Week 8 - The Bible

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

The Challenge of:

Authority

“Who Makes the Rules?”

The Challenge of Authority - Part 1:

Relativism

“True for You, But Not For Me”

Last Time:


The Bible

“The Bible is just a book written by men”

Tonight:

Last 2 Weeks


Relativism

“True for You, But Not For Me”

What is Relativism?March

The Challenge of Authority

Part 1

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


Part 1

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

We are not our own authority

There must be something beyond us

Tonight


The Bible

“The Bible is just a book written by men”


The Bible

“The Bible has no authority over me”

There is only one way the bible has any

authority…

If it comes from God

Main qUESTION:

iS THE bIBLE A BOOK

FROM MENABOUT GOD?

oR…

iS THE bIBLE A BOOK

FROM gODgiven to Men?

AuthoritativeLiterature

From men:

SubjectiveFrom God:

Objective

TruthPreference

wHAT

Good REASONSDO we have to think

The Biblecomes from God?

Defining “inspired”

“All Scripture is inspired by God”

Step 1:

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

wHAT Does

“Inspired”mean?

“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.

6 reason that together

Make the Casethat God inspired the writing of

the Bible

The Bible comes from God


6 Reasons

Reason #1:March


Part 2

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The Bible has amazing unity despite its diverse

origins

Unity

Ring Finger“Unity”

Reason #2:March


Part 2

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The Bible has genuine fulfilled prophecy that is

precise, detailed, and accurate.

Prophecy

Pinkie“Prophecy”

Reason #3:March


Part 2

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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


Part 2

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The Bible has survived through time and lots of

persecution

fIGHTER

Fist“Fighter”

Reason #5:March


Part 2

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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


Part 2

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The Bible has changed the lives and has done so for

thousands of years

cHANGED lIVES

Thumb“Changed Lives”


Ring“Unity”


Index Finger

“Index to History”

Thumb

“Changed Lives”

Fist “Fighter”

amAZING uNITY


Reason #1

Reason #1:March


Part 2

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The Bible has amazing unity despite its diverse

origins

Unity

Ring Finger“Unity”

Diversity

Authors40

Years1500

Continents3

Languages3

Unified Story1

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

Continents3

Languages3

AsiaAfricaEurope

HebrewAramaic

Greek

Unified story that deals with the most controversial topics in life,

yet is consistent through out

1

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 10 people agree on these from the same

time and culture?

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?

fULFILLED pROPHECY


Reason # 2

Reason #2:March


Part 2

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The Bible has genuine fulfilled prophecy that is

precise, detailed, and accurate.

Prophecy


ProphecyMarch

Foreknowledge about future events or details


Part 2

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Types of ProphecyMarch

Local PropheciesThe Challenge of Authority

Part 2

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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

Did jesus have any views about

Prophecy?

“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


Part 2

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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

March


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Be a prophet Deut 18:18

Zeal for God Psalm 69:9

1400

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

March


Part 2

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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

March


Part 2

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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

61 pROPHECIES

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.

aCCURATE hiSTORY


Reason # 3

Reason #3:March


Part 2

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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.


Part 2

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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


Jewish archeologist

I want it to be understood that I have never taught

this…


Jewish archeologist

All I have ever said is that in all of my archaeological investigation I have never found artifact of antiquity


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."

biblicalarchaeology.com

http://archaeology.com

Why is good history needed to authenticate prophecy?

tHE biBLE IS A fiGHTER


Reason # 4

Reason #4:March


Part 2

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The Bible has survived through time and lots of

persecution

fIGHTER

Fist“Fighter”

Reason #4:March


Part 2

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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…


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,


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

Geneva Bible Society

Reason #4:March


Part 2

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Survived through centuries

fIGHTER

Survived persecutionSurvived criticismSurvived attacks

Reason #4:March


Part 2

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“the word of God which lives and abides forever”

fIGHTER

1 Peter 1:23

Answers the Big Questions


Reason # 5

Reason #5:March


Part 2

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The Bible has answers to the big questions of life that match our experience.

biG quESTIONS


March


Part 2

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Every worldview has to answer 4 main questions:

The biG quESTIONS

Origin Meaning

Morality Destiny

March


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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?

March


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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

March


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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

March


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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

March


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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

The Bible Changes Lives


Reason # 6

Reason #6:March


Part 2

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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


Part 2

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Every culture has examples of transformed lives from

this book.

cHANGED lIVES

Reason #6:March


Part 2

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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

Conclusion


Ring“Unity”


Index Finger

“Index to History”

Thumb

“Changed Lives”

Fist “Fighter”

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