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Isaiah The Bible the Path to heaven
The Bible Why do we Need it?
The Bible The Need for Authority Human Reason The Church The Bible
The Bible Errors in understanding it
The Bible The Canon Apostolicity Universality Doctrinal Agreement Inspiration
Multiple Witnesses Test 1 Deut 19:15 “One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses.”
Multiple Witnesses Test 1 • Bible: OT 30 Witnesses • NT 9 Witness • Quran 1 Witness (Mohammad) • BOM 1 Witness (Smith) • JW: 1 Witness (Russell) • Buddhism: 1 Witness (Siddhartha Gautama) Fail
Survivability of Bible Test 2 5,300+ Greek Manuscripts 99.5% Accuracy
Survivability of Bible Test 2 5,300+ Greek Manuscripts Greek Philosophers Plato 7 Copies Caesar 10 Copies Aristotle 49 Copies Fail
Survivability of Bible Test 2 5,300+ Greek Manuscripts Greek Philosophers Plato 7 Copies Caesar 10 Copies Aristotle 49 Copies 24,000 Ancient Documents
Survivability of Bible Test 2 5,300+ Greek Manuscripts 1 Million Quotes of NT 24,000 Ancient Documents
Survivability Test 2 William Shakespeare In every on of his plays there are lucanai(gaps) in the printed test. Conjectural Emendations Fail
Archaeology Test 3 Matthew 28:11-15 “…after the priests had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money and told them, ‘Say this, ‘His disciples came during the nights and stole Him while we were sleeping…”
Archaeology Test 3 Was the lie spread? Found in the village of Nazareth in 1878 Ordinance on a Marble Slab Pre 50ad Original ordinance 44-50ad Yes, the lie was Told
Archaeology Test 3 NelsoGlueck Archaeologist “I’ve been accused of teaching the verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible Scripture … All I have ever said is that in all of my archaeological investigation I have never found one artifact of antiquity that contradicts any statement of the Word of God.”
Archaeology Test 3 Luke has been proven correct over 200 times in the book of Acts alone
Archaeology Test 3 • Mormon • 2 Great Civilization – Nephites and Lamanites. • 38 Mighty Cities Epic Failure
Archaeology Test 3 Mormon quote of a challenge from Bringham Young “Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-Day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test.” Fail
Archaeology Test 3 This is faith interacting with the Physical World
Archaeology Test 3 History
Archaeology Test 3 Hi tory S
Amazing Unity Test 4 66 Books 1,500 Years 39 Authors Literary Styles Moods Places Continents 3 Languages Circumstances Controversial Topics
Amazing Unity Test 4 Quran Spurs two very different religions because of contradiction within itself. Fail
Amazing Unity Test 4 Other Christian Documents Apocrypha Dead Sea Scrolls Gospel of Thomas Fail
Early Date Record Test 5 Scriptures of the NT were written within 30 to 70 years of the events
Early Date Record Test 5 Fail Caesar lived 100-44bc earliest copy 1,000yrs Plato lived 427-347bc earliest copy 1,200yrs Pliny lived 61-113ad earliest copy 750yrs Aristotle lived 384-322bc earliest copy 1,200yrs
Prophecy Test 6 2 Peter 1:21 “because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.”
Prophecy Test 6 28% of the Bible is prophetic in nature Jesus fulfilled 103 prophesies Virgin Birth Isa 7:14 – Matt 1:23 Place of Birth Mic 5:2 – Matt 2:6
Prophecy Test 6 Peter Stoner 8 Predictions Odds 1 in 1017th power
Prophecy Test 6 Peter Stoner 48 Predictions Odds 1 in 10157th power
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Prophecy Test 6 J.W. “not of man but of God and absolutely and unqualifiedly correct” Armageddon Prophecies: Founder Charles Russell –1914 Joseph Rutherford – 1925 Nathan Knorr - 1975 Epic Fail
A God who can create everything Probably has the ability to write a book Pass
JW Changed their translation of the Bible John 1:1 “The word was a god”
You cannot change the word of God to fit your theology You change your theology to fit the Word of God!