ALLEGED BIBLE CORRUPTION: MAKES JESUS A LIAR AND MOCKS HIS WORDS.
This Post is the re-airing of an overdue response to those who peddle lies about Bible corruption.
Not to put too fine a pont on it, but whenever Muslims say the Bible is corrupted, they mock God and insult Jesus and yet again call Him a liar.
Throughout Scripture God reminds us of His faithfulness and truthfulness:
“My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David” (Psalms 89:34-35).
There are many places where we find God’s personal guarantees of truthfulness. In the hope that Muslims might respect at least the words spoken by Jesus, we shall focus on a sample of verses from the mouth of Jesus, demonstrating that the Bible is not and can never be corrupted.
□ “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) (cf Luke 21:33)
“My words will never pass away” … Where do we find Jesus words, including this statement? Only in the pages of Scripture. Written soon after the event by those who were witnesses or had access to the witnesses. No possibility at all then of any corruption here. We have Jesus own personal guarantee that what we have access to now is exactly what He spoke, is authentic, accurate, imperishable and inviolate.
□ “If He called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods’ — and the Scripture cannot be broken — [36] do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?” (John 10:35-36).
“The Scripture cannot be broken” … Jesus makes a point of rejecting the suggestion that the Word of God can be “broken.” By this, Jesus means that the verses He quoted could not be dismissed as an error. They could not be written off as a mistake — this is the doctrine of inerrancy, which says that Scripture is perfectly accurate in everything it intends to say. Jesus, in this moment, not only implies inerrancy, He grounds His argument in it. Again no room for corruption here. Inerrancy automatically rules out corruption.
□ “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
“I am … the truth” … Jesus declares He is the embodiment of truth. In truth He and all He spoke and all He predicted, including multiple mentions of His death and resurrection, presupposes, are predicated upon and had, by definition to be, founded in the written record of all of it being likewise the truth, faithfully recorded and preserved. He could NEVER have made such a claim on any less a predicate. No point at all making such an absolute claim if He wasn’t being faithfully recorded and represented in the Gospel accounts.
□ “Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth” (John 17:17).
God’s word is truth. Period. No argument. There is no place and no scope for corruption in truth, which stands inviolable. And God’s word includes everything in the settled canon of Scripture. By this single verse alone Jesus affirms the truth of the Bible in its entirety. You challenge its accuracy and you make Jesus a liar right here. And anyone who does will answer to Him for it.
Finally, to those who would challenge the accuracy or timeliness of the New Testament, including authorship, it really makes no difference, because of this promise Jesus gave His disciples which would in turn ensure faithful and complete transmission of all that Jesus told them:
□ “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit — the Father will send Him in My name — will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you” (John 14:26).
“… will remind you of everything I have told you”.
The Holy Spirit is the seal of accuracy upon the Scriptures. The same Holy Spirit who had inspired the first pages of Scripture, who had given the record of the Law, of which not a word would pass away (Matthew 5:18), and all the hundreds of prophecies that pointed to the Messiah and would be fulfilled by Him, that same Holy Spirit would bring 20:20 recall to those who would be custodians of Jesus teaching. Again absolutely no scope for corruption, still less the absurd Muslim notion of a “lost gospel” of Jesus.
□ THE PROMISE AND THE OATH
Another bulwark against corruption is found in Hebrews:
” … that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.” (Hebrews 6:18) see also Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Titus 1:2.
The two immutable things are the promise and the oath.
Note the commentary:
“On the supposition that the “promise” was disregarded – if such a supposition may be made still there would be the security of the “oath” – and thus the assurance of salvation was two-fold. It seems to me, therefore, that the apostle refers to the “promise” and to the “oath” of God, as constituting the two grounds of security for the salvation of his people. Those things were both unchangeable, and when his word and oath are once passed, what he promises is secure.
In which it was impossible for God to lie – That is, it would be contrary to his nature; it is not for a moment to be supposed; compare Titus 1:2, “God – that cannot lie.” The impossibility is a “moral” impossibility, and the use of the word here explains the sense in which the words “impossible, cannot,” etc., are often used in the Scriptures. The meaning here is, that such was the love of God for truth; such his holiness of character, that he “could” not speak falsely.
We might have a strong consolation ¹ – The strongest of which the mind can conceive. The consolation of a Christian is not in his own strength; his hope of heaven is not in any reliance on his own powers. His comfort is, that God has “promised” eternal life to his people, and that He cannot prove false to his word; Titus 1:2.” (Barnes)
And another:
“God came through for Abraham, even sealing His promise with an oath. In fact, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself. This oath showed that God’s promises (like His character) are unchanging. Abraham’s trust in this was the gateway to the fulfillment of the promise.”
