The historical accuracy of the Bible is another example. People, places, and events mentioned in the Bible have been verified in history. There have been a number of cases over the years where people have made fun of, or pointed to, the name of a city, or to the name of a king, or to a particular race of people, and claimed that there was no evidence of their existence. So they would say, “See, the Bible is wrong.” Well, guess what? As discoveries are found, these things that are “non-existent” have been proven historically accurate again and again and again. There is something that is found to verify that there was a people named “this,” or a king whose name was “this” and he reigned at such and such a particular time. The Bible is right every time!

This also ties into the final example of archeology. Again, the Bible has been right each and every time!

In summary, God Himself has supreme authority, as Creator and Sustainer of the universe and of man, Acts 5:29 [“But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ’We ought to obey God rather than men.’”].

God has placed His authority in others during the course of human history. Today He has given His Son, Jesus Christ, all authority in Heaven and on the earth, Hebrews 1:1-2 [“God, Who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds,”]; Matthew 17:1-5 [“Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!’”]; Matthew 28:18-19 [“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’”].

Christ claimed all authority from God, John 3:2 [“This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.’” ] and John 3:14-18 [“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ‘He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the Name of the Only Begotten Son of God.’”].

Christ placed His Will in His last testament, the New Testament Scriptures. Those Scriptures were written down by inspiration to give us God’s Will, John 20:30-31 [“And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His Name.”].

The New Testament is a definite body of Truth, Jude 3 [“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.”]. It is able to make anyone complete and full grown as a Christian, if one follows it, 2 Timothy 3:16-17 [“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”].

We will be judged by its words, Revelation 20:12 [“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”]; John 12:48 [“He who rejects Me, and does not receive My Words, has that which judges him?the Word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.”].

It is not to be changed in any way, Galatians 1:6-10 [“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him Who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.”]; Revelation 22:18-19 [“For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”].

This Word will last forever, 1 Peter 1:24-25 [“Because ‘All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, But the Word of the LORD endures forever.’ Now this is the Word which by the Gospel was preached to you.”]. It is inspired of God.

So, the Bible “claims” Inspiration. Indeed, it IS the Inspired Word of God—God’s breath upon us!