If the Bible is to Support our Lives, it must be Trustworthy

 

 

“Famed New Testament scholar and Anglican bishop Tom “N.T.” Wright says he’s not sure whether some of the most famous figures in the Holy Bible actually existed. In… “Ask NT Wright Anything” podcast, the 77-year-old Wright either deferred comment on or outright denied the historicity of four key figures in the Bible, including Adam.”

 

In defense, “Wright cited limited external evidence for figures like Moses, Job and Jonah, and instead urged Christians to focus on the messages in their respective stories, such as Job's faithfulness in suffering, Jonah's call to enemy-love and mercy, Moses' humble leadership, and Adam’s unique role in God's redemptive plan.” Theologian NT Wright: Adam and Eve were human-like creatures | Podcast 

For someone who has based their life on the Bible as the actual Words of God, Wright’s suggestion is entirely unacceptable:

•    If we cannot accept that these men existed and the accounts are not trustworthy, then we have made ourselves judge over the Bible instead of the Bible serving as our judge.
•     If we cannot accept the existence of these men, how then can we accept the alleged lessons that their lives exemplify?
•   Then everything in the Bible is up for grabs, and their existence depends upon sources that must be regarded as more authoritative than the Bible to determine what we are to believe.
•   Consequently, we are left with only the vain hope that we can find certainty in an uncertain Bible. Might as well base our lives on the NY Times.

 However, there are many solid reasons to regard the Bible as the very words of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17).