Week 9 - The Bible Part 2
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The document discusses the authority of the Bible, emphasizing arguments for its divine origin and historical reliability. It presents six reasons supporting the Bible's authenticity, including its unity, fulfilled prophecies, historical accuracy, survival through persecution, its responses to life's big questions, and its transformative impact on lives. Additionally, it addresses common misconceptions about textual changes to the Bible, highlighting the overwhelming number of manuscript copies that attest to its preservation over time.
Week 9 - The Bible Part 2
- 1. A cHRISTIAN today’s world WITNESS in Tactics + sTRATEGIES Relativism The Bible Pluralism Islam Sexual Revolution Media Training and Equipping Believers to Live Out a Confident Faith
- 2. A cHRISTIAN today’s world WITNESS in Tactics + Strategies Pluralism Islam Sexual Revolution Media Training and Equipping Believers to Live Out a Confident Faith The bIble Relativism
- 3. The Challenge of Authority - Part 2: The Bible “The Bible is just a book written by men”
- 4. The Challenge of Authority - Part 2: The Bible “The Bible has no authority over me”
- 6. There is only one way the bible has any authority…
- 7. If it comes from God
- 9. iS THE bIBLE A BOOK FROM MEN ABOUT GOD? oR… iS THE bIBLE A BOOK FROM gOD given to Men? AuthoritativeLiterature
- 11. wHAT Good REASONS DO we have to think The Bible comes from God?
- 12. The Bible comes from God “All Scripture is inspired by God” 6 Reasons
- 13. Reason #1:March The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible The Bible has amazing unity despite its diverse origins Unity Ring Finger “Unity”
- 14. Reason #2:March The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible The Bible has genuine fulfilled prophecy that is precise, detailed, and accurate. Prophecy Pinkie “Prophecy”
- 15. Reason #3:March The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible The Bible has proven to be historically accurate, even though it records supernatural events History Index “Index to History”
- 16. Reason #4:March The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible The Bible has survived through time and lots of persecution fIGHTER Fist “Fighter”
- 17. Reason #5:March The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible The Bible has answers to the big questions of life that all people ask. biG quESTIONS Biggest Finger “Big Questions”
- 18. Reason #6:March The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible The Bible has changed the lives and has done so for thousands of years cHANGED lIVES Thumb “Changed Lives”
- 19. Pinkie “Prophecy” Ring “Unity” Biggest Finger “Big Questions” Index Finger “Index to History” Thumb “Changed Lives” Fist “Fighter”
- 20. It is now time to Practice 1) Explain what each point means 2) Explain why it matters
- 21. Pinkie “Prophecy” Ring “Unity” Biggest Finger “Big Questions” Index Finger “Index to History” Thumb “Changed Lives” Fist “Fighter” 1.What it means 2. Why it matters
- 22. toNIGHT
- 23. How do we know The bIBLE wE HAVE TODAY IS THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL?
- 25. “The Bible has been Changed” What Columbo questions could we ask here?
- 26. “The Bible has been Changed” “What parts, specifically, have been changed?”
- 27. “The Bible has been Changed” “Where did you study textual criticism?”
- 28. “The Bible has been Changed” “How many times has the Bible been retranslated”
- 29. “The Bible has been Changed” “Which parts have been changed the most?”
- 30. “The Bible has been Changed” “Can you explain to me how you understand the process of how the Bible was handed down?”
- 31. “The Bible has been Changed” “Can I share some evidence that shows the Bible hasn’t been changed?”
- 32. Where we start
- 33. The pROBLEMMarch The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible No originals of ANY classic writer exist. “Did you that know no original manuscripts of any classic writer exists, not even Shakespeare?”
- 34. The RealityMarch The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible All ancient documents were handwritten before the printing press “You realize that all ancient documents were hand-written, right?”
- 35. Why do we start this way? Treats the Bible as history, not as fantasy
- 36. Why do we start this way? The real power is in the comparison to other texts that nobody doubts
- 38. manuscripts of the bible texts no original Fact: We have
- 41. 10 years later
- 47. Can she rECONSTRUCT THE ORIGINAL?
- 48. Where do you start?
- 49. 1. Compare the copies
- 50. Comparing the Copies What if all 6 copies were exactly the same? Could you confidently reconstruct the original?
- 51. Comparing the Copies 5 were exactly the some, but one had the ingredients in a different order? Could you confidently reconstruct the original?
- 52. Comparing the Copies What if 3 of the 6 had spelling errors (but all the same ingredients)? Could you confidently reconstruct the original?
- 53. Comparing the Copies What if one of the copies had 2 ingredients the others did not? Could you confidently reconstruct the original?
- 54. Comparing the Copies What if we had 10 copies instead of 6? Could you confidently reconstruct the original?
