How can we trust the Bible?

Intro

We all trust/believe something

Friends, family, religion, something we base truth off of

Foundations

Everyone builds their life on something

How can we know that the Bible is something we can build a foundation on

Body

From a historical perspective the Bible has more evidence than a lot of other ancient history (Critiques)

More manuscripts and copies of than any other ancient text

Manuscript = Any copy of the original

People would write out copies of copies

More than the works of Aristotle, Plato, Homer, etc.

We have manuscripts dated much closer to the originals than other works

Other ancient historians validate biblical stories

How can we trust that the Bible wasn’t changed

There are more variants in manuscripts than words in the NT

99.8% of differences are spelling errors or things that have no impact on the message

The Bible is Inerrant and inspired

Inerrant- The Bible is true

2 Peter 1:16-21

Why is the Bible something I should trust?

The Bible gives us an accurate picture of all things, it is true

It gives us answers that the world doesn’t give us, it points out problems in us that the world won’t,

Romans 7

Application

Christian

If the Bible is true and trustworthy, what does that mean for your life?

Non-Christian

If the Bible is true and trustworthy, what does that mean for your life?

Conclusion