RELIABLE GUIDES
RELIABLE GUIDES
(Youth Group March 16th)
2 Timothy 3:14-17
1. Guide #1 Our Spiritual GPS's.
2. Guide #2 God's Word.
(2 Timothy 3:16)
All scripture is God-Breathed.
The Theme:
It was written over a period of 1,500 years in 3 different continents and a variety of different authors with one major them: God's desire to bring man back to Himself. What are the chances that all of this could work together like it does?
Time:
It has withstood the test of time better than any other. When governments have tried to destroy it, it has only become more powerful.
Text:
Bible as compared with other historical book.
Author: # of copies, Time Span.
Caeser: 10 Copies, 1000 years
Plato (Tetralogies): 7 Copies, 1200 years.
Pliny the Younger (History): 7 Copies, 750 years.
Homer (Iliad): 643 Copies, 500 years.
The New Testament: 24000 copies, 25 years.
Testimony: (2 Peter 1:19-20) Peter says to check scripture against the prophecies that it has made.
Scriptures checked against prophecies:
Topic: Prophecy, Fulfillment.
His Birth: Micah 5:2 (700 BC), Matt 2:1.
His Mother: Isaiah 7:14 (700 BC), Matt 1:18.
His Triumphal Entry: Zech 9:9 (500 BC), John 12:13.
His Betrayal: Psalm 41:9 (1000 BC), Mark 14:10.
His Death: Psalm 22:16 (1000 BC), John 20:27).
His Resurrection: Psalm 16:10 (1000 BC), Acts 3:15.
The chances of someone fulfilling 8 prophecies of scripture is 1x10^17. The chances of someone fulfilling these 8 is the same as taking the state of Texas, covering it with 2 feet deep of silver dollars, hiding one with an X on it, and the someone finding it blindfolded on their first try.
Jesus fulfilled over 200 prophecies...
If only one of the prophecies in the Bible had fallen through, we would have nothing to stand on. But as it turns out, we have everything to stand on.
The Bible has also withstood the test of time in archaeology. Though people have tried to disprove the Bible through Archaeology, they never have been able to do so.
For example- Walls, when they grow old, collapse towards the inside. However, when archaeologists found the walls of Jericho, it had collapsed outward! Something out of the ordinary had happened there.
The Bible is more than an ordinary book. The Bible is God's Word. Don't miss out!
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