1. 2 Peter 1:16-19 Trustworthy Word Pg 1079 In Church Bibles

2. Now the serpent...said to the woman, “Has God indeed said...” Now the serpent...said to the woman, “Has God indeed said...” Genesis 3:1

3. Therefore Grow intentionally & diligently (v.5-7) Everything for Godly life is Provided by God Four Benefits for Growing Christians (v.8-11) in a relationship w/Jesus, thru His Word (v.3-4) Continual Reminders from Word Needed (v.12-15)

4. The Bible is...

5. The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact Fables are myths, stories, tales, legends, or fairy tales.

6. In the last century a painful but decisive step forward was taken in the recognition that the Bible does contain “myth,” and that this is an important form of religious truth. It was gradually acknowledged, by all except extreme fundamentalists,

7. In the last century a painful but decisive step forward was taken in the recognition that the Bible does contain “myth,” and that this is an important form of religious truth. It was gradually acknowledged, by all except extreme fundamentalists, that the Genesis stories of the Creation and Fall were representations of the deepest truths about man and the universe in the form of myth rather than history, and were none-the-less valid for that.

8. The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact Fables are myths, stories, tales, legends, or fairy tales. - Creation...flood...Jonah - Creation...flood...Jonah - Miracles, supernatural - Miracles, supernatural - Virgin birth, Deity of Christ - Virgin birth, Deity of Christ - Sinless Savior, Resurrection - Sinless Savior, Resurrection - Judgement, heaven.... - Judgement, heaven....

9. The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact

10. The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact

11. The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality “deceptive words” (2:3) “Da Vinci code” kind of thing

12. Transfiguration Mark 9:1-8 Saw Jesus in His glory...as will be in heaven thus proof that not wishful thinking - saw “dead saints” alive!! Transfigured is opposite of masquerade changed from the inside out.... Peter’s crazy suggestion.... 1) spoke out of ignorance, fear and quiet 2) spoke diminishing Christ-equal w/others Pg 1079 In Church Bibles

13. C.S. Lewis, Teacher, Writer, Writer, Speaker (1898-1963) Speaker (1898-1963)

14. It is a serious thing... to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to C.S. Lewis, Teacher, Writer, Writer, Speaker (1898-1963) Speaker (1898-1963)

15. It is a serious thing... to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship C.S. Lewis, Teacher, Writer, Writer, Speaker (1898-1963) Speaker (1898-1963)

16. Transfiguration Mark 9:1-8 Saw Jesus in His glory...as will be in heaven thus proof that not wishful thinking - saw “dead saints” alive!! Transfigured is opposite of masquerade changed from the inside out.... Peter’s crazy suggestion.... 1) spoke out of ignorance, fear and quiet 2) spoke diminishing Christ-equal w/others God rebuked Peter...centering all on Jesus God silenced Peter’s suggestions

17. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality “deceptive words” (2:3) “Da Vinci code” kind of thing Peter and the other writers of the Bible, did not help or add anything to God’s revelation Peter saw - eyewitness account

18. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality

19. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus! “power and coming of our “eyewitness of His Majesty” Lord Jesus Christ” “he received...glory and honor” “this is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased”

20. You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. John 5:39

21. And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Revelation 19:10

22. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10

23. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus!

24. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus! The Bible is The Bible is Solid, Trustworthy

25. The testimony of the Lord is sure Psalm 19:7

26. Your testimonies are very sure Psalm 93:5

27. All His precepts are sure. Psalm 111:7

28. it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. Hebrews 6:18

29. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast Hebrews 6:19

30. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Psalm 46:1-2

31. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus! The Bible is The Bible is Solid, Trustworthy

32. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus! The Bible is The Bible is Solid, Trustworthy The Bible is The Bible is Helpful, Light in Darkness

33. “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” Revelation 22:16

34. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus! The Bible is The Bible is Solid, Trustworthy The Bible is The Bible is Helpful, Light in Darkness

35. Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. Psalm 119:105

36. Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle. Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle. Psalm 43:3

37. The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined. The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined. Isaiah 9:2

38. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12

39. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4

40. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is The Bible is... The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is The Bible is All About Jesus! The Bible is The Bible is Solid, Trustworthy The Bible is The Bible is Helpful, Light in Darkness

41. Now the serpent...said to the woman, “Has God indeed said...” Now the serpent...said to the woman, “Has God indeed said...” Genesis 3:1

42. The Bible is NOT Fables, but Fact The Bible is NOT Crafty but Reality The Bible is All About Jesus! The Bible is Solid, Trustworthy The Bible is Helpful, Light in Darkness The Bible is...

44. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, 2Corinthians 4:2-6

45. But by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 2Corinthians 4:2-6

46. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 2Corinthians 4:2-6

47. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 2Corinthians 4:2-6

48. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2Corinthians 4:2-6