We recently had the privilege to hear Gary Kerr preach a series of lessons about the authenticity of the Bible (you can watch on our YouTube channel if interested). After considering the evidence, we can be 100% certain that the Bible is the inspired word of God (II Tim. 3:16). However, opponents are 100% sure that the Bible is a fake, that it is full of lies and myths.

Obviously, both positions cannot be right. Let us consider the ramifications of believing that the Bible is not the truth but is rather based upon lies and legends. I am arguing from the hypothetical premise that all the evidences that Gary presented in his lessons are false. Not only that, but they are 100% false. If we can prove that the Bible is not God’s word, then the following points must also be true.

Every religion is false

If all the evidences supporting the authenticity of the Bible could be rejected, then logically the religions that use any part of the Bible to validate their religion would also be wrong. The same would be true of any religion that attempts to prove they have the truth with evidences weaker than those found in the Bible. The truth is, if the proofs of Biblical inspiration are rejected, which are plentiful, how could any other religion stand?

Man become law maker

If it could be proven that God nor a supposed lesser “god” ever spoke to man, then mankind would be responsible for defining right and wrong. Though the Bible teaches that it is not within mankind to direct his own steps (Jer. 10:23), this is exactly what man is left to do if every religion is rejected. Again, if true religion (James 1:27) does not exist, then every religion is categorically rejected. This is not a shock to many people because so many believe that man knows what is best for man.

Those with the most power make the laws

If man becomes his own moral authority as described above, many implications need to be considered. For example, many of the nations of the world are not democratic. Even those that live in democracies do not generally make laws directly – they often elect representatives to wield that power. Even if man became his own moral authority, others would still be making laws for him to live under whether he liked those laws or not. Global affairs be settled by those with the strongest army. Lesser nations could be captured and forced to live under a new set of laws whether those laws were “good” or not.

The problem with man-made laws is that they are constantly changing. Sometimes this is due to popular opinion. Sometimes this is due to corrupt government. All kinds of prejudices and immoral acts can become law: taking from the poor to make the rich richer, legalizing biases and racism, allowing immoral, carnal acts, etc. Man’s laws could entirely fall under descriptions of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and an unwillingness to have compassion by being full of pride, yet they could not be proven wrong if man is the moral authority. The Bible reveals this rather directly (I John 2:15-17).

Manmade laws always have a major flaw

When man becomes law-maker, people must accept the idea that other men know what is best for them. This is not true equality but instead requires blind followers. I get why an active gay person might disagree with my Bible-based criticism of homosexuality (Rom. 1:26-27). What is the basis for a nonreligious person to be opposed to homosexuality if mankind is equal though? Without God, major problems arise. Please consider the importance of – God spoke!

Chuck

Years ago, during a Bible study with a denominational friend of mine, he made an interesting statement. He said to me, “As much as I believe in Christ and all that He has taught and what I do for Him, I can’t see a God in heaven say to me, because I was not dunked in water I have to spend eternity in hell. There is nothing you can show me or tell me to change my mind.”

There it is folks, this is where someone puts their feelings ahead of the word of God. You might be thinking, “Chuck, what verses would you show him?” The fact is, I did show him. And, if I show you the same verses, yet you think like that man did, it won’t help. Why? He said that it would not matter what I showed him – the point is, his mind was made up. He wants to do what he wants to do relying on how he feels.

I have mentioned II Timothy 4:2-5, many times. The reason we bring up here is because Paul was telling Timothy, you preach the word even when they don’t want it. You cannot help someone see the truth if they are wanting something different. Jesus told us the majority of the world do what they want rather than what the Lord wants (Matt. 7:13-14).

This whole discussion brings many past Bible studies to mind. Like when I study with my Jehovah Witness friends. You will be in a Bible study with them and they are running constantly to one subject to another. They would say, answer me this. I would answer. They would say, answer me that. I would answer. The reason they did it, it wasn’t because they wanted a systematic, study of a certain subject. They wanted to keep throwing things out to see if they could stump me on a text. If I couldn’t answer, they would use that as proof in their minds that all the other answer I gave are now worthless.  

My advice to those who want to learn. Deal with one subject at a time. When the person changes, stop and say – oh, now are we in agreement on that? It is dangerous to discuss using how we feel on something as a basis for the subject at hand. Thank about it.

Chuck