January 19 2014 Six Reasons To Believe The New Testament Is True

Six Reasons To Believe

Why You Can Believe the Bible part 3

THERE ARE FOUR BASIC QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO SAY THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE.

1. Does truth exist?

The Bible can’t be true if truth doesn’t exist or if it’s just relative...

Matthew 7:1 “Judge not lest ye be judged. By the same standard you judge others you’ll be judged by that standard. So before you try to take the speck out of your brother’s eye take the log out of your own eye first. Then you’ll be better able to help your brother.”

cf John 7:24; 1 Corinthians 5:12; 1 John 4:1

2. Does God exist?

The Bible can’t be true if there is no God.

"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." -Robert Jastrow, God And The Astronomers

3. Are miracles possible?

The Bible can’t be true if miracles are not possible.

4. Is the New Testament true

The Top Six Reasons We Know the New Testament Writers told the Truth.

1. Early Testimony.

2. Eyewitness Testimony.

3. Embarrassing Testimony

4. Expected Testimony.

Homework: Read Isaiah 52:13 to the end of Isaiah 53.

5. Extra biblical Testimony.

6. Excruciating Testimony.