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Christianity 101 (Part 2 - The Bible)

  • Karl Roth
  • Jul 11, 2010
  • Series: Christianity 101
John Stott: 

“There is no magic in the mechanical reading of the Bible. The written Word points to the Living Word and says to us, “go to Jesus”. If we do not go to the Jesus to whom it points, we miss the whole purpose of Bible reading. We do not worship the Bible; we worship the Christ of the Bible. We love it only because we love him of whom it speaks.”

 

Compilation of Bible books

 

We believe the Bible is Inspired

"But know this first of all that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” 2 Peter 1:20-21

 

"All Scripture is inspired by God" 2Timothy 3:16-17

 

Inerrancy & Infallibility

Comparing the Bible to accepted Historically reliable texts.
Taken From Joshua McDowell’s book, A Ready Defense…
The comparison of three historical documents with the New Testament:

Author

Date
Written

Earliest
Copy

Time Span

# of Manuscripts

Homer (Iliad)

900 BC

400 BC

500 Yrs.

643

Plato

427–347 BC

900 AD

1200 Yrs.

7

Tacitus

100 AD

1100 AD

1000 Yrs.

20

NT

40-100 AD

125 AD

25-50 Yrs.

24,000

General Revelation & Special Revelation

“1 The heavens declare the glory of God; 
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.

3 There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.

4 Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”
Psalm 19:1-4

 

“20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:20