the bible is from god
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The Bible is From GodThe Bible is From God
Super Sunday – Lesson 2
Does the Bible pass the test?Does the Bible pass the test?
Take sheet of paper And a GREEN marker
And you will get green paper
Does the Bible pass the test?Does the Bible pass the test?
Now put some numbers in the corner
Put YOUR picture in the middle
Is this real?
DO NOT TRY TO SPEND (A):•It is counterfeit!•How can you tell?•The REAL $100 bill has some “internal” proof that it is genuine.
A - - >A - - >
B - ->B - ->
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InspirationInspiration“When the Bible claims to be inspired
what is meant by that term? The English term “inspiration” derives from the Latin inspirare, which means “to breath upon or into something.” The five English words, “given by inspiration of God,” in the King James Version of 1611 actually are translated by the single Greek adjective, theopneustos, (continued)
InspirationInspirationWhich is derived from two Greek root
words (theos – God, pneo – to blow or breathe). Theopneustos would mean God breathed, or filled with the breath of God.
The book that is in this sense inspired is one into which something or another spirit or mind has been breathed; in other words, its author has been overshadowed by a power outside himself.”
InspirationInspirationThe very nature of the Bible makes
this book infallible
The Bible is infallible – inerrant
The Bible is NOT false, NOT mistaken, NOT defective.
UnityUnity Think about it - - -
– More than 40 writers– Farmers, tree trimmers, kings, priests,
fishermen, tax collectors, doctors, religious scholars, shepherds
– Over a period of 3,000 years– From different nations, cultures, political
situations
ALL HAVE THE SAME THEME - - -GOD’S PLAN FOR REDEMPTION
Factual AccuracyFactual AccuracyPeople
– Kings, governors, high priestPlaces
– Nations, territories, regions, citiesG P S
– Lay of the land – up, down,– Direction, nearby cities
HittitesHittitesThe Hittites are mentioned over 40
times in the BibleExodus 23:28Exodus 23:28 – For My Angel will go
before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
HittitesHittitesJoshua 1:4 - From the wilderness and
this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
Critics said the Hittites did not exist.
HittitesHittitesUNTIL – 1906 (100 years ago)Hugh Winkler discovered the capital of
the HittitesThere was a HUGE law library (more
than 10,000 clay tabletsThey are now known as the Hittite
Code
HittitesHittitesWe now can confirm
what the Bible said about the Hittites.
We know the extent of their territory (see map)
We know they interacted with Israel
We have a carving of them invading Israel
FlaxFlaxMany critics said that “flax” did not exist at
the time when Rahab hid the spies under flax on her roof – Joshua 2:6
Flax is a plant with strong fibers
FlaxFlaxTHEN – in Egypt – the Treasure City of
Pithom (see Exodus 5) was discoveredThe lower levels of bricks were full of these
flax fibers to make the bricks strongerThe bricks higher up the wall were made of
more mud and less flaxNear the top of the walls, the bricks were
almost all mud – no flaxJUST AS IS DESCRIBED IN EXODUS.
Bow 7 TimesBow 7 Times
Genesis 33:3 - Then he crossed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Critics said this was an “exaggeration” and proved the Bible was full of myths, legends and not reliable.
Bow 7 TimesBow 7 Times
The Tell-el-Armarna Tablets were written about 1450 BC
They tell about bowing 7 times when meeting a superior or to show respect
Jacob bowed 7 times to Esau – a sign of respect for his estranged twin brother
Internal ClaimsInternal Claims
2 Timothy 3:16-17 - 16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Psalm 119:89 - Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.
Internal ClaimsInternal Claims 2 Peter 1:20-21 - 20knowing this first, that no
prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 22:31-32 - 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Internal ClaimsInternal Claims1 Corinthians 2:12-13 - 12Now we have
received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Internal ClaimsInternal Claims2 Samuel 23:2 - “The Spirit of the LORD
spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.
Acts 1:16 - “Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;
Internal ClaimsInternal Claims What should we do with this internal
evidence? When a court hears testimony from a
witness – what can the jury do? There are only three choices:
1. Prove the witness is not reliable
2. Prove the witness statement is false
3. Accept the witness as reliable and truthful
Internal ClaimsInternal Claims I have shown that the testimony of the
Bible has been shown to be correct and reliable.
I have shown that the testimony is true.
WILL YOU ACCEPT THE INTERNAL CLAIMS?
THE BIBLE IS FROM GOD!THE BIBLE IS FROM GOD!
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