How do we know the Bible is from God?

All Scripture is inspired by God

2Timothy 3.16

 

The Bible was written by some of God's best friends, Old Testament heroes like Moses, David and Solomon, and New Testament followers of Jesus like John and Paul. It’s surprising that all these people, who lived in different times and places, could write a book that makes any sense at all. Yet all of the Bible writers agree on hundreds of topics that people argue about.

Better yet, the Bible brings us one very special, very clear message about how God wants to save each of us through Jesus. That’s a huge way in which we see that the Bible is more than a human book. It’s God Word. He put it together to tell us about himself. The Bible is ”inspired by God” or “God-breathed.” It’s packed by God with his powerful message that’s worthy of our trust.

 

Imagine you had no Bible, what would you know about God if he hadn’t told you about himself in the Bible? Here’s some things we wouldn’t know. How much God loves us, how God helped the likes of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Ruth, David and Esther. How Jesus was born, lived, died, and came back to life, how God wants us to love him and others. And I could go on and on.

But we can thank God that he did give us a book that tells us what he is like, and how we can be friends with him.