2Tim 3:16-17, 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
The Bible has been banned, burned, and, to some, supposedly “debunked” yet its truth stands. It remains the test of orthodoxy (right believing) for all who claim to be of God or speak of God’s ways. The most important thing about Scripture is not just that we read it or study it, but that we live in the light of it and obey the Lord (Jam 1:22). God did not give us His Word merely to inform us, but to change our lives. Therefore we receive it as it is even when we find certain verses hard to accept and follow. As Mark Twain aptly put it, “it is not the things in the Bible that people can’t understand that prove troublesome, but the things they can understand. Even if people are convinced that the Bible is true from cover to cover, will they heed its message?”
Today the Bible’s credibility and authority is still attacked. Yet how many of its critics have carefully studied its teaching? How many have even looked at the story of how it came to be written and came to discover that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…”?