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THE BIBLE MEETS MY NEEDS

Evidences for God and His Creation Word in the Heart Series. THE BIBLE MEETS MY NEEDS. Lesson 5: Pages 20-23. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS. Eccl. 12:13. [By Ron Halbrook , adapted from Evidences for God and His Creation ]. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS. Introduction

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THE BIBLE MEETS MY NEEDS

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  1. Evidences for God and His Creation Word in the Heart Series THE BIBLE MEETS MY NEEDS Lesson 5: Pages 20-23

  2. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS Eccl. 12:13 [By Ron Halbrook, adapted from Evidences for God and His Creation]

  3. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 1. Eccl. 12:13 God is our most basic need: He reveals Himself & His will in the Bible 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

  4. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 2. 1 Pet. 1:23 Bible truth, man’s needs unchanging 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  5. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 3. Basic Bible principles have always been true: • God is • The Bible is God’s Word • Jesus Christ is God’s Son • Man’s purpose is to love God & his fellowman

  6. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 4. Is the Bible outdated & irrelevant now? • Ps. 90:1 God & His truth never outdated! 1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

  7. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 4. Is the Bible outdated & irrelevant now? • Dangers of sin not change: lives destroyed by hatred & murder, drunkenness, immorality

  8. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 4. Is the Bible outdated & irrelevant now? • Truth in ancient law codes recognized today: 282 ethical, civil, & legal laws in Babylonian King Hammurabi’s Code (1728-1686 B.C.)— presumption of innocence; builder responsible if building unsafe

  9. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 4. Is the Bible outdated & irrelevant now? • Problem of sin & evil resolved by Bible NOT by science, medicine, & technology • Science & technology not change our heart, the origin of sin & evil—the Bible does!

  10. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Introduction 5. How the Bible meets our needs • The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs • The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles

  11. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs A. Man Cannot Resolve His Own Deepest Needs • Science, medicine, & technology address our material world & physical needs— man has deeper moral & spiritual needs • Eccl. 1:8-10 Life’s basic experiences are the same in all generations

  12. 8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. • Eccl. 1:8-10 Life’s basic experiences are the same in all generations

  13. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs B. The Bible Answers Our Deepest Questions & Needs • Gen. 1:1, 26-27 Where did I come from?

  14. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. • Gen. 1:1, 26-27 Where did I come from?

  15. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs B. The Bible Answers Our Deepest Questions & Needs • Eccl. 12:13; Mic. 6:8 Why am I here?

  16. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. • Eccl. 12:13; Mic. 6:8 Why am I here? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  17. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs B. The Bible Answers Our Deepest Questions & Needs • Jn. 5:28-29 Where am I going? 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  18. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs C. Atheism Cannot Answer Life’s Deepest Questions • Where did I come from? • Why am I here? • Where am I going?

  19. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS C. Atheism Cannot Answer Life’s Deepest Questions • Robert Ingersoll: “Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo of a wailing cry” (“A Tribute to Ebon C. Ingersoll, by his Brother Robert” in Robert Ingersoll, The Ghosts, and other lectures, 1892)

  20. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS C. Atheism Cannot Answer Life’s Deepest Questions • Friedrich Nietzsche, “God is dead.” “Where is my home? For it do I ask and seek, and have sought, but have not found it. O eternal everywhere, O eternal nowhere, O eternal-in-vain” (Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and No One, 1891)

  21. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs D. God Gives Us Hope for Time & Eternity • Ps. 23 God shepherds us for time & eternity

  22. 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. • Ps. 23 God shepherds us for time & eternity

  23. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. • Ps. 23 God shepherds us for time & eternity

  24. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs D. God Gives Us Hope for Time & Eternity • Phil. 4:4-7 God gives joy & peace to prayerful hearts

  25. 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. • Phil. 4:4-7 God gives joy & peace to prayerful hearts

  26. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS I. The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs D. God Gives Us Hope for Time & Eternity • Phil. 4:11-13 God gives strength for every trial

