2. Today’s question: How can I know that the Bible is more than just another great book? How can I know that it is complete and accurate from beginning to end?

3. So how do we know our Bible – among all of the world’s holy books – is true?

4. 1)The Bible and its author

5. All Scripture is inspired by God.. 2 Timothy 3:16 Inspired = God breathed

6. For no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 2 Peter 1:21

7. If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment. 1 Corinthians 14:37

8. A)They mistake the unexplained for the unexplainable.

9. B)They mistake their imperfect understanding for God’s perfect revelation.

10. C)They make the mistake of assuming the Bible is wrong until it is proven right.

11. D)They misunderstand God’s purpose.

12. The Bible you hold in your hand is without question and without error the Word of God.

13. 2)The Bible and its authentication

14. A)The Evidence of predictive prophecy Isaiah 46:9-11 Isaiah 48:4-5 Deuteronomy 18:21-22

15. A)The Evidence of predictive prophecy B)The evidence of transmission C)The evidence of unity

16. D)The evidence of preservation

17. In five years from now there will not be a Bible in America. I have gone through the Bible with an axe and cut down all its trees. Thomas Paine 1737-1809 The Age of Reason

18. The Bible has lived to preside over the funerals of every heretic that questioned it’s authenticity.

19. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. Matthew 24:35

20. The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8

21. “ A Thousand times over the death toll has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut into the tombstone, and committal read. But somehow the corpse never stays put” Bernard Ramum (Theologian/ Historian )

22. 3)The Bible and its authority

23. Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" Genesis 3:1