The Bible Is The Word Of God

Thánh kinh là Lời Thượng Đế

The Bible is a Divine Revelation. In the Bible we find out what God wants mankind to
know about Himself and His plan.

Thánh Kinh là sự huyền nhiệm. Trong Thánh Kinh chúng ta tìm thấy Thượng Đế muốn
con người biết Ngày và kế họach của Ngài.

The Bible is the only written revelation of God to man.

Thánh Kinh là khải tượng được của Thượng Đế viết cho con người.

No one has ever successfully refuted the Bible. Many mock the Bible but avoid
challenging it point by point. No one who has done in-depth research, honestly
examining the evidence for the Bible's inspiration and truthfulness, has been able to
disprove the Bible.

Không ai có thể bác bẻ được Thánh Kinh. Nhiều người coi thường Thánh Kinh nhưng họ
tránh đối diện với nó

History records many who set out to disprove the Bible, who insteadd became believers.

One Mind Behind The Bible

Our Bible is composed of 66 books, by about 40 different writers of various backgrounds,

living during a period of about 1,600 years -- yet they present one message. Such a
miracle can only be explained by there being one divine Author, who was in control of all
these human writers.

The Bible writers came from many walks of life, including kings, peasants, philosophers,
fishermen, herdsmen, poets, statesmen, scholars, soldiers, priests, prophets, a tax
collector, a tentmaking rabbi, and a Gentile doctor.

The Bible was written in three different languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

The writings contained in the Bible belong to a great variety of literary types including
history, law, poetry, educational discourses, parables, biography, personal
correspondence, and prophecy.

Books written by men have no unity of thought on even one subject. Some of them
invariably disagree with others. But there is perfect unity between the books of the Bible
-- which speak of hundreds of subjects in many fields. There is no contradiction among
them.

Who but God could produce such a book?

 Supernatural Origin

Some of the Bible writers recorded their own sins which brought them into disgrace.
Many times their lives and worldly interests were imperiled because of what they wrote.
Human nature causes people to do the opposite.

The writers claim a supernatural origin for their writings. Nearly 4,000 times expressions
like "Thus says the Lord," "The word of the Lord came unto me," etc., are recorded in the
Bible.

If the Bible is not God's Word, then the Bible is full of lies. Could a book so filled with
lies cause millions of people to turn from their sins -- including lying?

Witness Of Fulfilled Prophecies

Hundreds of prophecies of future events were recorded in the Bible -- some of them
centuries before fulfillment -- and not one detail of any of them has ever failed!

No other "religious book" foretells the future.

No one can refute the Bible's accurate prediction of future events with facts. All they can
do is try to get you to ignore these marvelous facts.

Could man -- especially dozens of men, writing in different countries and different times
-- foretell the future so accurately? Never! Only God could do such a tremendous thing.

No one but God could reveal the future in such detail, often hundreds of years before the
events occurred. Not only the future of cities, nations, and the world, but also concerning
the future birth, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ.

Prophecies Concerning Christ

The Old Testament, written over a 1,000 year period, contains several hundred references
to the coming Messiah -- all of which were fulfilled exactly in Jesus Christ.

The chance that all these predictions could come true exactly as written is beyond most
human's comprehension, giving to any honest enquirer undeniable proof that God
inspired the writing of the prophecies in the Bible.

1 PETER 1:11 NKJ

11 . . . He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

LUKE 24:44 NKJ

44 . . . all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the
Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."
JOHN 5:39,46 NKJ
39 "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are
they which testify of Me.
46 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.

The story of Jesus Christ is also woven into the Old Testament through types, symbols,
and ceremonies. All the Bible points to Jesus Christ.

The biography of the patriarchs, the construction of the tabernacle and the temple, the
services, the sacrifices, and the ceremonies, as well as other types and shadows -- all
foreshadow Jesus Christ.

Witness Of Jesus

Any honest person who studies the historical evidence will conclude that Jesus Christ
rose from death -- giving Him unique status. Jesus acknowledged the Old Testament,
which was all of the Bible written at that time, as the Word of God.

MATTHEW 5:18 NKJ

18 "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will
by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

The Bible bears the seal of Jesus' authority. He quoted the Old Testament dozens of times
and referred to it as the Word of God.

For example, in Matthew 22:32, Jesus quotes from Exodus 3:6 and 15.

MATTHEW 22:29,31-32 NKJ

29 Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor
the power of God.
31 "But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to
you by God, saying,
32 `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the
God of the dead, but of the living."

Witness Of Bible Working For People

Millions have acted on the Bible's commands and have testified to receiving its promises.
Probably someone living near you has such a testimony.

