This page has just a very few of the reasons why we can believe that the Bible is the Word of God. If you want to pursue this topic more, we would recommend to you a couple of books: "Evidence that demands a verdict" by Josh McDowell, or "The signature of God" by Grant Jeffries. If you are a believer, just memorizing a few of these facts can give you confidence and quiet the vast majority of critics!

 

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD

 

1) The Bible claims to be the Word of God - 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21

2) Jesus says it's the Word of God - Matthew 5:18

3) Fulfilled prophecy in Jesus life:                  Prophecy           Fulfillment
     a) He would be born of a virgin               Isaiah 7:14          Luke 1:26-35
     b) He would be born in Bethlehem            Micah 5:2           Luke 2:4-7
     c) He would live a sinless life                 Isaiah 53:8-9        2 Corinthians 5:21
     d) He would be killed (crucified)              Isaiah 53:4-7        Matthew 27:35
     e) He would cry from the cross:               Psalm 22:1          Matthew 27:46
        "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

***In Jesus' life, over 300 prophecies were fulfilled.***
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4) Its continuity:
     a) Written over a 1500 year span.
     b) Written by over 40 different writers from every walk of life.
     c) Written in several different places, on 3 continents.
     d) Written in 3 different languages.

***Its subject matter include hundreds of controversial topics,
and yet it's in perfect harmony from cover to cover.***

 

5) Other Fulfillments:
  a) 2,000 years before Columbus discovered that the Earth was round, not flat, Isaiah said that God sits on the circle of the Earth. - Isaiah 40:22
  b) 3,000 years before it was discovered, Job wrote that God hung the Earth on nothing. - Job 26:7
  c) Isaiah 44:28 talks about a man named Cyrus who would send captive Jews back to Jerusalem to build the wall and the temple. 150 years later a child was born named Cyrus, who did just that!

 

6) Other proofs:
  a) The Hittites: A people group mentioned often in the Old Testament, was laughed at by scientists and archeologists because they said the Hittites never existed. Then in 1906 Hugo Winckler discovered the remains of the Hittite capitol!
  b) In Joshua 6:20 it says the walls of Jericho fell outward, which is never the case when a city is attacked. But in 1930, Prof. Garstang discovered Jericho and found the walls had fallen outward!
  c) Not until the invention of the telescope did science figure out that the stars could not be numbered. However, in Genesis 22:17 and Hebrews 11:12 the authors refer to the stars as being as innumerable as grains of sand!
  d) Zechariah 14:12 describes the results of a nuclear bomb, which is how the Bible says God will destroy the nations who fight against Israel in the last days!
  e) 2 Peter 3:10 speaks of the elements "melting" with a great heat. This verse was considered ridiculous until we tested the first atomic bomb which produced such intense heat that the elements around it melted!