THE BIBLE PROVES IT’S THE WORD OF GOD BY ITSELF

– There are some verses in the Bible emphasize that it is the word of God.

2TIMOTHY 3: 16-17 – All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2TI-MÔ-THÊ 3: 16 – Cả Kinh thánh đều là bởi Đức Chúa Trời soi dẫn, có ích cho sự dạy dỗ, bẻ trách, sửa trị, dạy người trong sự công bình

– As it was written in the Bible, the whole Scripture was inspired by God. That means it is the Word of God. Let consider it this way: If the world did not have the Bible, human beings had no way to know God. There are many religious books but none of them that describes or explains God more sensibly and into details as the Bible does. And everyone is welcome to compare the Bible with other religious books in the world. When we do that we will see that none of them makes sense in describing God. We will prove this point later in this article.

– God gave us the Scripture, and it is the only one. We only have two choices: Accept it as it is in order to know God, or refuse it and have no way to know Him. There is no middle ground. And if we accept it, we must believe it fully, a 100%. We will explain that kind of belief later.

– Someone has told us that the Catholic monks gave us the Scripture. That kind of argument cannot stand. God have used human beings, whoever they are, according to His plan, like He used Nebuchadnezzar to punish the Israelites for their sins (1Chronicles 6: 15) , used Cyprus to rebuild the Temple (Ezra 1: 2). They were unbelievers but God used them anyway. So please do not attempt to say that because the Catholic monks assembled the Bible so they have some authority over it.

1CHRONICLES 6: 15 – Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

1SỬ KÝ 6: 15 – Giê-hô-xa-đác bị bắt làm phu tù khi Đức Giê-hô-va dùng tay Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa mà bắt dẫn dân Giu-đa và Giê-ru-sa-lem đi.

EZRA 1: 2 – Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.

E-XƠ-RA 1: 2 – Si-ru, vua Phe-rơ-sơ, nói như vầy: Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời đã ban các nước thế gian cho ta, và chính Ngài có biểu ta xây cất cho Ngài một đền thờ tại Giê-ru-sa-lem, trong xứ Giu-đa.

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE IT CAN EXPLAIN ITSELF ALTHOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN BY MANY AUTHORS

– The Bible is the word of God because its verses can be understood clearly and fully by comparing to others although they are not in the same book or were not written by the same author. That is the wonderful connection of the books in the Bible.

– At the same time, if people, whoever they are, tried to explain or interpret the Bible by their idea or knowledge, they more than often made mistakes that completely contradicting to the truth in the Bible.

– One of the examples we want to give here is the mistake they made about Heaven and Paradise.

– No one should attempt to understand the Bible with his own mind, his own knowledge (even he has many theological credentials) or his own ability to understand matters in this world. God’s wisdom is unfathomed to human beings:

ISAIAH 40: 28 – Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.

– So if someone thought that with his many years of study in theological colleges or seminaries he had the ability to understand God’s Word, he was really insulting Him.

– Do you think with jus a few years in schools (or maybe a life time schooling in theological classes) you can understand God who created this universe with mere words only? Many people who cannot even understand themselves think that by reading the Bible from cover to cover a few times make them experts about it!

– We never think we ever understand the Bible fully. The whole human beings cannot understand the Bible completely because we are jus a speck of dust on His scale

ISAIAH 40: 15 – Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; They are regarded as dust on the scales; He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

– Do you think the dust of this Earth understands us? Do you think the dust that you sweep away everyday from your floor can understand you? How comes human beings think that they can understand God or His words fully and completely?

– The only way that we humans can understand the Bible is letting the Bible explain itself. That means we interpret the Bible with its verses and phrases, because it’s the book of law. Let God explains Himself to us, do not attempt to do it for Him.

– Please remember, translating and interpreting the Bible are two different kinds of work. We can translate the Bible (be really careful to do it), but we interpret the Bible by itself, that’s the only way.

– Let think about it in a simple way like this before we go further: If God gave the world the Bible and only one class of humans could properly interpret it, that’s the people who can afford colleges, so that means the rest of us have to depend on them to understand it? How could He be the righteous God if He gave a group of people the privilege and the power to control how human beings could understand the only book He blessed the world with? No, He did not do that.

– He will explain His Word by Himself (that means by the Holy Spirit) and everyone only needs to pray to Him and uses the Bible to interpret itself. Everyone and anyone can do it if they really want to understand the Bible seriously. That’s a righteous way from the righteous God.

ISAIAH 40: 28 – Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

ISAIAH 40: 15 – Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust on the scales.

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE ITS LAWS CAN APPLY TO THE WHOLE WORLD

– The world has many nations, many cultures and customs, but only the laws in the Bible can apply everywhere without the need to be changed in order to be adapted rightfully in different cultures.

– It is the law book (Joshua 1: 8). When thinking of that phrase, many people thought right away of the law for the Israelites, but it is more than that. The Bible is the book of law for all mankind, for every generation. There are many life questions that we cannot find answers anywhere except in the Bible. With His wisdom, God already gave us all the answers in the Bible (about military, politic, health, marriage, science and everything else). We will discuss more about it in other articles.

– Because it is the book of law so anyone approaches it in order to understand it must do it like someone who studies laws. It means to consider word by word, verse by verse, to compare precedent and similar meanings in the Bible relating to the word or phrase that needs to understand. We will demonstrate that kind of approach later.

JOSHUA 1: 8 – This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

(more at THE BIBLE IS THE BOOK OF LAW)

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THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE IT HAS SURVIVES HUMAN ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY IT

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE IT CHANGES HUMAN LIVES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE ITS PROPHECIES ARE SELF-FULFILLED

(will be continued)