Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles wrote to the Thessalonians in chapter 3: 1, asking them to pray –

“that the Word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified.”

When the Bible is made free – it has the power to change individual lives, turn despair into hope, and hatred into love. From the beginning of the church, Christians were known as the “people of the Book.” Since Satan and his followers can not destroy It – they seek to corrupt It.

 Great American Bible scholar – Reuben A. Torrey gave 10 reasons why he believed the Bible was the in-spired (God breathed) and preserved Word of God:

1. On the ground of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

2. On the ground of its fulfilled prophecies.

3. On the ground of the unity of the Book. (When 66 Books, written by 40 authors, spanning 1,500 years, among different countries, provide a Book with no contradictions, and consistent doctrine and principles – it must be supernatural)

4. On the ground of immeasurable superiority of the teachings of the Bible to those of any other and all books.

5. On the ground of the history of the Book, its victory over attack.

6. On the ground of the character of those who accept and those who reject the Book.

7. On the ground of the influence of the Book.

8. On the ground of the inexhaustible depth of the Book.

9. On the ground of the fact that as we grow in knowledge and holiness, we grow towards the Bible.

10. On the ground of the direct testimony of the Holy Spirit.

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“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet,

and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105