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Christianity Depends Completely Upon the Divine Inspiration of Scripture

The Psalmist David wrote, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”  (Psalm 11:3 KJV). Also, a nineteenth century English Bible scholar expresses it extremely well:

Surrender the dogma of verbal inspiration and you are left like a rudderless ship on a stormy sea—at the mercy of every wind that blows. Deny that the Bible is, without any qualifications, the very Word of God, and you are left without any ultimate standard of measurement and without any supreme authority. (Introduction: Divine Inspiration of the Bible: Arthur Walkington Pink)

The Holy Bible teaches us that there exists an omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent God and it also claims to be the inspired word of that Spirit God. If one statement in the original documents were ever to be empirically proven wrong, the entire basis for Christianity would be gone. Many who wish it to be proven wrong, gleefully point out what they presume to be mistakes and contradictions throughout the scriptures. Yet, the entire message of the Bible has been complete now for almost two thousand years and not one statement has been proven to be error. Not one. And O how desperately many have tried for those millennia.

Reasons we accept the Bible as the inspired word of God are many. Perhaps the one to start with is His creation. Men prefer to call it nature and all of it is here by accident, yet it’s very existence and design offers unimpeachable testimony to it’s creator. And it’s creation, it’s purpose and it’s history are described in this one immutable inspired book.  Man has attempted to explain it in many fantasy stories, but to no avail. There are always numerous unanswered and unanswerable questions remaining.

Another reason for the truths of the Bible is that it reveals all of this to us. Without the scriptures, we would have no solution whatsoever as to why we are here, how we got here or where we are going. We would have no knowledge of the Almighty God. All we would have would be the fantasy stories such as a time when nothing existed, absolutely nothing...not even space. Yet a lot of this nothing became so densely compacted that it finally grew so hot (heat?  From where?) that it blew up with such violence that it created all the presently existing matter and flung it outward into this massive universe.

Also man needs hope. If one finds himself in a position of having nothing to hope for, he is a miserable person. One of he greatest blessings we have from the Bible is that we can have hope. Hope that death is not the end of the road where we are simply “poof” and are eternally gone!  A Christian from the early 19th century, Alexander Campbell, in a public debate with an atheist, made this notable statement; “Sir, you are like that oxen over there, you have no hope.” 

The Bible shows it’s inspiration simply by the fact that it never grows old, but each time a devout student reads it, there are new materials which he has not recognized before. The knowledge it contains is inexhaustible. It is a book which tells us of a truth in obtaining and growing our faith. Romans 10:17 says:  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (KJV) And indeed it does. The more one studies, the stronger his faith becomes.

Although one may know, word for word, the entire contents of some chapter of Scripture, and although he may have taken the time to ponder thoughtfully every sentence therein, yet, on every subsequent occasion, provided one comes to it again in the spirit of humble inquiry, each fresh reading will reveal new gems never seen there before and new delights will be experienced never met with previously. The most familiar passages will yield as much refreshment at the thousandth perusal as they did at the first. The Bible has been likened to a fountain of living water: the fountain is ever the same, but the water is always fresh. (Ibid)

One last thought on this particular subject. Had uninspired men written the holy bible, a single careful reading of it would have given the reader mastery over the author’s meanings and intentions. Whereas the inspired writings continue to reveal thoughts each time they are read.

The Bible informs us of God and describes Him in detail:

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (Psalm 90:2 KJV - A prayer attributed to Moses)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24 KJV)

I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me. (Proverbs 8:17 NKJV)

God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Nahum 1:2 KJV)

There are many verses which describes the attributes of God to us, yet with only those four one can get a clear vision of the infinity of God, his love for those who obey him and his wrath towards those who would be counted among his adversaries.

Our lives are very brief and should be spent in preparation for eternity rather than simply to attain a little more of earth’s goods. The apostle Paul said it quite well, and it would be wise for us to do likewise.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (Philippians 4:11 KJV)

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