How do we know the Bible is from God?

At the end of the day, it is really a matter of faith as to whom you are willing to believe. A person must first have an open mind and be willing to accept the words of Yahushua Christ and the other writers of Scripture. Even those people who were there during the ministry of Yahushua Christ had difficulty believing He was the Messiah, the Son of God. It took real faith to accept that fact. Some did, but many did not (John 8:30-46). Christ said: “He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore, you do not hear, because you are not of God” (John 8:47). But those who belong to God will believe the words of His Son and follow Him. The Jews of Yahushua’ day asked the question: “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” But Yahushua replied: “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep … My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:24-27).

1. Yahushua spoke with authority and often appealed to the Old Testament Scriptures as a source of inspired truth.
    
2. Yahushua quoted at least 36 passages from the Hebrew Bible and on many other occasions referred to the Old Testament without directly quoting it.
    
3. Yahushua accepted its accuracy and authority without questioning, telling others to believe what Moses and the prophets said.
    
4. The apostle Peter wrote: “No prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Peter 1:21).
    
5. Peter showed that the prophetic word came from God Himself who guided human instruments through the power of the Holy Spirit.
    
6. What the prophets wrote was considered by the apostle Paul to be “Holy Scriptures” (Romans 1:2). They are holy because God Himself was involved in their production.
    
7. On one occasion after His resurrection Yahushua appeared to His disciples and said: “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you [as a human being], that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me” (Luke 24:44).
   
   How many times Yahushua said or did something to fulfill the prophecies relating to His life and ministry! Clearly, He accepted the Old Testament as the inspired Word of God. In Matthew 19:4 Christ said to the Pharisees, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’ …” Then what follows is a quotation from Genesis 2:24, written by Moses. Yet Yahushua said the Creator God was the One who spoke these words.
    
8. After Yahushua Christ fasted for 40 days, Satan tempted Him to turn stones into bread. Christ defended Himself by appealing to the Hebrew Scriptures, which said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4, quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3)
    
9. Christ knew the Old Testament scriptures by heart and accepted all that was revealed to the patriarchs and prophets. He acknowledged the past reality of the events recorded in the Hebrew Bible, such as the creation of the heavens and the earth, the historicity of Adam and Eve, Noah’s flood, and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
   
   Before ascending to heaven, Yahushua Christ delegated His authority to the apostles to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe everything He had commanded them (Matthew 28:19-20). Wherever they went, they preached the Word of God. As a result, many were converted and “continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship” (Acts 2:42). Testimonies of Christ’s life and teaching were written and circulated. These accounts eventually became the Gospels, a part of the New Testament scriptures.
   
   Paul said that he received the gospel through the revelation of Yahushua Christ (Galatians 1:12). Peter affirmed that some of the epistles of Paul were considered part of the Scriptures (2 Peter 3:15-16).