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2 Tim. 3:16

THE BIBLE: gOD'S oNLY tRUE wORD. 2 Tim. 3:16. [By Ron Halbrook]. THE BIBLE: GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD. Introduction:. 1. Man seeks God’s word in confusion . Idols gods Hindu Vedas Moslem Koran Masonry’s secrets Astrologers Nostradamus Edgar Cayce Jeane Dixon. Popes Creeds

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2 Tim. 3:16

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  1. THE BIBLE: gOD'S oNLY tRUE wORD 2 Tim. 3:16 [By Ron Halbrook]

  2. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD • Introduction: 1. Man seeks God’s word in confusion • Idols gods • Hindu Vedas • Moslem Koran • Masonry’s secrets • Astrologers • Nostradamus • Edgar Cayce • Jeane Dixon • Popes • Creeds • Joseph Smith, • Book of Mormon • Mary B. Eddy, • Science & Health • Dreams • Intuition, feelings

  3. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD • Introduction: 2. The Bible claims: • Divine inspiration – 2 Tim. 3:16-17

  4. Divine inspiration – 2 Tim. 3:16-17 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

  5. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD • Introduction: 2. The Bible claims: • Verbal inspiration – 1 Cor. 2:13

  6. Verbal inspiration – 1 Cor. 2:13 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

  7. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD • Introduction: 2. The Bible claims: • Exclusive inspiration – Rev. 2:2

  8. Exclusive inspiration – Rev. 2:2 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

  9. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD • Introduction: 2. The Bible claims: • Final inspiration – Rev. 22:18-19

  10. Final inspiration – Rev. 22:18-19 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

  11. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD • Introduction: 3. The inspiration of the Bible based on solid evidence: • Fulfilled prophecy • Resurrection of Jesus • Unity in message • Genuine miracles • Text preserved • Many other evidences

  12. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy A. Only God’s Word Meets the Test • Deut. 18:21-22 The test

  13. Deut. 18:21-22 The test 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

  14. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy A. Only God’s Word Meets the Test • Isa. 8:19-20 Only God’s Word

  15. Isa. 8:19-20 Only God’s Word 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  16. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Isa. 13:19-22 Babylon’s fall

  17. Isa. 13:19-22 Babylon’s fall 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

  18. Isa. 13:19-22 Babylon’s fall 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

  19. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Isa. 41:21-24 Challenge false gods

  20. Isa. 41:21-24 Challenge false gods 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

  21. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Isa. 42:8-9 True God Prophesies

  22. Isa. 42:8-9 True God prophecies 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

  23. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Isa. 44:6-8 Only Israel’s God Prophesies

  24. Isa. 44:6-8 Only Israel’s God prophecies 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

  25. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Isa. 44:24-28 Cyrus to rise, restore Israel to her land

  26. Isa. 44:24-28 Cyrus to rise, restore Israel to her land 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

  27. Isa. 44:24-28 Cyrus to rise, restore Israel to her land 26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

  28. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Jer. 29:10 Israel to be in Babylonian captivity 70 years

  29. Jer. 29:10 Israel to be in Babylonian captivity 70 years 10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

  30. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Jer. 30:11 Israel’s captors to perish, • Israel to survive

  31. Jer. 30:11 Israel’s captors to perish, • Israel to survive 11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

  32. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy B. Prophecies of Nations • Dan. 2:44 God’s new kingdom to appear in time of Roman Empire

  33. Dan. 2:44 God’s new kingdom to appear in time of Roman Empire 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

  34. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy C. Failed Prophecies of False Religions • Mormon Joseph Smith new revelations: Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, The Pearl of Great Price

  35. C. Failed Prophecies of False Religions • Mormon Joseph Smith new revelations: Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, The Pearl of Great Price • Christ return by 1891 (D & C 130:14-16; History of the Church II:182)

  36. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy C. Failed Prophecies of False Religions • Jehovah’s Witnesses predict end • In 1914 (Millennial Dawn, II:245) • In 1925 (Millions Now Living Will Never Die, publ. 1920, p. 97) • In 1975 (Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, 1966, p. 29)

  37. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD I. Fulfilled Prophecy C. Failed Prophecies of False Religions • Jeane Dixon’s many predictions • W.W. III to break out in 1958 • Russia to be 1st to the moon

  38. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD II. Resurrection of Jesus • Eyewitness Testimony in Matt., Mk., Lk., Jn. • Matt. 28:5-7 “He is risen”

  39. Matt. 28:5-7 “He is risen” 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

  40. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD II. Resurrection of Jesus B. Positive Proof of His Deity • Matt. 28:18 Jesus Affirmed His Power 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  41. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD II. Resurrection of Jesus B. Positive Proof of His Deity • Rom. 1:4 Paul Recognized His Power 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

  42. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD II. Resurrection of Jesus C. The Resurrected Lord Gave the Great Commission • Mk. 16:15-20 All men must know

  43. Mk. 16:15-20 All men must know 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

  44. Mk. 16:15-20 All men must know 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  45. Mk. 16:15-20 All men must know 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.

  46. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD II. Resurrection of Jesus C. The Resurrected Lord Gave the Great Commission • Acts 2:32-36 Preaching under the great commission

  47. Acts 2:32-36 Preaching under the great commission 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

  48. Acts 2:32-36 Preaching under the great commission 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  49. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD II. Resurrection of Jesus D. False Prophets Not Raised • Acts 2:29 Their grave occupied Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) • Claim Christ returned in her • Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

  50. THE BIBLE:GOD’S ONLY TRUE WORD III. Unity in Message A. Diverse Influences, One Message • Written over period of 1,500 yrs • 40 authors • 66 books

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