“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God...” 2 Tim. 3:16-17

Many skeptical in the world today The Bible has no fear of investigation Evidence that the Bible is from God

“Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.” Lk. 8:12

“If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man’s belief in the Bible.”

Voltaire

66 books written over 1500 years (1491 BC – 90 AD) by 40 men

If product of man, then by now he would have produced another one

The Unity of the Bible -- one continuous message

No Contradictions No Mistakes

Isa. 40:8 “The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”

Matt. 24:35 “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

1 Pet. 1:24-25 “ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS, AND ALL THE GLORY OF MAN AS THE FLOWER OF THE GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND ITS FLOWER FALLS AWAY, BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER.”

1. Diocletian [303 A.D.] - every copy of the Bible be burned

2. Voltaire “while it took 12 men to write Christianity up, I will show that it takes but one man to

write it down.”

3. Voltaire “100 years from his death you would only be able to find a copy of the Bible in a

museum.”

4. Ingersoll “In 15 years I will have this book in the morgue.”

1. Hittites - Gen. 15:20 ~~ 1906

2. Pilate Governor of Judea - Matt. 27:2 ~~ 1961

3. Cyrenius Governor of Syria – Lk. 2:2 ~~ Coins

1901 - Code of Hammurabi500 years before Moses

1799 - Rosetta Stone2000 years before Moses

FACT: Earth held up by invisible forces

Theory - earth rested on back of 7 elephants

Copernicus - 1473-1543 - Proved

“He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.”

Job 26:7 (1491 BC)

FACT: The earth is round

Theory - earth is flat or square

Magellan - 1522 - Proved

“It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in” Isa. 40:22 (698 BC)

FACT: Life is in the blood

Harvey - 1615 - Proved life principle in blood

Theory - Source of disease - “bloodletting”

“But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.” Gen 9:4 (1491 BC)

“the life of the flesh is in the blood” Lev. 17:11 (1490 BC)

FACT: The oceans have natural lanes

Matthew Murray - 1806-1873

“The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.” Ps. 8:8 (1015 BC)

He discovered them in 1854.

FACT: Empty place in the North

Astronomers have discovered a great empty place167,000,000,000 miles 30,000 of our solar systems could fit inside

“He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.”

Job 26:7 (1491 BC)

Bible writers were not men of science

If the Bible was just from men, then it would have the scientific beliefs of the times when they wrote!

When the Bible touches on scientific points, it is always correct !

PROPHECY: “they pierced My hands and My feet.” Ps. 22:16 (1015 BC)

EVENT: Crucifixion of Christ

FULFILLED: “where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.” Jn. 19:18 (AD 33)

Jesus was Crucifixion Prophesied Fulfilled

Betrayed by a friend Ps 41:9 Jn 13:18-27

Sold for 30 pieces of silver Zech 11:12 Mt 26:14-15

Forsaken by His disciples Zech 13:7 Mk 14:27+50

Accused by false witnesses Ps 35:11+20-21 Mt 26:59-61

Silent before accusers Isa 53:7 Mt 27:12-14

Wounded and bruised Isa 53:4-6 1 Pet 2:21-25

Beaten and spit upon Isa 50:6 Mt 26:67-68

Mocked Ps 22:6-8 Mt 27:27-31

Hands and feet pierced Ps 22:16 Jn 20:24-28

Crucified with thieves Isa 53:12 Mt 27:38

Rejected by His own people Isa 53:3 Jn 19:14-15

Hated without cause Ps 69:4 Jn 15:25

Friends stood afar Ps 38:11 Lk 22:54;23:49

People wag their heads Ps 22:7;109:25 Mt 27:39

Cloths divided and gambled for Ps 22:18 Jn 19:23-24

Gall and vinegar offered Him Ps 69:21 Mt 27:34

Bones not broken Ps 34:20 Jn 19:32-36

His side pierced Zech 12:10 Jn 19:34+37

Buried in rich man's tomb Isa 53:9 Mt 27:57-60

PROPHECY: “Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats” 1 Tim. 4:3

EVENT: Doctrines of forbidding to marry and abstaining from meats

FULFILLED: Roman Catholic Church

1. Never been a book equal to or better than the Bible

2. If it was from man, then he would have produced another one or a better one

3. The Holy Spirit, through man, produced the Bible !

4. The Bible has transformed humanity wherever it has gone !

“This great book is the best gift God has given to man, but for it we could not know right from wrong.”

- Abraham Lincoln

In Christ =

SAVED

Baptized (Gal.3:27)

Confess (Rom.10:10)

Hear (Rom.10:17)

Believe (Jn.8:24)

Repent (Lk.13:3)