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We Believe… The Holy Bible.

We Believe… The Holy Bible. 1 Peter 3:15. QUESTIONS. How do we know that the book we have today is the book that was originally written? How do we know that it was inspired of God and not just the writings of men? Is all of the Bible true or just parts of it?

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We Believe… The Holy Bible.

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  1. We Believe… The Holy Bible. 1 Peter 3:15

  2. QUESTIONS • How do we know that the book we have today is the book that was originally written? • How do we know that it was inspired of God and not just the writings of men? • Is all of the Bible true or just parts of it? • What makes the Bible different from the Koran or the Jehovah’s Witness Bible?

  3. 1 Peter 3:15 • But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

  4. Bible - from biblio (Greek) • Biblia – Plural form • Testament - covenant, or compact, or arrangement between two parties.

  5. The Old Testament revealed in the New Testament, the New veiled in the Old. • Augustine • The New is in the Old contained, and the Old is in the New explained. • W. Graham

  6. A General Introduction to the Bible, Geisler & Nix pg. 22

  7. 1. Historicity – The Bible is a Historically Accurate Document.

  8. Hittites Empire • Ebla archive • Solomon's Wealth • Tower of Babel • Sir William Ramsey

  9. “I began with a mind unfavorable to it...but more recently I found myself brought into contact with the Book of Acts as an authority for the topography, antiquities, and society of Asia Minor. It was gradually borne upon me that in various details the narrative showed marvelous truth.” • Sir William Ramsey

  10. “Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy...this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.” • Sir William Ramsey

  11. “There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of the Old Testament tradition.” • William F. Albright

  12. “It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverter a Biblical reference. Scores of archaeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or exact detail historical statements in the Bible.” • Nelson Glueck

  13. 2. Reliability – The Bible’s Purity and Perseverance has stayed intact throughout the Centuries.

  14. The integrity of the Old Testament text had been established in the transmission of the Masoretic tradition (Jewish tradition of preservation) and was confirmed with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The accuracy of the Old Testament text is largely the result of the meticulous care taken by rabbinical scholars in the transmission process. • A General Introduction to the Bible by Geisler and Nix

  15. The great lengths the scribes went to guarantee the reliability of the copies is illustrated by the fact that they would count every letter and every word, and record in the margins such things as the middle letter and word of the Torah. If a single error was found, the copy was immediately destroyed. • A General Introduction to the Bible by Geisler and Nix

  16. The Masoretes were well disciplined and treated the text with the greatest imaginable reverence, and devised a complicated system of safeguards against scribal slips. They counted, for example, the number of times each letter of the alphabet occurs in each book; they pointed out the middle letter of the Pentateuch and the middle letter of the whole Hebrew Bible, and made even more detailed calculations than these. “Everything countable seems to be counted’ says Wheeler Robinson, and they made up mnemonics by which the various totals might be readily remembered. • More Evidence that Demands a verdict, Josh McDowell

  17. Dr. Ivan Panin • The number of words in the vocabulary will divide by the number seven. • The number of words beginning with a vowel is divisible by seven. • The number of words beginning with a consonant divisible by seven. • The number of letters in the vocabulary is divisible by seven. Of these letters, those which are consonants and those which are vowels both divide by seven,

  18. Dr. Ivan Panin • The number of words in the vocabulary occurring more, than once is divisible by seven. Those occurring only once likewise divide by seven. • The number of words occurring in more than one form is divisible by seven. The number occurring in only one form likewise divides by seven. • The number of nouns is divisible by seven. The numbers that are not nouns divides by seven.

  19. Dr. Ivan Panin • The number of proper names divides by seven. • The male names divide by seven. • The female names divide by seven. • The number of words beginning with each of the letters of the alphabet are divisible by seven.

  20. The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell, pg38

  21. We Believe… The Holy Bible. 1 Peter 3:15

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