# 6 of Ten Reasons Why I Believe The Bible Is The Word Of
God by R. A. Torrey
SIXTH, on the ground of
the character of those who accept and of those who reject the book.
Two things speak for the divinity of the Bible-the
character of those who accept it, and, equally, the character of those who
reject it. I do not mean by this that every man who professes to believe the
book is better than every man that does not, but show me a man living an
unselfish, devoted life, one who without reservation has surrendered himself to
do the will of God, and I will show you a man who believes the Bible to be
God's Word. On the other hand, show me a man who rejects the Divine authority
of that book, and I will show you a man living a life of greed, or lust, or
spiritual pride, or self will.
Suppose you have a book purporting to be by a certain
author, and the people best acquainted with that author say it is his, and the
people least acquainted with him say it is not; which will you believe? Now,
the people best acquainted with God say the Bible is His book; those who are
least acquainted with God say it is not. Which will you believe?
Furthermore, as men grow better they are more likely to
accept the Bible, and as they grow worse they are more likely to reject it. We
have all known men who were both sinful and unbelieving, who by forsaking their
sin lost their unbelief. Did any of us ever know a man who was sinful and
believing, who by forsaking his sin lost his faith? The nearer men live to God
the more confident they are that the Bible is God's Word; the farther they get
away from Him the more confident they are that it is not.
Where is the stronghold of the Bible? In the pure,
unselfish, happy home. Where is the stronghold of infidelity? The gambling hell,
the drinking saloon and the brothel. If a man should walk into a saloon and lay
a Bible down upon the bar, and order a drink, we should think there was a
strange incongruity in his actions, but if he should lay any infidel writing
upon the bar, and order a drink, we would not feel that there was any
incongruity.
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