Fingerprints of the Biblical

Text

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A Ministry of Faith Church: Pastor – Mark Harrell

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Is There A Path To The

Original Writings

?

Questions We Must Answer…

1. Do we have an ACCURATE text of the Bible available Today?

Questions We Must Answer…

The question is NOT … is it the same as it was 1,000

years ago ?But it is:

Do we have what God

wants us to have TODAY?

Questions We Must Answer…

All preservation really means it:

To keep from corruption!

Questions We Must Answer…

2. If it is preserved (kept from corruption):

Are there certain

fingerprints attached to a preserved text of

the Bible?

Questions We Must Answer…

3. What are the ultimate ramifications if don’t have an accurate text of the Bible; since it is

the only absoute authority of truth in

the universe?

We are going to consider both the

Biblical ( FAITH ) and the

historical ( FACTS ) aspects of the

preservation of the Biblical text.

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We will not approach this

subject from the view of a

scholar of the original

languages or as a textual critic;

however,

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…we will investigate the historical and

Biblical evidence as to

its accuracy and preservation.

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What Evidence Would

That Be?

1. Evidence provided in

history…

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2. Evidence provided from

existing manuscripts…

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3. Observing God’s hand in

history

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The First Textual Critics

In History

…(Genesis

3)

1. Satan questions what God said (3:1)

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2. Eve then ADDS to what

God said“neither shall ye

touch it” – cr: 2:17

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3. Satan and Eve change it to..“thou shalt

surely die” (2:17) to

“lest ye die.” – v.3

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4. Satan calls God a liar…

Vs. 4 – “ye shall not surely

die”

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We are NOT… King

James Only…

However

We ONLY use the

King James

It is important that we

KNOW why we use the Bible

we use!!

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