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The Bible

The Bible. The Word of God. The Word of God. Covers thousands of years of human history Written by more than forty human authors It is called "The Bible" from the Greek word biblos meaning "a book.“

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The Bible

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  1. The Bible The Word of God

  2. The Word of God • Covers thousands of years of human history • Written by more than forty human authors • It is called "The Bible" from the Greek word biblos meaning "a book.“ • Two lines of evidence are usually offered supporting the conclusion that the Bible is the Word of God: • The internalevidence • The external evidence

  3. The Word of God Internal Evidence • In hundreds of passages, the Bible declares or assumes itself to be the Word of God. Joshua 1:8 Deuteronomy 6:17-18 Deuteronomy 6:6-9 2 Samuel 22:31 Psalm 1:2 Psalm 12:6 Psalm 93:5 Psalm 119:9 Psalm 119:11 Psalm 119:18 Psalm 119:97-100 Jeremiah 15:16 Isaiah 55:10-11 Psalm 119:104-105 Matthew 22:29 Acts 17:11 John 5:24 Mark 13:31 Romans 10:17 1 Corinthians 2:13 1 Thessalonians 2:13 2 Timothy 2:15 1 Peter 1:23-25 2 Timothy 3:15-17

  4. The Word of God Internal Evidence • In hundreds of passages, the Bible declares or assumes itself to be the Word of God. • The constant assumption of • the writers of the Old Testament, • the writers of the New Testament, • and Christ Himself is that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.

  5. The Word of God THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, RESTORING THE SOUL; THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE. THE PRECEPTS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT, REJOICING THE HEART; THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD IS PURE, ENLIGHTENING THE EYES. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS CLEAN, ENDURING FOREVER; THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE; THEY ARE RIGHTEOUS ALTOGETHER.

  6. The Word of God Internal Evidence • In hundreds of passages, the Bible declares or assumes itself to be the Word of God. • The constant assumption of is that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. • Jesus Christ declared that the law had to be fulfilled (Matthew 5:17-18) • Hebrews 1:1-2 not only affirms that God spoke in the Old Testament through the prophets in the Word of God but through His Son in the New Testament • The Bible can be rejected only by rejecting its constant claims to being God's Word.

  7. The Word of God ExternalEvidence • The continuity of the Bible • it was written by more than forty authors • It was written over a period of about 1,600 years • Its authors came from all walks of life, • kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, • physicians, statesmen, scholars, poets, and farmers. • The authors lived in different cultures, in different experiences, and often were quite different in character. • The continuity of the Bible can be seen in its historical sequence which begins with creation of the present world to the creation of the new heavens and the new earth.

  8. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The Old Testament unfolds doctrinal themes such as: • the nature of God Himself, • the doctrine of sin, • the doctrine of salvation, • and the programs of God for the world as a whole and for Israel. • Doctrine is progressively presented from its first or elementary introduction to its more complex development. • Type is followed by antitype, • Prophecy by fulfillment.

  9. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The extent of biblical revelation • Like a telescope it sweeps the universe from the heights of heaven to the depths of hell and traces the works of God from the beginning to their end. • Like a microscope the minutest details of the plan and purpose of God and the perfection of His creation are revealed. • Like a stereoscope, it places all beings and objects, whether in earth or in heaven, in right relation the one to the other. • Although many books of the Bible were written in the early days of human knowledge when its authors were not aware of modern discoveries, nevertheless what they wrote is never contradicted by later discovery, and ancient writings of Scripture are amazingly adapted to modern situations.

  10. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The extent of biblical revelation • The influence and publication of the Bible

  11. The Word of God External Evidence • The influence and publication of the Bible • No other book has ever been published in as many languages and for as many different peoples and cultures as the Bible itself • It continues to be published in increasing numbers in more languages than ever before. • Other religions have surpassed Christianity in number of followers, but they have not been able to offer any written revelation comparable to Scripture. • In our modern day, the influence of the Bible continues to be transforming. • to the unsaved it is the “power of God for salvation” (Romans 1:16) • to the saved it is a cleansing, sanctifying, and effective power. (John 17:17; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; Ephesians 5:25-26)

  12. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The extent of biblical revelation • The influence and publication of the Bible • Subject matter of the Bible

  13. The Word of God External Evidence • Subject matter of the Bible • It describes eternity past including creation before man was even in existence. • The nature and works of God are revealed. • In biblical prophecy the whole program for the world, for Israel, and for the church is unfolded, culminating in that which is eternal. • On every subject presented, its statement is final, accurate, and timeless. • Its comprehensive nature has made its readers wise in truth that is related both to time and to eternity.

  14. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The extent of biblical revelation • The influence and publication of the Bible • Subject matter of the Bible • The Bible as literature

  15. The Word of God External Evidence • The Bible as literature • Considered as literature, the Bible is also supreme. It contains • graphic history • detailed prophecy • beautiful poetry and drama • stories of love and war • the speculations of philosophy as over against the finality of biblical truth. • The variety of its authorship is matched by the variety of its subject matter. • No other book as literature has so entranced readers of all ages and of all degrees of intelligent scholarship.

