Why do you believe that Bible is the word of God?

Answer 1

Mainly because thats what my mom forced upon me

Answer 2

Well, I believe that the Bible is the word of God in the sense that the Bible was orated & written by people who God worked through. Yes, yes, I know many things in the Bible were motivated by human factors - to politicize, to self-aggrandize, to create hope out of despair, etc. But I think there's a connectedness between the divine and the human that allowed the Bible to be written, be it inspiration of words and language or pressing need to preserve an oral tradition for whatever reason. I don't believe in the literal translation of the Bible and that word for word, we're hearing God's voice. However, as a Catholic, I guess that I think the Bible is the word of God as through a fluid process of men and women being touched by the divine and creating a living document. Argh! This is a tough one to explain, but I did my best.

Answer 3

The greatest proof that the Bible really is from God is its perfect record in foretelling the future. Unlike human oracles, God truly knows the future; everything he says always comes true.
Hundreds of Bible prophecies were fulfilled in ancient times. For example, 700 years in advance, the Bible accurately said that Jesus was to be born in the town of Bethlehem, and that is what happened. (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:3-9) In addition to many other prophecies about Jesus, the Bible also foretold that he would be born of a virgin and would eventually be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. Those prophecies also came true. Surely no human could have foretold those things!—Isaiah 7:14; Zechariah 11:12, 13; Matthew 1:22, 23; 27:3-5.
Many Bible prophecies are being fulfilled in our time. Here are a few of them:
“Nation will rise against nation [in warfare], and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another pestilences and food shortages.”—Luke 21:10, 11.

● There would be an “increasing of lawlessness.”—Matthew 24:12.

● “In the last days . . . men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, . . . disobedient to parents, . . . without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, . . . puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God.”—2 Timothy 3:1-5.

The truthfulness and accuracy of Bible prophecy show that the Bible is no ordinary book. It is the inspired Word of God!—2 Timothy 3:16.
Those who have tried to change the teachings of God’s Word have not succeeded. When we compare the Bible that we have today with ancient copies of the Bible, they are essentially he same. This shows that the Bible has not been changed over the years.

Answer 4

Because there is life in the Bible, the word of God.

Answer 5

Have you ever heard a Christian talk about the Spirit of God? That's something that maybe doesn't register very much with people who don't know God. But that's the reason why we are going in that direction; the direction of saying that Jesus saves and make many statements about reading the Bible. We quote from the Bible because God's Spirit has convinced us that should be done to further our knowledge of Him.

But the reason why we are Christian in the first place is because we have responded to the calling that God made us feel.

I could write so much more about this, but I think that pretty much answers your question.

Answer 6

There are sustantial evidence to prove so. Firstly, it proves that the creation of the universe is by the only one God, an "assumption" if you like, that has conclusions asserting the fact that God exists through the Bible, so thus the Bible is the word of God.

You should read it some time, and get to know how real it is.

Answer 7

Excellent Question.

I believe that the Bible is the word of God because it is God's way of communicaton. It is the fundamental source of Man's faith in God. God Breathed into his Words (Meaning instructed) while His followers penned, not "wrote!!" his words.

How can you doubt the validity of a 4000+ year old book that was given to be written (remember, God is still the author and writer!) and insipired by Fallen prophets, Fallen Kings, Musicians, A tax collector, Ordinary Fishermen, A Tent Maker who by them claim it is the Truth?

Read: 2nd Timothy 3: 16.

If your faith leads you to believe in the truth, Then without a shadow of a doubt, the Bible "IS, WAS, AND WILL BE!!" the word of God.

On top of that:
The one Final Conclusion about the message of the Bible is man fell through sin. And by reading and believing, Man has now been given a message that He needs a redeemer to save him from his or her sin. And that Means God has to come down to earth in a form of a Man to pay debt of our sinful nature.
And that conclusion is Man needs Jesus...

Jesus says:
"I am the WAY, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
"I and my Father are ONE."

That is the message of the Bible.


Period. Nothing else to accept but that Truth.

God Bless You...

Answer 8

I know that the bible is the word of God because God says that it is and I believe God 100%.
Have you ever read it?
Before you say that it couldn't possibly be the word of God why don't you read it first to give you a better understanding of what it says?
I can guarantee you that you will find it quite interesting and very informative.
Gods signature is everywhere in the Holy Bible and to deny so would be to deny him.

Answer 9

I believe a 100%, what is written in the Bible is the word of the true GOD.Yes, it was written by humans driven by the HOLLY SPIRIT.The people that reads the bible, that have diferent opinions, and form diferent religions, is because they interperet the way they wish to be.However the word of the Almighty GOD is always the same, never changes.Therefore for any of us to understand His word, we have to have the Holly Spirit within us.Unfortunatly I'm not one of them even if I wish to be. LOVE YOU ALL.

Answer 10

Why You Can Trust the Bible
Some people say the Bible is unreliable, and their views have gained wide acceptance. Thus many today dismiss what the Bible says as untrustworthy.

On the other hand, what Jesus Christ said in prayer to God promotes trust: "Your word is truth." And the Bible itself claims to be inspired by God.—John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16.

