session 1: What makes the Bible unique?

session 2: Can I be sure the Bible is the Word of God?

session 3: Can I really understand the Bible?

Americans (all ages)33% Literal, word for word 30% Not literal37% Not Word of God/Other/Don’t know

Survey:Is the Bible the Word of God?

Evangelical Protestants Ages 18–2959% Literal, word for word 29% Not literal12% Not Word of God/Other/Don’t know

Survey:Is the Bible the Word of God?

Survey:Is the Bible the Word of God?

What do YOU think?

session 1

1. What does the Bible say about itself? 2 Timothy 3:14–17

2. Who were the writers of the Bible?

Old TestamentDeuteronomy 13:1–5; 18:15–22

Jeremiah 1:4–10Ezekiel 3:4–11

Haggai

Zephaniah, a descendent of

Hezekiah

Zechariah

Malachi

Moses

Joshua

Eleazar

Ezra

David

Solomon

Ezekiel

Agur son of Jakeh

King Lemuel

King Solomon

Isaiah son of

Amoz

Jeremiah

Daniel

Hosea son of Beeri

Joel son of Pethuel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah son of

Amittai

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

2. Who were the writers of the Bible?

New TestamentHebrews 1:1–22 Peter 1:16–21

1 Thessalonians 2:13–16; 4:1–2, 8

Paul, rabbi

James, half-brother of Jesus

Matthew, disciple

Mark, disciple

Luke, physician

John, disciple

Simon Peter, disciple

Jude

3. Where does the Bible get its authority?

“There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New.

The collusion factor would have been impossible …

Speaking at a lecture, author and Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias said the following:

“Go back to the prophet Isaiah writing 700 years before Christ,

prophesying his virgin birth;

Micah talking about the city where he would be born;

Zechariah talking about the way the Messiah would be crucified …

“Take these writers, most of whom were not contemporaries,

and you put all the converging lines of evidence ...

“Take the hundreds of prophecies and bring them into

the Person of Jesus.

It would’ve taken an extraordinary stroke of genius to bring that into convergence in one single person.”

YET THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT GOD DID.

Ravi Zacharias

God is the author of the Bible. It was written down by men led by the Holy Spirit.

In it, God gives us all we need for faith and obedience.

So What? Treasuring God’s Word

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