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A Series On Evidences H Acts 17:3 H
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Acts 17:3 H Acts 17:3 H Lesson 5 The Bible’s Reliability
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Continuity Re: the credibility of the Bible, one must consider its continuous “flow of thought” How continual is it throughout? Compare to other written works written by only 1 author The Bible isn’t like any other book! The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 Biblical Characteristics (Factors That Work Against A “Continuous Flow Of Thought”) Time Over 1,500 years 40 different authors
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Acts 17:3 Biblical Characteristics (Factors That Work Against A “Continuous Flow Of Thought”) Time Place Diverse places (wilderness, palace, prison, on the road)
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Acts 17:3 Biblical Characteristics (Factors That Work Against A “Continuous Flow Of Thought”) Time Place Human perspective All walks of life (royalty, peasant, fishermen, doctor, tax collector)
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Acts 17:3 Biblical Characteristics (Factors That Work Against A “Continuous Flow Of Thought”) Time Place Human perspective Language 3 languages (Hebrew, some Aramaic, Koine Greek)
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Acts 17:3 Biblical Characteristics (Factors That Work Against A “Continuous Flow Of Thought”) Time Place Human perspective Language Types of writing Law (criminal, civil, ethical, sanitary, moral) History Poetry Prophecy
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Continuity Despite all this “divergence”…the Bible does not contain 1 “hiccup” of inconsistency It seamlessly follows its 1 continuous flow of thought from start to finish The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics Namely, we’ll focus on 3… Inspiration Infallibility Inerrancy Characteristics that stand and fall together The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics Ê INSPIRATION Its source or origin 2 Pet 1:20-21 The Bible is “God-breathed”…a product of “verbal plenary inspiration” -- “Verbal” (words) 1 Cor 2:12-13 -- “Plenary” (wholly; extending to all parts) 2 Tim 3:16 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics Ê INSPIRATION Compare to other ideas re: “inspiration” -- Partial (which parts?) -- Natural (like an author or painter) -- Mechanical dictation (writer was only a “glorified stenographer”) The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics Ê INSPIRATION Compare to other ideas re: “inspiration” -- Thought (only thought conveyed… writer chose own words) Doesn’t take into account when the writer was unsure about what he wrote 1 Pet 1:10-11 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics Ë INFALLIBLE Incapable of error by deception God cannot lie Heb 6:18 If so, then His “God-breathed words” must be of the same nature (not knowingly deceptive, injurious to man) The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics Ì INERRANT Cannot be proven false; no mistakes Written works of men contain errors (knowingly, unknowingly) A detraction from a written work’s reliability (an issue of credible trust) The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics The Bible claims inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy in numerous ways The Old Testament “Thus says the Lord” 400 times Ex 4:22 5:1 God’s word in man’s mouth Jer 1:9 Fulfillment of prophecy Isa 44:7, 28 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 Fulfillment Of Prophecy True prophecy must meet certain “criteria” Must be beyond man’s power to foresee Prediction must precede the event itself Prediction must apply to the event Unambiguous language (specific) Prediction has unmistakable fulfillment
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics The Bible claims inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy in numerous ways The New Testament The 1st Christians 1 Thess 2:13 What the apostles wrote 2 Pet 3:16 1 Cor 14:37 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics The Bible claims inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy in numerous ways The New Testament Curses pronounced upon any who would change their writings Rev 22:18-19 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics The Bible claims inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy in numerous ways Jesus’ View Of Scripture The O.T. was authoritative Mt 4:1-11 The O.T. was factual Mt 19:4-5 Jn 3:14 His own words were authoritative Mt 5:31-32 24:35 Jn 12:48 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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Acts 17:3 The Bible’s Characteristics The Bible claims inspiration, infallibility, and inerrancy in numerous ways Jesus’ View Of Scripture What His apostles would later write would be “truth” Jn 14:26 16:13 The Reliability Of The Bible – Part A
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