Question: We know the Bible describes itself as the Word of God throughout its pages. We may have affirmed that belief for many years and used the Bible to defend the Bible. For this objective, consider defending the Bible as the Word of God without using the Bible! Imagine a person writes a book and in it, proclaims that book as the Word of God. Would you believe that claim? What tools would you use to refute that claim? What tools can you use, apart from the Bible, to defend the Bible as the Word of God?
Read Isaiah 40:12-20; 55:8-11; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:10-13: and II Timothy 3:14-16 to gain an understanding of what each says about the Word of God and how it affects our view of God.
Evaluate the Bible as the Word of God. A key question for this discussion: Can you use the Bible to defend the Bible as the Word of God?