Evolution

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Is the Bible the Word of God?
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• The Bibles Composition
• 66 Books (39 in OT, 27 in NT)
• Period of 1,600 years
• 40 different writers

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• The Bibles Canonization
• All NT books to have apostolic roots
• To be theologically in line with OT
• Accepted widely by Christians

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The Bibles ClaimPlenary, verbal
inspiration (1 Tim 316, 2 Pet
120-21)l Individual words (Matt 2435, 1 Cor
213)l Verb Tenses (Matt 2232)l Noun
Numbers (Gal 316)l Individual Letters (Matt
517-18)
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• The Bibles Characteristics
• Infallibility
• Inerrancy
• 1. God cannot err (Titus 12, Heb 618)
• 2. The Bible is Gods word (2 Tim 316, 2 Pet
  121)
• 3. Therefore, the Bible cannot err.

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Passes the Transcriptional test

• No. of Greek copies 5,686
• Time-gap as little as 30 years
• Accuracy - over 99

The scrolls have shown that our traditional
Bible has been amazingly accurately preserved for
over 2,000 years. - Eugene Ulrich
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2. Passes the Honesty Test

• No evidence of collusion
• Recounts derogatory remarks
• Includes harsh sayings
• and self-incriminating reports
• Contrary to culture of writers

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3. Passes the Consistency test

• Breadth of subject matter
• 1,600 year time period
• 40 varied authors

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4. Passes the Historical Accuracy test
Sir. William Ramsay Luke is a historian of
first rank not merely are his statements of fact
trustworthythis author should be placed along
with the very greatest of historians.
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5. Passes the Archaeological Accuracy test
William F Albright There can be no doubt that
archaeology has confirmed the substantial
historicity of Old Testament tradition.
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6. Passes the Contemporary Literature test
Paul Maier Many facts from antiquity rest on
just one ancient source, while two or three
sources in agreement generally render the fact
unimpeachable.
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• Passes the
• Medical
• Accuracy test

• Circumcision 8th day (Lev 123)
• Life in the blood (Lev 1711)
• Quarantine (Lev 1346)

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• Passes the Scientific
• Accuracy test

• The Universe had a beginning (Gen 11)
• Innumerable stars (Gen 2217)
• Earth suspended in space (Job 267)
• Water cycle (Ecc 17)

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9. Passes the Predictive Accuracy test
Prof. Peter Stoner We find the chance that
any man might have lived to the present time and
fulfilled all eight prophecies is 1 in 1017that
would be 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.
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• Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make
  you free (John 832)
• Lord George Lyttelton
• Gilbert West
• Frank Morrison
• Josh McDowell
• John Warwick Montgomery
• Sir William Ramsay
• Dr. Allan Rex Sandage
• Lee Strobel