spelling errors or whether to use the or a) and have no impact on any scriptural teaching. The only unresolved discrepancies are extremely minor (e.g. Well, in fact, they did make mistakes, but there are so many copies from different sources, that it is possible to put together a virtually error free version. How do we know that they did not make mistakes. Since none of the original manuscripts exist today, how do we know that the version we have today is accurate? After all many uninspired men spent endless hours in copying these manuscripts. Not one single man ever recanted on what he wrote, despite the fact that they faced brutal, agonizing death for not recanting. Anyone care to wager their soul, that the second coming of Christ will never happen?) The lives of the men who wrote the New Testament also give testimony that what they wrote was true. (By the way the only prophesy not to come true, yet, is the prophesy of the second coming of Christ. How could a book put together by men be that accurate, unless those men where inspired by God. Yet every one of these prophesies came true, exactly as prophesied, except one. Many of these are very detailed prophesies, not general prophesies like you might read about in the Enquirer, today. The bible also contains literally hundreds of prophesies. The bible is not a history or science book, yet everything it does say about history, science, and even archeology is absolutely accurate. It would be impossible for uninspired men, even in a much shorter time span, to produce a work so consistent. How else can we know that it is inspired? The bible was written over a period of more than a thousand years, by many different men. How do we know this?įirst of all the bible says so (2 Tim. The bible is a collection of books and letters, written by men who were inspired by God. It sets for us a pattern of living that we need to follow. The first thing that we need to understand is that God gave us the bible and it is His inspired word. So whether you are a newborn Christian or have been a Christian for many years, I hope you will take the time to read these articles. No matter how long we have been Christians, we can still use a refresher course once in a while. I hope, in the next several months, to present some basic biblical principles in this column. We need to be a religious people, founded in the truth.
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