Catechism The Source of Faith

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Catechism The Source of Faith Lesson 13 – LD 25a & BC 3,4 & 6 The Bible (1)

Psalm 119:40 Your word, it is a lamp to guide my feet, a lantern shining on the path before me. I’ve sworn an oath and here my vow repeat to keep the laws that of your love assure me. I suffer in affliction and defeat; true to your promise, comfort and restore me.

Belgic Confession  Article 2: How God makes Himself known to us Article 3: The Word of God Article 4: The canonical books Article 5: The authority of Holy Scripture Article 6: The difference between the canonical and apocryphal books Article 7: The sufficiency of Holy Scripture

Special Revelation General Revelation: for everyone Special Revelation: to particular people Throughout time, special revelation has taken on various forms. Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, Hebrews 1:1,2a

In personal appearances

Through angels

Via people (prophets, apostles)

By miraculous deeds

In Jesus Christ

Pentecost  After the Paradise-Flood era and the Babel experience, God limited special revelation to just one people: Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites. With Pentecost this was reversed. God’s Word is now for all the nations. He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Psalm 147:19,20

Bible - Origin Creation Abraham David Christ Us Moses edits/writes Genesis-Deuteronomy Malachi writes Malachi John writes Revelation 2000 1000 2000

 From spoken to written As special revelation took place, God had some of it committed to writing. Over 1500 years the Bible grew to be what it is now. As we live after Christ and the apostles, in the last days, there is no more need for extra special revelation. Never have human beings determined what belongs to the Bible. At most they have said what does not belong to the Bible.

Bible Study: Various 1. Breathed out by God 2. Teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness 3. They are not cleverly devised myths 4. God through the Holy Spirit 5. Yes (note the expression “other Scriptures”)

Organic Inspiration  God did not use people as people used typewriters and use computers or word processors. God used people with their God-given skills in their God-controlled circumstances to commit His Word to writing.

The original Bible The Bibles we have are translations of documents in three languages: Old Testament: Hebrew and Aramaic New Testament: Greek For both Testaments, an “original document” has been put together in book form, with notes indicating where the old documents vary from each other. Dead Sea Scroll Isaiah

Text Critical Apparatus

Proving the age of the Bible - OT Jews very strict about copying. Three mistakes – destroy the scroll Around 1000 AD original determined, everything else is destroyed.

Proving the age of the Bible - OT 1947: discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls Date back beyond 100 BC Oldest documents we have of Biblical texts Differences were minimal, just spelling changes.

Proving the age of the Bible - NT NT books copied profusely; we have 1000s of copies. The oldest manuscripts (some even with corrections on them) date back to 100 AD. The textual variations in the New Testament documents is much greater than for the Old Testament. However, the substance of these differences does not effect the message of the text. (E.g. one document may say “cantaloupe” where another has “rockmelon”).

The Bible is old and accurate  There is no reason to doubt the age and accuracy of the Bible. For the Old Testament: - the Jews were very careful in copying - the Dead Sea scrolls confirmed their accuracy For the New Testament: - there are thousands of manuscripts - differences between manuscripts are insignificant

 The Books of the Bible “Bible” is from the Greek BIBLIA = books. The Bible is actually a library of books. The canon (standard) of the Bible consists of a total of 66 books. Books belonging to the Bible are said to be canonical.

Apocrypha  There have been attempts to add certain books to the Bible (Old Testament). The Roman Catholic Church considers these books biblical. They call these the Deuterocanonical books, the second canon. We call them the apocrypha: the obscure books. There are various reasons to doubt this books: - they contradict the canonical books - they are of a later date - they are not written in Hebrew

Books of the Bible (2:42)