Encountering the Bible - str.org

Tim explains why believers have faith the Bible, pointing to the authority Jesus shows in the textual content.

So there's a lot of good motives to accept as true with the Bible is trustworthy and a supernatural book. however now, I need to speak about the strongest persuader of them all, okay? Most of us who are taking note of this, we have been persuaded that the Bible is God's observe before we ever heard about the explanations that I just gave. earlier than you had heard about embarrassing testimony, or excruciating testimony, and even fulfilled prophecy. before any of that, you still thought this was God's observe. Why is that? Why had been you persuaded? That's my query, and i'll tell you why you had been persuaded.

You encountered the booklet for yourself. That's why you had been persuaded. Let me say this, and write this down. The strongest evidence for the observe of God is the be aware of God. Let me say it once more. The most powerful proof for the word of God is the note of God itself. hearken to me. When Jesus went out to evangelise, he didn't cease and say, "okay guys, earlier than we get all started here, let me provide you with a listing of effective factors that what I'm saying is from God. He didn't say that. He didn't supply a talk like this before he acquired to his sermon on the mount, okay? That's now not the way it worked. He simply spoke phrases. He simply begun to talk, and americans have been astonished. They have been mesmerized. They were amazed.

Mark tells us that people had been astonished at his teachings. hear, "for he taught them as one who had authority and never as one of the most scribes." That's how he spoke when the officers came to arrest Jesus. They left empty-handed. Why? They came lower back and mentioned, "no one ever spoke like this man." truly, the Jews, they were astonished. They knew that Jesus didn't have some loopy training, and yet they requested the question, "How has this man turn into so discovered?" You see, they all encountered the word of God, and they had been simply taken in by it. They had been overwhelmed by using it. They were persuaded by means of it. And that's what number of of us have come to trust that here is God's observe.

So, we've wonderful explanations to consider it's the word of God, but the most powerful purpose itself, the most powerful rationale is the notice itself.

Now, when people ask me, you recognize, we're speaking about these issues, I have a question for them, ok? And right here's my query for you. have you ever ever study Jesus for yourself? In other words, have you ever ever let Jesus talk for himself to you? lots of the time, individuals will say, "No." They haven't even picked up the book. They're inclined to criticize the booklet. They're inclined, but they haven't examine it for themselves.

here's an ideal opportunity to drag out a Gospel of John. here is here is the gospel in response to John appropriate right here. We're in fact going to have these obtainable at praise. received a bit word area here, but here's the Gospel of John. You pull that out, and you simply present it to someone and say, "listen, here's an account of Jesus' life, and it's written by means of one in every of his closest friends. His identify is John. All I need you to do is study it. study it for yourself, and you're no longer going to consider every little thing in here, ok? I in my view don't take into account every thing in right here. however just study it. Let Jesus communicate, after which see what happens.

This isn't tough. You provide somebody God's be aware, you let them read it, and also you watch what occurs. And if you try this, I suppose they'll find that God has spoken.