For over 1900 years the New Testament has survived many attacks. None have been able to destroy it or the faith of Christianity. In A.D. 303, Diocletian ordered all Bibles destroyed. Today, it is the all-time best seller of books in the world. In 1778 the infidel Voltaire predicted he would have the Bible extinct in 100 years.
Soon after his death the British and Foreign Bible Society was founded and used Voltaire's presses for printing Bibles. They used the room where he wrote his attacks to store them. Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 24:35) Today, skeptics continue to throw doubt on the authenticity of the Bible, and yet more people are convinced of its truth than ever before.
These attacks will come from men of science, education, psychology, politics and so on, but the Bible will remain. It predicts these attacks will come, (2 Peter 3:1-7 and promises that it is indestructible (1 Peter 1:23-25).
Copyright 1989 by Carmen D Hilliard. Used by permission