week 8 - the bible
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A cHRISTIAN
today’s worldWITNESS in
Tactics + sTRATEGIES
Relativism
The Bible
Pluralism
Islam
Sexual Revolution
Media
Training and Equipping Believers to Live Out a Confident Faith
A cHRISTIAN
today’s worldWITNESS in
Tactics + Strategies
Pluralism
Islam
Sexual Revolution
Media
Training and Equipping Believers to Live Out a Confident Faith
The bIble
Relativism
What is Relativism?March
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Relativism
Morality is individual, not universal
Therefore, we are the authority on moral actions and behaviors.
Morality is “up to you” to decide
Relativism Fails becauseMarch
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Relativism
It goes against our deepest moral notions and intuitions
It destroys right, wrong, good and evil
It removes the possibility of justice, fairness, goodness and improvement
iS THE bIBLE A BOOK
FROM MENABOUT GOD?
oR…
iS THE bIBLE A BOOK
FROM gODgiven to Men?
AuthoritativeLiterature
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction
in righteousness…
2 Tim 3:16
“Inspired”God superintended the writing of Scripture so
that the human authors, using their own personalities, styles, and resources, wrote down
exactly what God wanted to say to people.
Reason #1:March
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The Bible has amazing unity despite its diverse
origins
Unity
Ring Finger“Unity”
Reason #2:March
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The Bible has genuine fulfilled prophecy that is
precise, detailed, and accurate.
Prophecy
Pinkie“Prophecy”
Reason #3:March
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The Bible has proven to be historically accurate, even
though it records supernatural events
History
Index“Index to History”
Reason #4:March
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The Bible has survived through time and lots of
persecution
fIGHTER
Fist“Fighter”
Reason #5:March
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The Bible has answers to the big questions of life that all
people ask.
biG quESTIONS
Biggest Finger“Big Questions”
Reason #6:March
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The Bible has changed the lives and has done so for
thousands of years
cHANGED lIVES
Thumb“Changed Lives”
Pinkie“Prophecy”
Ring“Unity”
Biggest Finger“Big Questions”
Index Finger
“Index to History”
Thumb
“Changed Lives”
Fist “Fighter”
Reason #1:March
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The Bible has amazing unity despite its diverse
origins
Unity
Ring Finger“Unity”
Authors40
That come from totally different
areas of life
Most never knew each other!
Moses, a political leaderPeter, a fishermanAmos, a herdsman
Joshua, a military generalDaniel, a Prime minister
Authors40
That come from totally different
areas of life
Most never knew each other!
David, a shepherd & kingMatthew, a tax collector
Paul, a RabbiSolomon, a king
and more!Luke, a doctor
Over 40 generations and
incalculable amount of culture
change
Written during times of warWritten during times of peace
Written amidst different moodsWritten in all kinds of places
including…
Years1500
Over 40 generations and
incalculable amount of culture
change
Moses in the wilderness Jeremiah in a dungeon
Daniel on a hillside and in a palacePaul inside prison walls
Luke while traveling
Years1500
John in exile on Patmos
Unified story that deals with the most controversial topics in life,
yet is consistent through out
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The nature of God
The Nature of Man
Where we came from
Man’s Central Problem
The solution to our problem
Man’s future destinyMan’s dignity and value
Nature of Good and Evil
The character of God
Nature of right and wrong
How likely is it that 40+ people agree on these who have never met each other, spoke different languages, on different continents and didn’t even know they
were writing for a collection?
Reason #2:March
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The Bible has genuine fulfilled prophecy that is
precise, detailed, and accurate.
Prophecy
Pinkie“Prophecy”
ProphecyMarch
Foreknowledge about future events or details
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Types of ProphecyMarch
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End Times Prophecies
Messianic Prophecies
Messianic ProphecyMarch
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Prophecies specifically about the coming of the
Messiah
2 Types:Suffering Servant Conquering King
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not
come to destroy but to fulfill.”
Matthew 5:17
“These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things
must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the
Psalms concerning Me.”
Luke 24:44
Messianic ProphecyMarch
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Born of woman Gen 3:15
Born of virgin Isa 7:14
1400
680
Descendent of Abraham Gen 12:3 680
Tribe of Judah Gen 49:10 1400
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Be a prophet Deut 18:18
Zeal for God Psalm 69:9
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980
Perform miracles Isa 35:5 680
Teach in Parables Psalm 78:2 680
Enter Jerusalem (as king) riding on a donkey
Zech 9:9 520
Die but live again Psalm 16:10 680
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Family of Isaac Line of Jesse
House of David Preexistence
Called Lord Called Emmanuel
Priest, Judge, King Spirit Upon Him
Ministry in Galilee Enter the temple
Falsely accused Money thrown in God’s house
Falsely accused Stumbling block
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Quiet before accusers Wounded
Spit upon Hands & Feet Pierced
Hated without cause Suffer thirst
Rejected by his own people
Friends stood far off Forsaken cry
Bones not broken Darkness over the land
Side pierced Buried in rich man’s tomb
Peter Stoner, Science Speaks
“We find that the chance that any man might have lived down to the present time
and fulfilled all eight prophecies is 1 in 10 to the 17."
