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week 2
The Bible's Unity
1500 Years, 66 Books, 40 Authors
3 Continents, 3 Languages
100's Controversial Subjects
1 Central Theme
The Bible Truth
● Not “truth” stories...true stories.● Jesus believed the Bible as Truth● >300 prophecies of Jesus, 1 in 10157
chances of all of these being fulfilled in one person
How We Got the Bible
● One letter at a time.
● Each copy on brand new surface
● Each copy from authenticated original
● Specific color & quality of ink
How We Got the Bible
● Certain number of Columns, each
30-letters wide
● No letters could connect
● The distance between letters was
measured
How We Got the Bible
● Counting
● Every letter of every page
● Each letter's occurrence
● The middle letterWhen in Doubt –
Throw it Out!
How We Got the Bible
● OT “Canon” (means “standard”)
● Authoritative
● Prophetic
● Authentic
● Dynamic
● Received, collected, read, and used
by the people of God
How We Got the Bible
● NT “Canon” (means “standard”)
● Prepared under the authority of
the apostles.
− Authored
− Approved
How We Got the Bible
What about the Apocrypha?
● Historical/geographical inaccuracies
● Teach doctrine at odds with
Scripture
● Not of similar style
● Lack characters mentioned above
How We Got the Bible
What about the Apocrypha?
● Jewish historians never quoted them
● NT writers, who quoted from every
other OT book, never quoted them
● Many Catholic scholars rejected
them
● AD 1546
Original Manuscripts
Original Manuscripts
● New Testament● Written between: AD 40 and AD100● Earliest manuscript: AD 125● Time span: 25 years● No. Copies: 24,000
“The Bible Has Been Proven Wrong Scientifically”
● Lysanias, The Tetrarch of Abilene (27 AD)● Gallio, The Proconsul ● The Politarchs of Thessalonica
Verses 2 Remember
2 Tim 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly
equipped for every good work.
Verses 2 Remember
2 Pet 1:16-20
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were
eyewitnesses of his majesty....And we have the word of the prophets
made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a
light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts. Above all, you must understand that no
prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own
interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man,
but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy
Spirit.