Let The Bible Speak
Why Did God Write A
Book?
Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
believe so because of the verifiable testimony found in the New Testament
record. “These are written that you
may believe…. (John 20:31).” This
verse reveals just one purpose God had in giving the Bible to man.
A major part of the Bible gives us testimony confirming its truthfulness
by means of history, recorded scientific fact, prophecy and fulfillment, shadow
and reality. Romans 10:17
states: “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.”
However, after one believes the testimony concerning Christ, then the Bible
takes on a second purpose. The
purpose then becomes one of guidance (Psalms 119:105).
Assuming the faith of the reader (Hebrews 4:2), the Bible goes on to show
the believers what they must do to please God (II Peter 1:5-9).
There are some so-called Christians today, however, who are turning away from
this God-given guide, the Bible, to follow “spirits (I Timothy 4:1).”
The Bible itself warns us to “test the spirits to see whether they are
from God, because many false prophets (teachers) have gone out into the world (I
John 4:1).” Please notice that the
false spirits spoke through false teachers, therefore, in order to “test the
spirits”, we must test the teachers.
This is precisely what the Church at
The answer to this question introduces yet a third purpose for which God gave
the Bible. God gave us the Bible to
enable us to keep ourselves free from the entrapment (Colossians 2:8) by false
religious leaders. Notice how the
Bereans kept themselves from being deceived.
They “…received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures
daily, to see whether these things were so (Acts 17:11).”
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