Simply True, Bible

 The Word of God

We are talking about Truth. it is simply true. Truth is. we talked about this reality that Truth just is what it is. Some find it. Some reject it. Some want to make Truth relative. Even some of our churches have started to do this with the Bible itself. Of course, those who do not believe in Jesus and or the God of the Bible, do not believe that the Bible is true.

Some say the Bible is nothing? That it is an old book, written by a bunch of old men, who wanted to control the masses. Or that it should never be taken literately. Or that it is a great history book. Or that it is filled with contradictions. Or that there is no difference in the Bible, Torah, Qur'an, Tripitaka, The Scientology Handbook, or even books Atheist read, like "The impossibility of God" and "An anthology of Atheism and Rationalism."

They tell you that if that is the "religion" you chose to follow, then great for you. Just let everyone else have their "holy book" and leave them alone. The Bible is no different, not better, nor worse than any other "religious book."

Today, we will look at the importance of the Bible and the fact that this is God's living word. This is not like all other religious books.

First, let's start with this simple fact. The Truth does offend those who chose not to accept it. I will say that again. The Truth does offend those who chose not to accept it. Truth is, all religion is equal. However, there is only ONE Way, One Truth, One Life. There is only ONE Salvation. His Name is Jesus.

Even some in the "Christian" religion are trying to change this. In Progressive Christianity, the Bible is no more important than any other tool in the learning of the faith you are to experience. It is a book written thousands of years ago, by men, in order to shape and in some cases, control, society.

It may be written by Man, but it was given to man by God Himself.

"knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:21

It is the infallible Word of God.

"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward." Psalm 19:7-11

It was breathed out by God Himself. Look here.

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness," 2 Timothy 3:16

Then you have this fact. All of the Old Testament written thousands to hundreds of years prior to Jesus being born is ALL ABOUT JESUS! Jesus IS the Word.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was at the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." John 1:1-3

A little bit later in John, we read this.

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14

Think about this. Jesus himself, before there was a New Testament, said this about the Bible. In John 5:39

"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that bear witness about me,"

One of the reasons that Progressive Christianity, or non-children of God, tries to move away from the Bible is because there are absolutes. There are certain things that God set in stone. Literally in some cases. Sin is sin, good is good. Jesus is the ONLY Way, Truth, and Life. The Word also never changes or "evolves" with the times.

"For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished." Matthew 5:18

What was sin then, is still sin now, and may even kill you quicker at that. It does not matter if society has "evolved" to say there are other ways to Heaven, and all religions are equal. There is still only one way, Jesus. It does not matter if society has "evolved" to say abortion is about a "woman's right" to choose what to do with her body. God calls it murder of the most innocent life. Psalm 139:13-16, Exodus 21:22-25. Thankfully the Supreme Court has finally overturned Roe vs Wade. There was never a right to murder an innocent life. It does not matter if society has "evolved" to say homosexuality is good and should be celebrated. The Bible still says it is a sin, against God, and against nature. Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Ezekiel 16:48-51, {Think America} Romans 1: 18-32.

Some of you are thinking, that I still have not answered the question, why trust the Bible?

Well, Jesus is a big one. It predicted every aspect of Jesus hundreds of years before He was born. When He would be born. The exact date. Where He would be born. How He would be born. How He would live His life. How he would be abused. How He would be killed. It is all there to read about some 700 years before He was born. Read Isaiah 53.

One of the easiest ways to disprove the Bible is also one of the easiest ways to prove the Bible is Truth. You see. there are 1,239 prophecies in the Old Testament and 578 prophecies in the New Testament for a total of 1,817. This is according to “The Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy” by J. Barton Payne.

If the Bible makes all these predictions, and they are proven false, then the Bible is indeed false. However, if the Bible makes all these predictions, some 26 percent of the total Bible is made up of prophecies, then predictions proven correct make the Bible true.

Let's get started with some general.

