Jul 14, 2019
The Bottom Line, Part 5
The Bible
By Louie Marsh, 7-14-2019
The Bible Says…
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)
2) I must OBEY IT.
17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:17 (ESV)
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
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3) It Is 100% TRUTH.
17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. John 17:17 (ESV)
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, Ephesians 1:13 (ESV)
39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. John 5:39-40 (ESV)
How Do I Know That The Bible Is True?
1) EYE WITNESS_ authority.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” Exodus 17:14 (ESV)
8 And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever. Isaiah 30:8 (ESV)
2) FULFILLED Prophecy.
28 who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’” Isaiah 44:28 (ESV)
2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Ezra 1:2 (ESV)
In 690 BC Isaiah foretold that a king named Cyrus would arise and command that the temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt. 150 years later in 539 BC a King named Cyrus did it!
Messianic prophecies picture.
3) UNRIVIALED HISTORICAL Accuracy.
7 Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land. Genesis 23:7 (ESV)
Hittite picture map and picture.
12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” John 19:12 (ESV)
Pic of Pilate stone, fulfilled Messianic Prophecies.
The Bible Is God’s WORD, My Owner’s MANUAL, and we come to know GOD through it.