The Reliability of the Bible

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The Reliability of the Bible The Story, Internal Evidence, External Evidence By Stephen Curto For Homegroup October 7, 2018

4:21-7:37 Andy Stanley “Who Needs God Part 3” https://www. youtube

The Story: BIbliology ”The Bible is a story about God and how he governs/interacts with man. It is making one major argument throughout: God is good and created humans good, but they became sinful/selfish and incurred on themselves the punishment of death. They cannot save themselves from that punishment. This story details God and God’s way of resolving that problem, namely, sending his son to pay the penalty of death, and bestow eternal life on those who have faith in Him to do so.” – Stephen Curto (2 Tim 3:15; Romans 15:4)

The Story: BIbliology Facts about this story: It contains many genres It spans all of human history It claims to be true

The Story: BIbliology Facts about this story: It contains many genres It spans all of human history It claims to be true narrative census data poetry genealogical record proverb legal documents song letters

The Story: BIbliology Facts about this story: It contains many genres It spans all of human history the full story (from conflict to resolution) has not been witnessed by any single human. The current time in human history occurs in the midst of the story. i.e. We’re currently in it! It claims to be true

The Story: BIbliology Facts about this story: It contains many genres It spans all of human history It claims to be true Philosophically? Morally Historically? Scientifically? In what sense?

Internal Evidence Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3:13-17 (Purpose and ability of Scripture) Ex 31:18; 2 Peter 1:19-21 (Source of Scripture) John 10:34-35 (Enduring Authority of Scripture) 2 Peter 3:15-16 (New Testament Authority as Scripture) John 5:37-47; Luke 24:13-27 (The Testimony of Scripture)

Internal Evidence Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy 27% of Scripture is Prophetic OT: 6,641 predictive verses (28.6%) NT: 1,711 predictive verses (21.6%) The chance of Jesus randomly fulfilling only 48 of the prophecies made about him is 1 in 10^157 60 are clearly already fulfilled *see chart on Fulfilled Prophecies

External Evidence The main external argument comes from recognizing the cumulative uniqueness of the Bible as compared to other books. When this is recognized, the divine act in producing such a work is more “believable.”

External Evidence Unique in Continuity Unique in Circulation Unique in Translation Unique in Survival

External Evidence Unique in Continuity Unique in Circulation Written over 1,500 years Written by more than 40 authors Written in Different places Written on 3 continents Written in 3 languages Written in a wide variety of styles Unique in Circulation Unique in Translation Unique in Survival

External Evidence Unique in Continuity Unique in Circulation Worldwide #1 book sold In 1998 585 million were distributed by the United Bible Societies alone Unique in Translation Unique in Survival

External Evidence Unique in Continuity Unique in Circulation Unique in Translation Translated into 2,200 languages Wycliffe has 6,000 people working in 850 different languages Unique in Survival

External Evidence Unique in Continuity Unique in Circulation Unique in Translation Unique in Survival Old Testament Preservation of Text 3rd Century En-Gedi Scroll 4th Century B.C. Dead Sea Scrolls New Testament Manuscript Evidence

Common Criticisms The Bible is full of miracles. The Bible isn’t historically accurate. The Bible has little to no archaeological support. You can’t use the Bible to prove the Bible; that’s circular reasoning.