Why Trust The Bible? - 11AM
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Whitehorse Baptist Church"#TheGreatestBOOK"
"WHY TRUST THE BIBLE?"(2 PETER 1:19-21 & 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17)OUTLINE STYLE: DEDUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION:
1. PRE-MESSAGE PRAYER (Facilitated by Worship Team)
2. (VIDEO) "ARE CANADIANS DONE WITH THE BIBLE?"
Ø By Canadian Bible Forum (Pre-load video at https://vimeo.com/93482675.)
3. (SLIDE 1) WEEKLY BIBLE ENGAGEMENT (Canadian Bible Forum)
a) 1996: 21%, 2013: 11%, what will the future hold?
b) Pertinent following 7 P.C. and another clear sign of the shift toward a post-Christian culture.
4. (SLIDE 2) SERIES PROMO & MESSAGE INTRO
a) Disclosure: Aids by Rev. Dr. Les Somers, NorthLife Fellowship, Fort McMurray, AB
b) This series will feel more scholastic (Bible College class). A lot of content, including multiple verses, facts, stats, etc. (Use notes!)
TEACHING:
5. (SLIDE 3) CONTENT: What is in this Book?
a) Fulfilled Prophecies: 2 Peter 1:19-21
b) (SLIDE 4) Progressive Revelation: Truth unfolding in Bible's entirety
c) (SLIDE 5) Jesus & Scripture: O.T. pointed, He used O.T., N.T. fulfilled.
d) (SLIDE 6) Composition: 40 authors, over 1600 years, in 3 languages.
i) O.T. Semitic - Hebrew & Aramaic (Occasional Egyptian, Persian & Greek Words)
ii) N.T.: Greek - Koine, evolving into Byzantine
e) (SLIDE 7) Canonicity: 66 books accepted for over 400 years.
6. (SLIDE 8) CLAIMS: What does this Book say about itself?
a) God’s Written Communication: The Bible claims it is “The word of God” 48 (ESV) and “The word of the Lord” 274 (ESV).
b) (SLIDE 9) God-Breathed: 2 Timothy 3:16-17
7. (SLIDE 10) CONTINUANCE: How long has this Book been around?
a) Tracing the River (of Bible Preservation)
i) BibleGateway.com: 21st Century
ii) Several Versions, Many Languages: 20th Century
iii) Dead Sea Scrolls Discoveries: 1947
iv) Revised KJV Version: 1885/1901
v) King James Version: 1611
vi) Geneva Bible - Chapter Divisions: 1560
vii) Tyndale & Gutenburg Printing: 1526
viii) John Wycliffe – English Bible: 1382
ix) Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon - Some Bible In English: 849–899
x) Jerome of Bethlehem - Latin Vulgate Bible Version: 1000 Years of Use
xi) Church Fathers - Origen; Irenaeus; Tertullian: Clement of Alexandria: ca. 175 AD
xii) Jesus & Apostles
xiii) LXX-Septuagint - Greek Version of O.T. – Used by Jesus & Apostles: 285 BC
xiv) Nehemiah: 445 BC – Ezra
xv) Jewish Nation: Centuries of Scribes
b) (SLIDE 11) Conclusion: Through meticulous copying, even in pre-printing days, numerous versions and translations in multiple languages, centuries of tactics trying to destroy it; and yet it has been preserved!
APPLICATION:
8. (SLIDE 12) CHARACTER: What influence does this Book have?
a) Character of Scripture
i) To Agitate
ii) To Educate
iii) To Convince
iv) To Comfort
v) To Guide
vi) To __________
b) It's hard to dispute personal experience. (Tim's Monday Night Bible Study!)
CONCLUSION:
9. (SLIDE 13) "WHY NOT TRUST THE BIBLE?" (Our Challenge)
Ø Embrace (1) the 14-Day Devotional Study, (2) a Community Group, and (3) a Conversation with an unbeliever about the Bible.
10. (SLIDE 14) INVITATION (Communion)
Ø 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
11. (SLIDE 15) POST-MESSAGE PRAYER & WORSHIP