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IntroductionPart 2

Do we just blindly “believe”

or

is there some basis to believe?

Story of Mike

The Bible has the distinct ability to accurately predict future events, often in minute details.

Specific prophesies are conspicuously absent from the 26 other religious books that claim to be scripture, including: the Muslim's Koran, the Book of Mormon, the Hindu Vedas, and Buddhist writings.

1) Accuracy Of Prophecy

Why is this important?

What God says about false prophets

What are the “ODDS” Of Picking The

The Ticket With TheStar If You Have

10 Tickets?

“Odds Of Something Happening”

1 in 10

There Are Over 300 PropheciesAbout Jesus

What arethe odds?

300Too Big To

Understand! What AboutOnly….

1 in 175,223,510

Pick 6 numbers

1 In 100,000,000,000,000,000

= 10 17

The “Odds” Of Prophecies

Coming True In 1 Person…

2’ HIGH

A Big Area?

10 157

1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

What would the probability

be of all 300+

prophecies coming true?

Overwhelming archeological support for the historical accuracy of both the Old and New Testaments.

Numerous items discussed in the Bible such as nations, important people, customary practices, etc. have been verified by archeological evidence.

Bible critics have often been embarrassed by discoveries that corroborated accounts they had previously deemed to be myth.

2) Archeological Evidence:

The Tel Dan inscription, “House of David”

inscription on Stella from 9th Century B.C.

Bedrock of a Faith Is JoltedDNA tests contradict Mormon scripture. The church says the studies are being twisted to attack its beliefs.February 16, 2006|William Lobdell | Times Staff Writer

From the time he was a child in Peru, the Mormon Church instilled in Jose A. Loayza the conviction that he and millions of other Native Americans were descended from a lost tribe of Israel that reached the New World more than 2,000 years ago.

"We were taught all the blessings of that Hebrew lineage belonged to us and that we were special people," said Loayza.

A few years ago, Loayza said, his faith was shaken and his identity stripped away by DNA evidence showing that the ancestors of American natives came from Asia, not the Middle East.

For Mormons, the lack of discernible Hebrew blood in Native Americans is no minor collision between faith and science. It burrows into the historical foundations of the Book of Mormon, a 175-year-old transcription that the church regards as literal and without error.

SEE FULL ARTICLE AT:http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/16/local/me-mormon16

NO Archeological Evidence

NO Archeological Evidence

With the exceptionof 2 major cities….

Ample Archeological Evidence

More Every Day

Keeps On Coming

3) Advanced Medical Knowledge In numerous instances the Bible contains medical information that far predates man's actual discoveries of related principles in the field of medicine.

4) Advanced Scientific Knowledge Though the Bible is not a science book, when it touches on scientific matters it is either completely accurate or non-contradictory, and often demonstrates remarkable fore-knowledge.

Work When Written Earliest Copy Time Span No. of copies

New Testament A.D. 40-100 A.D. 125 25 yrs 24,000

Homer (Iliad) 900 B.C. 400 B.C 500 yrs 643

Sophocles 496-406 B.C A.D. 1000 1,400 yrs 193

Aristotle 384-322 B.C. A.D. 1100 1,400 yrs 49

Caesar (Gallic Wars) 58-50 B.C. A.D. 900 1000 yrs 10

5) Meticulous Care in the Transmission of the Bible

Pages hand copied letter by letter

6) The Proof of Historians Secular history supports the Bible.

For example, The Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus

Letters, By Pliny the Younger

Roman historian P. Cornelius Tacitus

Does all this “Prove”

that the Bible

is true or not?

I can’t convince you…This class is

going to assume it is

TRUE!

So IF the Bible is

THE source

of God’s TRUTH

for living life….

How do you think it should

affect your life???

C. S. Lewis was an Oxford educator and accomplished writer who became an atheist as a young man. Influenced by arguments made by Christian thinkers, Lewis, "...came into Christianity kicking and screaming."

The reasoning for his beliefs have been articulated in many books, the most popular of which is titled

Josh McDowell set out to disprove the Christian faith as a college student only to arrive, after many months of study, at the conclusion that Jesus Christ must have been who he claimed to be.

Lee Strobel was for many years as a hard-nosed journalist and atheist.

As Strobel set out to confirm justification for his atheism, he unexpectedly, found that the evidence he encountered led him instead to the Christian faith.

He is now a pastor, and author of several very successful books.

EPISTLE

A letter of

correspondence

between two or

more parties

Genesis 12 : 1

Book Chapter Verse

Separator

Book Chapter Verses

Genesis 12 : 1-6From Verse 1

to and includingVerse 6Separator

BookChapter

Verses

Genesis 11:31-32, 12:1-3

Same BookA Different

ChapterVerses

Start With

Where are the separators?An

d

Genesis 12 : 10-17 , 24-25

BookChapter

Verses

AND

Verses

SameChapter

Combination of Verses

Genesis 12: 1, Job 2:3, Psalms 1:4

1st

Reference

AND

Combinations

AND

2nd Reference

3rd

Reference

Look up all 3 verses

Abbreviations

Rest OfTestament

Rest OfThe Bible

Single Verse

Verses RightBefore/After

Rest OfChapter

Rest OfBook

Look at ancient Israel,

Asia Minor, Egypt

and the surrounding

areas for:

Archaeology History

Geography Customs, and Culture

Written In

Their Original

Languages

Other PeopleSpeak OtherLanguagesTheir Words

Their ConceptsOur Words

Our Concepts

Example: Hebrew uses 3main words

& more…The English

Word “Sin”

Which Translation Is “Best” ???

Specialized Bibles

And Of Course

Electronic Bibles

Plain TextStudy BiblesLarge TextText

Cross References

Commentary on Verses

Info On Map

Map

Text

Cross References

Commentary on Verses

AVOID THIS TRANSLATION

AndThisBook

Your Bible Should Be Your Record Of God Speaking

To You

Feel free to mark, underlineand write notes in your Bible.

Life LongJoy

The more you will remember,

the more you’ll see

and understand

How often?

How much at a time? 1 Verse Until

365 Day PlanA chapter a day

90 Day Plan2x Per Year

1 Month Plan

Open andRead Plan

1 Chapter of Proverbs/dayPlus other

The Bottom Line… READ & STUDY IT!

Only When IFind Time Plan