
Let’s look first at the claims the Bible makes about itself. Some might argue that this entry involves some circular logic. Clearly, they will assert, you are trying to use what the Bible says to prove that the Bible is true. Far from it actually! I do not believe the Bible simply because the Bible says it is true. As you will see in future posts (this is Part 1 of 25), there are innumerable reasons to believe the inerrancy and validity of the Bible. The purpose of this post is merely to lay the foundation for future posts by setting out what the Bible says about itself.
However, given that my assertion is that the Bible is the supernatural word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit and recorded by men chosen by God for the task, it seems logical that we would start with what claims the Bible makes about itself. Indeed, given that the Bible is God’s Word, one would expect that it would make any number claims about itself. Indeed, if the Bible did not make such claims about itself, we would be left to make those claims on behalf of the Bible. So, let’s have a look at what the Bible claims.
God Spoke to Man in the Old Testament
There are many examples of this, and the following are just a couple. When God led the Israelites out of Egypt he spoke to them:
And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. [Exodus 20:1-4]
God spoke directly to the prophet Isaiah:
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste, [Isaiah 6:8-11]
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