Why the Bible is True and Infallible

A repost. As originally published on EV Mail News for the week of January 2-8, 2012.
http://www.evmailnews.com/eastern-visayas-mail-issue-of-january-2-8-2012


"...it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail." -Luke 16:17


When I was growing up, I can't say that reading the Bible was part of my daily routine. I can't even remember if I've ever opened one and if I've actually read it during my childhood way up to my teen years. This may sound horrible to you now as I tell you this truth of my younger years but, honestly, I didn't think much about it then.

We're not a very religious family. (And we're still not.) Yes, we went to church and I was raised in a Catholic school all through high school but the Bible was not a "normal" part of our daily lives. Not reading it was what’s "normal" for me back then. The only passages from the Bible that were familiar to me were the common ones used during the Catholic Mass and some of the verses that we read from children's books. I didn't even bother to check out those passages against a real Bible. I just didn't have any reason to. And as I've said, it was no big deal for me then.

But since the moment when the Lord found me and made me comprehend His gift of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone, on how He died on the cross to pay for my sins, Bible reading is now a daily "routine" for me and my family. Maybe if I tell my son about the "small" truth from my childhood, I guess he would be a little surprised because what's "normal" for him includes a daily Bible reading in our household.

I'm not blaming anyone for what has occurred in my childhood (or, has not occurred), for it is what it is. There are things God allows to happen in our lives without Him explaining every bit of the why part. One of the reasons I know why I wasn't reading my Bible when I was young was simply because my family thought it was not important. I thought it was not important.

Yes, since I was raised by my parents then the responsibility for my spiritual well-being lies on them but they didn't know any better. The same way I don't know any better about a lot of things for my son's well-being today. But I thank God that reading the Bible regularly at our home is not one of them. This is not because I'm smarter or wiser than my parents on how they raised their children. No. God just showed me then my husband and I decided to take this route for our family.

After I became a Bible-believing and a serious "Bible-studying" Christian, I took notes on some reasons why I believe the Bible to be true and infallible. These reasons are not just my own. They are shared by millions of Bible-believing Christians around the world. These may be very simplistic and basic which come from my simple thinking and layman deductions, and for that I apologize. If you expect some earth-shattering or deep theological arguments to be presented on here, you're reading the wrong article. So, here are the reasons:

First. The Bible (the term originated from Latin, then Greek, meaning "books") is actually a compilation of several books --66 to be exact. It is divided into two periods: the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT). The OT, simply put, is the time from God's creation of the world up to before the time of the birth of Jesus. The NT is from the time of Jesus Christ's birth up to the book of Revelation, which covers some part of the future.

As I continue to study the Bible, it shows that the OT books mainly spoke of the prophecies of the coming of the Messiah, of God in the flesh, to save mankind. Then the NT books speak mainly of the fulfillment of those prophecies. These NT books also point into the future of the same Messiah's second coming.

Each of the OT and NT books span several hundred of years apart. They were written in different places, in various cultures, and in different ages, by several different writers who (most likely) didn't even get to meet each other in their lifetimes. So how did their writings coincide with each other? How did all the OT writers penned about all of the prophecies on Jesus and then the NT writers came later to write about its fulfillment? Nobody, even in this digital age or with all the talents and genius of Steven Spielberg, can conjure such an uncanny coincidence. And by the way, I don't believe in coincidences.

Second. Most, if not all, of the historical events recorded in the Bible, especially in the OT, are backed-up by an innumerable proofs and evidences. These evidences are scientific facts, archeological proofs and findings, artifacts, and ancient physical materials that can be found in museums and places where experts keep such priceless things for safekeeping.

Fossils and the remains of sea creatures have been found on mountaintops which confirm the story of the flood as recorded in the book of Genesis. Stuff used for everyday life that are said to possess "Israelitic" origins have been found at the bottom of the Red Sea which prove the story of how God parted its waters to save the Israelites from the Pharaoh of Egypt. And the places and streets on which Jesus has trodden while He was here on earth which can be found on Google map today is proof enough that the stories of the Gospels are not merely from the NT writers' imagination. Real coins, real types of grains, food they ate, the style of clothing they wore, and all the historical data of actual people who lived mentioned in the Bible can be researched by anyone who wants to find out more about them. They are not fictional stuff. Some historians even use the Bible as a historical reference although they don't necessarily believe in God.

