II TIMOTHY 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

It is written THE BIBLE CAN BE TRUSTED

II TIMOTHY 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 1. It is historically accurate.

PSALMS 33:4 4 For the word of the Lord holds true, and we can trust everything he does.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 2. It is scientifically accurate.

Psalms 148:5-6 5 Let every created thing give praise to the Lord, for he issued his command, and they came into being. 6 He set them in place forever and ever. His decree will never be revoked.

Isaiah 40:22 22 God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.

Job 26:7 7 God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Jeremiah 33:22 22 And as the stars of the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of my servant David and the Levites who minister before me.”

Leviticus 17:11 11 for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.

Leviticus 13:4 4 “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.

PSALMS 12:6 6 The Lord’s promises are pure,     like silver refined in a furnace,     purified seven times over.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 3. It is prophetically accurate.

II PETER 1:21 21 or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.

MATTHEW 26:56 56 But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 4. It is thematically unified.

Luke 24:27 27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 5. It is trusted by Jesus.

MATTHEW 5:18 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 6. It has survived all attacks.

I PETER 1:24-25 24 As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades. 25But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.

YOU CAN TRUST IT 7. It has transforming power.

John 8:31:32 31 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

It is written THE BIBLE CAN BE TRUSTED