Simply put the Bible is the only reliable source of information about the God of the universe. Without the Bible we would be left with natural revelation to let us know that God exists, but we would not be able to know anything about who this God is. The Bible, therefore, is necessary to introduce us to the one and only God – Jesus Christ. And everything that God wants us to know about Himself and life He has placed in the pages of Scripture.
John F. Walvoord provides us with insight on some of the things the Bible helps us understand when he said: “The Bible is God’s declaratory revelation to man containing the great truths about God, about man, about history, about salvation, and about prophecy that God wanted us to know. The Bible could be trusted just as much as if God had taken the pen and written the words Himself.”1
Without the Bible we would know that a God must exist but we would not know anything about Him except that He must be very powerful to have created the universe. Without the Bible we would not know that God is a personal God, loves us greatly, and wants to have a special and intimate relationship with us. And without the Bible we wouldn’t know how mankind came to be, what our purpose in life is, that we are sinners in need of a Savior, and what happens to us when we die.
But praise God we do have the Bible and as a result we can know that we are sinners that have lost our way and rebelled against God. And thankfully the Bible is the only written revelation that gives us the plan of how to be reconciled back to God through Jesus Christ. Only the Bible reveals God’s wonderful plan of salvation and what we must do to be saved.
The Bible is God’s love letter to us and provides us with everything we need to lead a rich and rewarding life right now and to know with certainty that eternal life awaits all of us who have made our peace with God through Jesus Christ.
The Bible is our gateway to knowing Jesus, it’s our compass guiding us through all the trials of life, and it’s the only book that is 100% divine truth. In closing, I concur with Abraham Lincoln who once said: “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book.”2
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