“The absolute reliability of God’s promise should impress us” (Spurgeon)
d. Strong consolation: God isn’t content to give us mere consolation. He wants to give us strong consolation. Spurgeon described some characteristics of strong consolation:
▪︎Strong consolation does not depend upon bodily health.
▪︎Strong consolation does not depend upon the excitement of public services and Christian fellowship.
▪︎ Strong consolation can’t be shaken by human reasoning.
▪︎ Strong consolation is stronger than our guilty conscience.” (Guzik)
CONCLUSIONS
Where do we find God’s promises, His Covenants and oaths which He swore by Himself, where do we find the immutable, incorruptible, inerrant truth? We find all this only in the Bible.
Muslims, do you want to persist with this baseless Bible corruption nonsense? Go right ahead. Accuse God of perjury, of lying and portray Him as weak and incompetent for being unable to record, translate or preserve His word. Make Jesus a liar, mock His words, and in due course answer to Him for every careless word spoken.
You can be sure that when Jesus took so much care and spelled out so clearly that His words and the Bible cannot be messed with, anyone who attempts to do just that is setting themselves up to face God’s wrath and judgment.
God has both promised and sworn an oath to His truthfulness and faithfulness. The promise and the oath are a double-lock guarantee that His word — the only place where we find His promises — is both immutable and incorruptible.
At both ends of the Bible God gives a dire warning to anyone who attempts to add to, or detract from, His Word. Yet again, the predicate is that God’s Word is complete and settled. As indeed the Psalmist affirms:
□ “Lord, Your word is forever; it is firmly fixed in heaven.” (Psalms 119:89 HCSB)
□ “You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the commands of the Lord your God I am giving you.” (Deuteronomy 4:2 HCSB) (see also Deuteronomy 12:32).
□ “I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. [19] And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19 HCSB)
Muslims can never say they’ve not been warned.
FOOTNOTE:
“Strong consolation” this is the opposite of “strong delusion” (2 Thessalonians 10-12) which is sent to those who disbelieve and set their face against the Gospel ie includes all MusIims who continue to reject the truth even after repeatedly being shown it. God gives you over to your idolatry (Romans 1:24-31).
Further reading:
□ HOW TO TURN NUMBERS 23:19 INTO THE CONDEMNATION OF ISLAM 18 June 2023
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This Post is the re-airing of an overdue response to those who peddle lies about Bible corruption.
Not to put too fine a pont on it, but whenever Muslims say the Bible is corrupted, they mock God and insult Jesus and yet again call Him a liar.
Throughout Scripture God reminds us of His faithfulness and truthfulness:
“My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David” (Psalms 89:34-35).
There are many places where we find God’s personal guarantees of truthfulness. In the hope that Muslims might respect at least the words spoken by Jesus, we shall focus on a sample of verses from the mouth of Jesus, demonstrating that the Bible is not and can never be corrupted.
□ “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) (cf Luke 21:33)
“My words will never pass away” … Where do we find Jesus words, including this statement? Only in the pages of Scripture. Written soon after the event by those who were witnesses or had access to the witnesses. No possibility at all then of any corruption here. We have Jesus own personal guarantee that what we have access to now is exactly what He spoke, is authentic, accurate, imperishable and inviolate.
□ “If He called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods’ — and the Scripture cannot be broken — [36] do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?” (John 10:35-36).
“The Scripture cannot be broken” … Jesus makes a point of rejecting the suggestion that the Word of God can be “broken.” By this, Jesus means that the verses He quoted could not be dismissed as an error. They could not be written off as a mistake — this is the doctrine of inerrancy, which says that Scripture is perfectly accurate in everything it intends to say. Jesus, in this moment, not only implies inerrancy, He grounds His argument in it. Again no room for corruption here. Inerrancy automatically rules out corruption.
□ “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
“I am … the truth” … Jesus declares He is the embodiment of truth. In truth He and all He spoke and all He predicted, including multiple mentions of His death and resurrection, presupposes, are predicated upon and had, by definition to be, founded in the written record of all of it being likewise the truth, faithfully recorded and preserved. He could NEVER have made such a claim on any less a predicate. No point at all making such an absolute claim if He wasn’t being faithfully recorded and represented in the Gospel accounts.
□ “Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth” (John 17:17).
God’s word is truth. Period. No argument. There is no place and no scope for corruption in truth, which stands inviolable. And God’s word includes everything in the settled canon of Scripture. By this single verse alone Jesus affirms the truth of the Bible in its entirety. You challenge its accuracy and you make Jesus a liar right here. And anyone who does will answer to Him for it.
