Is the Bible the Word of God? Ultimately, on that question hinges the eternal destiny of our souls. Does God say what He means and mean what He says? If He does not, then everything we, as Christians, have been taught is suspect. A. B. Simpson wrote a simple poem entitled The Bible Means What It Says, the last verse of which states, “It is strange we trust each other, and only doubt our Lord; we will take the word of mortals, and yet distrust His Word. But, oh, what light and glory would shine o’er all our days, if we would always remember THAT HE MEANS JUST WHAT HE SAYS.” God has not had to correct, revise, adjust or change His Word since its going forth from the Holy Spirit to “holy men of God who spake...” (vs. 21). Textbooks often have to be changed because of data or theories proven incorrect, thus rendering them outdated and in need of abandonment -the Bible (an ancient book) never! God means just what He says.
Is the Bible the Word of God? Voices from the past remind us that “God’s Word is its own best argument” (Vance Havner) and that “The best evidence of the Bible’s being the Word of God is found between its covers” (Charles Hodge). How true! The most powerful evidence that the Book we hold in our hands is, indeed, God’s Word is found in the claims it makes for itself. Around 3,800 times, the Bible claims to be the Word of God. Such terms as “Thus saith the Lord” and “The word of the Lord came unto me” are common expressions of those claims. We are clearly informed in 2 Timothy 3:16 that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God…” God means just what He says!
Is the Bible the Word of God? Voices from the past remind us that “God’s Word is its own best argument” (Vance Havner) and that “The best evidence of the Bible’s being the Word of God is found between its covers” (Charles Hodge). How true! The most powerful evidence that the Book we hold in our hands is, indeed, God’s Word is found in the claims it makes for itself. Around 3,800 times, the Bible claims to be the Word of God. Such terms as “Thus saith the Lord” and “The word of the Lord came unto me” are common expressions of those claims. We are clearly informed in 2 Timothy 3:16 that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God…” God means just what He says!