The Bible Can Be Trusted

The Bible can be trusted!
Do you have a Bible? Some people say that the Bible is unreliable, a mere fiction and their views have gained worldwide acceptance. Thus, many people today don’t consider the significance of the Bible.

On the other hand, the Jesus encourages us to trust the word of God as in John 17:17. The Bible considers itself to be inspired by God. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living (Timothy 3:16). “All Scripture“includes everything, both the new and old testament.

What is your side on this issue? Is there sound basis for trusting basis for trusting the Bible? Or is there really evidence that the Bible can’t be trusted because it contradicts itself and because of its inconsistency?

Some people claim that the Bible contradicts itself. Has anyone ever shown you an example? I have never seen or read that could not be explained. There may appear contradicting accounts in the Bible but the reason usually of such turmoil is the lack of knowledge regarding the details and circumstances in the Bible. For example, some people focus their attention to a shallow discrepancy in the Bible, asking where did Cain got his wife. Now who told you that Cain and Abel where the only children of Adam and Eve? It is such a false assumption. Adam became a father to sons and daughters, as stated in the book of Genesis (5:4). Hence, Cain married one of his sisters or probably a niece. Isn’t that a shallow discrepancy? It is then encourage to read the whole Bible before asking critical questions that are in fact only because lack of reading or comprehension. Now, don’t be exhausted, rather be encouraged to read the Bible and search for the truth.

The historical accuracy of the Bible was once questioned and was widely doubted. Critics for example questioned the existence of some Bible characters such as King Sargon of Assyria, Belshazzar of Babylon, and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. But as time goes by, more and more discoveries verified the one Bible account after another. Historian Moshe Pearlman wrote: ”Suddenly, skeptics who had doubted the authenticity even of the historical parts of the Old Testament began to revise their views.

Once, the Earth was generally believed to be flat. The assumption was widely accepted by the people for a long time until Ferdinand Magellan tour circumnavigate the globe and proved that the earth was round in shape. But did you know that the Bible was correct all along! “There is one dwelling above the circle of the earth”, found in Isaiah 40:22.

A lot more scientific facts supported the Bible. (Read the article entitled: “Science And The Bible”)

What’s more, phrophesies in the Bible dramatically happens one by one. The Bible foretold that Babylon would eventually become inhabited ruins. And that is just what happened. Today, Babylon is a desolate heap of mound(Isaiah 13:20-22, Jeremiah 51:37, 41-43).

The authors of the Bible came from different places, and time but all of the books agree and are united. The time gap even reached as far as thousand of years!

God’s word can be trusted! Paul said in Corinthians(3:3):”It is clear that Christ Himself wrote this letter and sent it by us. It is written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on stone tablets but on human hearts”.