If the Bible is true….! As a Pastor, I have heard that statement many times. My response has always been “the Bible is true”. II Timothy 3:16 states “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” II Peter 1:21 “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” Romans 15:4 “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”
It is said of old Edwin Rushworth, who, having been a skeptic all his life, resolved to read for an hour a day the book that he had so long derided. “Wife,” he said, as he looked up from his first perusal, “if this book is right, we are all wrong!” He continued his readings for another week. “Wife!” he exclaimed at the end of that time, “if this book is right, we are lost!” He went on reading with more avidity than ever. “Wife!” he said earnestly a few nights later, “if this book is right, we may be saved!” And they were! And entering the Kingdom of Heaven, they left all their “ifs” behind them.
Jesus said in Mark 12:24, “…Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?” David wrote in Psalms 11:3, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” If someone believes the Bible, there is an answer for why we are here and what awaits us after death. Joseph Cook wrote, “Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you are dying? Very well; that is the book you want to study while you are living. There is only one such book in the world, the Bible.
If the Bible is true, men can be saved from their sins. If the Bible is true, eternity is real. If the Bible is true, it will be worth it all. Some people find the Bible difficult because they try to read it as they would read any other book, and it is not the same as any other book. Phillips Brooks writes, “The Bible is like a telescope, that he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond.”
Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Let me give you a word of caution. You will only learn from an Almighty God when you approach His Book with reverence. I Corinthians 2:14, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” If the Bible is true…it is God’s Word.