Babylon Will Rule Over Judah for 70 Years

"This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste." Jeremiah 25:11-12

Jeremiah said that the Jews would suffer 70 years of Babylonian domination and that after this was over, Babylon would be punished. Both parts of this prophecy were fulfilled. In 609 BC, Babylon captured the last Assyrian king and took over the holdings of the Assyrian empire, which included the land of Israel. Babylon then began to take many Jews as captives to Babylon and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. This domination of the Jews ended in 539 BC, when Cyrus, a leader of Persians and Medes, conquered Babylon, bringing an end to the empire. This was predicted in Isaiah 45:1

"Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:"

Jeremiah 49:15-20; Ezekiel 25:12-14 both tell of how the luscious and beautiful land of Edom, today a part of Jordan, would become a desert and wasteland. Their description accurately tells the history of that now bleak region.

"For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among mankind. The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord.

Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her. Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate." Jeremiah 49:15-20

Ezekiel 25:12-14

"Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them, therefore thus says the Lord God, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword. And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God."

Isreal itself is a prophesy fulfilled. Isreal? As we know it today? The exact location and construction sequence of Jerusalem's nine suburbs was predicted by Jeremiah about 2600 years ago.

"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.” Jeremiah 31:38-40

Ezekiel 37:21-22 declares this

"then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms."

Isaiah 66:7-8 describes this taking place in one day.

"Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor she brought forth her children."

This rebirth became history in 1948, in one day, and the construction of the nine suburbs has gone forward precisely in the locations and in the sequence predicted.

These are some general prophecies and predictions that have become proven true, in some cases, thousands, in some cases hundreds of years after they were made. As we talked about in the beginning, there are 1,239 prophecies in the Old Testament and 578 prophecies in the New Testament for a total of 1,817. This makes up over 26 percent of the whole Bible. When fully examined, we find that the Bible is correct, 100 percent of the time. We just scratched the surface today.

We did a study a while back on this topic. There are predictions in the Bible like these. There is science in the Bible and science has proven the Bible trustworthy. As we talked about, Jesus. He fulfilled all of those. Perfectly. Then there are future predictions. Now I really want you to think about this. If, all these prophecies that we have discussed have come true, then what the Bible says about the future MUST be believed.

No other book can be proven in this way. No other "messiah" can be proven in this way. If they have a mother and father, then they are disqualified right off the bat. A virgin birth. If they did not come from Bethlehem they are disqualified. If they did not heal the sick, or raise the dead, they are disqualified. If they were not tortured, killed, hung on a cross, and pierced in the side, they are disqualified. If they did not rise from the dead, they are disqualified.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God." John 3:16-18

There is no other way. There is no other book, religious or otherwise that can be proven true over and over again, with the accuracy of the Bible. Any "religion" or man-made tradition, that does not have Jesus as the foundation is a lie. Anyone telling you that you can get to heaven, in any other way than accepting Jesus's sacrifice for your sins, is lying to you. Without love, your religion is worthless. Jesus IS love. God IS love. Without Jesus, your religion is nothing.

Again, I understand that this may offend some people. Sorry. Like I said before, the Truth can become offensive to those who chose not to accept it. Doesn't change the fact that it is the Truth. God does not care about religion. He cares about YOU. He wants a one-on-one relationship with YOU. You have to have faith in His plan. His Way. His Truth. His Life.

This is why He gave us His Word. It is our instruction for life. Was the Bible written by Man? Yup. All the things Jesus did, were done by a man. Jesus, although God, was a man. He had to become a man, to deal with us in this physical realm. God gave man His Word, to write down in the physical realm, so we could have it here, and learn from it.

You see, every answer, to every question, can be found in God's Word. There are no contradictions. There are misinterpretations, misunderstanding of what is read, differing points of view from the writers, and simply, a lack of understanding of what we are reading. Through prayer and reading His Word, you will have a wealth of knowledge that most will never know. Most will never know they don't know. Let the World rejoice in its own knowledge. For we know the knowledge of the world is foolishness to God. Learn from He who made the world. Use this manual for life, by the one that gave you life. The one who created all that is was, or ever will be. Who do you think knows better? The creature? Or the Creator? My bet is on God.

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13

Until next time, be well, be blessed, and Jesus IS Lord!