The Holy Bible as the Word of God

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate both internally and externally, that the Holy Bible is indeed the Word of God so that believers become firmer in believing it and love it more as their holy text. Christians consider the Bible to be sacred because it contains messages from God. This is very important because there are many erroneous and misleading teachings about the Bible, which teach that the Bible contains the Word of God, the Bible being the Word of God and the Bible not being the Word of God. Irrespective, believers need to follow the rules it contains for living life and can turn to the teachings of Jesus Christ for moral and the deepest spiritual guidance. The research method used by the author was a qualitative one with a systematic theology study approach, because the domain of this research is in the field of theology, specifically Systematic Theology. In proving internally that the Bible is the Word of God, the primary and only source is the Bible itself with its self-authenticating Scriptures. The Bible is in essence true because it says it is true, and it is the Holy Spirit that bears witness to its profound truths. In proving externally that the Bible is the Word of God, the sources are books. Internal proof that the Bible is the Word of God is the teaching of Jesus, the teaching of Paul, Peter and others, the teaching of important terms, and the teaching of the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. External evidence that the Bible is the Word of God is evident through the uniqueness of the Bible and evidence through archaeological evidence (inter alia, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Nuzi Inscriptions, Ebla Inscriptions, Discovery in Mari).

Keywords

• bible
• god's word
• inspiration
• revelation
• authentic