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SUNDAY,
APRIL 7, 2002
How
We Know The Bible Is The Word of God
“How
We Know The Bible Is The Word of God”
Chris
McGowan, Pastor • Sunday, April
7, 2002
“Now
the serpent was more crafty than any of
the wild animals the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, "Did God
really say, 'You must not eat from any
tree in the garden'?"
- Genesis 3:1
I.
The ______________________________ of
the Bible.
A.
The Bible is the ____________
_________________
book of all time.
B. The Bible is _______________________
in its composition.
II.
The ________________________ of the
Bible.
A. The
________________________
is more accurately translated than any
other ancient writing.
1.
The finding of the Dead Sea _____________________
proved the accuracy of the Bible we have
today.
B. Confirmation of the historical
text by _________________.
1. The city of ______________
has been found. (Joshua 6)
2. The ruins of ______________________
and Gomorrah have been discovered
southeast of the Dead Sea.
“
Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur
on Sodom and Gomorrah -- from the Lord
out of the heavens”
- Genesis 19:24
3. The Philistine temple with two
central pillars dislodged by ________________________.
(Judges
16)
4.
A number of Babylonian documents have
been discovered which describe the
worldwide ________________________
of Genesis 6-9.
5. Archeologist have proved to
be true what the Bible says about the _____________________
King of Babylon.
“If you can read this
writing and tell me what it means, you
will be clothed in purple and have a
gold chain placed around your neck, and
you will be made the third highest ruler
in the kingdom."
- Daniel 5:16
C. Confirmation by the
____________________________ accuracies
of the Bible.
1.
The earth is _______________________.
(Isahiah
40:22)
2.
The existence of ___________________
and fountains in the sea.
(Genesis 7:11, Proverbs 8:28)
3.
The existence of Water Paths,
ocean currents, in the seas. (Psalms
8:8)
III.
Fulfilled ________________________ from
the Bible are evidence that the Bible is
the Word of God.
“Above
all, you must understand that no
prophecy of Scripture came about by the
prophet's own interpretation. For
prophecy never had its origin in the
will of man, but men spoke from God as
they were carried along by the Holy
Spirit.”
- 2 Peter 1:20-21
A.
Prophecies about ______________
___________________.
1. The Old Testament contains ________
prophesies about the coming Messiah.
-
_________________
in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
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to a ________________________
(Isaiah
7:14)
-
betrayed for 30 pieces of ____________
(Zec
1:12-13)
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would die by ______________________
(Psalm
22)
2. The New Testament records a
man named Jesus of Nazareth who
fulfilled _________________
of these prophesies - therefore proving that He is the Christ.
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2
Timothy 3:14-17
“Taste
and see that the Lord is good.”
- Psalm 34:8
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