we be sure that the Bible is God’s Word and not just a collection of religious writings by men?
say that the Bible is “inspired”, we mean more than that it is “inspiring”. Rather, we are saying that the Author behind the Bible is God Himself, though He has employed human agencies in the production of it. We compared that to the Bible analogy of a treasure in an earthen vessel. The container God uses is imperfect men but the content He imparts is perfect divine truths. God speaks through the limitations of the human vessels, but the Holy Spirit enables us to look beyond the humanity of the containers to the content of divine revelation. There are some arguments to support the claim that the Bible is no ordinary human writings: a) Testimony of Christ: Jesus Himself accepts Old Testament scripture as God’s word (Matthew 5:18, John 10:35) b) Internal testimony: Scriptures make the claim to be God’s word c) Fulfilled prophecies: Of Israel’s & world history before Christ and of Christ Himself; also subsequent history after New Testament d) Unity of Scriptures: Despite the many authors
