Is the Bible Trustworthy?

​Much of the historical content of the Bible has proven to be accurate.  What has not yet been substantiated only means Archeologists have more to uncover.  Nothing has ever been disproven so confidence remains high that discoveries will in time be found which will provide that proof.  However, I do admit that some of the stuff mentioned in the Old Testament stretches the boundaries of our imaginations.  However, what else would you expect from the God who spoke the universe into existence. 

But what about the rest of it, the spiritual content?  How can we be sure the authors wrote down what God wanted revealed?  Certain books like Genesis and the prophets were more or less dictated by God so the authors only had to write down what He said.  Others like the Psalms and Proverbs were written by men under some form of supervision by the Holy Spirit.  We have this explanation in 2 Peter 1:20 & 21 “knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”  Jesus Christ backed that up by quoting from almost every book in the Old Testament and by Him never correcting the listed books in the Jewish Bible.
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The New Testament would also fall under Peter’s explanation of the Holy Spirit’s having led the Apostles to write it.  I’d also point out that Peter stated they had already verified much of what Paul had written as Scripture in 2 Peter 3:15 & 16 “and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.”

Peter didn’t come up that that on his own.  He is merely elaborating on something the Lord Jesus Christ and told the Apostles just before His execution.  John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”  And John 16:13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”

Most of what the Apostle wrote was introduced by Jesus Christ during His public ministry in Israel.  Some of it was new information such as the prophecies in the Book of Revelation.  Some of the new stuff was just filling in details on things Jesus had talked about.  The Lord may have given those details at the time and they were not recorded.  However, I’m more inclined to go with the Holy Spirit filling in the gaps.  That fits with what John said in John 16:13.  

I admit that doesn’t constitute proof, but it does fit the frame work of Jesus Christ’s teaching.  So, I choose to believe it.  You may not, but keep in mind your unbelief is not proof it is not true.  Since the consequences for getting the Bible wrong are eternal in duration it makes sense to me to read it for yourself before dismissing it out of hand.