That the Bible message works for people -- in all places and all times -- is a proof that the
same One who created us, and all things, is the Author of the Bible. Only the
manufacturer knows what to write in the product handbook to make his product function
properly.

Witness Of Changed Lives

Millions of individuals, as well as nations, have been changed for the better when they
have accepted the Bible as the Word of God.

More people on Earth today believe in Jesus Christ and the Bible as the Word of God
than any other creed or philosophy.

These millions of people have proved the claims of the Bible when its conditions were
met.

Wherever the Bible is accepted people are lifted up to a higher plane of life.

The Bible message has changed the vilest sinners into the most loving saints. No other
message ever has done that.

Individuals, and even whole societies, have been transformed wherever the Bible has
been believed and obeyed. The Bible's fruits have always been good and wholesome.
Neglect of the Bible has always meant sin, suffering, and sorrow.

Witness of Archeology

The Bible is historically correct. No one has ever proved otherwise.

The more we learn of history, the more the Bible is validated.

Hundreds of statements in the Bible, which in times past have been held untrue by
enemies of the Bible, have recently been proven true by archaeologists. The more that
archaeologists find from the past, the more the Bible is proven accurate historically.

No archaeological discovery has ever disproved a biblical reference. The Bible is

trustworthy and historically reliable.

Bible Is Scientifically Correct

Some scientists would not agree that the Bible is correct -- but none can prove the Bible
wrong. And there are many, many scientists who acknowledge that the Bible is
scientifically correct.

Man has taken many centuries to discover many things the Bible stated thousands of
years ago. Where did the writers of the Bible get their information -- if not from God?

Never Out-Of-Date

Although written hundreds of years ago, the Bible remains the most up-to-date book
available today.
Books on every subject have to be replaced because they become out-of-date so quickly.
But the Bible has never had to be revised.

(Only translations of the Bible from the original languages have been revised to reflect
current language usage.)

PSALM 89:34 NKJ

34 My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

PSALM 119:89 NKJ

89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.

The Bible has been the best-selling book because it universally speaks to the heart of
people, and gives them the message of God.

HEBREWS 4:12 NKJ

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The Bible is relevant to every person, in every culture, in every age, because the Bible is
a living message -- which could only be authored by God.

Contrary To Human Thinking

The Bible is completely unlike a book which humans would write. The Bible condemns
all mankind -- including the writers -- and teaches there is no way they can be saved
except by accepting a gift -- the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible teaches salvation through grace and not works, self-exaltation through self-
abasement, finding your life by losing your life, the way to become great is by being a
servant of all -- and other things opposite to human thought. People would not have
written such things contrary to their nature, on their own.

The Bible deals frankly with the sins of its characters. People making things up try to
make themselves look good. The Bible tells their stories realistically, with all their
shortcomings.

Highest Moral Standards

The moral standards of the Bible are the highest known to man. They are impossible for
man to achieve without divine help. Man would never set such unreachable standards for
himself.

MATTHEW 5:44,48 NKJ

44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who
hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
48 "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

MATTHEW 18:21-22 NKJ

21 Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me,
and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"
22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times
seven.

Divinely Inspired

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are
the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

By the inspiration of the Scriptures we mean that "special divine influence on the minds
of the writers of the Bible, in virtue of which their production, apart from errors in
transcription, and when rightly interpreted, together constitute an infallible rule of faith
and practice."

2 TIMOTHY 3:16 NKJ

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

The above phrase, given by inspiration of God, translates a single Greek word. Literally
the word means God-breathed. The words divinely inspired have probably the nearest
English equivalent meaning.

God breathed into man what man breathed out.

2 PETER 1:20-21 NIV

20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the
prophet's own interpretation.
21 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 NEB

21 For it was not through any human whim that men prophesied of old; men they were,
but, impelled by the Holy Spirit, they spoke the words of God.

HEBREWS 1:1 NKJ

1 God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the
prophets.

1 THESSALONIANS 2:13 NKJ

13 . . . when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively
works in you who believe.

Truly Recorded

Although everything in the Bible is truly recorded, everything said in the Bible is not the
truth.

For example, the Bible contains statements made by the devil and those who were against
God. The statements they made are not necessarily true, but they truly said the statements
as recorded.

So, we can trust the Bible -- all of it -- as God's message to us.

Purpose Of Bible

The purpose of the Bible is to reveal God to mankind, and get us to come to God through
Jesus Christ, so we can know Him.

JOHN 1:1,14 NKJ

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father . . . .

LUKE 24:27 NKJ

27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

JOHN 20:31 NKJ

31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and
that believing you may have life in His name.

Read the Bible yourself, and ask God to reveal Himself and His will to you.