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Can I trust the Bible?
This question fleshes out the simplistic "The Bible is from God" answer.
How was scripture written, formed, edited, discovered, critiqued, and inspired?Almost all Christian beliefs and traditions come from the Bible — but where did that come from?
What is the Bible?
What is the Bible?
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++The Word of God
++The Truth
The Biblical Narrative
Read Luke 1:1-5, 2 Peter 1:16-21
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What was the purpose of Luke’s writing?
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What did Peter say?
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We have followed
++The truth
++Not fables
We made you to know
++The power of God
++The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
We only spoke from experience
++We saw what God did through Christ
++We heard God honor him
++We were eyewitnesses of his majesty
You would do good to listen to us.
The power of an eye witness
Read: John 9
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What did you notice about the man born blind?
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It doesn’t matter
++Who ask him
++How many times he was ask
++His story never changed
The Word of the Lord
++Will stand on it’s own
The Word of the Lord
Will stand on it’s own
++Is truth
The Word of the Lord
Will stand on it’s own
Is truth
++Changes us
The Word of the Lord
Will stand on it’s own
Is truth
Changes us
++Will have a witness
Read Jeremiah 7:2, 26:2
What was Jeremiah given to do?
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Read 2 Thessalonians 2:15
What does Paul tell is to do?
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Can I trust the Bible?
What does it mean to trust?
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What does it mean to trust?
++Confidence
++Faith
++Dependence upon
Where do we put our trust?
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++Yourself
++Your Friends
++Your Family
++Your Job
++Your Church
++Your Government
All of these things are temporary
Read Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
What does it mean “Under the Sun?”
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Trust in ourselves is connected to
++Our Position
++Our Possessions
++Our Power
++Our Perceptions
We trust what we place value in.
How do we avoid deception?
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To be a disciple
++You must believe
++Continue in his word
A true disciple
++Can distinguish truth
++Is not bound but freed by truth
Truth is still truth
++When truth is uncomfortable
++When truth hurts.
True freedom comes only the truth.
What is the real problem?
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The real problem?
++It is not the Bible.
++It is not the Church
++It is not even translation
++It is with truth.
Why is the pursuit of truth so dangerous?
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Truth
++Accountability
Truth
Accountability
++Responsibility
Truth
Accountability
Responsibility
++Authority
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