2. The Unnatural Elements - Part 7 -

3.  The Word - Understood BELIEVEThe Word Says BELIEVE What The Word Says RECEIVE WHAT THE WORD SAYS RECEIVE WHAT THE WORD SAYS DIVIDE WHAT THE WORD SAYS DIVIDE WHAT THE WORD SAYS

4. Job 41:12-14 – “ I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. Who can discover the face of his garment ? or who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.”

5. lamp light Psalms 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

6.  The Word - Understood BELIEVEThe Word Says BELIEVE What The Word Says RECEIVE WHAT THE WORD SAYS RECEIVE WHAT THE WORD SAYS DIVIDE WHAT THE WORD SAYS DIVIDE WHAT THE WORD SAYS

7.  The Berean Call-1995 “Of course, Satan, our wily enemy, has devised pitfalls and hindrances to block our path or turn us aside from following Christ. Our “adversary’s” (1 st Peter 5:8) tireless genius creates temptations to seduce...

8.  The Berean Call-1995 …our hearts, and false doctrines to confuse our minds. Satan would rob our Lord of the glory He deserves, deprive us the joy and reward that come from obeying God, and prevent us from rescuing those who are…

9.  The Berean Call-1995 … “taken captive by him (SATAN) at his will” (2 nd Timothy 2:26). However, “we are not ignorant of his devices” (2 nd Corinthians 2:11). Satan’s only hope is to capitalize upon 3 innate human weaknesses: …

10.  The Berean Call-1995 … “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 st John 2:16). Satan’s ultimate weapon is the threat of physical death. That threat, which Christ faced and overcame, confronts us with all three…

11.  The Berean Call-1995 …temptations at once. Our most basic instinct (dating back to the Garden of Eden) is self-preservation. We cling tenaciously to this world because it deceitfully offers to satisfy our “lust of the flesh…

12.  The Berean Call-1995 …lust of the eyes, and pride of life”. These 3, said John are “all that is in the world”. (1 st John 2:16) The “fear of death” holds men “all their lifetime subject to (in) bondage” (Hebrews 2:15). Christ warned that …

13.  The Berean Call-1995 … “whosoever will save his life shall lose it”. He also promised, “whosoever will lose his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 16:25). In other words, if we clutch our lives selfishly to ourselves and are afraid or …

14.  The Berean Call-1995 … unwilling to give up all for Christ, we will lose the true life God has for us. However, if for Christ’s sake we obediently and lovingly abandon the life which self would have lived, He will live through us the true life…

15.  The Berean Call-1995 … for which He created and redeemed us, a life of joy (despite trials and suffering) which glorifies God and never ends. Just before the cross, Christ warned His 11 disciples (and all those through the …

16.  The Berean Call-1995 … centuries who would believe in Him, including us) that the time would come when following Him would cost them their earthly lives. That prophecy came true. Literally millions of Christians…

17.  The Berean Call-1995 … have been maligned, tortured and murdered by Christ-rejecters throughout history. Such tactics, however, failed to accomplish Satan’s purposes. As Tertullian said, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the…

18.  The Berean Call-1995 … church”. Christ’s warning included a further and seemingly unbelievable scenario: that some of those killing His followers would think they were “doeth(ing) God service” (John 16:2). That kind of persecution or…

19.  The Berean Call-1995 … martyrdom has always been the hardest to bear. It is one thing to be hated and tortured and killed by those who openly admit their opposition to Christ. It is something else entirely something else when …

20.  The Berean Call-1995 … persecution comes in His name from those who profess to love Him and who believe they are thereby serving God. While Satan has not entirely abandoned violence (Christians are still being tortured and killed in…

21.  The Berean Call-1995 … strong Catholic and Islamic areas), his tactics today are more subtle and thus far more effective. Those whose bodies were imprisoned for the sake of Christ remained unfettered in soul and spirit. Theirs was…

22.  The Berean Call-1995 … the “glorious liberty of the children of God” (Romans 8:21)! Today, however, bodies remain free to enjoy popularity and pleasure, while souls and spirits are bound in chains of fear- the fear of the adverse opinions…

23.  The Berean Call-1995 … of others and loss of their good will and esteem and the financial gain which popularity brings. Solomon warned, “The fear of man bringeth a snare” (Proverbs 29:25). This great snare includes fear of …

24.  The Berean Call-1995 … offending, fear of being criticized, fear of losing friendship, fear of being isolated, left out, looked down upon, passed by for a raise in salary or promotion. All such debilitating and compromising fears are…

25.  The Berean Call-1995 … summarized in Paul’s statement in Galatians 1:10: “for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ”. The natural desire to please others (especially those in positions of influence and power) in order…