Third. This is my last reason and really, I don't need any more. Three is compelling enough especially when the Holy Spirit continues to give me His quiet assurances of God's truth from the Bible.

The third reason for me is the "unhuman" teachings from the Word of God. I believe not one person can think up of such passages out of imagination or thin air, no matter how much he tries. The best of the best of man's literary works throughout the ages may be considered great, thoughtful, spiritually moving, intellectually stirring, and provocative at its best, but never has anyone written anything that can be considered as totally stripped off of human tendencies and human nature.

Only the Bible can tell a person to go against one's own natural inclinations. What man can honestly think of loving one's enemies or to offer the other cheek after we've been slapped? Who in their right mind would think that having hatred in our hearts is equivalent to murder and looking at someone with lust is the same as the sin of sexual immorality or adultery?

And what best proof of the Bible's truth and infallibility but from the testimonies of the billions of Christians from around the world? On how each Christian would attest that the Bible has changed them, changed them from the inside out, changed us for the better. And on how the lives of Bible-believing Christians will never be the same again after the truth of the Bible got a hold of their hearts and has gripped their minds and souls forever.


"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." –Matthew 5:17-19

Genesis 1:1

A repost. As originally published on EV Mail News for the week of December 19-25, 2011.

http://www.evmailnews.com/eastern-visayas-mail-issue-of-december-19-25-2011

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." -Genesis 1:1


This is where everything we know about our world and the whole known universe all started. This was the beginning of the story of man and the earth. I don't know about you but this short passage in the Bible is more than enough for me to know that God literally created the heavens and the earth out of nothing, just by the Word of His mouth, at the onset of time.

And yet, apparently, this is not enough for some people, especially for the scientists and the "so-called" experts in the field of life sciences. They've been searching, and are still searching to this day, for the origins of human beings and all the living things on earth. They've conjured up various theories and hypotheses throughout the years to satisfy their own questioning and insatiable minds. Sadly, all those theories and hypotheses remain as that --just a bunch of theories and hypotheses.

There is still a great deal of things that I personally don’t know and of which I probably won't know or understand in my lifetime but I’m not afraid to admit it. This is not due to my lack of knowledge and education, or of any ignorance on my part (of which I'm sure I have a heaping measure in me). This lack of understanding is because I'm a limited being. My mind can only grasp so much and my wisdom is finite. I don't care if you are some kind of a genius, it's still a fact that your intelligence and comprehension can only go so far, and your knowledge can never be invincible, your thoughts will never be endless.

So whatever theories all the geniuses of this world come up with in regards to the creation of the world for as long as they're not in line with God's Scriptures, I'm afraid that I have to say this: they're all figments of man's imagination, and are therefore, fiction and inaccurate at its best. This may sound like a closed-minded attack on science and all the logical studies in the realm of education known to man, but really it is not.

Science is a great tool given to us in order to learn the wonderful facts and lessons about the living world and all of creation. There are even scientists who live and work in their own fields of specialized studies who make it their life's mission to show the unbelievers that God's Word is true and infallible through the use of scientific methods, facts, proofs and evidences.

The Bible and science are not necessarily opposite. They don't necessarily contradict each other. Science when used properly can be a great way to back-up and prove that what the Bible has recorded from years past and what it teaches us today are true and factual. There are innumerable material and physical evidences available here on earth alone which point to show that what the Bible says is true. Those evidences are overwhelming but not necessarily popular nor commonly known. For some reason, most of the school systems in the world refuse or somehow neglect to teach these scientific and biblical facts which are in conjunction with each other.

Also, one of those things I don't necessarily comprehend now is how and when the "beginning" actually started. I do know that God is not bound by space nor time, or by age as we know it, but He knows that the notion of time is important to man. So when God says "in the beginning," it meant the beginning of time as known to people and not to Him. God is immortal. He has existed beyond the limits of time. God came from eternity past and will continue to exist unto the eternity future as He has promised in His Word.

These are mind-boggling truths which I don't even dwell upon too much for fear of a brain hemorrhage. I will leave it up to God and I'll wait patiently until the day when He shows me the "big and complete picture." I can't wait to spend eternity with Him and with the multitudes of His children, and all the angels in heaven, as we worship and praise Him day and night, and also swap stories of how things went from before time into the beyond. What a majestic truth to behold! Glory to God!


"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." –John 1:1-6