The Bible is the Word of God: Internal Evidence…Summary Examples Eyewitness Accounts “[Simon Greenleaf] is the highest authority cited in our courts” - U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller “If any ancient document concerning our public rights had been lost, copies which had been as universally received and acted upon as the four gospels have been would have been received in evidence in any of our courts, without the slightest hesitation. The entire text of the Corpus Juris Civilis (Code of Justinian) is received as authority in all the courts of Continental Europe upon much weaker evidences of genuineness” - Simon Greenleaf
The Bible is the Word of God: Internal Evidence…Summary Examples Eyewitness Accounts 1 John 1:1,4 – “what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld and our hand handled…” 1 Cor. 15:3-8 – “He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of who remain until now…to James, then to all the apostles…He appeared to me also”
The Bible is the Word of God: Internal Evidence…Summary Examples Legal Testimony “I have never, to my recollection, seen a case in which judges were not convinced of the truth of the Gospel, where they have attended meetings, in the revivals which I have witnessed. I have often been very much affected, in conversion with members of the legal profession, by the manner which they would consent to propositions to which person of ill disciplined minds would have objected…Indeed, as a general thing, they take a more intelligent view of the whole plan of salvation than any other class of men to whom I have ever preached or with whom I have ever conversed.” -Charles G. Finney Luke 1:1-4; 2 Peter 1:16-21
The Bible is the Word of God: Internal Evidence…Summary Examples Prophecy Isaiah 44:28-29 – Isaiah prophecies about Cyrus (the Great) and his decree to allow the building of Jerusalem. IIsaiah – 740 BC CCyrus – BC CCyrus’ decree – 2 Chr. 36; Ezra 6 2200 Years before the fact! MMedo-Persian Empire did not even exist!
Prophecy Daniel 2:36, 38-40; Daniel 11:2; Daniel 11:30 – Daniel predicts the next 4 world empires 500 years ahead of time! Joshua 6:26 – Joshua predicts the fate of the man who attempts to rebuild Jericho 11 Kings 16:34 – prophecy fulfilled
Prophecy Ezekiel 26:4-5, 12 – Ezekiel prophecies about the siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great. EEzekiel– 586 BC! Nebuchadnezzar besieged the city ( BC). Alexander scraped the ruins into the sea to create a causeway (300 BC). Today, fisherman dry their nets where the old site was.