That would be 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.
Reason #3:March
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The Bible has proven to be historically accurate, even
though it records supernatural events
History
Index“Index to History”
aCCURATE hISTORYMarch
If a book comes from God, it should probably get its
history right.
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Thankfully, it does.
'I've been accused of teaching the verbal,
plenary inspiration of the Scripture.
Nelson Glueck, Jewish Theological Seminary and world-renowned
Jewish archeologist
Nelson Glueck, Jewish Theological Seminary and world-renowned
Jewish archeologist
I want it to be understood that I have never taught
this…
Nelson Glueck, Jewish Theological Seminary and world-renowned
Jewish archeologist
All I have ever said is that in all of my archaeological investigation I have never found artifact of antiquity
Nelson Glueck, Jewish Theological Seminary and world-renowned
Jewish archeologist
that contradicts any statement of the Word of
God.'
Robert Wilson, a man who was fluent in more than 45 languages and dialects, concluded after a
lifetime of study in the Old Testament
"I may add that the result of my forty-five years of study of the Bible has led me all the time to a firmer faith that in the Old Testament we have a
true historical account of the history of the Israelite people."
Reason #4:March
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The Bible has survived through time and lots of
persecution
fIGHTER
Fist“Fighter”
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Copied and recopied by hand for hundreds of years
fIGHTER
Yet it remains unchanged in style, correctness and existence.
“The Bible, compared with other ancient writings, has more manuscript evidence
than any 10 pieces of classical literature
combined.”Josh McDowell,
Christian apologist and writer
"To be skeptical of the resultant text of the New
Testament books is to allow all of classical antiquity to slip into
obscurity…John Warwick
Montgomery, New Testament Theologian
John Warwick Montgomery, New
Testament Theologian
for no documents of the ancient period are
as well attested bibliographically as the
New Testament."
Bernard Ramm, theologian and
apologist
“Jews preserved it as no other manuscript has ever been
preserved. With their massora (parva, magna,
andfinalis) they kept tabs on every letter, syllable, word
and paragraph…
Bernard Ramm, theologian and
apologist
They had special classes of men within their culture whose sole duty was to
preserve and transmit these documents with practically perfect fidelity — scribes,
lawyers, massoretes,
Bernard Ramm, theologian and
apologist
Who ever counted the letters and syllables and
words of Plato or Aristotle? Cicero or Seneca?"
“In one hundred years from his time Christianity would be swept from existence
and passed into history”
Voltiare, Atheist French Philosopher
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Survived through centuries
fIGHTER
Survived persecutionSurvived criticismSurvived attacks
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“the word of God which lives and abides forever”
fIGHTER
1 Peter 1:23
Reason #5:March
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The Bible has answers to the big questions of life that match our experience.
biG quESTIONS
Biggest Finger“Big Questions”
March
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Every worldview has to answer 4 main questions:
The biG quESTIONS
Origin Meaning
Morality Destiny
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The biG quESTIONS
Origin
Meaning
Morality
Destiny
Where did we come from?
What is important?
What determines right and wrong?
Where will we end up?
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Hinduism
Origin
Meaning
Morality
Destiny
We are all part of God?
Enlightenment?
There are no distinctions between good and evil
Absorbed into God
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Islam
Origin
Meaning
Morality
Destiny
Made by the will of Allah
Servitude to Allah
Whatever the will of Allah decides on any given day
Paradise or punishment
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Athiesm
Origin
Meaning
Morality
Destiny
We evolved from primates
What we decide
Good and evil are relative decided by culture
Pushing up posies
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Christianity
Origin
Meaning
Morality
Destiny
Created by God to know God
Intrinsic worth
Stem from God’s nature of perfect goodness
Redeemed if desired
Reason #6:March
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The Bible has changed the lives and has done so for
thousands of years
cHANGED lIVES
Thumb“Changed Lives”
Reason #6:March
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Every culture has examples of transformed lives from
this book.
cHANGED lIVES
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These are not just people who have “turned over a new
leaf ”, but instead become altogether new people.
cHANGED lIVES
How can we possibly explain the kind of intergenerational, life-transforming
impact that the Bible has had on human life?
Because it is more than just literature. The Bible is the very words of God
himself, preserved and protected that they may bring life to all who choose to
read them with an open heart.
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-
edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
Pinkie“Prophecy”
Ring“Unity”
Biggest Finger“Big Questions”
Index Finger
“Index to History”
Thumb
“Changed Lives”
Fist “Fighter”