Signed “Simon the Debate Starter”  Well SDS let’s see if I can quickly tell you why I’ve decided the Bible stands alone above all other books that claim to be revelations from God.  The first and most definite answer is all the prophecy recorded in the Bible that has come true.  Take for example Micah 5:2 which was written approximately 730 BC and says that a little place named Bethlehem would become more significant than all of Israel.  We know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem approximately 727 years later and the town has been a chief attraction to believers from that time on.  Or what about Levitisu 26:31-33, written approximately 1450 BC, which says that Jerusalem will be destroyed and all its inhabitants scattered throughout the world.  We know that in 70 AD thousands of Roman soldiers attacked Jerusalem leaving it in comlete destruction and sending its inhabitants to all the known world at that time.  These are just two of the countless examples of how God reveal his words to the prophets and how they came to pass.  If they didn’t come to pass the prophet was killed and his writings were destroyed.

The second issue that I would raise in the discussion of what sets the Bible apart is what I call the proof of practice. We have personal evidence to the truth of God’s Word when we practice it in our lives and see it’s inherent transformation nature.  The proof is in the pudding you might say.  Jeremiah 28:9 says that that prophesies bring peace. When we practice the principles communicated in the Bible and see the fruits that they yield in our lives we demonstrated the inherent truth of God’s Word and what sets it apart from other writings. 

The third, and possibly the most convincing arguement to me, is Jesus’ use of God’s Word.  The God-Man who is the only man to have died and resurrected into eternal life showed that he trusted God’s Word countless times.  He used it to defeat the devil.  He used it to teach on the Mount of Olives.  He quoted from it while dying on the cross.  He said we could trust it, and he trusted it himself.