Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baptists, Muslims, Methodists, Hindus, Mormons… Everybody claims to have a monopoly on TRUTH, so how does one know that he has actually discovered THE truth?
First, a couple of ways that obviously don’t work: You cannot simply ask a friend or scholar, because every one has an opinion, and truth, by definition, is exclusive – all cannot be right. One man’s opinion is just not sufficient.
Church is not the answer either; it is becoming hard to find two churches that believe alike, and many have changed their beliefs over the years because they are made up of fickle men. The proverbial band wagon could be going the wrong direction.
We could ask our public officials (politicians) …O never mind.
Let’s face it, what we need is “built in” proof – truth that is self evident. Fortunately, there is such a source of pure, unadulterated, undeniable truth. The Bible is the revelation of truth, inspired by God.
The proof? For starters, how about fulfilled prophecy? There are hundreds of predictions that are recorded in the Bible, sometimes a few thousand years before the event actually took place. History acknowledges that they were fulfilled just as the Bible predicted. Only God could know the future!
And then there is the preservation of the Word – a modern day miracle. The Bible has been both the most loved and most hated book of all times. Powerful men have spent themselves to destroy it, but the Bible stands and they are dead. Only God could preserve His Word against such hatred.
Perhaps one of the greatest evidences that the Bible is undeniable truth, is how it changes lives. But the only way you will ever know for sure is to experience its life changing power for yourself. You might begin reading in the Gospel of John. Jesus said, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32).