The Bible Has Nothing to Hide

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These Books Never Secretly Removed

• By 9th Century A.D., Photius listed some 280
• Epistle of Pseudo-Barnabas (cir 70-79 A.D.)
• The Shepherd if Hermas (cir 115-140 A.D.)
• The Apocalypse of Peter (cir 150 A.D.)
• Popularity Doesnt Equal Inspiration
• Christians Have Vines, Strongs, etc.
• Quoting from a document does not mean you
  consider it inspired
• Acts 1728 Titus 112

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Some NT Books Disputed

• Hebrews because of anonymity
• James Supposed conflict with Pauls Teaching
• 2 Peter differs in style from 1 Peter
• 2 3 John private nature limited circulation
• Jude reference to an uninspired source (14,15)
• Revelation millennial sects were perverting it
  to support false doctrine

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Jesus Never Warned of Missing Books

• Jesus Gave Many Warnings
• False Teachers Matthew 715
• Persecutions Matthew 1017-28
• Corrupt Elders Acts 2030
• Smooth Talkers Romans 1618
• Specific False Teaching 1 Timothy 41-3
• False Letters 2 Thessalonians 22
• Unfaithful Members 2 Timothy 42,3
• False teaching about Gods Grace 2 Peter 219
  Jude 4
• Error concerning Nature of Christ 1 John 41-3

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• Recently the sands of Egypt have yielded even
  earlier copies of New Testament books from about
  A.D. 200-250 these copies preserve large
  portions of the N.T., Luke, Acts, much of the
  Pauline Epistles and Revelation What do these
  copies look like? They differ from the text of
  the KJV only in details. It may be said in
  general that these earliest manuscripts show a
  text practically the same as used in the American
  Revised Version

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• Anyone can therefore test for himself
  approximately how much variation there is among
  these manuscripts by comparing these two versions
  (KJV ASV). There is one fragment of John
  called the Rylands Papyrus dated about A.D. 125.
  It is extremely early, being written within
  thirty years of the original copy. A translation
  of it reads exactly like the ASV. These facts
  reinforce the famous dictum of Westcott Hort
  that not 1/10 of one percent of the text of the
  NT is in dispute, and none of this concerns any
  doctrine of faith.

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How could anyone seriously argue

• Error didnt creep into the text, but whole
  books were lost?
• They meticulously copied, preserved even died
  for 27 books, while others, equally inspired,
  were so carelessly handled that they ended up
  lost?

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Church Councils Didnt Remove Books

• Lists of inspired books predate the Church
  Councils
• Earliest list Marcion (cir 140 A.D.)
• Muratorian Fragment End of 2nd Century A.D.
• Eusebius (cir. 265-340 A.D.) Acknowledges most
  books
• Athanasius (367 A.D.) 27 books (East)
• Jerome Augustine 27 Books (West)
• 1st Council to Classify Canon -393 397 AD

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Pseudepigrapha

• False writings from 200 B.C. to 200 A.D.
• Eusebius- totally absurd impious
• Paul warned of false letters bearing his name
  2 Thessalonians 22
• Some members drawn to myth fable - 2 Timothy
  44
• Common is the desire to fill in supposed gaps in
  biblical record
• By just reading, can tell they are not Scripture

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Gospel of Thomas

• When Jesus saw what he had done he was enraged
  and said to him You insolent, godless
  dunderhead See now you shall wither like a
  tree. And immediately that lad withered up
  completely.. But the parents of him that was
  withered took him away, bewailing his youth, and
  brought him to Joseph and reproached him What a
  child you have, who does such things. (31-3)

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Gospel of The Egyptians

• Teaching against marriage meat which Paul said
  is false doctrine (1 Timothy 41-4)
• Gospel of Joseph the Carpenter
• From a cult who glorified Joseph
• The Passing of Mary
• Advanced stage Mary worship

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John Opposed Gnosticism

• 1 John 11-3 41-3
• Paul Also Opposed
• Colossians 29, 18-23
• Gospel of Thomas found in Upper Egypt 1945/46
• Gnostic in character.. More developed form of
  same heresy Paul refutes in Colossians.

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John Opposed Gnosticism

• About 280 false writings exist
• No wonder John warned
• many antichrists have some 1 John 218
• do not believe every spirit 1 John 41

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Apocrypha

• Realize superior authority of apostolic writings
• Ignatius Epistle to Romans (43) I do not
  enjoin you, as Peter Paul did. They were
  Apostles
• Epistle of Barnabas story of hyena which
  changes its sex year by year
• Clement of Rome to Corinth (95 AD)- fable of
  phoenix in illustration of resurrection

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Apocrypha

• Instead of discrediting NT, are witness to the
  authenticity of NT Books
• Writings 80 180 A.D.
• Contain many quotes
• Clement to Corinthians refers to Pauls 1st
  epistle to them gives several quotes from
  Hebrews

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Modern Forgeries

• 12 or more, mostly in last 100 years, claim to
  add revelation to Bible.
• Every one shown to be a hoax
• Unknown Life of Christ 1894
• Claimed to be based on information from Chief
  Lama of Tibetan monk
• Monks denied ever seeing him or knowing anything
  about manuscripts about Christ

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Modern Forgeries

• The Lost Books Of The Bible 1926
• Reprint of Apocryphal New Testament 1820
• Edition of Apostolic Fathers 1737
• Galatians 16-9 NKJV 8 But even if we, or an
  angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you
  than what we have preached to you, let him be
  accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say
  again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you
  than what you have received, let him be
  accursed.