The Word of God?

Also see: Applying the Bible to our lives

Loved a lot of your responses on my question. This question of what makes the Bible the Word of God is a complex one. Many books have been written on the subject, so I certainly won’t be exhaustive in my answer.

Jumping on my soapbox…

I dare say that this idea that the Bible is the perfect Word of God is the one area of disagreement that leads to almost all other disagreements within Christianity.

I do think not people’s views are changing because the Bible changed…no, culture has changed, and therefore people begin to question how the Bible can somehow support their view.

The Bible can say anything you want it to say.

The problem with these views isn’t that the views are wrong, it is that they are denying that the Bible is the perfect Word of God.

Off my soapbox…

For me there is one reason that stands above the rest as to what validates the Bible’s claim as the Word of God.

Prophesy: predicted and confirmed within the Bible and also confirmed by modern archaeology.

I think of Genesis 12:2-3, when God prophesies how he we make Abram’s lineage into a great nation…something that plays out through the rest of the Old Testament.

In the end we cannot PROVE that the Bible is the Word of God. There is no free lunch. If Christianity were easy there would be no reason for faith.

Your thoughts?