- 55. 2. ASK quESTIONS
- 56. Comparing the Copies Is it more likely that one person added an ingredient or 5 took one (the same one) out?
- 57. Comparing the Copies Do spelling errors or varying order of ingredients make them corrupt?
- 58. of copies lots and lots and lots Fact: We have Lots
- 60. 2 things that Matter
- 61. 1. hOW MANY COPIES DO WE HAVE? 2. hOW CLOSE TO THE ORIGINALS ARE THEY?
- 62. MaterialsMarch The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible Plant sheep or goat skins calf skins Papyrus Parchment Vellum
- 63. MaterialsMarch The Challenge of Authority Part 2 The Bible
- 65. do we have? copies Our 2 Main Questions: How Many were they written to the events they record? closely How Manuscripts Time Gap
- 66. “Natural History” Author: eARLIEST Copy: Copies: Written: Gap: Pliny Secundus AD 61-113 AD 850 750 years 7
- 67. “History of rOME” Author: eARLIEST Copy: Partial Copies: Written: Gap: Livy AD 59-17 Partial: 4th cen. 1 Complete: 10th cen. Partial: 400 yrs. Complete: 1000 yrs. Complete:19
- 68. “Writings of Plato” Author: eARLIEST Copy: Copies: Written: Gap: Plato 400 BC AD 900 7 1300 yrs.
- 69. “Writings of demosthenes” Author: eARLIEST Copy: Copies: Written: Gap: Demosthenes 300 BC AD 1000 200 1400 yrs.
- 70. “iLIAD” Author: eARLIEST Copy: Copies: Written: Gap: Homer 800 BC 400 BC 643 400 yrs.
- 72. “New Testament” Author: eARLIEST Copy: Copies: Written: Gap: Multiple 50-100 BC 114 AD (Fragments) 5366 50-225 yrs. 200 AD (Whole Books) 250 AD (Most of NT) 350 AD (Complete NT)
- 73. Author Book eARLIEST C. CopiesWritten Gap Pliny Natural History AD 61-113 AD 850 750 Years. 7 Livy History of Rome AD 59-17 450 yrs 1000 yrs Partial: 4th Cen. Most: 10th Cen. Partial: 1 Whole: 19 Plato Writings 400 BC AD 900 1300 Years. 7
- 74. Author Book eARLIEST C. CopiesWritten Gap Demos. Writings 300 BC AD 1000 1400 Years. 200 Homer Iliad 800 BC 400 yrs Mult. New Testament 50-100 AD AD 114 50 yrs 5366 400 BC 643
- 75. “New Testament” Greek Copies 5366 Latin Copies 10,304 other Copies 9300 Total: 24,970
- 76. "on the basis of manuscript tradition alone, the works that made up the Christians' New Testament were the most frequently copied and widely circulated books of antiquity." - F.E. Peters
- 77. In no other case is the interval of time between the composition of the book and the date of the earliest extant manuscripts so short as in that of the New Testament. - Sir Fredric Kenyon, Director, British Museum
- 78. “In the variety and fullness of the evidence on which it rests the text of the New Testment stands absolutely and unapproachably alone among ancient prose writings." - f.j.a. hORT
- 81. N.t. tHE ILIAD hoMER’S 6435366 15,60020,000 Copies CopiesLines (Total) Lines (Total) Lines in Doubt: 40 Lines in Doubt: 764 .05%Percentage of Total: 5%Percentage of Total:
- 82. These variants have so little support and are of so little importance that their adoption or rejection would cause no appreciable difference in the sense of the passages where they occur." - bb Warfield
- 83. “Only about one-eighth of all the variants had any weight, as most of them are merely mechanical matters such as spelling or style. - bb Warfield
- 84. Of the whole, then, only about one- sixtieth rise above 'trivialities,' or can in any sense be called 'substantial variations.' - bb Warfield
- 85. Mathematically this would compute to a text that is 98.33 percent pure." - bb Warfield
- 86. It cannot be too strongly asserted that in substance the text of the Bible is certain: Especially is this the case with the New Testament. - Gleason Archer
- 87. The system of spiritual truth contained in the standard Hebrew text of the Old Testament is not in the slightest altered or compromised - Gleason Archer
- 88. by any of the variant readings found in the Hebrew manuscripts of earlier date found in the Dead Sea caves or anywhere else. - Gleason Archer
- 89. "A careful study of the variants (different readings) of the various earliest manuscripts reveals that none of them affects a single doctrine of Scripture. - Gleason Archer
- 91. Changed The bIBLE HAS NOT BEEN
- 92. bELIEVE IT wE CAN CONFIDENTLY AS THE woRD OF gOD
- 93. Next Week: lEVITICUS IN hEBREW