Defend Your Faith

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Defend Your Faith

• Lesson 3
• Is the Bible the Word of God?

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The Bible Is the Word of God

• Ready to give an answer (1 Pet. 315)
• The importance of this question (Rev. 2012)
• Where are Gods words found today (Heb. 11-2)?
• What attitudes toward the Bible exist today?
• Apologetics and the Bible
• Can we trust the Bible to be the word of God?

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Presenting Your Case For the Bible ( A Divine
Book From Beginning to End )

• The PERSON of the Bible is divine
  (Psa. 199 Jn. 1717)
• The PROCESS of the Bible is divine
  (1 Cor. 212-13 2 Tim. 316 2
  Pet. 121)
• The PRODUCT of the Bible is divine
  (Rom. 32 1 Pet. 411)

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Presenting Your Case For the Bible ( Evidences
That the Bible Is the Word of God )

• Perfect unity and harmony (Psa. 119160)
• Fulfilled prophecy (Jer. 289)
• Accuracy in all areas (Lk. 11-4)
• Reliability of both testaments

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The Bible Is the Word of GodAll scripture
inspired of God (2 Timothy 316)
Divine Person God Knows All No Lie Not A Man Word
Is True
Divine Process Authors Revelation Inspiration
Divine Product Bible Unity Prophecy Accuracy Relia
bility
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Answering Objections to the Bible

• Objection 1 You cannot turn to the Bible to
  prove the Bible is the word of God. This is
  circular reasoning.
• For example, the Bible claims to be the word of
  God just like the Book of Mormon claims to be the
  word of God. However, where is the best place to
  start looking for proof? Internally, like
  drilling for oil. Lets start with the Bible
  facts first.
• There is also external evidence for the Bibles
  reliability (archaeology, uninspired writers).

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Answering Objections to the Bible

• Objection 2 The Bible contains contradictions
  and mistakes.
• All the contradictions that are alleged against
  the Bible can be adequately answered.
• Sometimes a passage contains extra information
  (Mt. 2759-60 Jn. 1938-40). Sometimes a passage
  contains figures of speech (Jn. 219-21 Mt.
  2661). Sometimes a passage contains language of
  everyday speech (Psa. 501 1 Cor. 156).
• What constitutes a contradiction?

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Answering Objections to the Bible

• Objection 3 The Bible has been corrupted
  through time and translation.
• We have already examined the biographical
  evidence for the reliability of both testaments.
• Accurate translations from the original languages
  exist today (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek). Jesus used
  the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew
  Old Testament when he spoke in Matthew 2232
  (Exodus 36).

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Answering Objections to the Bible

• Objection 4 The Bible is a myth fabricated by
  the followers of Jesus.
• There was little time for a myth to spread. No
  evidence for a myth exists. The style of the NT
  text is not that of a myth, but one of 1st
  Century eyewitness testimony.
• The Bible text can be cross-checked. The NT text
  was written by men with no motive to write a
  myth. The NT text was written by men who did
  not follow cunningly devised fables (2 Pet.
  116). They were intelligent, competent,
  knowledgeable authors.

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Defend Your Faith

• The Bible is either the word of men or the word
  of God. If from men (men who would be both liars
  and foolish), the evidence presented is difficult
  to explain. If from God, the evidence presented
  is easily explained.
• How we accept and view the Bible will determine
  our eternal destiny!
• Do you have the will to believe today (Jn. 717)?