The Importance of the Bible & the Christian Life Part 2 Sunday, September 18, 2016

Isaiah 55:10-11: “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.  

The Uniqueness of the Bible THE BIBLE IS UNIQUE IN ITS ORIGIN. Jesus testifies to the Bible’s uniqueness

Matthew 5:18 Truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Muhammad tells the Jews to bring the Torah that "it might JUDGE between them" [D16]. On another occasion he tells them, "BRING the Torah and READ it if you are men of truth" [D18]. God asks Muhammad why the Jews come to him for judgement when "they HAVE the Torah in which IS the command of God" [D21]; and the Christians are told to "JUDGE by what God has revealed in it (the Gospel)" [D23]. God speaks of "the Torah and the Gospel that IS WITH THEM" [D12]. And in the last Sura which came to Muhammad - the Sura of the Table (Al-Ma'ida) from 10 AH - both Jews and Christians are told "you are not (founded) on anything until you PERFORM the Torah and the Gospel, and what was revealed to you from your Lord" [D24].

Isaiah 43:10-11 Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and there is not savior besides Me.

The Uniqueness of the Bible The Bible’s UNITY testifies to its uniqueness

Psalm 119:160 The sum of your Word is truth.

The Uniqueness of the Bible HISTORY testifies to the Bible’s Uniqueness

The Uniqueness of the Bible The Bible is Unique in its TEACHINGS

Only the Bible teaches about the Trinity

John 10:30 I and the Father are one.

John 14:16 vv …He will give you another Helper,…the Spirit of truth,….He dwells with you and will be in you…I am in my Father, and you in Me, and I in you.

The Uniqueness of the Bible Only the Bible teaches the whole truth about JESUS

John 5:8: Before Abraham was born, I am. Exodus 3:14: I AM WHO I AM.

The Uniqueness of the Bible Only the Bible teaches the whole truth about MAN

The Uniqueness of the Bible Only the Bible teaches History in ADVANCE

Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem, though you are little among the thousands in Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One (the Messiah)….

Born of a virgin Death by crucifixion (made 800 years before the Romans) He would be a contemporary with the Temple in Jerusalem. He would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver.

Revelation 11:7vv When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the streets (in Jerusalem). Then those from every nation will see their dead bodies for three-and-a-half days…

The Uniqueness of the Bible Only the Bible teaches the Whole truth about SALVATION

Matthew 24:25 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Matthew 4:4 Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.