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2. Spiritual Confusion The Errors of Experience Based Theology
What is claimed about God, Jesus and the gospel will reveal whether any group is heretical or orthodox
The Bible and evolution are incompatible. Which is true and why?

3. The Truth About Evolution
Amino acids are isometric, but all animal proteins only occur in the L form D L

4. The Truth About Evolution
Evolution is directly contrary to the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy)
Continuing Decay

5. The Truth About Evolution
Without a specific mechanism to harness Sunlight, it only increases the rate of disintegration

6. The Truth About Evolution
Too many geochronometers limit the age of the earth to only millions or just thousands of years
Decay of Earth’s Magnetic Field <10,000
Efflux of Helium to Atmosphere <175,000
Decay of Earth’s Rotational Speed <500 mil
Cooling of the Earth < 80 mil - 2 bil

7. The Truth About Evolution
Science is too limited to be the source of authority, and scientists are still sinners

8. The Bible as the Source of Truth
The Bible claims to be the Word of God.
The Bible is historically accurate
The Biblical writers were of the highest integrity
Fulfilled prophecies attest to divine origin

9. The Bible as the Source of Truth
The internal character and preservation of the Bible demonstrate God’s hand upon it.
The Scripture’s description of the physical world reveals what could have only been known at that time by the creator.

10. The Truth About the Bible
The Bible has multiple mutually supporting sources of authority within it
God reveals Himself in multiple ways including angels and His Son.
The Bible reveals hidden mysteries for all to see
The Bible gives us all we need to live in godliness – 2 Peter 1:2-4

11. The Truth About the Bible
The authority structure in the church is still subject to the Bible
The Bible establishes traditions, calls for us to reason and to experience God as part of becoming godly

12. The Truth About the Bible
Similar experiences and reasoning about the same evidences can still result in opposite conclusions
Experience is an important teacher to make us wise, but it is limited.
We need God’s revelation of truth

13. The Value of Experience
Wisdom comes with age - Job 12:12; Proverbs 20:29, 19:32; Deut. 1:15
The young are to learn from the parents - those older. Proverbs 1:8-9; 5:1-2.
God invites people to come and experience Him - Psalm 34:8; Genesis 5:22,24; 17:1

14. The Value of Experience
It is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.
The Bible is a treasury of human experience
Even the aged are limited in wisdom and some are just old fools. Job 32:9

15. The Errors of Experience
1) Experience is limited
That reality drives men to find a source of knowledge beyond himself
False intellectualism (yielding to supposed experts) results in foolishness
Literary analysis can show priority of Matthew, Mark or Luke.
Matthew was an apostle & eyewitness

16. The Errors of Experience
Pride in experience leads to disaster. Proverbs 16:18; 14:12
2) Experience cannot always tell between what is perceived and what is real and true

17. Men in a Coffee Cup?

18. Taller/smaller or the same?

19. Parallel or Divergent?

20. In motion or static?

21. The Errors of Experience
Incorrect perceptions lead to wrong conclusions - and unnecessary conflicts

22. Religious Errors Arising from Experience Based Theology
Atheists demand an experience according to their own satisfaction.
They are fools (Psalm 14:1) rejecting God’s revelation in the Bible and creation (Psalm 19; Romans 1)
Only the arrogant can be atheists.
Intellectual honesty demands they are agnostics

23. Religious Errors Arising from Experience Based Theology
Experience of demonic power in false religions keeps many people entrapped by fear
Cults: Particular experiences hold the individual in the cult regardless of the evidence against the system

24. Experiential Error in Aberrant Sects
Aberrant sects - orthodox on fundamentals, but also hold extreme or non-Biblical positions
Pentecostalism’s belief in tongues as the sign of Spirit Baptism is contrary to Acts & 1 Cor
Claiming their experience over Biblical exposition opens the door for greater abuses

25. Experiential Error in Aberrant Sects
Charismatics give even great value to experience resulting in some rejecting even basic doctrine
Charismatic experience has fostered ecumenical ties even with those that reject the Biblical gospel
Determining right and wrong by experience results in rejection of Biblical commands and precepts

26. Experiential Error in Evangelicalism
Evangelical believers will also often use past experiences as excuses to disobey God
Faith is stepping out to obey God and trusting Him for the results regardless past experiences or lack
While God does direct through His providence, that leading can only be discerned by the Scriptures

27. Conclusions
Experience must never supersede or interpret the Bible.
Experiences must be understood by the Bible

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