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Can We Trust The Gospels Essay

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Allie Smith
Dr. Rinker
The Gospels and Acts
20 March 2023
Can We Trust the Gospels Book Review Our God and Creator has chosen to relate to his people in this time through written word. The reliability of God’s word then holds an immense importance and should be both studied and appreciated by those who live by this word. Peter J. Williams writes his concise book, Can We Trust the Gospels to prove just that. If we believe God’s word to be what it says it is, we must also conclude that God has supernaturally preserved his very words that he deemed necessary for the believer today and throughout history. The beautiful ways God has preserved his text for our benefit is evident through historical evidences, the author’s historical reliability, …show more content…

They display a personal understanding of the time and place they wrote about due to their intimate relation to the events and setting. The Gospel writers cannot hide that they are locals through their writing style and familiarity with the surrounding setting. The writers reference towns, bodies of water, and other prominate places properly displaying their knowledge and understanding of unique geographical information. The Gospel’s harmony points to the reliability of the Scriptures locations, authenticating both the narrative and the …show more content…

The way God interacts with his people is essential to a relationship with the Almighty God who speaks and influences the church through the very words of our Father. The Gospel’s reliability is found in the fact that the content of the Gospels is the truth. Although the author’s goal is not to prove the Scripture is true, I do not see how one can come to the conclusion that the Scriptures are supernaturally accurate and reliable without coming to the understanding that what they contain must be truth. Jesus Christ who lived and died truly was who he said he was and the writers of the Gospels both affirm and believe this to be true. The contents of the Bible and the truth of why Jesus came to earth, lived, and died impact our lives and our response is built off of that truth and the call provided by the Gospel

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