Transcript Notes - The Mission Church

2 Timothy 3:15-17
15
and that from childhood
you have known the Holy
Scriptures, which are able to
make you wise for salvation
through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
16
All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may
be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good
work.
What’s so special about the Bible?
• Predicted the rise & fall of
nations
• Predicted the rise of great
historical figures before they
were even born
• Revealed scientific mysteries
• Predicted significant
inventions
• Declared historical and
archeological accuracies
What’s so special about the Bible?
• Written over span of 1,500
years
• By more than 40 different
authors
• Living on 3 continents, in 3
different languages
• Addressing controversial
subjects like theology,
politics, science, medicine,
etc.
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God…
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God…
2 Peter 1:20-21
Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of Scripture is of
any private interpretation,
for prophecy never came by
the will of man, but holy men
of God spoke as they were
moved by the Holy Spirit.
The Bible
24,000 manuscripts studied
by thousands of scholars
Book of Mormon
(1) One manuscript claimed
to have been translated by
(1) man: Joseph Smith. That
(1) one manuscript was
“taken back” by an angel.
The Bible
40 different authors
spanning 50 generations on
3 different continents
without contradiction
The Qur’an
(1) One author, written in 1
place and 1 point in time
with numerous
contradictions
The Bible
Provides God’s distinctive
solution to man’s problem
and focuses on God’s work
of redemption
Hindu Scriptures (Vedas)
Claims all faiths lead to the
same place and focuses on
stories that happened in
celestial, supernatural
realms.
The Bible
Collection of 66 books,
written by numerous
authors, from different
lands, without contradiction
Watchtower NWT
Revision of the Bible, written
by one man: Frederick Franz;
full of contradictory
statements about God, Jesus,
Salvation, Heaven & Hell, etc.
The Bible is a Divine Book
• Long standing world’s best
seller
• First book translated, into
1,300 languages
• First book ever printed on
printing press
• Published & read, translated
& retranslated by more
people in more languages
than any other book in history
The Bible is a Divine Book
• Because it speaks truth, it is
hated by those who live in
lies!
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through Me.”
Acts 4:12
Nor is there salvation in any
other, for there is no other
name under heaven given
among men by which we
must be saved.
Diocletian (245-311 AD)
Commanded all copies of
scriptures were to be burned
and those found with copies
were to be put to death;
He erected a monument
inscribed with the words,
"The name of 'Christian' is
extinguished."
The Dark Ages
John Wycliffe (1320-1384)
translated scripture into
English so common people
could read it.
Religious leaders were so
angry at him for making the
Bible available, they dug up
his grave, gathered his dried
bones and burned them and
threw the ashes into a river.
The Dark Ages
William Tyndale (1494-1536)
made another translation of
scripture into English so
common people could read
and understand it.
He was strangled to death
by religious leaders and
burned at the stake.
The Dark Ages
In 1603 King James came to
the throne in England and
ordered the development of
an English translation of the
scriptures which could be
used in every English church
and understood by every
common man. It is known
today as the King James
Bible.
Humanism
French philosopher Voltaire
(1694-1778) wrote, "One
hundred years from my day
there will not be a Bible
(found) in the earth…”
Communist China
Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976)
ordered searches & seizures
of all Bibles.
In 1978, the government
allowed the printing &
distribution of Bibles.
In the Dec. 2007, TIME
Magazine ran an article
entitled: China’s New
Bestseller: The Bible
Matthew 24:35
"Heaven and earth will pass
away, but My words shall
not pass away."
1 Peter 1:23
The Word of God lives and
abides forever!
Our Authority
The Scriptures, both the Old
and New Testaments, are
verbally inspired of God and
are the revelation of God to
man, the infallible,
authoritative rule of faith
and conduct.