Finally, to those who would challenge the accuracy or timeliness of the New Testament, including authorship, it really makes no difference, because of this promise Jesus gave His disciples which would in turn ensure faithful and complete transmission of all that Jesus told them:
□ “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit — the Father will send Him in My name — will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you” (John 14:26).
“… will remind you of everything I have told you”.
The Holy Spirit is the seal of accuracy upon the Scriptures. The same Holy Spirit who had inspired the first pages of Scripture, who had given the record of the Law, of which not a word would pass away (Matthew 5:18), and all the hundreds of prophecies that pointed to the Messiah and would be fulfilled by Him, that same Holy Spirit would bring 20:20 recall to those who would be custodians of Jesus teaching. Again absolutely no scope for corruption, still less the absurd Muslim notion of a “lost gospel” of Jesus.
□ THE PROMISE AND THE OATH
Another bulwark against corruption is found in Hebrews:
” … that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.” (Hebrews 6:18) see also Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Titus 1:2.
The two immutable things are the promise and the oath.
Note the commentary:
“On the supposition that the “promise” was disregarded – if such a supposition may be made still there would be the security of the “oath” – and thus the assurance of salvation was two-fold. It seems to me, therefore, that the apostle refers to the “promise” and to the “oath” of God, as constituting the two grounds of security for the salvation of his people. Those things were both unchangeable, and when his word and oath are once passed, what he promises is secure.
In which it was impossible for God to lie – That is, it would be contrary to his nature; it is not for a moment to be supposed; compare Titus 1:2, “God – that cannot lie.” The impossibility is a “moral” impossibility, and the use of the word here explains the sense in which the words “impossible, cannot,” etc., are often used in the Scriptures. The meaning here is, that such was the love of God for truth; such his holiness of character, that he “could” not speak falsely.
We might have a strong consolation ¹ – The strongest of which the mind can conceive. The consolation of a Christian is not in his own strength; his hope of heaven is not in any reliance on his own powers. His comfort is, that God has “promised” eternal life to his people, and that He cannot prove false to his word; Titus 1:2.” (Barnes)
And another:
“God came through for Abraham, even sealing His promise with an oath. In fact, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself. This oath showed that God’s promises (like His character) are unchanging. Abraham’s trust in this was the gateway to the fulfillment of the promise.”
“The absolute reliability of God’s promise should impress us” (Spurgeon)
d. Strong consolation: God isn’t content to give us mere consolation. He wants to give us strong consolation. Spurgeon described some characteristics of strong consolation:
▪︎Strong consolation does not depend upon bodily health.
▪︎Strong consolation does not depend upon the excitement of public services and Christian fellowship.
▪︎ Strong consolation can’t be shaken by human reasoning.
▪︎ Strong consolation is stronger than our guilty conscience.” (Guzik)
CONCLUSIONS
Where do we find God’s promises, His Covenants and oaths which He swore by Himself, where do we find the immutable, incorruptible, inerrant truth? We find all this only in the Bible.
Muslims, do you want to persist with this baseless Bible corruption nonsense? Go right ahead. Accuse God of perjury, of lying and portray Him as weak and incompetent for being unable to record, translate or preserve His word. Make Jesus a liar, mock His words, and in due course answer to Him for every careless word spoken.
You can be sure that when Jesus took so much care and spelled out so clearly that His words and the Bible cannot be messed with, anyone who attempts to do just that is setting themselves up to face God’s wrath and judgment.
God has both promised and sworn an oath to His truthfulness and faithfulness. The promise and the oath are a double-lock guarantee that His word — the only place where we find His promises — is both immutable and incorruptible.
At both ends of the Bible God gives a dire warning to anyone who attempts to add to, or detract from, His Word. Yet again, the predicate is that God’s Word is complete and settled. As indeed the Psalmist affirms:
□ “Lord, Your word is forever; it is firmly fixed in heaven.” (Psalms 119:89 HCSB)
□ “You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it, so that you may keep the commands of the Lord your God I am giving you.” (Deuteronomy 4:2 HCSB) (see also Deuteronomy 12:32).
□ “I testify to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. [19] And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19 HCSB)
Muslims can never say they’ve not been warned.
FOOTNOTE:
“Strong consolation” this is the opposite of “strong delusion” (2 Thessalonians 10-12) which is sent to those who disbelieve and set their face against the Gospel ie includes all MusIims who continue to reject the truth even after repeatedly being shown it. God gives you over to your idolatry (Romans 1:24-31).
Further reading:
□ HOW TO TURN NUMBERS 23:19 INTO THE CONDEMNATION OF ISLAM 18 June 2023
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