When peace like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to knowa It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Refrain It is well, (it is well), With my soul, (with my soul) It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live: If Jordan above me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life, Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
But Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait, The sky, not the grave, is our goal; Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord! Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul".
Our breathtaking world has been specially, exquisitely, elegantly, MADE!
This is absolutely clear in spite of much false science and disinformation.
God our Maker expects us to understand this, and to diligently seek Him.
I emphasize the "jury duty" method - correct, accurate Bible truths must be compared with proven scientific facts bearing on the Bible. If they don't match, then both sources must be reassessed for correctness.
The great scholar, C.I. Scofield sets forth a most powerful, cogent, argument for the divine authorship of the Bible:
The Bible is at ONCE, SIXTY-SIX books, and yet truly, ONE BOOK. From Genesis the Bible bears witness to one God.
Wherever He speaks or acts he is consistent with himself, and with the total revelation concerning Him.
The Bible forms one continuous story --the story of humanity in relation to God.
The Bible hazards the most unlikely predictions concerning the future, and, when the centuries have brought round the appointed time, records their fulfillment.
The Bible is a progressive unfolding of truth.
Nothing is told all at once, and once for all. The law is, “First the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain.”
Without the possibility of collusion, often with centuries between, one writer of Scripture takes up an earlier revelation, adds to it, lays down the pen, and in due time another man moved by the Holy Spirit, and another, and another, add new details till the whole is complete.
From beginning to end the Bible testifies to one redemption. The Bible has one great theme--the Person and work of Christ.
Finally, these writers, some forty in number, writing through twenty centuries, have produced a perfect harmony of doctrine in progressive unfolding.
This is, to every candid mind, the unanswerable proof of the divine inspiration of the Bible.”
There are other great evidences for the authenticity of the Bible, but the ones cited above are truly outstanding.
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