August 21-22, 2004, Selected

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO…
Doesn’t Believe the Bible
By: Dave Stone
Guestspeaker

I. ________ did we get the Bible?

2 Timothy 3:16-17 “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

II. ________ do we believe the Bible to be God’s Word?
A. It doesn’t read like a _______
B. It is _______________

1 Peter 1:23-25a “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, ‘All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever’.”

C. The _______________ Evidences
1. Consistency
2. Fulfilled _____________

2 Peter 1:19&21 “19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

D. The _______________ Evidences
1. __________________ Evidence

Mark 13:31 “Heaven and earth will pass away but my word will never pass away.”

2. ____________________ Accuracy

“Compared with the earlier eras of Old Testament history, the days of Jesus are a fleeting moment….Yet during the last four decades, spectacular discoveries have produced a wealth of data illuminating the story of Jesus and the birth of Christianity. The picture that has emerged overall closely matches the historical backdrop of the Gospels.” – U.S. News & World Report

3. ____________________ Accuracy

Job 26:7b “He suspends the earth over nothing.”

Isaiah 40:22a “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth”

John 20:30-31 “Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”