| The Bible: Where Did It Come From? |
The Holy Bible is inspired of God. "All scripture is inspired of God..." (2 Timothy 3:16) These words penned by the authors of the book of the Bible are the words of the Lord God Jehovah. The belief of the inspiration of the Bible has ever been a test of truthfulness in doctrine and faithfulness to God and to Christ. H.B. Swete stated: "The early writers (of the earliest period) speak with an absence of reserve... The Holy Scriptures were regarded as the writings of the Holy Spirit; and one who did not believe that they were spoken by the Holy Spirit was counted an unbeliever." (Authenticity and Inspiration of the Bible). The believer accepts and affirms the inspiration of God by the Holy Spirit of the Holy Bible. As Sir Fredric Kenyon stated: "The Christian can take the whole Bible in his hand and say without fear or hesitation that he holds in it the true Word of God, handed down without essential loss from generation to generation throughout the centuries." (The Story of the Bible; p. 23) |