The Bible has been burned, banned, belittled, and attacked.
But it’s still here.
Can you trust it?
How can we know these ancient words are true?
Hi, this is Dustin with Hope Through Prophecy.
Today, we will consider 7 UNDENIABLE facts about the Bible.
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Fact 1.
The Bible is the best-selling book in human history.
It is translated into 670 languages, with the New Testament of the Bible being translated
into over 1500 languages.
The Bible is the highest selling, most read book on the planet – and no other book comes
close!
Statistica.com reveals that the Bible simply dominates the all-time best-seller chart!
The Guinness book of world records estimates that this number has grown to over 5 billion!
According to the Bible, God is the true author of this best-selling book:
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God..”
Fact 2.
The Bible has survived the attacks of men.
Throughout the dark ages of history, the truth of the Bible was covered in darkness.
The Bible has been banned!: The Decree of the Council of Townhouse, made
by the apostate church of that day, reads “We prohibit also that the laity should
be permitted to have the books of the Old or New Testament; but we most strictly forbid
their having any translation of these books.”
The Bible has been burned!: According to the Ruling of the Council of
Tarragona of AD 1234: “No one may possess the books of the Old and New Testaments in
the Romance language, and if anyone possesses them he must turn them over to the local bishop
within eight days after promulgation of this decree, so that they may be burned..”
Men and women have shed their blood for the Bible that sits on your desk!
John Wycliffe, nicknamed the “Morning Star of the Reformation”, was the first to translate
the Bible into the English language.
As a reward for this great act, “Wycliffe’s bones were exhumed and publicly burned and
the ashes were thrown into the Swift River.”
William Tyndale, John Huss, and many other Bible-believing Christians, met the same fatal end.
The Bible has been belittled!: French atheist Voltaire, before his death,
said – “One hundred years from today the Bible will be a forgotten book.”
Ironically, 100 years after his death, Voltaire’s own home site was used to distribute Bibles
for the French Bible society!
John 10:35 clearly states “..The Scripture cannot be broken”.
The Bible is the most attacked book in the history of the human race, and It still stands.
Fact 3.
The Bible has been preserved over time.
The Bible’s new testament has over 5800 manuscripts in the original Greek, and over
24,000 total manuscripts – far more than any other ancient book in the world.
-The evidence is clear that the Bible has been preserved through the centuries.
“The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified
seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”
The almighty God has protected the Bible so that we can have it’s guidance today.
Fact 4.
Science and Archaeology support the Bible.
Some say that science is at odds with the Bible, but true science is always in harmony
with the Bible.
For example, the Bible clearly reveals the shape of the earth in Isaiah 40:22: “It
is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.”
Long before scientists new, the Bible revealed that the earth was circular.
Did you know that the Bible was the first to teach that air has weight?
Job 28:25 states “To make the weight for the winds..”
It took scientists until the early 1600s to make this breakthrough discovery- centuries
after the Bible declared it.
The Tel Dan Stele, The Meesha Stele, the Nabonidus Cylinder, and the Dead Sea Scrolls all help
prove the accuracy of the Bible.
Fact 5.
The Bible has internal consistency.
The Bible was written over a period of 1500 years by 40 different authors.
Despite many of them never meeting each other, they wrote with perfect internal consistency
– all of their writings being in seamless harmony.
Could it be that a divine hand was guiding them?
According to the Bible, this is exactly what happened:
2 Peter I:21 states “..holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
This 6th point truly separates the Bible from all world religions.
Now don’t miss this.
It’s one word: Prophecy.
Prophecy Has been defined as “History Written in Advance” - the ability to hear from God
and even predict the future with perfect accuracy.
This ability is undisputable proof of divine origin.
In the “The Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy”, J. Barton Payne states that there are 1,817
prophecies in the Bible, making up about 27% of the Bible total writings.
No other world religion even comes close.
And it makes sense - if someone attempts to predict the future and is wrong, they are
instantly discredited.
But, the Bible stands alone in it’s ability to accurately tell the future.
For a powerful example of an ancient Bible prophecy that came to pass exactly as the
Bible predicted, check out the video in the description entitled “Daniel 2: Urgent Bible
Prophecy for Today!”.
As another example, let us consider the life of Jesus.
There are over 125 prophecies in the Bible’s Old Testament of the coming Messiah – the
One who would die for sins of the human race.
Jesus perfectly fulfilled each and every one of these Old Testament prophecies!
Dr. Peter Stoner, a mathematician and former chairman at Pasadena college, calculated that
the odds of 1 man fulfilling just 8 of these 125+ prophecies is 1 in 10 to the 33rd power!
God knows the end from the beginning.
This separates the God of the Bible from all other gods.
Isaiah 46:9-10 declares “..I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from
the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done..”
But perhaps the most powerful evidence for the authority of the Bible is this 7th undeniable
fact: The Bible changes lives!
The Bible states: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
I have seen countless times where the Bible has transformed lives.
It makes the drunkard sober, it makes the hateful kind, it shows how we can victory
over our bad habits and how we can receive eternal life.
For me, the teachings of the Bible have given me purpose and direction for my life, and hope
for the future.
I know that it can do the same for you.
It will help you answer life’s 3 most important questions:
“Where did I come from?”, “Why am I here?”, and “Where am I going?”
Dear friends, I commend to you the Bible – the inspired Word of God.
This book has been tested by time, and has been proven to be trustworthy.
It is a book that stands apart from the rest.
It is a book that you can build your life on.
Here on this channel, you have my commitment to let the Bible, and the Bible only, be the
standard, the benchmark, the authority, for all of our videos.
“If it’s in in the Bible, I want it.
If it’s not in the Bible, it’s not for me.
I appeal to each of you watching today to let this book be the guide for your life.
Ask God to send the Holy Spirit so you can understand it.
Read it every day, and be willing to follow it’s teachings.
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