Posts from 2025 (Page 3)

Bible students are well aware of the emphasis given to wisdom in the book of Proverbs. However, not only is wisdom exalted and encouraged, but numerous references are made to fools. Very often, a contrast between the wise and the foolish is given in the same verse. Consider how fools are described in this inspired book. Fools Oppose Gaining Wisdom. “…fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Prov. 1:7). They don’t think they need either one, but already have all the answers.…

“Casting behind our back” is a figure of speech meaning that something is forgotten, set aside, or left in the past. It suggests that we no longer dwell on it but move forward from that point on. There are indeed some things that should be cast behind our back—mistakes and failures, for example. We cannot erase them, but we must not live in them. Paul wrote, “Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are…

Have you noticed that we are growing older? Of course you have. Everything that lives is getting older. That’s the nature of things and people. You see signs of it everywhere—at the mall, at the doctor’s office, in the church, and even on the college campus. But isn’t it a blessing to grow older, rather than the alternative? As you grow older you realize that age is relative. You look at it differently. When you are a child, thirty is…

The above statement is made often by those who feel dependent on someone else telling them what to do. We tell our children what to do, and then sometimes have to remind them to do it. This may happen even on a secular job when someone does not have the company’s best interest in mind and does as little as he can get by with and still keep the job. Sadly, we find the same situation in the church. It…

In our study of this vital subject we have noticed in previous segments some objective evidences of the Bible’s divine inspiration. In this article we give attention to what the Scriptures say about their inspiration. The Bible claims to be inspired. One is impressed with this claim just by casually reading it. Like no other book that has ever been produced, it emphasizes repetitiously that what is spoken and written is the inspired word of God. Both Testaments make this…

Students of the Bible who take it for what it is, without prejudice, find its complete unity truly amazing. The only explanation is that it is simply the result of one supreme intelligence. Though it is composed of sixty-six books, written over a period of about sixteen hundred years, by forty different writers in different geographical locations, its wonderful unity is without question to the open-minded student. It is really one book in form, purpose, subject matter, and development. Each…

There are various proofs of the inspiration of the Bible. Another one in this particular series of articles would be the agreement of modern-day science and astronomy with the biblical record. Of course, the Bible is not a science book, nor does it deal with scientific facts; however, it is scientifically accurate. Modern science has never disproved any statement in the Bible, yet it has proved the truthfulness of many biblical statements which science discovered thousands of years later. Some…

We have noticed that fulfilled prophecy is one of the most convincing proofs of the inspiration of the Bible. A few of some 300 Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah and Savior, which were fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth several hundred years after they were given, were noted in last week’s article. Other prophecies, relating to various things, are brought to the reader’s attention in this article. The Rebuilding of Jericho – Early in the conquest of Canaan, when…

There are many evidences of the divine inspiration of the Bible. Fulfilled prophecy is among them. Hundreds of events were predicted, in exact detail, hundreds of years before they happened. When finally fulfilled, every single detail came to pass as predicted. The only explanation is that the Scriptures are of divine origin, and that the prophets spoke and wrote as they were guided by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:21). Over 300 prophecies relate to the coming Messiah and Savior.…

As it relates to the Bible, what is meant by the word inspiration? How is the Bible divinely inspired? Inspiration is the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit exerted on the original teachers and writers of the Scriptures, enabling them to speak or write the words that God wanted. Consequently, the inspired writers were not subject to errors, mistakes, or oversights. Whatever they wrote was completely true—whether historical facts, moral principles, or doctrinal truths. However, inspiration was not simply mechanical.…

Do you realize what you have on the pages of your Bible? As you hold it in your hand, you are holding the only divinely inspired book on earth. When you read the words, you are reading the very words of God. What an awesome thought! Yet, Bibles are so common in our society—with the average Christian family having several available for study, and additional ones that can be bought for a few dollars each—its inspiration often loses its significance…