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The Evidence Study Bible (Hardback)
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“What if someone says he doesn’t believe the Bible is God’s Word?”
I would say, “Let’s not argue about the inspiration of the Bible for a moment,” and then take
him through the Commandments. Jesus did not say, “Go into all the world and convince people that the Bible is the Word of God.” It is the gospel that is the power of God to salvation (see Rom. 1:16). Someone can become a Christian and not even know that the Bible exists.
We often hear that Christianity stands or falls on the validity of Scripture. I respectfully disagree. Christianity is not true because the Bible confirms it; it is true with or without the Scriptures. I absolutely believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God. There is no argument there. But my salvation is not dependent upon that fact, because I was not converted by the Bible. I was converted by the power of God, and when I picked up a Bible it simply explained what had happened to me.
“Make the sinner thirst after righteousness, without which he will perish. Then, once he is born again and comes to know the Lord, the Scriptures will open up to him. Until that time, the things of God will seem foolishness to him, as the Scriptures say (see 1 Cor. 2:14).”
In our sincere efforts to convince a sinful world, we tend to use intellectual arguments (I am often guilty of this) when the ultimate proof is the power of God transforming the human heart. But I did not come to Christ through an intellectual argument, and my faith does not stand on human wisdom, so why should I try to bring others through that door?
If the whole scientific world came together and “disproved” the Bible, and archaeologists found what were “proved” to be the bones of Jesus, it would not shake my faith in the slightest. Not at all. This is what Paul speaks about in 1 Cor. 2:4,5 when he says that the Christian’s faith does not rest “in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” Remember, early Christians were not converted by the Scriptures. Instead, they were saved by believing a spoken message. The New Testament had not yet been compiled, there was no such thing as the printing press, and most could not read anyway.
If you believe that the foundation for our faith is the written Scriptures rather than in the person of Jesus Christ, consider these questions. When did Christianity begin? Was it on the Day of Pentecost when 3,000 were converted by the power of God, or did it have to wait until the New Testament was compiled in 200 A.D.?
So don’t feel that it is your mandate to convince anyone of the inspiration of the Word of God. You will never do it while they love their sins. For every reasonable argument you come up with, the skeptic will come back with a hundred and one atrocities and injustices in the Bible.
Instead, give the arrow of the gospel thrust by using the Law of God to bring the knowledge of sin. Make the sinner thirst after righteousness, without which he will perish. Then, once he is born again and comes to know the Lord, the Scriptures will open up to him. Until that time, the things of God will seem foolishness to him, as the Scriptures say (see 1 Cor. 2:14).
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