"We hold these truths to be self-evident"..... are words from the Declaration of Independence. Let's examine the truths of the Bible that should also be 'self-evident', but are they truly seen by all those who claim to be Christian?

Just what truths are in the Bible? I've been in a discussion for a couple weeks on this very subject, one 'truth' in particular. "Was Jesus Christ really the atonement for our sins?" For those of us that believe that God's word is truth, you can see what this question means to us. If you take out the blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross to cover our sins, then you are destroying one truth that holds the pages of the Holy Word together. Who then covers our sins; who pays the price?

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

If we hold that the Bible is true, then we can't pick and choose what we want to believe. We have to take the whole Bible, rightly dividing the truth. Jesus says "I am" the way, the truth, and the life, so I take it at face value: HE IS the way, the truth and the life, no other way to interpret that scripture. That is, there is no other way, unless you are not a believer in the atonement.

What do you do with the scripture that says we aren't to add to or take away from scripture? Is that just in there to 'read', not to obey?

Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.

There are false teachings going around that say the Bible was written by mere man, not to be interpreted in any other light than mere literature to enjoy. How has it stood the test of time down through the years, if this be the truth? Some say that Jesus was born a man, just as any other person on the earth, that he had no affect on our obtaining salvation. A truth or a myth?

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

It's a mystery that one can pick and choose what 'truth' to believe in the Bible, if any. If one thing is held to be an 'untruth', written by a mere man, not inspired by God, then why would we want to believe any part of the Word of God?

John 17:17 says it all...."thy word is truth". If we can hold to these words, then all the TRUTHS in the Bible are 'self-evident'.

When we go about our daily lives, trying to prove that the truths of God in the Bible are just mere writings, not to be taken literally, that Jesus did not die 'for us' on the cross but was merely killed because he was disliked by some, then we walk on dangerous ground. GOD sent his only begotten Son to earth, to die for our sins, to be resurrected and become our propitiation and advocate with the Father. He is part of the Diety, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. If we pick and choose and remove Jesus Christ as the atonement for our sins, then we have removed him from the belief in the Trinity.

I hold 'these truths to be self-evident'.....that God sent his Word in the flesh as Jesus. He was crucified on the cross, not because GOD is unloving, but because he cared so much for the people, that they might be spared having to make a sacrifice for all their sins, and that his SON might bear them on the cross for each of us. We have redemption through his blood, forgiveness of our sins, when we accept him as our personal Saviour through the free gift of Grace through faith in Him. He reigns at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for his people, the church, the born-again believers, until he returns to earth to take his BRIDE, the spotless and without wrinkle 'church', home to be with Him.

John 1:14 And the Word was made 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.

Heavenly Father, I praise and magnify your name, that you saw me before I was, that you cared so much to send your SON as ransom for my soul. May others that have doubts come to know you as I have, a loving GOD, that we mean so much to you, that in place of our human sacrifice, you sent your Son, Christ Jesus, to bear all our sins upon that tree at Calvary. We will forever honor, praise and worship you in spirit and in truth. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.