One more note on the authenticity of God's Word, there is
still prophecy that is yet to be fulfilled.
A study of Revelation, Daniel and other books will show that God's plan
for the world is far from complete. As
these events unfold (some of which are beginning to now), the Bible will be shown to be
accurate and reliable. In the last days,
it may be something that those still on earth will refer to in order to know
what will happen perhaps the next day.
Whether or not today's Christians will be able to see all the events
happen while we are on earth, depends on how you interpret biblical
prophecy. Although the details of future
events must be saved for a future post, the fulfillment of the prophecies will
further show the Bible to be the inspired word of God.
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I'm
preparing to tackle a new topic: the existence of God. It will take much research to prove God's
existence without using the Bible. I
want to be clear about something. When I
try to do things like show that the Bible is true or prove the existence of God
without the Bible, I am in no way undermining the Scriptures. The reason is that there will be people in
your life who will challenge your beliefs and will not believe the Bible in the
first place. Thus, it is no good to show
them that something is true using a medium that they already reject. Think about it. What's wrong with this argument: "The
Bible is true because it says it is."?
You can't prove something with itself.
That would be the equivalent of saying, "Evolution is true because
it says it is." It doesn't work
logically. In short, by using undeniable
facts that people can't escape (archeology, prophecy, etc.) we can show that
the Bible must be fact. In addition, we
can now use the words of the Bible and apply them to future topics and
discussions on this blog.
Another
reason that I don't want to just give you verses to show you that the Bible is
true is to show you that your faith doesn't have to be built on a belief in
some book that can't be shown to be true.
Rather, we can believe in the words of a document that has been shown to
be historically, internally, and scientifically accurate.
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While
you wait for another exciting series, I have updated and greatly expanded the
discussion of Universalism including an interesting examination of Unitarian
Universalism. Check it out!
Matthew
