Faith-Nature

How do We Know the Bible is True? Is there enough evidence?

There is more than enough evidence for the Bible and the Christian faith if one is open to looking and checking.

The Bible: History is correct, the statements on nature are correct, fulfilled prophecies in the Bible, fulfilled prophecies about Jesus Christ (Messiah), correct statements on humans vs animals, archaeology confirms much of the Bible's histgory, textual reliability, Dead Sea Scrolls confirms the Old Testament text, also the Septuagint manuscripts, the larger number of Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, internal consistency, extra biblical manuscripts, eyewitness accounts, empty tomb, orgin of universe correct, life-changing power and more. Despite common misperceptions, science doesn’t contradict the Bible. On the contrary, it overwhelmingly confirms it (if you are not a Young Earth Creationist (YEC), see the age of Earth page.

I have heard it said: "So many religions seem to say the same thing". Thus, how do you know the Bible is true and the others are false? 1) Do they get the record of nature correct? (Is their creation account just mystical) 2) Does the text have consistency? 3) Is the book 4D (man thinging only) or does it include extra-dimensional teaching (God's extra-dimensional time and space)? 3) The Bible's message is not the same: the Bible, God has reached out to mankind, and offered the free gift of forgiveness, others religions give ways to reach "god(s)". The God of the Bible exceeds human comprehension, if your god(s) is understandable and has no paradoxes, the god(s) is man-made.

We have had friends come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ after reading Isaiah 52-53. Isaiah 52-53 was written about 700 BC, 700 years before Jesus Christ's birth. This is confirmed to be true by the Dead Sea Scrolls, before 125 BC. Yet, Isaiah 52-53 has an in-depth, long description of the life, death, and resurrection! The Bible contains numerous messianic prophecies, fulfilled in Jesus Christ. This is a miracle from God, so we can trust and believe in Him.

The Bible is unique among all books, past and present. The Bible accurately recorded long ago details about future events. Some events took place years to centuries later. About 2,500 prophecies (promises) are recorded in the 66 Books of the Bible. Approximately 2,000 have already been fulfilled without errors. Some are fulfilled in the Bible, and many are fulfilled by consulting historical sources. The 500 unfulfilled prophecies are both unfolding day by day that you can see yourself, and some are far into the future. God has kept His past promises, so one can be sure that He will keep future promises.

More than enough evidence:

Space-time theorem: God created the universe, all its time, space, and energy. See Space-time theorem page

The Anthropic Principle, the universe from the start was designed for life. Love and care was put into the design. See Anthropic Principle page

Many fulfilled prophecies, proven to be written long before the event. Who Is Jesus page

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is evidence that has changed even atheists. See the Resurrection page

Science doesn’t contradict the Bible; it supports it. See the Bible Vs Science page and Creation Model page

Romans 1:18-20

Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Psalm 19:1-4

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

God's Light has gone out into the whole world. John 1:9

There is more than enough proof/evidence if one is willing to look.

Resources:

Ext link to focusonthefamily.com: How do we know the Bible is true?

How We Know the Bible is True videos:

Links to a four-part YouTube video series on How We Know the Bible is True :

1) Part 1 Key truth and why the Bible is True starts at 8:50

2) Part 2 - Nature starts at 10:00

3) Part 3 History starts at 9:30

4) Part 4 Bible and History - Starts at 7:00

Ext link Sample of Promises kept