Debunked #2

Do you really believe God meant what he said in the Bible?

How does this objection work its way out?

2 Timothy 3:15–17 ESV

15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:21 ESV

21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV

13 And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Is God’s Word True?

Psalm 119:160 ESV

160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

John 17:17 ESV

17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV

5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Ephesians 1:13 ESV

13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Colossians 1:5 ESV

5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

Numbers 23:19 ESV

19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Bible is God’s Word

Bible ultimate standard

God cannot Lie

God’s Word is truth not to be tampered with

10 Commandments - Murder? Lie/False Testimony

1 Corinthians 15:3–4 ESV

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Which part of that should we discard?

God’s style of the genres etc is meant in Gen 1-11 vs guys in lab coats

Man’s Fallible understanding > God’s infallible Word

Six day creationism Ex 20:11

Exodus 20:11 ESV

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Slippery slope? 10 commandments, Words of Jesus, Gospels, Words of Paul

Who decides what we keep and what we reject?

We must believe that God did what He did the way he said he did it.