1. Jeff Asher 2006 Seven Reasons Why I Believe the Bible

2. Jeff Asher 2006 “I Want to Believe It”  “From my youth”  2 Timothy 3:15  I don’t deny that I have a prejudice in its favor.  It is very much who I am, and want to be.  However, who would not want to believe it?

3. Jeff Asher 2006 “It Answers Questions”  Where?  Genesis 1:1  Why?  Ecclesiastes 12:13,14  What?  Hebrews 9:27  John 14:1-6

4. Jeff Asher 2006 “It Makes Sense”  It’s unified—  1,500 years  40 authors  Different languages, cultures, & contexts.  It’s consistent—  Not a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would.  A fair presentation of men, their deeds, words and thoughts.

5. Jeff Asher 2006 “A Perfect Morality”  Purity (Micah 6:8)  Righteousness  Holiness  Justice  Repentance (Luke 3:8)  Reformation  Remorse  The Golden Rule  Matthew 7:12  Luke 6:31

6. Jeff Asher 2006 “A Perfect Example”  Jesus, the Son of Man  John 8:46  Romans 8:2-4  Hebrews 2:16-18  We Can Follow Him  1 Peter 2:21,22  1 John 2:6  1 Corinthians 10:13  Will You Follow Jesus?

7. Jeff Asher 2006 “Always Relevant”  The 21 st Century  Rockets  Computers  Instant Communication  Men Are Still Men  Same Needs  Same Desires  Same Weaknesses  “Nothing New”  Ecclesiastes 1:9  Romans 15:4

8. Jeff Asher 2006 “Supernatural Qualities”  Prophecy—  Deuteronomy 13:1-10  Daniel 2, 9:2  Jeremiah 25:11,12  Accuracy—  Science (Isaiah 40:22)  Geography (Acts 21:15)  Archeology ( Genesis 15:20)  Indestructibility—  1 Peter 1:25

9. Jeff Asher 2006 I Believe the Bible  Because…  I want to believe  It’s got answers  It makes sense  Perfect morality  Perfect example  Relevant  Supernatural  Will you believe?