HOW CAN WE BE SURE THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUSTWORTHY SO THAT WE CAN REALLY TRUST IT TO LIVE OUR LIVES BY?
That’s a question that I get asked often. So get out your favorite Bible, paper and pen and read these scriptures and answer the questions as they pertain to what these verses are saying, particularly to you.
WHAT ARE SOME COMMON THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BIBLE TODAY?
WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE — EVEN CHRISTIANS — HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT?
WHY CAN THE BIBLE BE SO DIFFICULT TO READ AND UNDERSTAND?
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE:
IT CLAIMS TO BE THE WORD OF GOD:
2 PETER 1:20-21
1 THESSALONIANS 2:13
2 TIMOTHY 3:16
These scriptures say that God’s actual words were physically produced by humans who God somehow communicated with.
“But how,” we technical types ask, “can that be?”
May I share an experience from my past as a sales manager to show you how it could happen?
Many years ago, when I managed over a hundred salespeople, I had a secretary named April. She was a bright young woman who was also very efficient. Every morning I would dictate to her, word for word, any correspondence along with anything else I wanted my sales team to know. She would faithfully mark signs, called “shorthand”, on a paper tablet (this was before computers) every word I said. Then she would type it all and return it to me for my signatures. Even though April produced the finished documents, every word was mine exactly as I had spoken them to her.
I feel that is how God told the writers of His Word, The Holy Bible, what to say.
KNOWING THIS, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL ABOUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE BIBLE?
IT TELLS US HOW TO LIVE
2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17
ROMANS 10:17, 15:4
PSALMS 19:7-8
This is a real “how to manual” on how to live not only a religious life, but also a moral and healthy one.
HOW DO YOU FEEL THESE SCRIPTURES CAN GUIDE YOU TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE?
IT ENABLES US TO KNOW GOD AND HIS THOUGHTS!
PSALMS 33:4-5
PROVERBS 16:11
WHAT DO THESE TELL YOU ABOUT GOD’S FEELINGS CONCERNING HONESTY AND HIS FAITHFULNESS IN DOING WHAT HE PROMISES TO DO?
JEREMIAH 29:11
This is my favorite verse and I hang onto it as my lifeline.
HOW DOES THAT VERSE HELP YOU FACE YOUR LIFE AND PARTICULARLY YOUR SPECIAL, DIFFICULT CHALLENGES?
IT HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS AND TRANSFORMS LIVES
ROMANS 12:1-2
HEBREWS 4:12
JOHN 3:16
REVELATION 1:3
IF YOU ARE TO FOLLOW WHAT THESE SCRIPTURES SAY, HOW WOULD YOUR LIFE (AND ALL THAT IT ENCOMPASSES) CHANGE?
CAN YOU BE COMFORTABLE DOING THIS, BASED ON WHAT THE BIBLE TELLS YOU?
IT ENABLES US TO TRUST HIM
1 PETER 1:8-9
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
SO DEAR FRIEND, HAS THIS BIBLE STUDY HELPED YOU TO BETTER TRUST
THAT THE BIBLE TRULY IS THE WORD OF GOD
AND CAN YOU USE IT TO GUIDE YOUR LIFE?
IF SO, CREATE AN ACTION PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Join me next month when we explore The Power Of God’s Healing!