Is Life just an Accident of Chemistry

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Campus Ambassadors, Face-to-Face

• Psalm 7118
• 18 Even when I am old and gray,        do not
  forsake me, O God,        till I declare your
  power to the next generation,        your
  might to all who are to come.

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Stephen Brown
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Romans 118-20

• 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
  against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
  men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
  19 because what may be known of God is manifest
  in them, for God has shown it to them. 20For
  since the creation of the world God's invisible
  qualitieshis eternal power and divine
  naturehave been clearly seen, being understood
  from what has been made, so that men are without
  excuse.

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Romans 121-24

• 21For although they knew God, they neither
  glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but
  their thinking became futile and their foolish
  hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to
  be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the
  glory of the immortal God for images made to look
  like mortal man and birds and animals and
  reptiles. 24Therefore God gave them over in the
  sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity
  for the degrading of their bodies with one
  another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a
  lie, and worshiped and served created things
  rather than the Creatorwho is forever praised.
  Amen.

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Romans 128-31

• 28Furthermore, since they did not think it
  worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he
  gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what
  ought not to be done. 29They have become filled
  with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and
  depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife,
  deceit and malice. They are gossips,
  30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and
  boastful they invent ways of doing evil they
  disobey their parents 31they are senseless,
  faithless, heartless, ruthless.

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Life
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Calvary Chapel Salem
Statement of Faith (www.calvarychapelsalem.com) Th
e BibleThe sole basis of our belief is the
Bible, composed of the sixty-six books of the Old
and New Testament. We believe that Scripture in
its entirety originated with God, and that it was
given through chosen men. Scripture thus speaks
with the authority of God and reflects the
backgrounds, styles and vocabularies of the human
authors. We hold that the Scriptures are
infallible, inspired, and inerrant in the
original manuscripts. They are the unique, full
and final authority on all matters of faith and
practice and there are no other writings
similarly inspired by God. (2 Timothy 316, 2
Peter 121)
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Calvary Chapel Salem
Core Commitment (www.calvarychapelsalem.com) Bibli
cal Literacy We are committed to studying and
teaching the Bible with accuracy and clarity so
that we may know God and apply His timeless truth
to our lives today. We believe developing a
biblical worldview is essential for growing more
like Jesus Christ and being equipped for every
good work. (Romans 122 2 Timothy 31617)
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The Authority of Scripture

• 2 Peter 121
• 21for prophecy never came by the will of man,
  but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by
  the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Timothy 316-17
• 16All Scripture is given by inspiration of
  God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
  for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
  equipped for every good work.

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Romans 122

• 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this
  world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
  mind. Then you will be able to test and approve
  what God's will ishis good, pleasing and perfect
  will.

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All Scripture

• 2 Peter 315b-16
• 15b just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you
  with the wisdom that God gave him. 16He writes
  the same way in all his letters, speaking in them
  of these matters. His letters contain some things
  that are hard to understand, which ignorant and
  unstable people distort, as they do the other
  Scriptures, to their own destruction.
• 1 Timothy 518
• 18For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle the ox
  while it is treading out the grain,"a and "The
  worker deserves his wages."b

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Perspicuity of Scripture

• Psalm 119105
• 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light
  to my path.
• Acts 1710-11
• 10As soon as it was night, the brothers sent
  Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there,
  they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11Now the
  Bereans were of more noble character than the
  Thessalonians, for they received the message with
  great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every
  day to see if what Paul said was true.

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Sanctity of Scripture

• Deuteronomy 42
• 2 Do not add to what I command you and do not
  subtract from it, but keep the commands of the
  LORD your God that I give you.
• Proverbs 305-6
• 5 "Every word of God is flawless        he is a
  shield to those who take refuge in him.
• 6 Do not add to his words,        or he will
  rebuke you and prove you a liar.
• Revelation 2218
• 18I warn everyone who hears the words of the
  prophecy of this book If anyone adds anything to
  them, God will add to him the plagues described
  in this book.

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Augustine of Hippo (410 A. D.)

• If you believe what you like in the gospels, and
  reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel
  you believe, but yourself.

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Durability of Scripture

• Psalm 11989
• 89 Your word, O LORD, is eternal

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The Starting Point

• Scripture is sovereign (God-breathed)
• (2 Timothy 316)
• Scripture is understandable (Psalm 119105)
• Scripture is true (John 1717)
• 17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is
  truth.