1. Yateley Baptist Church A warm welcome to our invitation service ….. Where do we find the answers ?

2. Castaway…………

3. So many books ……so many answers..

4. Where we find the answers !

5. Bible facts ……………. The bible has 2 parts………. The bible has 2 parts………. The OLD and NEW Testaments …. The OLD and NEW Testaments …. Within those two parts there are 66 separate books….. ……..(39/27) Within those two parts there are 66 separate books….. ……..(39/27) A total of 1,189 chapters…. A total of 1,189 chapters…. 31,102 verses 31,102 verses But the most important fact is…. But the most important fact is….

6. ......It is the WORD of God !

7. Jesus taught the word of God………. Luke 5 v 1 Luke 5 v 1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake……… the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God……….. One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake……… the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God………..

8. Jesus explained the word of God.. Luke ch 24 v 27 ……..beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

9. The apostle’s taught the word of God… The apostle’s taught the word of God… Acts Ch 18 v 11 Acts Ch 18 v 11 So Paul stayed (in Corinth) for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. So Paul stayed (in Corinth) for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

10. Accepting the word of God….. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

11. Jesus is the WORD John Ch 1 v 1……v14……. John Ch 1 v 1……v14……. “ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” “ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” “………….The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

12. Physical barriers and walls……….

13. The spiritual barrier and wall… S Man I God N

14. God has answered the SOS…

15. God’s rescue response……… John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. + JESUS JESUSAVESMan-God

16. The barrier and wall broken down … +JESUSAVESMan-God

17. What the bible says about Jesus ! “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me”