The Authority of the Scripture

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The Authority of the Scripture

• Hebrews 36, 14 1035

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Two Main Issues

• Why does God need to give man a standard of
  authority for his conduct?
• How do the Scriptures meet the criteria for that
  standard?

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External Ev Scientific Accuracy

• Rotundity of the earth (Isa 4022).
• Empty space in the North, the suspension of the
  earth in space (Job 267).
• Static electricity lightening (Jer 1013).
• Oceanography paths in the seas (Psa 88).
• Life is in the blood (Lev 1710-14).
• All nations created of one blood (Acts 1726).

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External Ev Scientific Accuracy

•  Quarantine, disinfection procedures, covering
  over mouth in treatment of infectious diseases
  (Lev 13, 14).
• The countless number of stars Ptolemy , 150 A.
  D. listed only 3000 (Gen 1316 155).
• Process of rain, evaporation into air,
  condensation to earth (Ecc 17 Job 3627-28).
• Dimensions of the ark modern ship builders use
  the same ratio (Gen 615).

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External Ev Scientific Accuracy

• Progression classification of life vegetable,
  fish, fowl, mammals, man (Gen 1) 
• 5 facts of science in first verses of the Bible
• In the beginning time
• God created the heavens space
• And the earth matter
• And the Spirit of God force
• Moved upon the face of the waters motion

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External Ev Scientific Accuracy

• Circumcision of male children 8 days after birth
  (Gen 1712).
• We have learned through science, that eight days
  after birth the body is producing enough Vitamin
  K in the intestinal tract to cause the liver to
  produce a substance called prothrombin, which
  makes the blood platelets so the blood can
  coagulate during a surgical procedure (1935,
  Henrik Dam).

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Uniqueness of Scripture

• Its Unity
• Its Translation Circulation
• Its Survival
• It has survived persecution
• It has survived criticism
• It has survived time

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Total New Testament manuscripts 5,300 Greek
MSS, 10,000 Latin Vulgates, 9,300 others
24,000. Total MSS compiled prior to 600 AD
230 (McDowell 197242, Bruce 194316-17)