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Living Confidently in the Word Pastor Dave Jansen April 8, 2018 Series: Living Confidently

All Scripture is inspired by God… --2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT)

--2 Peter 1:20-21 (NLT) No prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit as they spoke from God. --2 Peter 1:20-21 (NLT)

What evidence is there that the writers of the Bible were moved by the Holy Spirit to write the very words of God?

1. Its extra-ordinary consistency

66 books, written through 40 authors, over 1500 years, telling 1 unified story

1. Its extra-ordinary consistency

2. Its extra-ordinary accuracy

Textual Criticism

Textual Criticism Ancient writing Number of Copies Date written Date of earliest copy Difference Homer’s Iliad 643 900 BC 400 BC 500 years Caesar’s Gallic Wars 10 50 BC 900 AD 950 years Plato’s writings 7 1300 years Tacitus’ Annals 20 100 AD 1100 AD 1000 years New Testament 5300 40-100 AD 125-350 AD 25-310 years

2. Its extra-ordinary accuracy

The grass withers and the flowers fade but the word of our God stands forever. --Isaiah 40:8 (NLT)

2. Its extra-ordinary accuracy

3. Its historical reliability

--Acts 26:26 (NLT) What I am saying is the sober truth. And King Agrippa knows about these things. I speak boldly, for I am sure these events are all familiar to him, for they were not done in a corner! --Acts 26:26 (NLT)

3. Its historical reliability

4. Its extra-ordinary prophecy

5. Its extra-ordinary honesty

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation a. Jesus

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. --Matthew 5:17-18 (NIV)

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation a. Jesus

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation a. Jesus b. Science

And, by the same token, proper evaluation “No archeological discovery has ever controverted a single biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries.” --Nelson Glueck--

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation a. Jesus b. Science

6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation a. Jesus b. Science c. Changed lives

The Word of God is alive and powerful... --Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)

--John 5:39-40 (NLT) You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life. --John 5:39-40 (NLT)

Living Confidently in the Word Pastor Dave Jansen April 8, 2018 Series: Living Confidently