…that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. (Luke 1:4 ESV)
Certainty
We can not know very much with certainty. The publishing industry has motives that are not in line with mine. Information from the internet is without checks or balances to ensure veracity. Books that have price tag might be being sold to make money more than to reveal truth. Books that are free might be being given away because they are without value.
Knowledge expands, and information becomes obsolete. Knowledge contracts and information becomes too general. Knowledge is deemed unreliable both because of too much bias, and not enough bias.
People lie, people exaggerate, people cast blame, people defend themselves, all of which gives us insecurity when we try to discover, investigate, or read.
But we can trust with certainty (as if trust really existed without certainty) what the God has given us in His Word. We might misunderstand it. We might misapply it. We might not comprehend it, but those are not problems with the Bible, they are problems with our brains.
Jesus is God’s Word, brings God’s Word, fulfills God’s Word, and is in God’s Word. Jesus teaches God’s Word, applies God’s Word to us, knows God’s Word, and loves God’s Word.
And we, transformed by Jesus-wrought salvation, can know with certainty whatever the Bible teaches.
We can not be certain of truth, but in Christ we can.