Questions of Credibility

Some say the Taurat and the Injils have been changed and are no longer reliable. But this objection is not valid because those who make it are always unable to produce any evidence of the specific changes claimed —even though there are thousands of manuscripts and texts from antiquity. Furthermore God himself says of the Taurat, the Zabur and the Injil: “All scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” ( 2 Tim. 3:16 [in the Injil]).

Some are confused about whom to believe in these great matters of eternal life and eternal death, of punishment and reward, of Paradise and Hell. God invites us to trust in Him, and promises that if we seek him and seek the truth with all our heart we will find Him and know the truth. Many of these issues are reducible to the question of credibility. And character determines credibility. If several people tell us contradictory things, if we are wise, we will believe the one with the most trustworthy character.

Of Isa al-Maseeh alone the scriptures say “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth” ( Isaiah 53:9 and I Peter 2:22 [in the Injil]). As for the rest of mankind, and that includes even all other thought to be prophets and major religious leaders, the scriptures say “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away…their tongues practice deceit” ( Psalms 5:9 [Zabur] and Roman 3:10-13 [in the Injil]).