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  1. www.gotquestions.org › why-should-I-believe-theWhy should I believe the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

    Jan 4, 2022 · The internal evidence of Scripture’s veracity provides many compelling arguments for why one should believe the Bible. First, the unique message of the Bible sets it apart from other religious texts.

  2. www.focusonthefamily.com › live-it-post › 5-reasonsIs the Bible True? 5 Reasons Why the Answer is Yes

    • Documentation. There is significantly more documentation for the books of the Bible than there are for other historically recognized authors and literature, including Plato and others.
    • Archeological findings. Excavation sites and artifacts also provide evidence that many of the events, people, and places mentioned in the Bible really existed, including the Hittite people and the city of Jericho.
    • Eyewitness accounts. The Gospels give multiple points of view and, in many cases, were written within the lifetimes of the people who witnessed the events recorded in the Bible.
    • The life of Jesus. The fact that Jesus was a real, historical person is clearly documented by Jewish manuscripts, even before the Apostle Paul and the writers of the Gospels provided their eyewitness accounts.

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  4. www.openbible.info › topics › why_should_we_read_the73 Bible Verses about Why Should We Read The Bible

    73 Bible Verses about Why Should We Read The Bible Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

  5. www.ibelieve.com › christian-living › why-should-youWhy Should You Believe the Bible?

    Jul 13, 2021 · The question remains, “Do you believe the Bible is true?” If you’ve never read God’s Word, begin with the book of John and ask God to speak to you and show you its validity. Jesus said in Luke 11:9, “Seek and you will find.”

  6. www.christianity.com › wiki › bibleWhy Should I Believe the Bible? - Christianity

    • The Mountain of Manuscripts
    • The Providential Preservation
    • The Historical Evidence For The Bible’s Central Message
    • The Fulfilled Prophecies
    • The Spirit’s Testimony

    The Bible stands far and above all other works of antiquity due to the abundance and quality of the manuscripts available for comparison. Scholars use a science known as textual criticism, which is “the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their original form.” The more copies that are available for a document, the higher the confi...

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    Scholars estimate that textual criticism has been able to restore the New Testament text to 99.5% similarity with the originals. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946-56 added confidence about the reliability of the manuscripts as well. Prior to their discovery, the oldest manuscript copies for the Old Testament were from the 9thcentury AD....

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    1. Extraordinarily early:One of the criteria that historians use to evaluate the authenticity of a historical account is to determine how close the reporting is to the actual event. Legends take time to develop, but Christianity sprang up and grew right in the time and place where a multitude of eyewitnesses were able to confirm or deny the account...

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    Many people have been persuaded of the divine nature of the Bible after studying the subject of biblical prophecies in more detail. There are hundreds of prophecies woven throughout the Bible that have been fulfilled in stunning detail. Arguably, one of the greatest prophecies about Jesus was written in 700 BC and is found in Isaiah 52:13-53:12. Th...

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    Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35). He also promised that after his departure, he would send the Holy Spirit who would testify about him (John 15:26). Over the past 2000 years, multitudes of people have noticed something special about the words in the Bible when they have set themselves ...

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  7. bible.org › seriespage › 3-why-believe-bible3. Why Believe the Bible?

    Jan 1, 2008 · The answer to why we believe the Bible involves many facts that together provide an intelligent basis for believing the Bible to be a supernatural statement of truth. The Bible itself claims to be a supernatural book that God produced through human authors.

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  9. www.premierchristianity.com › home › 4-reasons-why4 reasons why Christians believe the Bible is God’s Word

    Sep 3, 2017 · If you’ve spent most of your life as a Christian, and so accept the Bible as God’s revelation, it can be hard to understand some of the questions and objections to this belief from the outside world.