A
book which will lift men up to God
must have come from God!
Because, we've been inundated
with so much crap literature
since we were little kids, confusion.reigns.supreme.
The.Bible.(which
translation?).has
many
proofs which only become evident
once a human being 'tries them out' comparing them:.Acts
17:11.
It's as easy to prove lies
as it is truth, as long as information is either left out and/or presented
deceitfully.
Individuals are wrongfully accused and convicted everyday. Fabricated evidence
is commonplace throughout the world today. We are seldom presented a completely
accurate picture of anything:.Isaiah
5:20.
The greatest heartfelt evidence
of the truth of the Bible.is
in the lives of believers who have been helped by it:.2Corinthians
5:17. It's a book that can lift one up and away from ordinary
consciousness.
Believers know the.Bible.is
true.(what
is truth?).and
not just because they have willy-nilly
decided to accept it as being true, but rather because they have proved
it true in the deepest part of their being,
thus they have experience
with the truth of being spiritual.
First of all, know the.Bible.is
true by the greatest proof of all. What it says about a new nature in a
man, woman or child,.works!.Anyone.who,
in sincerity
has asked the Creator to come and help him.(as
occurred to Derek when he did
and is occurring to
many today).and
for
God to come into his heart and change him, experiences heartfelt change!
But, God never overrides
anyone.
There are another 5 pages,
plus some other stuff to come. If your serious about truth, carry on! If
not, perhaps have a cursory
read.
Fulfilled
prophesy is one place to start and there the fufilled prophesies about
Emmanuel the Christ is a good item to see first.
Many notice indication
in their lives for the better through having a
sound mind,
hope for the future, joy
of heart, a different outlook as to their existence
here, a redirection from selfishness and from
the 'me first, you after' or 'you not at all' attitude. Greed thinking
changes love. These have had an experience that has made everything new.
They are now confident and possess new vitality! From then on, day by day,
they discover that they have a new heart growing
in concern for others. That is because it is the belief
propelling
them.
Consider
the lives of the ones with Emmanuel
before and after His death. They became much different.
As one looks back after having
accepted Christ's worthiness, that is, worthy to dwell in
his or her heart, he sees that remarkably, his attitudes are changing
as days go by. Basically they change from a selfish, me first thinking,
to one of concern for others, but accompanied with works toward that end.
Lifetime habits of selfishness drop away as dross.
Priorities alter to include time for an increasing relationship
with Him who Christ came to direct us to:.John
17:23,26.
They feel whole, no longer
fragmented, no longer unduly concerned about the outcome of their lives
or the overall direction of humanity. They know the Creator is in charge,
even when life is happening to them as though God wasn't there. Learn from
ancient Joseph's life, for
one example about this.
But can we academically
trust the.Bible.to
be accurate and true to source, God? What does it tell us about itself
and, if we apply what it says, are results corroborative?.Proverbs
30:5; Psalms 12:6; 2Peter
1:20; 2Timothy 3:16. And which
translation overall is the most accurate?
Although many changes have
occurred since the original, you can be sure that when it comes to the
meaning of higher consciousness things you can easily see the veracity,
for it's pretty hard to change the various meanings of love as they all
refer back to the branch of the same tree.
However,
when it comes to control, things you are supposed to do to
be in any certain church, look out! Remember to always ask yourself what
you
think of what you are being exposed to or expected to follow and
if you have the slightest doubt, it's your consciousness protecting you.
If it doesn't feel good, be careful before doing what you may be asked
to do.
New Testament events like
the resurrection of Emmanuel
the Christ have eyewitness authenticity
as discussed by Dr Simon Greenleaf.
And,
Luke the physician, says he
gathered the eyewitness testimony and carefully investigated everything:.Luke
1:1-4. These guys were not fools.
Would Emmanuel
have picked those with seemingly no potential to carry His important message:.2Peter
1:16. The reliability of scripture is also confirmed through the eyewitness
credentials of the authors.
Many secular
historians from that time whose writings we still have, give testimony
to the New Testament's historical accuracy. These include the extremely
meticulous
and highly regarded great historian.Josephus.(free
here), before 100 A.D.
and Tacitus of Rome about 120 A.D. and Pliny the Younger, a Roman governor,
110 A.D. and Suetonius a Roman at about 110 A.D. Before 250 A.D. early
church leaders such as Tertullian, Clement of Rome, Julius Africanus and
Irenaeus, confirm the many events, places, people and their customs of
that time.
As well much archaeology.(see
Biblical
Archaeology Magazine).confirms
the events in and the reliability of the Bible. Sir William Ramsay archaeologist
and Biblical skeptic
set out to disprove the historical reliability of the Bible. But,
on his trips to the Mediterranean he found accuracy as to Luke's
accounts.
Fulfilled
prophecy
is also proof. there are many ancient
prophecies. The some 2000 prophecies
about Emmanuel dating back 700 to 4000 years before their fulfillment
in the life of Emmanuel, are major proofs.
The predictions about Memphis
in Egypt.(see
one of the Bible
Dictionaries for more), Tyre
and Sidon.(see
one of the Bible
Dictionaries for more). Predictions
about Emmanuel; these all show a guiding hand in it all.
Careful research confirms
the predictive accuracy of the.Bible.
History
corroborates
the destruction of many ancient cities whose destruction was foretold in
the.Bible.
One can go to a good encyclopedia to find out just when a person lived
who had made a prediction in the Bible, that hundreds of years later
came to pass with every detail intact.
In some prophecies, even
the exact name and position and what that individual would then do was
right on! You can again check the encyclopedia for the dates of these occurrences.
Perhaps go to a Christian bookstore and see if they have a book on fulfilled
prophecy or type into an Internet search engine.
The Book of Daniel.(written
before B.C.E. 530 {B.C.E.
Before Common Era or B.C [Before Christ}, whichever you like).predicted
accurately the progression of kingdoms from Babylon through the Medo
Persian Empire, the Greek Empire and then the 'Holy' Roman Empire,
even predicting the persecution and suffering of the Jews under Antiochus
IV Epiphanes, his
desecration
of the temple, his untimely death and freedom for the Jews under Judas
Maccabeus in B.C.E. 165.
Similarly, other Old Testament.(and
even
the Old Testament itself supports the Bible's factuality).prophecies
concerning
Tyre, an ancient
Phoenician
city, were fulfilled:.Ezekiel
26:3-5,12. Likewise Sidon.(Ezekiel
28:22,23; Isaiah 23rd chapter;
Jeremiah
27:3-6; 47:4).and
Babylon:.Jeremiah
50:13,39; 51:26,42,44,58;
Isaiah
13:20,21.
The Creator ensures that
whatever He inspires someone to say, does indeed come to pass:.Acts
11:28 "And there stood up one of them named Agabus and signified by
the Spirit that there should be great dEarth throughout all the world,
which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.".(Emperor
of Rome 41-54 A.D.)
But there is much more.....continue?