The Bible and Decision Making III

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The Bible and DecisionMaking III

• Genesis 1131-125

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Recap

• The Most Important First Step
• By Faith But it is not unreasonable faith
• The Building Blocks for Confidence
• The Bible Is Uniquely Powerful
• The Bible Is Beautifully Preserved

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The Bible Is ArchaeologicallyAffirmed

• Archaeology
• Archaios ancient
• Logia discourse
• The science of antiquities the study of ancient
  civilizations

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The Bible Is ArchaeologicallyAffirmed

• Abraham of Ur
• Was it a mythological place?
• It was a city with wide streets and lovely homes
  containing spacious patios and sanitary systems
• The name Abram found inscribed there

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The Bible Is ArchaeologicallyAffirmed

• The book of Daniel
• Critics said written in second century BC Daniel
  indicates by events written in 6th-5th century BC
• The critics were proven wrong

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The Bible Is ArchaeologicallyAffirmed

• The New Testament
• Acts was at one time under attack
• Gallio the proconsul
• William Ramsay renowned archaeologist

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The Bible is PropheticallyAccurate

• There is no book on the earth like the Bible when
  it comes to being prophetically accurate
• God spoke through the prophets (Hebrews 11)
• The true prophets should be heeded (2 Peter
  119-20)

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The Bible is PropheticallyAccurate

• Three key matters
• The criteria of a true prophet (Dt. 18 21-22
  Jeremiah 289)
• Character in keeping with the revealed God (Dt.
  131-3)

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The Bible is PropheticallyAccurate

• Three key matters
• The Bible gives us authority to challenge on
  these grounds (Isaiah 4121-23)
• We know we can reject many who have called
  themselves prophets

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The Bible is PropheticallyAccurate

• Two Examples
• The Book of Daniel- Four successive kingdoms
  foretold
• Babylon Medo-Persian Greece Rome

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The Bible is PropheticallyAccurate

• Two Examples
• The prophecies concerning Jesus
• Over 300 accurately fulfilled
• His place of birth, time of birth, manner of
  birth, reason for His death, manner of death
  promise of resurrection