Biblical Church History Following the Hand of God and the Hand of Satan

DO YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY?

(2Co 2:11) Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

1 st question 1 st He tries to get her to question God’s Word 2 nd changes 2 nd He changes God’s Word 3 rd reinterpreted 3 rd He reinterpreted God’s Word HIS APPROACH WAS RELIGION!

Men, Movements Institutions So while tracing Church History we must be looking for Men, Movements and Institutions that are doubt, change, reinterpret to bring doubt, to change, and to reinterpret the Word of God

I. Do we really have the Word of God!

THE AVERAGE STATEMENT OF FAITH BY THE FUNDAMENTAL CHURCHES AND BIBLE COLLEGES IN AMERICA TODAY in the original manuscripts We teach that the Bible is God’s written revelation of God, and thus the sixty-six book of the Bible given to us by the Holy Spirit constitute the plenary (inspired equally in all parts) Word of God. We teach that the Word of God is an objective, propositional revelation, verbally inspired in every word, absolutely inerrant in the original manuscripts, infallible and God-breathed.

1. If the Bible was only inspired in the Originals, then where are the originals ? 2. If we don’t have the originals then is what we are reading not inspired

3. If the Bible was only inspired in the Originals, and the originals are no more. Then why would God not keep them for us ?

All scripture is given by inspiration of God (2Ti 3:16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

the holy scriptures (2Ti 3:15) And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Luke 4:16-21 Jeremiah 36

searched the scriptures daily (Act 17:10-11) And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

THE OTHER STATEMENT OF FAITH BY THE FUNDAMENTAL CHURCHES AND BIBLE COLLEGES IN AMERICA TODAY in the original languages We teach that the Bible is God’s written revelation of God, and thus the sixty-six book of the Bible given to us by the Holy Spirit constitute the plenary (inspired equally in all parts) Word of God. We teach that the Word of God is an objective, propositional revelation, verbally inspired in every word, absolutely inerrant in the original languages, infallible and God-breathed.

II. Did God ever intend for us to have an inspired, infallible inerrant Word in our Hands?

A. The Bible Answer

blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise (Neh 9:5)… Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Act 4:12) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

given him a name which is above every nameat the name of Jesus every knee should bow, And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, (Php 2:9-11) Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name (Psa 138:2) I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

B. The Word Incarnated

Word Word Word (Joh 1:1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (Joh 1:14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption (Psa 16:10) For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption (Act 13:36-37) For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

Thou shalt keep themthou shalt preserve (Psa 12:6-7) The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. (Luk 21:33) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

but of incorruptible which liveth and abideth for ever But the word of the Lord endureth for ever (1Pe 1:23-25) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

endureth for ever (Psa 119:160) Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isa 40:8) The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. the scripture cannot be broken (Joh 10:35) If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

III. Is the Word of God only inspired in the original Languages

THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHERE IS THE INSPIRED, INERRANT INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD TODAY?” “The Word of God has been preserved in the original languages, but it is impossible for you to have a those actual literal inspired words in English… because in translating from one language to another it is impossible to have a word for word translation.”

A. The Bible Answer

(Gen 42:23) And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. TRANSLATING JOSEPH, HIS BRETHREN AND THE INTERPRETER

TRANSLATING MOSES AND PHARAOH (Exo 8:9) And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

TRANSLATING PAUL AND LUKE he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue (Act 21:39-40) But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

TRANSLATING DANIEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR (Dan 2:26-27) The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

TRANSLATING JONAH AND THE WORKS AT NINEVEH (Jon 3:2) Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

TRANSLATING JESUS AND THE GOSPEL

INSPIRATION COMPARED TO PRESERVATION

Inspiration  GOD  MAN  AND BLANK SHEET OF PAPER

(2Pe 1:20-21) Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

PRESERVATION  GOD  MAN  THE WORDS GOD HAS ALREADY WRITTEN  AND BLANK SHEET OF PAPER

CHRISTIAN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHERE IS THE INSPIRED, INERRANT INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD TODAY?” The Actual Words of God are Preserved in Heaven (Psa 119:89) For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

(Mat 4:4) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.