Matthew 4:4 CSB – He answered, Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

Psalm 119:105 CSB – Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.

Luke 11:28 CSB – Jesus said,… blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 CSB – All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

John 8:31,32 CSB – “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Did Jesus Trust the Bible?

Matthew 5:18 CSB – For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

John 10:35 CSB – “the Scripture cannot be broken”

Luke 23:25-27 CSB – And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Luke 11:28 CSB – He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

Matthew 22:37-40 CSB is kind of a big passage for Christianity.

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and most important command. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

  • Jesus believed in Adam and Eve (Matthew 19:4)
  • Jesus believed in Noah (Luke 17:26)
  • Jesus in destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah (Matthew 10:15)
  • Jesus believed in Jonah (Matthew 12:40)

Matthew 12:40 CSB – For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Can We Trust the Bible Historically?

Hebrews 6:18 CSB – “it is impossible for God to lie.”

Proverbs 30:5 CSB – Every word of God is pure;

Romans 1:16-17 CSB – For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith…

Romans 1:18-20 CSB – For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, 19 since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

Psalm 33:4 CSB – For the word of the Lord is right, and all his work is trustworthy.

The Historicity of the Bible

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Joshua 1:8 CSB – This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

John 10:35 CSB – “the Scripture cannot be broken”

Four Reasons We Can Trust the New Testament https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/four-reasons-the-new-testament-gospels-are-reliable/

  1. Early Eyewitness Accounts
  2. The Accounts are Corroborated by “Touch Points”
  3. The Accounts have been Handed Down Faithfully (Chain of Custody)

2 Peter 1:20-21 CSB – Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 CSB – you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.

2 Peter 3:16 CSB – [Paul] He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

  • almost 6,000 copies of all or parts of the NT in Greek, alone
  • 6 Million pages of Biblical text

“The average classical Greek writer has less than 20 copies of his works still in existence. Stack them up, and they’re 4 feet high. If you stack up copies of the New Testament manuscripts, they would be over a mile high.” –Dr. Daniel Wallace, manuscript expert

  1. The Accounts are Unbiased
  • Archeology supports the historical accuracy of the Bible

Sennacherib Prism https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e8/34/12/e83412cef3c442a9a71d171ef8f77b2d.jpg

“House of David” Stone

“It can be categorically stated that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference” – Nelson Glueck

Can We Trust the Bible Scientifically?

Psalm 19:1 CSB – “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

Job 38:4-6 CSB – 
Where were you when I established the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 What supports its foundations?
Or who laid its cornerstone

Psalm 148:5-6 CSB – 
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded, and they were created.
6 He set them in position forever and ever;
he gave an order that will never pass away.

Isaiah 40:22 CSB – God is enthroned above the circle of the earth

Jeremiah 33:22 CSB says Even as the stars of heaven cannot be counted,

Job 26:7 CSB – “He stretches the northern skies over empty space;
he hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 38:16 CSB – Have you traveled to the sources [springs] of the sea

2 Samuel 22:16 CSB – “Then the channels of the sea appeared,

Acts 17:26 CSB – “made of one man [blood] every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth”

Proverbs 30:5 CSB – Every word of God is pure

Psalm 12:6 CSB – The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

Can We Trust the Bible’s Prophesies?

2 Peter 1:20-21 CSB – Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Luke 24:25, 27 CSB – “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

Can We Trust the Bible to Accomplish It’s Purpose?

Hebrews 4:12,13 CSB – For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Isaiah 55:10-11 CSB
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,
11 so my word that comes from my mouth
will not return to me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”