Many people wonder why God gave us the Holy Bible — the Old and New Testament — to read as Scripture. Most people believe whatever is accepted by society and feel they do not need the Bible at all.
Whatever the leaders of the world tell us is truth, that is what most people follow. They change with every shift of the wind. When the winds of belief in society change, most people turn their sails and follow the new direction. Let us find out the five reasons why God gave us the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, as Scripture.
1. The Bible Gives Absolute Truth, Not Opinions
Can man know how to conduct himself? No. Why? Because man did not create himself. If man had created himself, then man would know how to direct his own steps, since the universe, the mind, and the very concepts of good and bad would have been created by man. But man is only a creature, a created being, and so man does not know how to direct his own steps. God gave us the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, as Scripture so that we could know what truth is.
Jeremiah 10:23 — O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.
Is there a reason why man cannot know truth from his own mind? Because of sin, man’s mind has become darkened and cannot discern truth from error. This is, in fact, why atheism is wrong — atheism places total trust in, and worships, the human brain as infallible. God gave us the Holy New Testament so that we could be guided into all truth, because most people do not realize that the human mind is influenced and led by evil spirits.
Many of the thoughts, impressions, and feelings we have come from Satan. Yes, Satan has the ability to influence people. Satan can speak in the first person, and the person thinks it is their own thought. It is a fearful thing not to believe in Satan, as this terrible foe can deceive minds to their own destruction. The Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, was very likely sent by God for exactly this reason.
Opinion is not truth. There are two kinds of topics: absolute topics and matters of opinion. When we talk about food — do you prefer apples or bananas — this is personal taste; it is not absolute, and it varies from person to person. But when we talk about absolute topics, personal opinion has no place. When we ask, “Do most human beings have two legs?” this is absolute. Some people may believe humans do not have two legs, but the matter is absolute — it is either true or false.
When we say “most cars have four wheels,” it is either true or false, making it an absolute topic. When we say “the end of the world is coming,” it is either true or false. Personal opinion has no say in such matters — only arguments for or against can be given.
God gave us the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, as Scripture so that we could be guided into absolute truth.
John 17:17 — Sanctify them through Your word; Your word is truth.
Jeremiah 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
2. The Bible Reveals That Man’s Mind Is Corrupt
Because of sin, man’s mind is constantly influenced by lies — the lies of our fallen society, and the lies Satan brings into our thoughts, opinions, and feelings. People who are not reading the Holy New Testament every day are deceived.
We see this bias even in science, which should be something into which men’s opinions never enter. Almost every time I watch an evolution documentary, the presenters inject their own thoughts and ideas, turning it into a total fairy tale, far removed from true science. Even the greatest scientists fail to understand that opinions are things like taste in food or color, while science is meant to be an absolute topic in which personal feelings have no part.
Yet science today is falsely so called — it is a mixture of true science, which can be tested, proven, and demonstrated, and a cultic religion called evolution. The Big Bang, transition from species to species, and the geological column are not scientific but religious claims. They cannot be proven, tested, or demonstrated, and so they are not science. How does the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, prove itself true? Through Bible prophecy — this is God’s proof.
3. The Bible Shows That Society Belongs to Satan
Can any human explain what will happen on June 10th in the year 4000? No. God can. If God can explain what will happen 2000 years from now, what does that tell us? It means that God is divine and that God lives in the future.
Can you explain the 1260 years, the 2300 days, the loud cry, the pale horse, the four angels holding the winds, or the three angels’ messages? If not, then you do not yet know the Bible and cannot judge a book without first having studied it carefully, with an open and unbiased mind, and for long enough to find out whether it is true. God always sends messengers to warn others of imminent danger.
Society belongs to Satan.
Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
What does “untoward” mean? Unruly, contrary, adverse, improper, defiant, noncompliant. We see that our world does not belong to God when it instead belongs to passing fashions and circulating ideas. The Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, is the only true guide in this confused society.
Ephesians 2:2 — Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience.
No wonder most people will end up in hell. If the whole story of planet Earth is a battle between truth and error, and most people refuse the voice of truth in their hearts and instead follow this lying society, then they cannot enter heaven — because every human being will have made a choice for truth, or for error and lies.
4. The Bible Reveals That God Knows the Future
Since God knows the future, this means that only God knows the truth — and the Bible even says that God is truth.
John 14:6 — I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through Me.
Since God is truth, can humans decide what truth is? No — because God is the Creator of truth, and truth Himself. Humans are merely small agents whose role is to seek truth and either accept or reject it. All honest people will accept truth; all dishonest people will reject it. The Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, tells us what the truth is. Man cannot decide what truth is, because man is not God and did not create the universe.
Did truth exist before you were born? Yes. Will truth remain the same after you die? Yes. Then, by your living, you did not change the truth in any way. None of your opinions, feelings, or thoughts altered truth in the slightest. The Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, contains thousands of prophecies — and these could only come from someone who knows the future. This person not only knows the future but also created the universe. He knows what truth is, because He is Truth Himself: God.
5. The Bible Reveals That God Is Truth
God is truth; therefore man is not truth. The only way man could decide what truth is would be if man were the creator and lawgiver of the universe. Did man create conscience? No. Did man create the world? No. Did man create good? No.
Man is either a follower of truth and of God, or a follower of the inventor of evil, Satan. The Bible says that sin and evil originated in Satan’s heart. Thus, humans have no way of knowing the truth unless:
- They read the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament.
- Someone — a messenger — tells them the truth.
- The Holy Spirit reveals the truth to them.
God is truth, and all humans are under His divine jurisdiction. All humans are created beings, made by God’s love. Jesus Himself died for all humans — His blood was shed for you because He loves you so much. Sin entered because humans began to follow lies and forgot the truth God had spoken to them. When Satan spoke to Eve, it was a lie — a lie contrary to what the Holy Bible records that God spoke to them.
God said (Genesis 2:17) — You shall not eat of it.
Satan said (Genesis 3:4) — You shall not surely die.
Which voice will you follow — Satan’s lies, or God’s truth? The Holy Bible, the Old and New Testament, tells you the truth. Why not start reading the Bible every day from now on, and feed your mind with truth?
Repeat after me: Father God, forgive my sins. Help me to believe and follow truth. Give me Your robe of righteousness, in the name of Jesus, amen.