cTen Reasons Why I Believe the Bible is the Word of God

By R. A. Torrey

I was brought up to believe that the Bible was the Word of God. In early life I accepted it as such upon the authority of my parents, and never gave the question any serious thought. But later in life my faith in the Bible was utterly shattered through the influence of the writings of a very celebrated, scholarly and brilliant sceptic. I found myself face to face with the question, Why do you believe the Bible is the Word of God?

I had no satisfactory answer. I determined to go to the bottom of this question. If satisfactory proof could not be found that the Bible was God's Word I would give the whole thing up, cost what it might. If satisfactory proof could be found that the Bible was God's Word I would take my stand upon it, cost what it might. I doubtless had many friends who could have answered the question satisfactorily, but I was unwilling to confide to them the struggle that was going on in my own heart; so I sought help from God and from books, and after much painful study and thought came out of the darkness of scepticism into the broad daylight of faith and certainty that the Bible from beginning to end is God's Word. The following pages are largely the outcome of that experience of conflict and final victory. I will give Ten Reasons why I believe the Bible is the Word of God.

FIRST, on the ground of the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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SECOND, on the ground of its fulfilled prophecies.
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THIRD, on the ground of the unity of the book.
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FOURTH, on the ground of the immeasurable superiority of the teachings of the Bible to those of any other and all other books.
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FIFTH, on the ground of the history of the book, its victory over attack.
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SIXTH, on the ground of the character of those who accept and of those who reject the book.
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SEVENTH, on the ground of the influence of the book.
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EIGHTH, on the ground of the inexhaustible depth of the book.
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NINTH, on the ground of the fact that as we grow in knowledge and holiness we grow toward the Bible.
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TENTH, on the ground of the direct testimony of the Holy Spirit.
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