Lies Satan Wants You to Believe“God’s word is not totally correct”

Allen LoApril 26, 2015

(II Timothy 3:16-17)

Lies Satan Wants You to Believe series

• If it feels right, it can’t be wrong

•Money is the key to everything

•Godly people will not suffer

•God’s word is not totally correct

Scripture: II Timothy 3:16-17

• 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

• 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Lies Satan Wants You to Believe“God’s word is not totally

correct”

Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? Ye shall not surely die…

Satan’s Lie• The Bible is old and not for today• The Bible is not relevant to today’s world• The Bible has changed over time• The Bible constantly contradicts itself• The Bible is open to any interpretation• The Bible has so many versions• The Bible is not scientific• The Bible prophesies were written

afterward• The Bible is just a story/mystical book• The Bible is just a moral teaching book<It is not totally correct and it is not the truth>

The Fact about the Bible• Written by 40+ authors with 66 books• Over a period of about 1600+ years• In 3 languages and in 3 continents• It is the most printed book in the world

(2B)• The Bible we read today is the same as

the one being read a thousand year ago• It is still being read by millions of

Christians around the world regularly• Many today’s churches regard the Bible

as the supreme and final authority in faith and life. (e.g. GCCC statement of faith)

The Truth about the Bible

• It Is Scientifically Accurate

• It Is Archaeologically Accurate

• It Is Textually Accurate

Scientifically Accurate• God creates and Science discovers

• God sets up the laws of Science and He makes sure his Word does not contradict the laws

• Many of the principles of modern science were recorded as facts of nature in the Bible long before scientist confirmed them experimentally

• The Bible wasn’t meant to be a scientific textbook

• The Bible doesn’t use scientific language

• But the Bible never gives bad science!

Scientifically Accurate• Roundness of the earth (Isaiah 40:22)

• Almost infinite extent of the universe (Isaiah 55:9)

• Law of conservation of mass and energy (II Peter 3:7)

• Hydrologic cycle (Ecclesiastes 1:7)

• Vast number of stars (Jeremiah 33:22)

• Law of increasing entropy (Psalm 102:25-27)

• Paramount importance of blood in life processes (Leviticus 17:11)

• Atmospheric circulation (Ecclesiastes 1:6)

• Gravitational field (Job 26:7)

Archaeologically Accurate

• The historical accuracy of the Scriptures is far superior to the written records of Egypt, Assyria, and other early nations.

• "No archeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries.“ - Dr. Nelson Glueck

Archaeologically Accurate

Ur Nammu, the king of Ur who claimed to build a famous tower

Canaanite deities, Baal and Asherah

King Sargon of Assyria, mentioned at Isaiah 20:1

Archaeologically AccurateCritics said ‘There was no such king’, but his palace and library were uncovered

The Cyrus Cylinder—Isaiah referred to him prophetically

Part of the main Scroll of Isaiah recovered alongside the Dead Sea

Textually Accurate

• The origin manuscript of the Old and New Testament does not exist• Scribes • Masoretes (Masoretic Text) (916 AD)• The Dead sea scrolls (1947 AD)• The Septuagint (200 BC)• Minor copying error does not affect the

doctrine of the Bible

Reliability ChartBook

Date Written

Earliest Copies

TimeGap

No. of Copies

Iliad - Homer 800 B.C. 400 B.C. 400 yrs 643

Plato 400 B.C. A.D. 900 1300 yrs 7Gallic WarsCaesar 100-44 B.C. A.D. 900 1000 yrs 10

History of Rome Livy

59 B.C.17 A.D.

4th Century10th Century

400 yrs1000 yrs

1 partial19

New Testament

50-100 A.D. A.D. 130 50 yrs Fragment

sA.D. 200 100 yrs BooksA.D. 250 150 yrs N.T.

A.D. 325 225 yrs 5,600

A.D. 400-500

400 yrs 24,600

II Timothy 3:16-17

• Source of the Bible (v16a)

o Inspiration of God• Use of the Bible (v16b)

o Profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

• Purpose of the Bible (v17)

o That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

The 3Rs of Reading the Bible

• Remember it is a History (His-Story) bookoGod’s interaction with men

• Read it with your mind, heart, and spiritoBeyond intellectual understanding

• Regard it as God’s WordoOur highest authority and guidance

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (v 11)

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (v 105)

Psalm 119:11; 105