  16. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The extent of biblical revelation • The influence and publication of the Bible • Subject matter of the Bible • The Bible as literature • The unprejudiced authority of the Bible

  17. The Word of God External Evidence • The unprejudiced authority of the Bible • The Bible records the sin and weakness of the best of men, and graphically warns those who rely on their own virtues of their ultimate doom. • Although recorded by human pens, it is a message from God to man rather than a message from man to man. • While sometimes speaking of earthly things and human experience, it also describes with clarity and authority • things of both heaven and earth, • things seen and unseen, • revealing facts about God, about angels, about men, • about time and eternity, • about life and death, • of sin and salvation, • of heaven and hell.

  18. The Word of God External Evidence • The continuity of the Bible • The extent of biblical revelation • The influence and publication of the Bible • Subject matter of the Bible • The Bible as literature • The unprejudiced authority of the Bible • The supreme character of the Bible

  19. The Word of God External Evidence • The supreme character of the Bible • The Bible is a supernatural book revealing the person and glory of God as manifested in His Son. • Such a person as Jesus Christ could never have been the invention of a mortal man, for His perfection’s could never have been comprehended by the wisest and holiest of this earth. • The supreme character of the Bible is supported by its revelation of the supreme character of history in the person of Jesus Christ.

  20. The Word of God The Bible as the Written Word The Lord Jesus Christ as the Living Word • They are both supernatural in origin, presenting an inscrutable and perfect blending of that which is divine and that which is human. • They both exercise a transforming power over those who believe, and are alike allowed of God to be set at naught and rejected by those who do not believe. • The untainted, undiminished divine perfection's are embodied in each.

  21. The Word of God The revelations which they disclose are at once as simple as the mental capacity of a child as complex as the infinite treasures of divine wisdom and knowledge as enduring as the God whom they reveal.

  22. The Word of God 1. What is the meaning of the word “Bible”? From the Greek word biblos meaning “a book.” 2. What are the two general lines of evidence that the Bible is the Word of God? Internal evidence and externalevidence.

  23. The Word of God 3. Name five passages in the Old Testament and five passages in the New Testament in which the Bible declares or assumes itself to be the Word of God. Deuteronomy 6:6-9, 17-18 Joshua 8:32-35 Joshua 1:8 2 Samuel 22:31 Psalm 1:2 Psalm 12:6 Psalm 19:7-11 Psalm 93:5 Psalm 119:9, 11, 18, 89-93, 97-100, 104-105, 130 Proverbs 30:5-6 Daniel 10:21 Isaiah 55:10-11 Jeremiah 15:16 Jeremiah 23:29 Matthew 5:17-19 Matthew 22:29 Mark 13:31 Luke 16:17 Acts 17:11 John 2:22 John 5:24 John 10:35 Romans 10:17 1 Corinthians 2:13 1 Thessalonians 2:13 2 Timothy 2:15 Colossians 3:16 2 Timothy 3:15-17 1 Peter 1:23-25 2 Peter 3:15-16 Revelation 1:2 Revelation 22:18

  24. The Word of God 4. Name six perfection’s with six corresponding transformations of human character which the Word accomplishes, according to Psalm 19:7-11. • The law of the LORD is perfect • The testimony of the LORD is sure • The precepts of the LORD are right • The commandment of the LORD is pure • The fear of the LORD is clean • The judgments of the LORD are true restoring the soul. making wise the simple. rejoicing the heart. enlightening the eyes. enduring forever. they are righteous altogether.

  25. The Word of God 5. Why is the continuity of the Bible an evidence of its inspiration? To account for such an amazing book with its continuity of development on natural means would demand a greater miracle than inspiration itself. 6. What are some of the evidences on continuity in the Bible? • its historical sequence which begins with creation of the present world to the creation of the new heavens and the new earth • Doctrine is progressively presented from its first or elementary introduction to its more complex development. • Type is followed by antitype • prophecy by fulfillment

  26. The Word of God 7. How does the Bible differ from other books in the extent of its revelation of truth? Biblical truth goes far beyond human discovery, reaching as it does from eternity past to eternity future and revealing facts which only God could know. No other book in all the world even attempts to present comprehensive truth as the Bible does. 8. How does the extensive publication of the Bible relate to its transforming power? Because it has been published, and continues to be published in all the principal languages of the world, its transforming message reaches all humanity, both the unsaved and the saved.

  27. The Word of God 9. Relate the supernatural character of the Bible to its subject matter. The supernatural character of the Bible is seen in the fact that it deals as freely with the unknown and otherwise unknowable as it does with that which is known. 10. Evaluate the Bible as literature. Considered as literature, the Bible is also supreme. No other book as literature has so entranced readers of all ages and of all degrees of intelligent scholarship.

  28. The Word of God 11. How can the human authorship be related to the unprejudiced authority of the Bible? The human authorship of the Bible has not resulted in prejudice in favor of man. The Bible unhesitatingly records the sin and weakness of the best of men, and graphically warns those who rely on their own virtues of their ultimate doom. 12. Relate the Bible as a supernatural book to Jesus Christ as a supernatural person. They are both supernatural in origin, presenting an inscrutable and perfect blending of that which is divine and that which is human. They both exercise a transforming power over those who believe, and are alike allowed of God to be set at naught and rejected by those who do not believe.

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