What do you think about this? Is there sound basis for trusting the Bible? Or is there really evidence that the Bible is unreliable, that it contradicts itself and is inconsistent?

Does It Contradict Itself?
While some may claim the Bible contradicts itself, has anyone ever shown you an actual example? We have never seen one that could withstand scrutiny. True, there may appear to be discrepancies in certain Bible accounts. But the problem usually is lack of knowledge regarding details and circumstances of the times.

For example, some persons will draw attention to what they consider a discrepancy in the Bible, asking: 'Where did Cain get his wife?' The assumption is that Cain and Abel were the only children of Adam and Eve. But the assumption is based on a misunderstanding of what the Bible says. The Bible explains that Adam "became father to sons and daughters." (Genesis 5:4) Thus Cain married one of his sisters or possibly a niece.

Often critics are just looking for contradictions and so may declare: 'The Bible writer Matthew says that an army officer came to ask Jesus a favor, while Luke says that representatives were sent to ask. Which one is correct?' (Matthew 8:5, 6; Luke 7:2, 3) But is this really a contradiction?

When the activity or work of people is credited to the one who is actually responsible for it, a reasonable person does not claim a discrepancy. For example, do you consider a report to be in error that says a mayor built a road even though the actual building of the road was done by his engineers and laborers? Of course not! Similarly, it is not inconsistent for Matthew to say that the army officer made a request of Jesus but, as Luke writes, that such a request was made through certain representatives.

As more details are known, apparent discrepancies in the Bible disappear.

History and Science
The historical accuracy of the Bible was once widely doubted. Critics, for example, questioned the existence of such Bible characters as King Sargon of Assyria, Belshazzar of Babylon, and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. But recent discoveries have verified one Bible account after another. Thus historian Moshe Pearlman wrote: "Suddenly, sceptics who had doubted the authenticity even of the historical parts of the Old Testament began to revise their views."

If we are to trust the Bible, it must also be accurate in matters of science. Is it? Not long ago scientists, in contradiction of the Bible, asserted that the universe had no beginning. However, astronomer Robert Jastrow recently pointed to newer information that refutes this, explaining: "Now we see how the astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same."—Genesis 1:1.

Men have also changed their views relative to the shape of the earth. "Voyages of discovery," explains The World Book Encyclopedia, "showed that the world was round, not flat as most people had believed." But the Bible was correct all along! More than 2,000 years before those voyages, the Bible said at Isaiah 40:22: "There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth," or as other translations say, "the globe of the earth" (Douay), "the round earth." (Moffatt)

Thus the more humans learn, the greater the evidence is that the Bible can be trusted. A former director of the British Museum, Sir Frederic Kenyon, wrote: "The results already achieved confirm what faith would suggest, that the Bible can do nothing but gain from an increase of knowledge."

Foretelling the Future
But can we really trust the Bible's forecasts for the future, including its promises of a 'righteous new heavens and new earth'? (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:3, 4) Well, what has been the Bible's record of reliability in the past? Time and time again prophecies given even hundreds of years in advance have been fulfilled in exact detail!

For example, the Bible foretold the overthrow of mighty Babylon nearly 200 years before it happened. In fact, the Medes, who became aligned with the Persians, were named as the conquerors. And although Cyrus, the Persian king, had not even been born as yet, the Bible foretold that he would be prominent in the conquest. It said that Babylon's protecting waters, the river Euphrates, "must be dried up," and that "the gates [of Babylon] will not be shut."—Jeremiah 50:38; Isaiah 13:17-19; 44:27-45:1.

These specific details were fulfilled, as the historian Herodotus reported. Further, the Bible foretold that Babylon would eventually become uninhabited ruins. And that is just what happened. Today Babylon is a desolate heap of mounds. (Isaiah 13:20-22; Jeremiah 51:37, 41-43) And the Bible is full of other prophecies that have had dramatic fulfillment.

What then does the Bible foretell concerning the present world's system of things? It says: "The final age of this world is to be a time of troubles. Men will love nothing but money and self; they will be arrogant, boastful, and abusive; with no respect for parents, no gratitude, no piety, no natural affection . . . They will be men who put pleasure in the place of God, men who preserve the outward form of religion, but are a standing denial of its reality."—2 Timothy 3:1-5, The New English Bible.

Surely, we are seeing the fulfillment of this now! But the Bible also foretells for "the final age of this world" these things: "Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages." In addition, "there will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another pestilences."—Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11.

Indeed, Bible prophecies are undergoing fulfillment today! Well, then, what about yet-to-be-fulfilled promises, such as: "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it," and, "They will have to beat their swords into plowshares . . . , neither will they learn war anymore"?—Psalm 37:29; Isaiah 2:4.

'That's just too good to be true,' some may say. But really, there is no reason for us to doubt anything that our Creator promises. His Word can be trusted! (Titus 1:2) By examining the evidence further, you will become ever more convinced of this.

Answer 11

that a deep questions, hidden in a simple form...

..the answers comes in steps:

Step 1. God made me aware of His existence

Step 2. I established an open dialogue with God

Step 3. God revealed things to me through this dialogue, one of which being the fact the bible is of His word

...sound weird, but what can I say