Live the Word: Can I Trust the Bible?

Introduction - 2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 119:86

7 Reasons to Trust the Bible

1)  The Bible is historically accurate - Hebrews 6:17-18, Psalm 33:4

• Eyewitness accounts
• The test of history - copies (Dead Sea Scrolls)
• Archeology
• The book of Acts - 54 cities / 39 countries / 9 islands
• Solomon - Megiddo
• Hittites

2)  The Bible is scientifically accurate

• Never gives bad science
• Truth never changes / Science constantly changes
• The Laws of the Universe are God's Law - Psalm 148:1-6
• In 1861 - 51 Incontrovertible Proofs that the Bible is Scientifically Inaccurate
• The Earth is Flat - 2,600 years ago - Isaiah 40:22
• How is the Earth held up? - Job 26:7
• How many starts? - Jeremiah 33:22
• Sickness / Blood - Leviticus 17:11
• Bubonic plague - Leviticus 13:4
• Proverbs 30:5

3)  The Bible is prophetically accurate

• 2 Peter 1:21
• Matthew 26:56
• Revelation 22:6

4)  The Bible is thematically unified

• 66 books
• 40 different authors
• 12 countries
• 3 continents
• 3 languages
• over 1600 years
• by people from all walks of life
• Luke 24:27

5)  The Bible is confirmed by Jesus

• Matthew 5:18
• Noah - Luke 17:26-27
• Sodom & Gomorrah - Matthew 11:23-24
• Jonah - Matthew 12:39-41
• Daniel - Matthew 24:15

6)  The Bible has survived all attacks

• Matthew 24:35
• 1 Peter 1:24-25

7)  The Bible has transforming power

• John 8:31-32

Resources:

Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace

The Case for Faith by Lee Strobell

New Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell

Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias

What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza