With all the religions out there, how can you know that Christianity is true?

How can you know whether the Bible actually gives the accurate and correct story of the world?

How do you know that Christianity isn’t just a fairy tale made up by people to help them cope with hardship and death and deal with life?

To this, Peter, in the Bible, provides us with a response.

2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 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.

Isaiah 44:6 “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last;  Besides Me there is no God.  7 And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to them.  8 Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it?  You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me?  Indeed there is no other Rock;  I know not one.’ ”

Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old,  For I am God, and there is no other;  I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,’

Isaiah 48:5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, “My idol has done them, and my carved image and my molded image have commanded them.’

God himself challenges us to put him to the test, and he goes on record predicting things about the future that will come to pass. Roughly 1/3 of the Bible is made up of prophecies, including many about the promised Messiah, which predicted various things about his identity and actions.

According to one calculation, there are 365 Messianic prophecies from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), which Jesus fulfilled.  This is why the Dead Sea Scrolls are such a big deal: they date back to about 100 years before the birth of Jesus and confirm parts of Isaiah’s writings, which show us that the prophecies Jesus fulfilled were indeed written before his birth and were not later redactions or additions.

The word of God is reliable, and His commitment to fulfill His word of prophecy should encourage us.  He will keep His word to us!  Jesus is coming soon!