The Infallible Word of God

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The Infallible Word of God

• Why The Bible Was Written
• Romans 15 4
• John 20 30 31

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The Infallible Word of God

• Revealed through inspiration
• It is historically correct
• Contains prophecy which was brought to pass
  centuries later
• Was and is scientifically true and accurate
• It has seen infidelity raise its ugly head for
  centuries.

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Written To Reveal God

• Psalms 19 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
  David. The heavens declare the glory of God and
  the firmament showeth his handiwork.
• Acts 17 24 - 25 God that made the world and all
  things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven
  and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with
  hands Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as
  though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to
  all life, and breath, and all things

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Written To Reveal God

• His Identity
• Exodus 314 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT
  I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
  children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
• Isaiah 4522 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all
  the ends of the earth for I am God, and there is
  none else.

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Written To Reveal God

• His Nature
• 1 John 4 16 And we have known and believed the
  love that God hath to us. God is love and he
  that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
  him.
• Hebrews 12 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

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Written To Reveal God

• His Will for man
• John 3 16 - 17 For God so loved the world, that
  he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
  believeth in him should not perish, but have
  everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into
  the world to condemn the world but that the
  world through him might be saved.

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To Guide Mankind

• Man has proven throughout the centuries his
  inability to guide himself physically and
  spiritually.
• Jeremiah 10 23 O LORD, I know that the way of
  man is not in himself it is not in man that
  walketh to direct his steps.
• Confusion, chaos, and misery have followed in his
  attempts to do so.

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To Guide Mankind

• This Bible is our manufacturers guide book, our
  operators manual.
• Who knows better for man than our manufacturer?
• 2 Timothy 3 16 - 17 All Scripture is given by
  inspiration of God, and is profitable for
  doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
  instruction in righteousness That the man of God
  may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all
  good works.

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To Answer Lifes greatest Questions

• Where did I come from?
• Genesis 1 27 So God created man in his own
  image, in the image of God created he him male
  and female created he them.

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Why Am I Here?

• Ecclesiastes 12 13 - 14 Let us hear the
  conclusion of the whole matter Fear God, and
  keep his commandments for this is the whole duty
  of man. For God shall bring every work into
  judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be
  good, or whether it be evil.

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Where Am I Going?

• Ecclesiastes 12 7 Then shall the dust return to
  the earth as it was and the spirit shall return
  unto God who gave it.
• Matthew 25 46 And these shall go away into
  everlasting punishment but the righteous into
  life eternal.

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To Reveal Sin and Its Consequences

• Romans 3 23 For all have sinned, and come short
  of the glory of God
• Romans 7 7 What shall we say then? Is the law
  sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by
  the law for I had not known lust, except the law
  had said, Thou shalt not covet.

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To Reveal Sin and Its Consequences

• We sin in thought, word, and failure to do what
  we should.
• Gods attitude toward sin -
• Romans 1 18 For the wrath of God is revealed
  from heaven against all ungodliness and
  unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in
  unrighteousness

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Sin Separates God and Man

• Isaiah 59 1 - 2 Behold, the Lord's hand is not
  shortened, that it cannot save neither his ear
  heavy, that it cannot hear But your iniquities
  have separated between you and your God, and your
  sins have hid his face from you, that he will not
  hear.

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To Reveal Sin and Its Consequences

• The Bible reveals sin cannot be resolved by
• Human Wisdom
• 1 Corinthians 1 20 - 21 Where is the wise?
  where is the scribe? where is the disputer of
  this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom
  of this world? For after that in the wisdom of
  God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased
  God by the foolishness of preaching to save them
  that believe.

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Education

• 1 Corinthians 1 27 But God hath chosen the
  foolish things of the world to confound the wise
  and God hath chosen the weak things of the world
  to confound the things which are mighty

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Morality

• Acts 10 1 2, 5 - 6 There was a certain man in
  Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the
  band called the Italian band, A devout man, and
  one that feared God with all his house, which
  gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God
  always . And now send men to Joppa, and call
  for one Simon, whose surname is Peter He
  lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is
  by the sea side he shall tell thee what thou
  oughtest to do.

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Keeping the 10 Commandments

• Colossians 2 14 Blotting out the handwriting
  of ordinances that was against us, which was
  contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
  nailing it to his cross

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Doing Good Deeds

• Ephesians 2 9 Not of works, lest any man
  should boast.
• Since sin cannot be solved with these things Is
  there any way out of the sin dilemma?
• YES!!!!!

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To Reveal Gods Answer To Sin

• Romans 5 6 - 10 For when we were yet without
  strength, in due time Christ died for the
  ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will
  one die yet peradventure for a good man some
  would even dare to die. But God commendeth his
  love toward us, in that, while we were yet
  sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then,
  being now justified by his blood, we shall be
  saved from wrath through him. For if, when we
  were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the
  death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we
  shall be saved by his life.

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Gods Written Plan For Man

• Christs sinless sacrifice for man
• Gods grace mans faith
• Gods word mans belief
• Gods condemnation mans repentance
• Gods Son mans confession of the Son
• Gods command for baptism mans baptism

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Gods Written Plan For Man

• Gods reconciliation mans walk in newness of
  life
• Our sin in the new life -
• Our repentance Gods forgiveness

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