Christianity believes and teaches that the Bible alone is the revealed Word of God.

Even though it was written by men, Christianity makes the claim that the ultimate author was God. This claim was not invented by Christian believers, but the Bible itself makes this claim as to being true. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. (Isaiah 40:8)

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correction and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 2:16-17) For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:21)

Over 2,000 times in the Old Testament alone there are phrases such as And God spoke to Moses, the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, and God said. The Bible claims itself to be a record of the words and deeds of God in essence His Story of the world. Finally, the Bible also views itself as Gods Message to the people so that they may be saved from their sins.

However, the mere fact that the Bible claims to be the Word of God does not prove that it is true, for there are other books that make similar claims. The key difference is that the Bible contains very strong evidence as being theactualWord of God. It is as if God is speaking directly to us. That is the authority that comes with the Bible.

The Bible was written over a period of about 1,500 years by more than forty different human authors covering many controversial subjects. Yet, there is an amazing unity to the Bible. From beginning to end, there is the unfolding story of Gods plan of salvation for mankind. This salvation is through the person of Jesus Christ (John 14:6) and Jesus Himself testified that He was the theme of the entire Bible (John 5:39, Luke 24:27).

Bible translations, worldwide Number Statistic 6,900 Approximate number of languages spoken in the world today 1,300 Number of translations into new languages currently in progress 1,185 Number of languages with a translation of the New Testament

 It would be widely distributed so man could attain it easily It would be preserved through time without corruption It would be completely accurate historically. It would not be prone to scientific error or false beliefs held by the people of that time. It would present true, unified answers to the difficult questions of life.

historical: Flavius Josephus was a Jewish historian who lived in the first century. He not only preserves many traditions about events that are mentioned in the Old Testament, but also corroborates the existence of John the Baptist(Ant. XVIII. 5.2), where it also mentions that Herod had him imprisoned and put to death. He also mentions James as the brother of Jesus along with his death by the high priest Annas(Ant. XX 9:1). Lastly, he mentions Jesus himself, who he characterizes as "a wise man". He further reports that people viewed Him as the Christ and that Jesus appeared to His disciples three days after Pilate put Him to death(Ant. XVIII.33). Remember, Josephus is a Jew, and would be adverse to Christianity and its message.

Scientific In the Hindu Scriptures it is taught that the earth is set atop the backs of four elephants, who in turn stood on a giant sea-turtle that was swimming through a milky sea. However, Job states, "He stretches out the North over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.(JOB 26: 7)" Also, Isaiah mentions that God sits "above the circle of the earth.(ISAIAH 40: 22)" The New Testament also records a snatching away of believers.

In Luke 17 Jesus talks of a singular event stating that "two men in one bed; and one will be taken, and the other will be left. There will be two women grinding in the same place; one will be taken, and the other will be left." These are events that happen at different times of the day, yet Jesus speaks of them as a single instance. Only someone who understands the revolution of a round earth could understand how day and night are relative and one act may affect people in both time frames.