Essentials: 10 Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible

Notes: Essentials: 10 Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible

JEFF LASSEIGNE

Pastor Jeff will be covering the topic of Essentials and explaining "Why We Can Trust The Bible.”

June 26, 2014

Pastor Jeff says we are talking about the subject of trust. Why can we trust the bible?

The average American home has 4 Bibles in them. Just 13% of the people polled said they read their Bible daily.

The Bible is intended to be our daily bread, not an occasional cookie.

50% of Christians do not believe that the Bible is completely accurate.

If we don’t believe the Bible is completely accurate then how can we trust it at all.

The word inerrancy means “freedom from error and untruths.”

Pastor Jeff wants to give us 10 reasons of why we can trust the Bible.

1. Self-Claims
1. 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
2. Proverbs 30:5 (NIV) “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
3. To reject the truth of Scripture is to reject God Himself.
2. Manuscripts
1. We do not possess any of the originals. We do have many hand written copies.
1. Scrolls and parchment weren’t made to last.
2. There are more than 24,000 copies or pieces of copies of manuscripts
3. There is far more manuscripts about the Bible than anything else.
4. The Dead Sea Scrolls were 1900 years old. No contradictions were found in those scrolls.
3. Fulfilled Prophecy
1. 27% of the Bible is prophecy!
1. Prophecy is history written in advance.
1. About 1000 prophetic passages in the Bible, about 500 have already been fulfilled.
2. Fulfilled prophecy is one of the strongest reasons why we can trust the Bible!
4. The Resurrection
1. The Old Testament spoke of it several times.
1. 1 Corinthians 15:6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 
5. Archaeology
1. A famous archaeologist that was not a Christian stated, It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever contradicted a biblical reference. 
2. Psalm 119:89 Your word, Lord, is eternal it stands firm in the heavens.
6. Israel
1. From the days of Pharaoh to the days of Hitler, the people of Israel have been persecuted and killed for the past 4500 years.
1. They have miraculously survived.
2. The fact they are back in their lands in the last days is a super sign.
7. The Indestructible Book
1. For centuries people have tried to destroy and discredit the word of the Bible.
8. Unity
1. The Bible was written over a period of over 1500 years. 
2. People from different continents
3. Written in 3 different languages.
9. The Message of the Bible
1. Basically the message is Grace
1. The remedy of all of our faults is God
10. Changed Lives
1. We are proof that the Bible is true.
1. It has changed our lives and all of us over the centuries is proof.

People have died for their faith all the way since the beginning.