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Introduction to the Bible

Introduction to the Bible. Contact Information. It was great meeting you! If you need to reach me, here’s the contact information. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions about the material in this power point or about the course. 443-5428 (c) or 775-3170 (h)

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Introduction to the Bible

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  1. Introduction to the Bible

  2. Contact Information It was great meeting you! If you need to reach me, here’s the contact information. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions about the material in this power point or about the course. • 443-5428 (c) or 775-3170 (h) • Email: aspiretim@yahoo.com

  3. Psalm 19 • Psalm 19. • David’s message. • God’s two books: • God’s first book: Creation. • God’s second book: Scripture.

  4. Psalm 19 God’s First Book: Creation 19:1-6 Beautiful places you have visited

  5. Psalm 19 God’s Second Book: His Word; the Bible 19:7-11

  6. Psalm 19 David’s description of the Word perfect sure right pure clean true righteous altogether

  7. Psalm 19 David’s description of the Word’s “actions” restoring the soul making wise the simple rejoicing the heart enlightening the eyes enduring forever

  8. More desirable than gold • Sweeter than honey Have you experienced these truths?

  9. Psalm 19 NASB: Psa19:11 Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward. The Message: Psa 19:11 There's more: God's Word warns us of danger and directs us to hidden treasure.

  10. Psalm 19 God’s Word is amazing and it— accompanied by the ministry of the Spirit—accomplishes amazing things, including: The realization of sin (19:12). The desire to live pure, pleasing to God in action (19:13), word, (19:14) and thought (19:14). “O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.”

  11. Psalm 19 Can you pray from Ps. 19:14 from the heart? Think about it. “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

  12. Syllabus Any questions? Homework College-level. Electronic by NOON the next day. Don’t hesitate to email w/questions. Remember: “I can’t grade nothing.” Nuts’n Bolts

  13. My presupposition. The Bible is God’s Word. The leap of faith. “Leap of Faith” ---------- by Kaylin Keith The exercise of the gift of faith. Eph. 2:8,9 I cannot but believe.

  14. Honest Questions 1. What is the Bible? 2. How did we get the Bible? 3. How do we know that the books in the Bible truly belong there? 4. Which translations are appropriate to use? 5. What is in the Bible? 6. How should we study the Bible? 7. What constitutes good preaching? 8. How else should we use the Bible?

  15. What is the Bible?An unbeliever’s perspective. A fable. A fabrication of men for the purpose of promoting either interesting stories or morals. A religious book for enlightenment. A book or collection of books written to deceive and enslave converts to Christianity.

  16. What is the Bible?An observer’s perspective. “The Bible is a collection of books that have been considered authoritative by the Christian church and have been used to determine its beliefs and doctrines.” The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible, Paul D. Wegner, Baker Academic, 1999.

  17. What is the Bible?A believer’s perspective. How would you define “the Bible”? What is it?

  18. How The Christian Bible Came to Be The Three Big “I’s” Inspiration Inerrancy Infallibility

  19. Orthodox Christianity denies: That Scripture is inspired in the same sense of Shakespeare or Twain’s texts. That—except in rare occasions such as Moses’ reception of the Ten Commandments—God dictated words and sentences to the authors.

  20. “Read Demosthenes [Louis L’amour] or Cirero [Tom Clancy]; read Plato, Aristotle, and others of that tribe [John Grisham, JK Rowling]. They will, I admit, allure you, delight you, move you, enrapture you in wonderful measure. But betake yourself from them to this sacred reading [Bible]. Then, in spite of yourself, so deeply will it affect you, so penetrate your heart, so fix itself in your very marrow, that, compared with its deep impression, such vigor as the orators and philosophers have will nearly vanish.” John Calvin The Institutes of the Christian Religion I.VIII.1

  21. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Inspiration: The mysterious act by which God breathed out His perfect Word through imperfect men who were intimately led by the Spirit of God.

