“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16 NLT)
As a rule, the people who dislike, distrust, and have the most negative things to say about the Bible have never read it. Yes, of course, they may have “cherry picked” a few easily misunderstood passages, taken them out of context and made them say what they were never intended to say, then contented themselves to believe they have done their “due diligence.” But to disregard the Bible is an eternally fatal mistake.
Why would I say that? Because the Bible is God’s Words to a lost world, but especially to His redeemed people. We as human beings are so inclined to trust our own judgment, to believe what we believe is the best way, perhaps the only way to believe, when we have no real frame of reference with which to compare it. It’s our opinions, largely gathered from what our parents told us, plus what we’ve gathered from other people we trusted or on whom we’ve relied.
For the most part, we rarely verify what we hear, we just assume it’s “truth” and follow it blindly until we finally find someone to help us understand what Truth is, or we die. But here’s the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth – God is real, Jesus is alive, and the Bible is completely, from cover to cover His Words and they are TRUE.
How can I make such a bold statement? Because I know the Bible’s Author personally, and can vouch for His character. He is the definition of true love and He never lies. He doesn’t have the capacity, it’s not in His nature to tell anything but the Truth. Not only that, He poured Himself into human flesh in the person of His only Son, the Lord Jesus, the Christ, who was born perfect, lived a perfect, sinless life, and died a sacrificial death in our place to prove He was God and had the authority to forgive sin.
Why is that important? Because sin is what separates us from God and robs us of a correct understanding of His Holy Word, the Bible. Glen Scrivener had it right when he wrote: “The Bible is so colossal and world-shaping, even the reasons you might object to the Bible have been given to you by the Bible.” We have nothing to lose by reading, studying, memorizing and following the teachings of the Bible, but we have everything to lose if we don’t.
Why would I say that? Because we learn of Jesus, about whom a prominent figure in the New Testament, Peter, said: “Lord, (in reference to Jesus) to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.” Why is that so important? Because every human being is going to live for all eternity – somewhere, either in heaven or hell! Don’t you think it’s important to know where you’re headed and why?
“Yeh, but I don’t trust the Bible.” How can you not trust a book that stated hundreds of years before the events of Jesus’ birth the exact details of who would be His mother (a virgin peasant girl), where He would be born (Bethlehem) and even how He would die (700 years before crucifixion was invented). If you’ll do your own research the only thing you’ll find about the Bible is that it’s more accurate and better than you ever imagined it would be.
When you open your life to its main character, the Lord Jesus, you’ll discover life as it was always intended to be lived and find hope, peace, and joy that you never imagined could exist. It’s all in the Bible, read it for yourself, starting in the Gospel of John in the New Testament. You will be eternally grateful. Please click on this link to learn more.
Food for thought.
Blessings, Ed 😊
Walking With Jesus 
Wonderful good news! Thank you Ed. Steve
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