The Bible Really Is God's Inspired Word

WHAT exactly did the apostle Paul mean when he said that the Bible is "inspired of God"?  ( 2 Timothy 3:16) Paul, writing in the Greek language,  used a word that literally means "God-breathed."  By that, Paul meant that God by means of his holy spirit guided the Bible writers to write only what he wanted them to write.

These Bible writers "spoke from God as they were borne along by holy spirit,"  said the apostle Peter.  (2 Peter 1:21) Hence, the apostle Paul could also describe  the books of the Bible as "holy writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through the faith in connection with Christ Jesus." -2 Timothy 3:15.

Many people strongly dispute that God is the author of the Bible.  Critics-often with what archaeologist Sir Charles Marston described as  a "contemptuous disregard of the Bible narrative" -Have made virulent attacks on the Bible's integrity.  Some dismiss it as being no more than "an old collection of myths and fairy-tales."

Next time: Consider the Evidence

Watchtower, 2010