The Bible - God's Word?

Q: I’ve been asked this question before and am unsure how to answer. If regular people, like Paul, wrote the stories of the Bible, how are we supposed to believe in God’s teachings when men wrote His word?

A: Man, how cool to think about the fact that regular people, like you and me, wrote the Bible, under the inspiration and guidance of God. What a privilege that would be! But it’s an awesome question, too. It’s hard to comprehend that, since just regular Joes wrote it, that it’s God word. But take these facts into consideration:

• The Bible was written by over 40 different authors, most of whom had never met each other: high government officials, peasants, military officers, fishermen, religious teachers, and many others
• It was written in three different languages on three different continents
• It was written over a period of 1500 years
• It claims to be God’s Word, not a claim made every day, and has withstood the test of time and attempts to disprove and destroy it

Take these facts into consideration when you consider one more fact: that the Bible is unified. The Bible was written over these many years by these various authors living in different lands and speaking different languages, and yet, it doesn’t contradict itself. That is a big deal, considering if I were to write a book the length and breadth of the Bible, I know I would contradict myself at least once, if not several times. And I am just one person, speaking one language, living in one land: Missouri. And not only does it not contradict itself, it also has one central message: Jesus. The Old Testament points forward to Him, and the New Testament points back to Him. He is the unified centerpiece of the Bible. The cohesiveness testifies to the God-influence of its writing.

Another testimony to the Bible being the Word of God is its power to change lives. Many lives, not to mention whole civilizations, have been transformed by the Bible. My life has been changed by what I have read in it. No other book has ever come close to changing my life. Other books make me laugh, cry, angry, but none have ever changed me. The Bible has. This helps to show God’s hand in it.

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