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NASB | Isaiah 55:11 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 55:11 So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. |
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Bible Answer: Vince You are correct in your implication that formal validation comes from an exterior source. The Bible, in the truest sense, cannot validate itself. The validation of the Bible comes from faith. And faith comes from trust. In our Tradition, we have faith in, and trust, that Jesus is the word of God (Jn 1:1), and that He validated both Scripture and Himself as the word of God. We all realize that if you do not have faith and trust in God, no proof, except hard-core empirical data, will be acceptable to you. If you do have faith and trust in God, you will then have a standard (your image of God – often times seen only in the form of man, such as Jesus and the Apostles), to help you determine if the Bible measures up to what you believe God would inspire man to write and be. The New Testament, in addition to being a bit of an historical document, is also the story of a journey of men and how they traveled through life from the point in which they met Jesus, until the day in which they wrote their story of witness. Read these men’s stories with an open heart and see how their lives - their individual beings - and their relationship with God were transformed by both the written and the living word of God - this is what God desired in your reference of Isaiah 55:11 and of which Jesus prayed in John 17: 15-23 Then ask yourself one simple question: Isn’t something this good – the living and written word of God - worth even a tiny bit of faith and trust on your part, as being from, and of, God. Brian |