How do you know that the Bible was in some sense "written by God"?

Answer 1

There have been hundreds of books written on the subject of the evidences of the divine inspiration of the Bible, and these evidences are many and varied. Most people today, unfortunately, have not read any of these books. In fact, few have even read the Bible itself! Thus, many people tend to go along with the popular delusion that the Bible is full of mistakes and is no longer relevant to our modern world.

Nevertheless the Bible writers claimed repeatedly that they were transmitting the very Word of God, infallible and authoritative in the highest degree. This is an amazing thing for any writer to say, and if the forty or so men who wrote the Scriptures were wrong in these claims, then they must have been lying, or insane, or both.

But, on the other hand, if the greatest and most influential book of the ages, containing the most beautiful literature and the most perfect moral code ever devised, was written by deceiving fanatics, then what hope is there for ever finding meaning and purpose in this world?

If one will seriously investigate these Biblical evidences, he will find that their claims of divine inspiration (stated over 3,000 times, in various ways) were amply justified.

Fulfilled Prophecies

The remarkable evidence of fulfilled prophecy is just one case in point. Hundreds of Bible prophecies have been fulfilled, specifically and meticulously, often long after the prophetic writer had passed away.

For example, Daniel the prophet predicted in about 538 BC (Daniel 9:24-27) that Christ would come as Israel's promised Savior and Prince 483 years after the Persian emperor would give the Jews authority to rebuild Jerusalem, which was then in ruins. This was clearly and definitely fulfilled, hundreds of years later.

There are extensive prophecies dealing with individual nations and cities and with the course of history in general, all of which have been literally fulfilled. More than 300 prophecies were fulfilled by Christ Himself at His first coming. Other prophecies deal with the spread of Christianity, as well as various false religions, and many other subjects.

There is no other book, ancient or modern, like this. The vague, and usually erroneous, prophecies of people like Jeanne Dixon, Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and others like them are not in the same category at all, and neither are other religious books such as the Koran, the Confucian Analects, and similar religious writings. Only the Bible manifests this remarkable prophetic evidence, and it does so on such a tremendous scale as to render completely absurd any explanation other than divine revelation.

Unique Historical Accuracy


Learn more about Archaeology and the BibleThe historical accuracy of the Scriptures is likewise in a class by itself, far superior to the written records of Egypt, Assyria, and other early nations. Archeological confirmations of the Biblical record have been almost innumerable in the last century. Dr. Nelson Glueck, probably the greatest modern authority on Israeli archeology, has said:

"No archeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries."

Scientific Accuracy

Another striking evidence of divine inspiration is found in the fact that many of the principles of modern science were recorded as facts of nature in the Bible long before scientist confirmed them experimentally. A sampling of these would include:

Roundness of the earth (Isaiah 40:22)

Almost infinite extent of the sidereal universe (Isaiah 55:9)

Law of conservation of mass and energy (II Peter 3:7)

Hydrologic cycle (Ecclesiastes 1:7)

Vast number of stars (Jeremiah 33:22)

Law of increasing entropy (Psalm 102:25-27)

Paramount importance of blood in life processes (Leviticus 17:11)

Atmospheric circulation (Ecclesiastes 1:6)

Gravitational field (Job 26:7)

and many others.
These are not stated in the technical jargon of modern science, of course, but in terms of the basic world of man's everyday experience; nevertheless, they are completely in accord with the most modern scientific facts.

It is significant also that no real mistake has ever been demonstrated in the Bible -- in science, in history, or in any other subject. Many have been claimed, of course, but conservative Bible scholars have always been able to work out reasonable solutions to all such problems.

Unique Structure

The remarkable structure of the Bible should also be stressed. Although it is a collection of 66 books, written by 40 or more different men over a period of 2,000 years, it is clearly one Book, with perfect unity and consistency throughout.

The individual writers, at the time of writing, had no idea that their message was eventually to be incorporated into such a Book, but each nevertheless fits perfectly into place and serves its own unique purpose as a component of the whole. Anyone who diligently studies the Bible will continually find remarkable structural and mathematical patterns woven throughout its fabric, with an intricacy and symmetry incapable of explanation by chance or collusion.

The one consistent theme of the Bible, developing in grandeur from Genesis to Revelation, is God's great work in the creation and redemption of all things, through His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Answer 2

I look at it this way. Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. For him to know that there had to be someone there from the beginning. The Holy Spirit was there from the beginning. To write every detail when the person wasn't there then the Holy Spirit is the one who breathed the Word to each writer. So yes God did have the Bible written.

Answer 3

The Bible says it was inspired.
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: This would appear to be a circular argument, but it isn't. The Bible has many human authors, and many didn't personally know the others. What the Bible says about this world is true (see another answer I wrote). To be so accurate in this, and in the prophecy fulfilled, and yet to happen, how could it be anything than inspired.

Answer 4

The Jews my friend, the Jews! After almost 2000 years God has brought them back to their land on wings of eagles (airplanes) a nation born in a day (May 1948) and speaking their original language of Hebrew. All prophesied in God's word thousands of years ago.

The fulfilled prophesies of the prophets are so accurate that any Nostradamus would envy.

So the Jews my friend, the Jews and the Prophets my friend, the Prophets. Only God knows the future. You don't know a psychic that can tell the future.

Answer 5

Fulfilled prophesy is how we know that the Bible was written by men who wrote what they did because they were inspired by God to write what they did.

Jesus fulfilled something like 300 prophesies, the last of which was written 400 years before He was born.

Pastor Art

Answer 6

These scriptures should help.Second Peter 1:21,
Job 32:8, Second Timothy 3:16.
And if that is not enough just knowing the word of God is true would be.

Answer 7

Because all "religious" books show signs of the limitations and errors inherent in being human . . . except the Bible. Only the Bible contains accurate, error-free information.

Second, only the Bible contains secondary "codes" buried in the text along with the text itself, such as the names of all the apostles except Judas Iscariot in Hebrew hidden in Isaiah 52-53.

Third, and perhaps most important, the Bible contains accurate prophecies (such as Isaiah 52-53), which knowledge of the future can only be possessed by one outside this universe and thus not limited to its laws of relativity and physics. Literally no other book, not the Quran, not the Bhagavad Gita, not the Book of Mormon, not the Qabbalah, none of them accurately predict the future.

Answer 8

I know the Bible is inspired word of God because Jesus confirmed the Old Testament and promised the New Testament. God always protects His Word.

Answer 9

If words in the bible were written by men "inspired by god" and not dictation, that seems to indicate that not every word in the bible comes from god and that many likely came from their personal opinions--religious beliefs aside--and NOT from god.

Answer 10

The Bible actually contains a rule that states you must believe it was written by God.
Another rule actually prohibits doubting the Bible.

So just the fact that you have to ask that question means that you are in violation already.

Answer 11

If you look at the law (regarding morals/ethics), you cannot deny that it was inspired by God.

Without the law, it is nothing.

Those who believe it was actually "written by God" could not possibly become Christian, because superseding God's word would be an impossibility!
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