The Bible Really Is God's Inspired Word

Attacks From "Friends"

Do not be put off  by the fact that even some who describe themselves as "friends" of the Bible attack its authenticity and reliability.  Today, most Bible commentators, although claiming to be Christian, "will only speak of Scripture as a human record,"  says the New Dictionary of Theology.

Many theologians challenge the authorship of the books of the Bible.  Some say, for example, that the prophet Isaiah did not write the book of Isaiah.  This  Bible book, they say, was written long after Isaiah's time.  The Concise Bible Commentary, by Lowther Clarke, contends that it is "the product of many minds and many generations."  But such assertions ignore that Jesus Christ and his disciples repeatedly credit Isaiah with writing this book. -Matthew 3:3; 15:7; Luke 4:17; John 12:38-41; Romans 9:27, 29.

Even worse, critics of the Bible, such as commentator J.R. Dummelow, says that the prophecies found in the book of Daniel "are really past history thrown by the author into the guise of ancient prediction."  Once again,  in saying so, they ignore the testimony of Jesus Christ himself.  Jesus warned of what he called "the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place."  (Matthew 24:15) Is it reasonable for a Christian to believe that Jesus Christ himself would have been party to deception-that he would have supported history disguised as prophecy?   Surely not.

Next time: Does It Make Any Difference?

Watchtower, 2010