26.  The Berean Call-1995 … to be well thought of by them is Satan’s most effective snare in holding Christians captive so they cannot serve God. And his most persuasive instruments in ensnaring Christians are Christians themselves. It is …

27.  The Berean Call-1995 … far easier to stand true to Christ in the face of jeers and opposition from atheists than to resist the seemingly sincere persuasions of fellows “Christians” who urge one to “be positive” and avoid…

28.  The Berean Call-1995 … offending others in order to be “more effective for Christ”. There is little difficulty rejecting an obviously false gospel. It is not so easy, however, to “earnestly contend for the faith” (Jude 3) against errors which …

29.  The Berean Call-1995 … are clothed in teaching that contains much that is Biblical- and especially when it is supported by highly esteemed “Christian leaders” whose lives have evidenced much good fruit. Who can resist the praise…

30.  The Berean Call-1995 … of men and the temptation to be well liked and even to become a part of leadership in one’s denomination! How often have I agonized before the Lord in attempting to understand why so many Christians, even …

31.  The Berean Call-1995 … leaders among them, will compromise God’s Word, water down the gospel and join in ecumenical partnerships which suppress the truth! Surely the desire to “please men” plays a large role. Tragically, there …

32.  The Berean Call-1995 … is a growing tendency to present Christ is a way that appeals to “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life”. Those who “receive Christ” on that basis have believed “another gospel” …

33.  The Berean Call-1995 … about “another Jesus” (2 nd Cor. 11:4). There is an “offence of the cross” (Galatians 5:11). A gospel designed to offend no one is a fraud that damns instead of saves. We must adhere to the truth of God’s Word out of…

34.  The Berean Call-1995 … love for our Lord and for the souls for whom He died. May God deliver us from the great snare of “lov(ing) the praise of men more than the praise of God” (John 12:43). May we make the right choice.”

35. advantage ignorant of his devices 2 Corinthians 2:11 “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”

36.  Why Undermine? Satan knows that without a total confidence in the Bible as your final authority that the Bible can’t really effectively work in your life Satan knows that without a total confidence in the Bible as your final authority that the Bible can’t really effectively work in your life

37. ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe1 Thessalonians 2:13 – “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”

38. throughly furnished 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, throughly furnished unto all good works.”

39.  Why Undermine? Satan knows that without a total confidence in the Bible as your final authority that the Bible will not be effective in helping you through the basic problems of life. Satan knows that without a total confidence in the Bible as your final authority that the Bible will not be effective in helping you through the basic problems of life.

40. Hebrews 4:12-13 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

41.  Why Undermine? Satan knows that without a total confidence in the Bible as your final authority that you will not be effective in standing in the battle against him. Satan knows that without a total confidence in the Bible as your final authority that you will not be effective in standing in the battle against him.

42. comparing spiritual things with spiritual 1 Corinthians 2:13 – “ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”

43. Behemoth- ch 40 Leviathan- ch 41

44. Job 40:19 – “He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.”

45. Hebrews 4:12– “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

46. It is writtenLu 4:4 – “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” it is writtenLu 4:8 – “And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” it is writtenLu 4:10 -“For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee”

47. withstand stand StandEphesians 6:13-14 – “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness” the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of GodEphesians 6:17 - “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God ”

48. “I know I’m right because the Author of my faith has given me a Book that is UNLIKE any of the books of any religion in the world…God has presented us with a SUPERNATURAL Book, and I can PROVE to you that it has come to us from the very hand of God”

49. John 15:16 - “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”

50. 2nd Corinthians 5:20 – “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.”

51. 1 Peter 3:15 - “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear”

52.  Why The Attack? Because of the Preeminence GOD HAS PLACED UPON IT. Because of the Preeminence GOD HAS PLACED UPON IT. Because Satan Wants to Destroy Your Confidence IN a Final Authority Because Satan Wants to Destroy Your Confidence IN a Final Authority Because Satan Must Divert the attention away from the Bibles obvious proof of divine authorship and supernatural construction Because Satan Must Divert the attention away from the Bibles obvious proof of divine authorship and supernatural construction

53. The Supernatural Elements 1. Unexplainable Unity 2. Utter Indestructibility 3. Uncoincidental Fulfillments 4. Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy

54. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - TRUE Science has ALWAYS CONFIRMED the BIBLE! - TRUE Science has ALWAYS CONFIRMED the BIBLE! - The Bible actually ANTICIPATED Science. - The Bible actually ANTICIPATED Science.

56. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - TRUE Science has ALWAYS CONFIRMED the BIBLE! - TRUE Science has ALWAYS CONFIRMED the BIBLE! - The Bible actually ANTICIPATED Science. - The Bible actually ANTICIPATED Science. - God has never had to revise or rewrite anything recorded.

57. Psalms 119:89 - “For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”

58. The Fact the Earth is RoundThe Fact the Earth is Round  Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy

59. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” - Not discovered until late 15 th century. - Not discovered until late 15 th century. - Until then man thought the earth was FLAT. - Until then man thought the earth was FLAT. - After Compass/Columbus/Magellan The Fact the Earth is RoundThe Fact the Earth is Round

60. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” The Vedas are the oldest scriptures of mankind and are considered as the mother of all religions.

61. “The moon is 50,000 leagues higher than the sun, and shines by its own light; night is caused by the sun’s setting behind a huge mountain, several thousand feet high, located in the center of the earth; that this world... The Fact the Earth is RoundThe Fact the Earth is Round “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy”

62. “... FLAT, and triangular is composed of 7 states- 1 of honey, another of sugar, a third of butter, and still another of wine, and the whole mass is borne on the heads of countless elephants which in shaking produce earthquakes” The Fact the Earth is RoundThe Fact the Earth is Round “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy”

63. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earthIsaiah 40:22 - “ It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in”

64. The Fact the Earth is Suspended in SpaceThe Fact the Earth is Suspended in Space  Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy

65. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” - Not discovered until 1687 …Sir Isaac Newton. - Not discovered until 1687 …Sir Isaac Newton. - But was in the oldest book of the Bible the whole time… - But was in the oldest book of the Bible the whole time… The Fact the Earth is Suspended in SpaceThe Fact the Earth is Suspended in Space

66. hangeth the earth upon nothingJob 26:7 “He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”

67. The Fact the Stars are InnumerableThe Fact the Stars are Innumerable  Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy

68. and tell the stars, if thou be able to number themGenesis 15:5 – “And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”

70. as the stars of the heavensand which is upon the sea shoreGenesis 22:17 – “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies”

71. The Fact of the Hydrological CycleThe Fact of the Hydrological Cycle  Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy

72. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” - The PROCESS of HOW… - The PROCESS of HOW… - Rain or snow falls to the ground and runs into streams, rivers, the sea, then… - Rain or snow falls to the ground and runs into streams, rivers, the sea, then… - Evaporates from the surface of the ocean & returns to the clouds … The Fact of the Hydrological CycleThe Fact of the Hydrological Cycle

73. Isaiah 55:10 – “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater”

74. rivers run into the sea thither they return again Ecclesiastes 1:7 – “All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.”

75. The Facts Revealed about Health and SanitationThe Facts Revealed about Health and Sanitation  Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy

76. The Papyrus Ebers

77. “…remedies from …lizard’s blood, swine’s teeth, putrid meat, stinking fat, moisture from pig’s ears, milk goose grease, asses’ hoofs, animal fats from various sources, excreta from animals, including humans, donkeys, antelopes, dogs, cats, and even flies... Health and SanitationHealth and Sanitation “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” The Papyrus Ebers

79. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Leviticus 13,14,15… Leviticus 13,14,15… - How disease was transmitted - What to do when someone is infected - How to determine the kind of disease or extent of it. - How to bathe, what to do with clothes/ bedding, what to do if touched… Concerning SICKNESSConcerning SICKNESS

80. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning Medical LawsConcerning Medical Laws “Leprosy cast the greatest blight that threw its shadow over the daily life of medieval humanity. Not even the Black Death in the 14 th century produced a similar state of...

81. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning Medical LawsConcerning Medical Laws... fright. What did the physicians offer to stop the ever increasing ravages of leprosy? Some taught that it was brought on by eating hot food, pepper, garlic and the meat…

82. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning Medical LawsConcerning Medical Laws... of diseased hogs. Other physicians said it was caused by malign conjunctions of the planets. Naturally, their suggestions for prevention were utterly worthless. What finally brought the major plagues of the Dark Ages under…

83. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning Medical LawsConcerning Medical Laws... control? Leadership was taken by the church, as the physicians had nothing to offer. The church took as its guiding principle the concept of contagion as embodied in the Old Testament. This idea…

84. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning Medical LawsConcerning Medical Laws... and its practical consequences are defined with great clarity in the book of Leviticus. Once the condition of leprosy had been established, the patient was to be segregated and excluded from…

85. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning Medical LawsConcerning Medical Laws... the community. Following the precepts laid down in Leviticus the church understood the task of combating leprosy. It accomplished the 1 st great feat in methodical eradication of disease.” - Dr. George Rosen- Columbia University

