When I think
of the idea of the reliability of the Bible the first thing that comes to my
mind is 2 Timothy 3:16 when Paul says that “All scripture is God breathed” that
God himself inspired the man who put the pen to the page. God perfect in His nature cannot lie about
neither His nature nor about the record of His grace as recorded in His Word.
There are many arguments that can be made for the reliability of the Holy Scriptures, two of my favorite arguments are the very nature of the work meaning its authorship and focus are unified throughout and also the confirmed historical evidence.
There are many arguments that can be made for the reliability of the Holy Scriptures, two of my favorite arguments are the very nature of the work meaning its authorship and focus are unified throughout and also the confirmed historical evidence.
The very essence
or nature of the Holy Scriptures is that according to most sources the Bible is
composed of sixty-six unique books and letters which were written by 35-40
authors from more than a dozen countries over a period of nearly 1600 years
this work is bound together not just in as single historical volume but by the
fact that they are all unified in a single theme. The common theme is the
redemption of man through Jesus Christ.
Dr Elmer Towns of Core Christianity states that “when you’ve read the Bible you’re left with the impression that only one person wrote the Bible.”[1] If you think about the scope of it we cannot agree on things one week to the next how could man possibly write a collective work that spanned eighty generations? Don’t believe that it is “humanly” possible aside from God’s direct and continued involvement in the authorship of His Word.
Dr Elmer Towns of Core Christianity states that “when you’ve read the Bible you’re left with the impression that only one person wrote the Bible.”[1] If you think about the scope of it we cannot agree on things one week to the next how could man possibly write a collective work that spanned eighty generations? Don’t believe that it is “humanly” possible aside from God’s direct and continued involvement in the authorship of His Word.
The other
argument I often find myself using is the overwhelming historical evidence for
both the Bible as a collective work and the ability to substantiate its
contents through archaeological and historical data. According to the Institute
for Creation Research “the Bible has proven to be more historically and
archaeologically accurate than any other ancient book. It has been subjected to
the minutest scientific textual analysis possible to humanity and has been
proven to be authentic in every way.”[2] As Mark Strauss echoed in
the ACE interview while we don’t have the original copies of the New Testament
we can have confidence in the Bible because of the raw amount of evidence that
we have more than 5000 reliable manuscript copies some within a few decades
unlike of in any other work in history. [3]
1. Towns, Elmer L. "pg 18." In
Core Christianity: What Is Christianity All About?, Chattanooga, Tenn.: AMG
Publishers, 2007.
3.
Strauss, Mark. "“Reliability of the NT
Manuscripts”." Interview by Joshua Chatraw
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