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The Biblethe Path to heaven
The Bible
Why do weNeed it?
The BibleThe Need
for Authority1) Human Reason
2) The Church3) The Bible
The Bible
Errors inunderstanding it
The Bible
The Canon1) Apostolicity2) Universality
3) Doctrinal Agreement4) Inspiration
Multiple WitnessesDeut 19:15
“One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be
established by the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses.”
TEST 1
Multiple Witnesses Bible: OT 30 Witnesses
NT 9 Witness
Quran 1 Witness (Mohammad)
BOM 1 Witness (Smith) JW: 1 Witness (Russell)
Buddhism: 1 Witness (Siddhartha Gautama)
TEST 1
FAIL
Survivability of Bible
5,300+ Greek Manuscripts
99.5% Accuracy
TEST 2
Survivability of Bible
5,300+ Greek Manuscripts
Greek PhilosophersPlato 7 Copies
Caesar 10 CopiesAristotle 49 Copies
TEST 2
FAIL
Survivability of Bible
5,300+ Greek Manuscripts
Greek PhilosophersPlato 7 Copies
Caesar 10 CopiesAristotle 49 Copies
TEST 2
24,000 Ancient Documents
Survivability of Bible
5,300+ Greek Manuscripts
1 MillionQuotes of NT
TEST 2
24,000 Ancient Documents
SurvivabilityWilliam Shakespeare
In every on of his plays there are lucanai (gaps) in the printed
test.
Conjectural Emendations
TEST 2
FAIL
ArchaeologyMatthew 28:11-15
“…after the priests had assembled with the elders and agreed on a
plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money and told them, ‘Say this, ‘His disciples came during the
nights and stole Him while we were sleeping…”
TEST 3
ArchaeologyWas the lie spread?
Found in the village of Nazareth in 1878
Ordinance on a Marble SlabPre 50ad
Original ordinance 44-50adYes, the lie was Told
TEST 3
ArchaeologyNelso Glueck Archaeologist
“I’ve been accused of teaching the verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible Scripture … All I have ever said is that
in all of my archaeological investigation I have never found one artifact of antiquity that contradicts any statement of the Word of God.”
TEST 3
Archaeology
Luke has been proven correct over 200 times in
the book of Acts alone
TEST 3
ArchaeologyMormon
2 Great Civilization – Nephites and Lamanites.38 Mighty Cities
TEST 3
EPIC
FAILURE
ArchaeologyMormon
quote of a challenge from Bringham Young
“Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-
Day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test.”
TEST 3
FAIL
Archaeology
This is faith interacting with the Physical World
TEST 3
Archaeology
HistoryTEST 3
Archaeology
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TEST 3
S
Amazing Unity1) 66 Books
2) 1,500 Years3) 39 Authors
4) Literary Styles5) Moods6) Places
7) Continents8) 3 Languages
9) Circumstances10) Controversial Topics
TEST 4
Amazing UnityQuran
Spurs two very different religions because of
contradiction within itself.
TEST 4
FAIL
Amazing UnityOther Christian
Documents
ApocryphaDead Sea Scrolls
Gospel of Thomas
TEST 4
FAIL
Early Date Record
Scriptures of the NT were written within 30
to 70 years of the events
TEST 5
Early Date Record
Caesarlived 100-44bc earliest copy 1,000yrs
Platolived 427-347bc earliest copy 1,200yrs
Plinylived 61-113ad earliest copy 750yrs
Aristotlelived 384-322bc earliest copy 1,200yrs
TEST 5FAIL
Prophecy2 Peter 1:21
“because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by
the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.”
TEST 6
Prophecy
28% of the Bible is prophetic in nature
Jesus fulfilled 103 prophesiesVirgin Birth Isa 7:14 – Matt 1:23
Place of Birth Mic 5:2 – Matt 2:6
TEST 6
ProphecyPeter Stoner
8 Predictions
Odds1 in 1017th power
TEST 6
ProphecyPeter Stoner
48 Predictions
Odds1 in 10157th power
TEST 6
Prophecy1 in 10157th power
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TEST 6
ProphecyJ.W.
“not of man but of God and absolutely and unqualifiedly correct”
Armageddon Prophecies:Founder Charles Russell –1914
Joseph Rutherford – 1925Nathan Knorr - 1975
TEST 6
EPICFAIL
A God who can create everything
Probably has the ability to write a book
PASS
JW Changed their translation of the Bible
John 1:1 “The word was a god”
You cannot change the word of God to fit your theology
You change your theology to fit the Word
of God!
