of the evidences combined prove beyond doubt to every fair minded and rationally thinking human being that the Bible is the Word of God. The evidence is not coercive but it is persuasive. Just like in a court room, a trial, you must have honest men and women to sit on the jury to render a verdict. They must be fair and impartial. So it is with the Bible, if one is fair and impartial and honest with the evidence, we believe one will be driven to the conclusion that the Bible, and the Bible alone is the true Word of God!
In future installments we shall examine the various aspects of the argument set forth above. All of this is amazing. It is overwhelming when you look at the whole. One can understand much of it and much of it is a great mystery that pushes us to our knees to shout and praise, THANK YOU, OH GOD, FOR YOUR AMAZING WORD. Yes, the Bible is indeed, a miracle, a miracle come from God. There is great mystery to it and that mystery in and of itself shouts, inspiration!
You must listen to the evidence. You must decide. Will you believe and accept the Bible as the Word of God, or will you not? Eternity hangs on how you respond.
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