Counsel from God – the BiblePresented by – David Simmons

Papyrus 52117 – 138 AD

John 18:31-33, 37-38

Possibly new ‘Oldest Surviving Scripture Fragment’

• Mummies of pharaohs were made of gold, ordinary people had to settle for masks made out of papyrus (or linen), paint and glue.

• Recent technique to dissolve glue

• Found is a section of Mark written before 90AD (current ‘oldest’ is 120AD)

• Mark was probably written between57-59AD

The Bible

Old Testament•39 books•1500 – 400 BC•Hebrew (some Aramaic)

New Testament•27 books•45 – 100 AD•Greek

66 Books written over 1600 years by more than 40 kings, prophets, leaders, and followers of Jesus

Things that make you go “Hmmmm….”? & CoolAspects• Ending of the

Book of Mark

• Personal

• Everything we need

• God’s Word

Things that make you go “Hmmmm….”? & CoolAspects• Ending of the

Book of Mark

• Personal

• Everything we need

• God’s Word

Mark 16:6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,(E) who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,(F) just as he told you.’”(G)8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[a][The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

Things that make you go “Hmmmm….”? & CoolAspects• Ending of the

Book of Mark

• Personal

• Everything we need

• God’s Word

John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene(B) went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.(C) 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,(D) and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”(E)3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.(F) 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in(G) at the strips of linen(H) lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb.

Things that make you go “Hmmmm….”? & CoolAspects• Ending of the

Book of Mark

• Personal

• Everything we need

• God’s Word

'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off'    1 Kings 20:11

Things that make you go “Hmmmm….”? & CoolAspects• Ending of the

Book of Mark

• Personal

• Everything we need

• God’s Word

2 Peter 1:3 His divine power(G) has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him(H) who called us(I) by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,(J) so that through them you may participate in the divine nature,(K) having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.(L)

Things that make you go “Hmmmm….”? & CoolAspects• Ending of the

Book of Mark

• Personal

• Everything we need

• God’s Word

1 In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) 2 He was with God in the beginning.(D) …. 14 The Word became flesh(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(W) and truth.(X)

English Translation History

• 397 – Twenty-Seven Books of NT were confirmed as canonical (Synod of Carthage)

• 405 - Jerome completes the Vulgate (complete Bible in Latin)

• 1378 - John Wycliffe translated the Vulgate into English• 1455 - Gutenberg’s Printing Press• 1526 (NT) & 1530 (OT) - William Tyndale direct from

Hebrew/Greek into English• 1611 - King James Version• 1978 / 1984 / 2011 - New International Version• 2012 - The Voice Bible (http://hearthevoice.com)

Visual Categorization - OT

http://www.challies.com/resources/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible

Visual Categorization - NT

http://www.challies.com/resources/visual-theology-the-books-of-the-bible

Sola Scriptura?(Latin ablative, "by Scripture alone") is the Protestant Christian doctrine that the

Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of doctrine and practice.

• Use more direct scriptures to help clarify most obscure ones• Bible Dictionaries & Commentary• Strong’s Number Concordance (blueletterbible.org)

– 8,674 Hebrew & 5,624 Greek root words • Foxe’s Book of the Martyrs• Dead Sea Scrolls – the Nag Hammadi Library• The Apostolic Fathers

Sola Scriptura? – Writings of the Apostolic Fathers

Sample of the Apostolic Fathers

• St. Ignatius of Antioch:

“Take heed often to come together to give thanks to God and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith. Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, in heaven and earth, is brought to an end.”

Sample of the Apostolic Fathers• Polycarp (Bishop of Smyrna & to the Philippians):

while being taken into the stadium to refuse Jesus, Polycarp said, “86 years have I served Him, and he never did me any injury; how can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?”.

When threatened with fire, “You threaten me with fire which burns for an hour, and is then extinguished, but you know nothing of the fire of the coming judgment and eternal punishment, reserved for the ungodly.

Why are you waiting? Bring on whatever you want.”

Remember this is GOD’s story

Acts 6 – Assigning of the Seven – not ‘waiting on tables’ (serving) Strongs # 1247

Mark 10:44-45 - And whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Don’t hear from Peter until Symaria in Acts 8 (after the work of Philip – also one of the 7)

Understand the situation

Acts 2 -

It is ‘O.K.’ to Agree to Disagree(not everyone is at the same place)

In essentials, unity;In non-essentials, liberty;In all things, charity.   - Rupertus Meldenius

Romans 14

Form & Function

1 Corinthians 11

Matthew 5:30 & Chapter 18

Which is better – Action or Knowledge

Matthew 7:12 The Voice (VOICE)

12 This is what our Scriptures come to teach: in everything, in every circumstance, do to others as you would have them do to you.

Conclusion

Because I don't have to be the old man inside of me'Cause his day is long dead and goneBecause I've got a new name, a new life, I'm not the sameAnd a hope that will carry me home

- Big Daddy Weave “Redeemed”