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EVIDENCEFORTHEBIBLEASGOD'SWORD
2PETER1:16-21HEBREWS4:12
“Tobefair,muchoftheBibleisnotsystematicallyevilbutjustplainweird,asyouwouldexpectofachaoticallycobbled-togetheranthologyofdisjointeddocuments,composed,revised,translated,distortedand'improved'byhundredsofanonymousauthors,editorsandcopyists,unknowntousandmostlyunknowntoeachother,spanningninecenturies.”
- RichardDawkins(TheGodDelusion)
“Webelievethat‘allScriptureisgivenbyinspirationofGod,’andthewholeBibleisinspiredinthesensethatholymenofGod‘weremovedbytheHolySpirit’towritetheverywordsofScripture.ThewholeBibleintheoriginalwritingsisthereforewithouterror.”
- CBCStatementofFaith
IIPETER 1:16-21 (ESV)ForwedidnotfollowcleverlydevisedmythswhenwemadeknowntoyouthepowerandcomingofourLordJesusChrist,butwewereeyewitnessesofhismajesty.17ForwhenhereceivedhonorandgloryfromGodtheFather,andthevoicewasbornetohimbytheMajesticGlory,“ThisismybelovedSon,withwhomIamwellpleased,”
IIPETER 1:16-21 (ESV)18weourselvesheardthisveryvoicebornefromheaven,forwewerewithhimontheholymountain.19Andwehavethepropheticwordmorefullyconfirmed,towhichyouwilldowelltopayattentionastoalampshininginadarkplace,untilthedaydawnsandthemorningstarrisesinyourhearts,
IIPETER 1:16-21 (ESV)
20knowingthisfirstofall,thatnoprophecyofScripturecomesfromsomeone'sowninterpretation.21Fornoprophecywaseverproducedbythewillofman,butmenspokefromGodastheywerecarriedalongbytheHolySpirit.
“TheBibleshouldbetaught,butemphaticallynotasreality.Itisfiction,myth,poetry,anythingbutreality.Assuchitneedstobetaughtbecauseitunderliessomuchofourliteratureandourculture.”
- RichardDawkins
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD
• Fulfilledprophecies
“Idon’tthinkthere’sanyserioushistorianwhodoubtstheexistenceofJesus….WehavemoreevidenceforJesusthanwehaveforalmostanybodyfromhistimeperiod.”
- BartEhrman
ProvingJesusdidn’texist…“isabitlikehavingtodemonstratethattheearthisn’tflat,orthatthesundoesn’trevolvearoundtheearth,orthatthemoon-landingsweren’tdoneonamovielot.”
- LarryHurtado(EdinburghUniversity)
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD
• Fulfilledprophecies• JesusaffirmedtheOldTestament
MATTHEW15:3,4(ESV)ThensomePhariseesandteachersofthelawcametoJesusfromJerusalemandasked,2“Whydoyourdisciplesbreakthetraditionoftheelders?Theydon’twashtheirhandsbeforetheyeat!”3Jesusreplied,“AndwhydoyoubreakthecommandofGodforthesakeofyourtradition?4ForGodsaid,‘Honoryourfatherandmother’and‘Anyonewhocursestheirfatherormotheristobeputtodeath.’
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD
• Fulfilledprophecies• JesusaffirmedtheOldTestament
• TheNewTestamentisgreathistory
“….agrowingconvictionamongmanyscholarsthattheGospelstellusmoreaboutJesusandhisaimsthanwehadpreviouslythought…subsequentChristianitymaybeingreatercontinuitywithJesusthanwaspreviouslythought.”
- JPaget(Cambridge)
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD
• Fulfilledprophecies• JesusaffirmedtheOldTestament• TheNewTestamentisgreathistory
• TheGospelsshownosignsofcollusion• NewTestamentbookswrittentooearlytobelegend
"Theintervalthenbetweenthedatesoforiginalcompositionandtheearliestextantevidencebecomessosmallastobeinfactnegligible,andthelastfoundationforanydoubtthattheScriptureshavecomedowntoussubstantiallyastheywerewrittenhasnowbeenremoved."Thus,"BoththeauthenticityandthegeneralintegrityofthebooksoftheNewTestamentmayberegardedasfinallyestablished.”
- SirFrederickKenyon
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD• Fulfilledprophecies• JesusaffirmedtheOldTestament• TheNewTestamentisgreathistory• TheGospelsshownosignsofcollusion• NewTestamentbookswrittentooearlytobelegend
• Enormousnumberofmanuscripts
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD• Fulfilledprophecies• JesusaffirmedtheOldTestament• TheNewTestamentisgreathistory• TheGospelsshownosignsofcollusion• NewTestamentbookswrittentooearlytobelegend
• Enormousnumberofmanuscripts
• Manuscriptsareincrediblyaccurate
1. REALWORLDEVIDENCEPOINTSTOTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD• Fulfilledprophecies
• JesusaffirmedtheOldTestament
• TheNewTestamentisgreathistory
• TheGospelsshownosignsofcollusion
• NewTestamentbookswrittentooearlytobelegend• Enormousnumberofmanuscripts
• Manuscriptsareincrediblyaccurate
• 99%NTquotedbyancienthistorians• ArcheologicalfindsaffirmBiblicalaccounts
2. CONVICTIONAFFIRMSTHEBIBLEASGOD’SWORD.
HEBREWS4:12(ESV)ForthewordofGodislivingandactive,sharperthananytwo-edgedsword,piercingtothedivisionofsoulandofspirit,ofjointsandofmarrow,anddiscerningthethoughtsandintentionsoftheheart.
PSALM119:165(ESV)
Greatpeacehavethosewholoveyourlaw,andnothingcanmakethemstumble.