86. Georg Hegel “The only thing that men learn from history is that men never learn from history”.

87. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning SANITATIONConcerning SANITATION S.I. McMillen- “None Of These Diseases” : “Up to the close of the 18 th century, hygenic provisions, even in the great capitols, were quite primitive. It was the rule for excrement to be dumped into the streets which were unpaved…

88. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning SANITATIONConcerning SANITATION … and filthy. Powerful stenches gripped villages and cities. It was a heyday for flies as they bred in the filth and spread intestinal disease that killed millions. Such waste of human lives that could have been saved if people had only taken seriously…

89. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning SANITATIONConcerning SANITATION … God’s provision for freeing man of diseases! With one sentence the Book of books pointed the way to deliverance from the deadly epidemics of typhoid, cholera, and dysentry:

90. Deuteronomy 23:12-13 – “Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee”

91. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning SANITATIONConcerning SANITATION “Such mortality would not have occurred if surgeons had only followed the method God gave to Moses regarding the meticulous method of hand washing and changing of clothes after contact with infectious diseases…

92. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning SANITATIONConcerning SANITATION … The Scriptural method specified not merely washing in a basin, but repeated washings in running water, with time intervals allowed for drying and exposure to sun to kill bacteria not washed off”.

93. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning CIRCUMCISIONConcerning CIRCUMCISION

94. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning CIRCUMCISIONConcerning CIRCUMCISION “A newborn infant has a peculiar susceptibility to bleeding between the second and fifth days of his life. It is felt that the tendency to hemorrhage is due to the fact that the important blood- clotting element Vitamin K, is not formed…

95. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning CIRCUMCISIONConcerning CIRCUMCISION …until the fifth to the seventh day. A second element which is also necessary for the normal clotting of blood is prothrombin. It appears (based on data from the science of Pediatrics) that an 8 day old baby has more available Prothrombin…

96. “ The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy ” Concerning CIRCUMCISIONConcerning CIRCUMCISION … than on any other day in its entire life. Thus one observes that from a consideration of Vitamin K and prothrombin determinations the perfect day to perform a circumcision is the 8 th Day.”

97. Georg Hegel “The only thing that men learn from history is that men never learn from history”.

98. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - HYDROLOGY - - HYDROLOGY - Hydrological Cycle- Ecc 1:7, Isaiah 55:10 Evaporation- Psalm135:7, Jeremiah 10:13 Condensation Nuclei- Proverbs 8:26 Condensation- Job 26:8; 37:11,16 Precipitation- Job 36:27,28 Run-Off- Job 28:10 Oceanic Reservoir - Psalm 33:7 Snow - Job 38:22; Psalm 147:16 Balance- Isaiah 40:12, Ps 104:5-9

99. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - GEOLOGY - - GEOLOGY - Principle of Isostasy - Isa. 40:12; Ps. 104:5-9 Shape of Earth- Isaiah 40:22, Psalm 103:12 Rotation of Earth – Job 38:12,14 Gravitation- Job 26:7; 38:6 Rock Erosion- Job 14:18,19 Glacial Period- Job 38:29,30 Uniformitarianism- 2 nd Peter 3:4

100. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - ASTRONOMY - - ASTRONOMY - Number of Stars- Jer. 33:22; Gen 22:17 Variety of Stars- 1 st Cor. 15:41 Precision of Orbits- Jeremiah 31:35-36 Size of Universe- Is. 55:9; Job 22:12;Jer. 31:37

101. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - METEOROLOGY - - METEOROLOGY - Circulation of Atmosphere – Eccles. 1:6 Protective Effect of Atmosphere- Isa. 40:22 Oceanic Origin of Rain- Ecclesiastes. 1:7 Relation of Electricity to Rain-Jer. 10:13

102. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - BIOLOGY - - BIOLOGY - Blood Circulation- Leviticus 17:11 Biogenesis and Stability- Gen 1:11,21,25 Uniqueness of Man- Genesis 1:26 Chemical Nature of Flesh- Gen 1:11,24-27; Genesis 3:19, 1 st Peter 1:24,25

103. “The Bible’s Unprecedented Scientific Accuracy” - PHYSICS - - PHYSICS - Mass-Energy Equivalence- Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:17 Source of Energy for Earth- Gen. 1:14-17; Psalms 19:6 Atomic Disintegration- 2 nd Peter 3:10 Radio Waves- Job 38:35

104. MarriageMarriage Child RearingChild Rearing BusinessBusiness EducationEducation DisputesDisputes RelationshipsRelationships FinancesFinances AddictionsAddictions RecreationRecreation Etc…Etc…