Is Bible the Word of God ?

This question is always ask by many people, and not only the christian but also non christian. How can we make sure that Bible is the word of GOD ? This article is try to answer that question so there will be no more doubt about this.

There is some evidence that can affirm that Bible is the word of GOD :

1. Bible has sciencetific accuracy, in Job 26:7 Bible said “hangeth the earth upon nothing”, How did Job know that the earth hung in space before the age of modern astronomy and space travel? The Holy Spirit told him. Another example is when Isaiah said, “It is [God] that sitteth upon the circle of the earth” (Isaiah 40:22). The word for “circle” here means a globe or sphere. How did Isaiah know that God say upon the circle of the earth? By divine inspiration.

2. The Bible is affirmed through historical accuracy. In Daniel chapter 5, Bible said “Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.” (Daniel 5:29). It's about the story of the handwriting on the wall. The historians claim this never happened because according to the Babylonian records, the last king of Babylon was not Belshazzar, but a man named Nabonidas. And so, they said, the Bible is in error. There wasn’t a record of a king named Belshazzar. But, in 1853, an inscription was found by archeologists on a cornerstone of a temple built by Nabonidas, to the god Ur, which read: “May I, Nabonidas, king of Babylon, not sin against thee. And may reverence for thee dwell in the heart of Belshazzar, my first-born favorite son.” From other inscriptions, it was learned that Belshazzar and Nabonidas were co-regents. Nabonidas traveled while Belshazzar stayed home to run the kingdom. Now that we know that Belshazzar and Nabonidas were co-regents, it makes sense that Belshazzar would say that Daniel would be the third ruler. With this inscriptions the Bible is affirmed through historical accuracy.

3. There is incredible unity to the Bible because from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible reads as one book. Although it is made up of 66 books, was written by at least 40 different authors over a period of about 1600 years, in 13 different countries and on three different continents, in at least three different languages by people in all professions, the Bible forms one beautiful temple of truth that does not contradict itself theologically, morally, ethically, doctrinally, scientifically, historically, or in any other way. The main concept of the Bible is one, it is about Jesus Christ and the love of GOD to save people from their sin.

4. Bible is the only book in the world that has accurate prophecy. There are over 300 precise prophecies that deal with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Old Testament that are fulfilled in the New Testament. To say that these are fulfilled by chance is an astronomical impossibility.

5. Bible is The Book of The Ages. No book has ever had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, scorned it, burned it, ridiculed it, and made laws against it. But the Word of God has survived. And it is applicable today as much as it was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
I Peter 1:25 says: “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”

It’s so majestically deep that scholars could swim and never touch the bottom. Yet so wonderfully shallow that a little child could come and get a drink of water without fear of drowning. That is God’s precious, holy Word. The Word of God. Know it. Believe it. It is True.

(based on article by Adrian Rogers - Love Worth Finding Ministries)