Is the Bible True?

How true, is it full of errors?

World Views

Common World Views: (All your assumptions together)

Creation by God & Bible is History(belief in the Bible, and in science)

Naturalism, Empiricism, Atheism(Nature is all that there is, all knowledge is

gained by observation, there is no God)Pantheism, Buddhism, Hinduism

(physical reality & morals are an illusion)

Is the Bible a Book of History?Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deut.

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st &2nd Samuel, 1st&2nd Kings, 1st & 2nd Chronicles, Ezra,

Nehemiah, Ester (17 books in the Old Test.)

Mathew, Mark, Luke , John, Acts

5 Books in the New Testament

Theologians before Darwin believed in an historical Genesis

Have ye not read…Have ye not read…Matthew 12:3, 12:5, 19:4, 22:31

Mark 12:10, 12:26

Luke 6:3

Matthew 12:3, 12:5, 19:4, 22:31

Mark 12:10, 12:26

Luke 6:3

Jesus Believed the History was Important

Jesus Believed the History was Important

The Authority of Scripture2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture inspired

2 Cor 10:4-5 Strongholds

1 Peter 3:15 Ready answer

James 1:22 Be doers of the Word

Jude 3 Contend for the faith

Col 4:5-6 Know how to answer

Titus 1:9 Exhort and convince

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture inspired

2 Cor 10:4-5 Strongholds

1 Peter 3:15 Ready answer

James 1:22 Be doers of the Word

Jude 3 Contend for the faith

Col 4:5-6 Know how to answer

Titus 1:9 Exhort and convince

The Authority of Scripture 2

• 2 Pet.1:20-21 Scripture-Men Inspired by God.

• Eph.1:13, James 1:18 The Gospel is the truth

• John 1:1, 17 The Word was God and came thru Jesus.

• Ps. 119:42, 142 Trust your word, it is true

• Titus 1:1-3 God can’t lie, and revealed his message

Is the Bible True?

• Many Archeologists say the history is true*

• 2000 Prophesies in the Bible came true+• Some scientists say numerics prove it true#

• Lisle states it’s philosophy is logically true@

• Many great philosophers say is it true^ and most say it is also an historical book

If the foundations be destroyed, what can

the righteous do?

Psalm 11:3

Attacking the

foundation

Gen. 3:1-2 NIVGenesis 3:1-21 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’ ?"2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;

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War of the World 3

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War of the World 4

Apologetics: 6 Reasons1. Defends Christianity

2. Strengthens believers

3. Makes Christianity and the Bible relevant

4. Glorifies God

5. Helps believers evangelize the lost

6. Biblical command (1 Peter 3:15)

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Noah's Ark-Bathtub

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Noah's Ark in Neighborhood 02288

04 Greeks educating Greeks

05 Greeks today

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Mars Hill

Blocks – Foolishness

02 Greeks jump road

Castles-Problem: Evolution & Creation Greeks & Jews 00916

Castles-Solution: Evolution & Creation 00409

The beliefs of theologians before Darwin

• Most Early Anglicans, Luther, Calvin , Wesley• Believed in 6 day creation, world wide flood,

man created in God’s image and not evolved from ape, a historical genesis and Pentateuch

• Only after evolution became popular, did theologians change positions

• The effect has been to change interpretation of the bible to fit current science.

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The Jesus Seminar-How far do you take Science & Liberal Theology?

• 150 Biblical Scholars, Scientists, Historians• Met 1985-93, issued reports on Jesus History• Conclude: Jesus lived, No miracles, No virgin

birth, No actual resurrection-it was a vision• This is the effect of putting naturalistic

science first and ignoring history and the bible, and denying all miracles

• Liberal theologians also question Moses as the author of the Torah and question its truth.

Much New Scientific Evidence

• That God created the Galaxies, Planets and the Earth

• That a world wide flood laid down most fossils with the same layers on continents

• The God created DNA, all life and biblical kinds and that no true missing links exist

• That logic supports God and as the creator and the bible as truthful. God is the author of morals, logic, order, consciousness.

Christianity is one religion that is not a philosophy That is because it is a belief based on history

Source: Magee, B. “The Story of Philosophy”

• The bible is one of the better historical documents used by archeologists.

• The bible manuscripts, have many old copies that avoid copying errors.

• The bible has so many prophecies that came true that this defies mathematical probability

• The Bible cites many miracles and resurrections• Numeric's offers some proof of the scriptures

7 C’s of History

© 2006 Answers in Genesis-USA

Questions for Study• Did you learn anything from the slides?• Do you think the Bible is weakened if the first 4

C’s of history are discounted?• What is your view of inerrancy of the Scriptures?

What is full inerrancy?• Who do you think wrote most of the Torah? Do

you think it is foundational to the Bible? Are miracles true then?

• Why is a position on inerrancy of the scriptures foundational to everything we conclude about the truth of the Bible?