  22. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “But know this first of all, than 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

  23. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16,17

  24. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “God ensured by his Spirit that everything they wrote was exactly what he wanted them to write. Just as the Lord Jesus was both fully human and fully divine, so the Bible is both a human and a divine book. It is God’s Word: he is the ultimate author.” Vaughan Roberts, 16-17

  25. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Inerrancy: “The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact.” Wayne Grudem Systematic Theology Zondervan, 1994

  26. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “Sanctify them in the truth; Your Word is truth.” John 17:17 “The law of the Lord is perfect…” Psalm 19:7

  27. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Infallibility: The infallibility of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts is incapable of affirming anything that is contrary to fact.

  28. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled (stands firm) in heaven.” Psalm 119:89 “‘But the Word of the Lord endures forever’” (quote from OT [Is. 40:8]) And this is the word which was preached to you.” 1 Peter 1:25

  29. Canon of Scripture

  30. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Canon: “rule, measuring rod.” The Protestant Canon: The sixty-six books of the Bible. Canonicity: The process by which the Scripture (the collection of God-breathed out books) was officially recognized (not determined).

  31. How The Christian Bible Came to Be In 100 A.D., Jewish scholars at the Council of Jamniah recognized the current 39 OT books as given by God.

  32. How The Christian Bible Came to Be In 170 A.D., Melito, Bishop of Sardis, wrote a letter in which he specifically mentioned all of the books of the Old Testament with the exception of Esther. Why are people pickin’ on Esther?

  33. How The Christian Bible Came to Be In 367 A.D., Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, mentioned all of the books currently in our Bible except Esther.

  34. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Councils Carthage (A.D. 397) The Western Church agreed with the Eastern Church and approved the same list of books (the current 66 books found today in the Bible).

  35. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Review My important presupposition: I am convinced that the Bible is the Word of God. God’s Word is better than God’s world (Ps. 19 [more desirable than gold, sweeter…). The Bible is inspired in a supernatural manner (the Holy Spirit using holy men). Because the Bible is God’s Word, it is, by necessity, inerrant and infallible. The Protestant canon and early church councils (Eastern and Western Church agreed that the 66 books belong in the Bible @ the Council of Carthage in A.D. 397).

  36. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Criteria: (1) Authorship. (2) Content. (3) Early recognition and usage.

  37. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Criteria: Authorship “A prayer of David” (Ps. 17 inscription) “The Proverbs of Solomon, son of David” (Prov. 1:1) “The word of the Lord that came to Hosea” (Hos. 1:1) “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus” (Rom. 1:1) “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 1:1) “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ” (Jude 1:1) “John to the seven churches” (Rev. 1:4)

  38. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Criteria: Content Did it compliment or contradict what was already known regarding the person and works of God? Did it compliment or contradict what was already recognized as Scripture? Was any new information genuinely “believable”?

  39. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Criteria: Early Recognition & Usage Did The Church recognize the Divine Imprintation on the work (the book, letter)? Was The Church using the text as Scripture?

  40. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “…and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand… 2 Peter 3:15,16

  41. How The Christian Bible Came to Be “…which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.” 2 Peter 3:15,16 Peter labeling Paul’s letters “Scripture”

  42. How The Christian Bible Came to Be Criteria: (1) Authorship. (2) Content. (3) Early recognition and usage. (4) Church-wide acceptance. Was it being used by everyone? Yep. Did the divided church come together to acknowledge the text? Yes—Carthage.

  43. My wrestling match. Leap of faith. My logical clincher: If God is big enough to lead imperfect men to write His perfect Word, He is big enough to guide other men to recognize which of the circulating texts have divine authorship.

  44. Honest Questions 1. What is the Bible? (I) 2. How did we get the Bible? (I) 3. How do we know that the books in the Bible truly belong there? (I) 4. Which translations are appropriate to use? (I) 5. What is in the Bible (II)? 6. How should we study the Bible? (III) 7. What constitutes good preaching? (III) 8. How else should we use the Bible? (IV)

  45. Review The Three Big “I’s” Inspiration Inerrancy Infallibility

  46. Review How do we know the Bible is inspired? Autograph Evidence It declares itself to be truth. Manuscript Evidence The amount; complimentary not contradictory Apostolic Evidence The guys died to teach it. Archeological Evidence Confirming what is proclaimed. Persistent Evidence The Bible is still here despite attacks. Existential Evidence Millions and millions of lives have been changed.

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