John 1: 1-5, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.  14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

The people of Israel awaited the arrival of their Messiah, their Savior. And then He came. He fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament, in a way that no other could have ever fulfilled them (see below).  Some Bible scholars say that Jesus fulfilled up to 300 predictions in the Old Testament.   The odds of all things coming to pass in one man are ZERO but even much less than zero. (If you are interested, here’s some information on the impossibility of this happening, even with 8 prophesies fulfilled: http://voices.yahoo.com/what-odds-jesus-700-plus-prophecies-fulfillment-5064980.html) So there you have it.   It was plain as day that this man was not man. He is the Word who was God, made into flesh and living among us.   

It gives me pause to even consider how clearly the Lord spoke to men who wrote the Old Testament so that they got it right, down to the last detail. And they didn’t even have the benefit of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit then!   There’s no way they could have possibly known of their own knowledge in what city the Messiah would be born, that he would be falsely accused, heck even that he would be given vinegar!    This is why it baffles me when people talk about the Bible as though it’s just some distorted book, written by man and not by the Spirit of God through man.  

Of COURSE men can make mistakes.   In the entire scheme of things, do we not think that God would know that and have a plan to eliminate those things He didn’t want in the Bible from the Bible?  Since when is man greater and more powerful than God?  

Let me just say again, there is no way that the men who lived a thousand years before Jesus, could have predicted the detail of Jesus’ life and death.  This should tell us without further ado that the Bible is the inspired Word of God as He has said it is.   So we need to take Him at His Word.   

I’m not saying that all things in scripture are literal.  But all things in scripture are literally there because He chose them to be.    We are not powerful enough to have thwarted His will.   Praise be to God.

Takeaway:  The Bible is an integral part of our faith.  It is the Word.  It is God.   Jesus is the Word.  He is God.   It’s time to take the Bible seriously.  The proof of scripture being the inspired Word of God is the massive amount of prophesies about the life of Christ that no man alone could have known.  

Prayer:  Lord, thank You for coming to live among us.  Thank You for inspiring man to write Your thoughts and Your ways into Your Word.  Please give me a hunger and thirst to know Your Word and to honor it with every bit of respect You desire.  I want to want to hunger to study.   Meet me where I am, Lord and answer my prayer.  Draw me to You.  

Here’s a list that only includes 44 of the over 300 prophecies Jesus fulfilled: 

http://christianity.about.com/od/biblefactsandlists/a/Prophecies-Jesus.htm