1. Living Confidently in the Word
Pastor Dave Jansen
April 8, 2018
Series: Living Confidently

3. All Scripture is inspired by God…
--2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT)

5. --2 Peter 1:20-21 (NLT) No prophecy in Scripture ever came
from the prophet’s own understanding,
or from human initiative. No, those
prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit
as they spoke from God.
--2 Peter 1:20-21 (NLT)

7. What evidence is there that
the writers of the Bible were moved by the Holy Spirit to
write the very words of God?

9. 1. Its extra-ordinary consistency

10. 66 books, written
through 40 authors,
over 1500 years,
telling 1 unified story

11. 1. Its extra-ordinary consistency

13. 2. Its extra-ordinary accuracy

14. Textual Criticism

15. Textual Criticism Ancient writing Number of Copies Date written
Date of earliest copy
Difference
Homer’s Iliad
643
900 BC
400 BC
500 years
Caesar’s Gallic Wars 10
50 BC
900 AD
950 years
Plato’s writings 7
1300 years
Tacitus’ Annals 20
100 AD
1100 AD
1000 years
New Testament
5300 AD AD
years 

16. 2. Its extra-ordinary accuracy

17. The grass withers and the flowers fade but the word of our God stands forever.
--Isaiah 40:8 (NLT)

18. 2. Its extra-ordinary accuracy

20. 3. Its historical reliability

21. --Acts 26:26 (NLT) What I am saying is the sober truth.
And King Agrippa knows about these
things. I speak boldly, for I am sure
these events are all familiar to him,
for they were not done in a corner!
--Acts 26:26 (NLT)

22. 3. Its historical reliability

24. 4. Its extra-ordinary prophecy

25. 5. Its extra-ordinary honesty

26. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation

27. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation

28. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation
a. Jesus

29. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not
the smallest letter, not the least stroke of
a pen, will by any means disappear from
the Law until everything is accomplished.
--Matthew 5:17-18 (NIV)

30. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation
a. Jesus

31. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation
a. Jesus
b. Science

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

33. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation
a. Jesus
b. Science

34. 6. Its extra-ordinary confirmation
a. Jesus
b. Science
c. Changed lives

35. The Word of God is alive
and powerful...
--Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)

37. --John 5:39-40 (NLT) You search the Scriptures because you
think they give you eternal life. But
the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse
to come to me to receive this life.
--John 5:39-40 (NLT)

39. Living Confidently in the Word
Pastor Dave Jansen
April 8, 2018
Series: Living Confidently