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Another interesting fact about the uniqueness of the Bible is that those who read it and apply its truths
are changed. In the Bible it is called being “born again.” It comes when a person realizes he is a sinner
and in need of a savior. He understands the claims of Christ in that He came to die a substitutionary
death (His death for ours) and pay the ultimate penalty for sin. When a person accepts this by faith, He
makes Christ Lord of His life. The Bible says this about that experience:

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come. (ESV)

Over the last couple of thousands of years, literally millions of people have given testimony of what
happened in their life as a result of this salvation experience. Here is a testimony of one man who came
to Christ, but the same testimony could be repeated a million times over:

In a moment, the truth of Jesus Christ became reality to me. The spoken words seemed to pierce my
very heart and reveal what I’d always longed for: to be restored to my Creator, through His only
Son, Jesus Christ. Though in the past, others had tried to prod or persuade me to a decision, this
time I willingly stood to make that long walk to the altar. On the way I said, “God, if you prove
Yourself real to me today, I will live my life for You.” Down on my knees, I was totally sincere for the
first time in my life. “Lord, I am sorry for all my sins! I want to give my life to You. Please, forgive
me.” On the following evening, the evangelist said to me, “Young man, last night there was a battle
between heaven and hell. Hell wanted to keep you, but God won.”

My whole life was changed. Now that I had accepted Christ I had to grow in this new relationship
with God. I was baptized and began changing from someone who only cared about himself and
used people, to someone who really cared for others.

I am a new person in Christ. When I sincerely asked Him, Jesus did what no one or anything else
ever did or could have done. Through Him, I found meaning and purpose. Only through Christ could I
begin to conquer all the problems I had throughout my life. He truly is the Ultimate and Only Truth.
Those who knew me before cannot believe that I am now a minister, and those who meet me now,
who do not know my past, cannot believe what I once was like.

How could millions of people who have declared their faith in Christ and give testimony of how their
lives where completely changed be wrong? Drunkards have been made sober, drug addict have been
clean, and families have been made whole again by applying the Bible to their lives. The testimonies of
so many whose lives have been changed gives strong support to the uniqueness of the Bible.

Another uniqueness of the Bible is its ability to foretell future events. Throughout Scripture, hundreds
of prophecies were made by Old Testament writers concerning the Messiah, the future kingdom on
earth, the restoration of Israel as a nation, and their return to their Promised Land. In the New
Testament also many predictions are made of events to come. As Scripture unfolds, about half of these
prophecies have already been fulfilled, but others, following the same pattern of literal fulfillment, are
subject to fulfillment in the future.

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