  27. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. • Phil. 4:11-13 God gives strength for every trial

  28. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles A. Christ Gave the Greatest Moral & Social Ethics of All Time in Matt. 5-7 • 5:21-26 Resolve conflicts: control temper & tongue, seek immediate reconciliation • 5:27-32 Protect marriage vows & mate from moral harm • 5:33-37 Tell the truth

  29. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles A. Christ Gave the Greatest Moral & Social Ethics of All Time in Matt. 5-7 • 5:38-42 Generosity not retaliation heals wounds • 5:43-48 Love enemies, avoid hatred’s poison • 7:1-5 Judge people fairly, accurately— not hypercritically & hypocritically

  30. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles A. Christ Gave the Greatest Moral & Social Ethics of All Time in Matt. 5-7 • 7:12 Treat others as you wish to be treated! 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

  31. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS Do you, ____, desire, & promise to take the one ____ to become your lawful wedded companion; to love, honor, & cherish her in sickness as in health, in adversity as in prosperity; and forsaking all others become and be such a husband as God directs that you should, until death do you part? II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles B. Bible Principles Make Stable Happy Homes • Gen. 2:24 Marriage vows echo this passage 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  32. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles B. Bible Principles Make Stable Happy Homes • Col. 3:18-21 Family duties give life order & stability

  33. 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. • Col. 3:18-21 Family duties give life order & stability

  34. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles B. Bible Principles Make Stable Happy Homes • Prov. 13:24 Balanced discipline shows love 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  35. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS B. Bible Principles Make Stable Happy Homes • Sin’s dysfunctional destructive conduct destabilizes the home: • Uncontrolled anger, bitterness, hatred • Divorce • Murder (often family) • Alcohol & other drugs • Sexually transmitted diseases • Lies, stealing

  36. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles C. The Bible Is a Seamless Cloth of Truth • If part of Scripture is false, all falls into doubt • Unbelievers attack Bible morality by attacking its accuracy in science, history, & geography • Accuracy in these fields confirms its moral truth

  37. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles C. The Bible Is a Seamless Cloth of Truth • Bible science is true • Gen. 1:1 Every effect has an adequate cause • Gen. 1:11-12, 21, 24-25, 28 Seed produces “after its kind” • Acts 17:26 All nations are “made of one blood”

  38. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles C. The Bible Is a Seamless Cloth of Truth • Bible history is true • Gen. 12:1 Abram’s seed given a promised land • Isa. 44:28 Cyrus restored Israel to her land • Dan. 2:36-45 God’s new kingdom began in the time of Rome, 4th power from Babylon

  39. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles C. The Bible Is a Seamless Cloth of Truth • Bible geography is true • Gen. 11:27-32 Abram from Ur of Chaldees • Gen. 15:20; Josh. 1:4 Hittites a powerful nation

  40. HITTITE EMPIRE 2000 BC- 1200 BC

  41. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles C. The Bible Is a Seamless Cloth of Truth • Archaeology confirms Bible history & geography • 1800’s scholars mocked Bible references to Hittites; early 1900’s 10,000 clay tablets found Clay tablet Royal seal Vase sketch Hittite sphinx

  42. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS II. The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles C. The Bible Is a Seamless Cloth of Truth • The moral truth of the Bible is confirmed by its accuracy in science, history, & geography!

  43. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Conclusion 1. Eccl. 12:13 God is our most basic need: He reveals Himself & His will in the Bible 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

  44. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Conclusion 2. 1 Pet. 1:23 Bible truth, man’s needs unchanging 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  45. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Conclusion 3. Basic Bible principles have always been true: • God is • The Bible is God’s Word • Jesus Christ is God’s Son • Man’s purpose is to love God & his fellowman

  46. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Conclusion 4. How the Bible meets our needs • The Bible Addresses Man’s Deepest Needs • The Bible Reveals Practical Moral Principles

  47. THE BIBLE MEETS MAN’S NEEDS • Conclusion 5. 1 Pet. 3:21 Submit to Christ: get right with God 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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