PP..27-33 of "THE BIBLE SPEAKS" book printed and copyrighted in 1949
1. What claim does the Psalmist make for the Scriptures?{all verses from the KJV}
Psalms 119:160 "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."
Note: Many [(JB) especially the so-called highly educated ones}dispute this statement, declaring that they have discovered many historical facts, and geographical, chronological and scientific "Mistakes", in the scriptures. They contend that if the Bible is not accurate in details which can be tested by outside evidence it cannot be "Infallible" in its spiritual teaching..
NOTE (JB) Proverbs 14:12 "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." Please know that for much of the 20th Century, the educated elites, used the Hittites, King David and many other Bible figures and locations , that archaeology had not yet found , as their reasoning for rejecting the whole bible! However is that not akin to denying the very existence of Mars because we know not all there to know about it?
All this proves is that Satan, is very adept to deceive men unto making huge mountains out of mole-hills! Especially of things that have nothing to do with our Salvation! Which is Satan's goal, after all, he ain't heaven bound, and wants all to join him in the Lake of fire of Revelation's ending chapters!
2) How important is it that we be certain as to the basis of our faith?
Psalms 11:2-3 "For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
NOTE (JB) If the educated by men, draw YOU away from God's truth, what is left of your foundation of truth? The truth shall set you free, remember? John 8:31-32 " Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
3. So, why should a Christ man or woman know and understand the teachings of the Bible? {most study it not!]
1 Peter 3:15-16 " But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse "
4) To what does the Bible direct us to turn for evidence supporting the truth of God's love and power?
Job 12:7-8 " But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee"
NOTE (JB) In short, look to nature's interactions and interdependence, and see all the harmony.There are many plants, upon whom they fully rely upon a specific insect or bird, to fertilize it's seeds for the next generation, meaning that both had to be created, at the same time, for each other's continuity! Evolution cannot cover that picture, ever!
5) How do the Heavens witness to the Bible's revelation of God and of His power?
Psalms 19:1 <
NOTE(JB) How can anyone look up at the night sky, and think that all that order we can see, simply came from the "BIG-BANG's cataclysmic explosion? If this can be so, why have YOU, dear reader, not tossed a bundle of dynamite into a junk yard, in the hopes of it producing for you a brand new Cadillac? As one makes as much reason, as the other, right? I call this idea, "Organized Confusion!"
Sir James H. Jeans "EOS" p. 53. " Everything points with overwhelming force to a definite event, or series of events, of Creation at some time or times, not infinitely remote. The universe cannot have originated by mere chance out of its present ingredients, and neither can it have been always the same as now".
6) What witness do all created things give to their Maker and to the truth of the Bible record?
Romans 1:19-20 " Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:"
NOTE(JB): To all those who think that they know more than God or that which is within His word, the Holy Bible-----
Romans 1:21-22 "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
NOTE(JB) God exists above and beyond both time and human science, after all I ask YOU. . . .who but God created the natural Laws men have found? The laws of gravity, speed of light, laws of motions, all had to be in-place and enforced by a POWER, to sustain all the planetary movements we can see and witness to! After all, "all movements will over time come to a stop, due to gravity, all heavenly bodies should by human thinking, of 15 billions of years of age, have come together into one huge conglomeration, YET have done so!
Sir John Herschal quoted by Howard A. Johnston in "Bible Criticism" and the Average Man" P.26: "All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths contained in the sacred Scriptures."
Lords Calvin, quoted by Bernard Heywood's "This is our Faith" P.36. "Science is compelled to accept the idea of creative power".
Louis J.R. Agassiz, "Methods of Study in Natural History" 19th Ed., P. 14. "In our study of natural objects we are approaching the thoughts of the Creator, reading His conceptions, interpenetrating a system that is His and not ours."
NOTE(JB) Not all intellectuals are lost within themselves!
7) Mention some striking facts of the natural world which were actually anticipated in the Bible long before they were discovered by human science
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A) Job 26:7 " He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing."
Note: Earth's suspension in space came by Copernicus in 1543, it was not until the late 1920's that science found the expanding universe, yet Job wrote of both yet he lived in Median, the same place Moses lived, for 40 years, Job lived there during 1485 to 1445 B.C. SO UNLESS you have a time machine, how did Job know this unless told by The Creator God?
B). Job 28:24-25 " For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure."
Note: Galileo (1564-1642) was the first known to affirm that air had weight, when was human mathematics able to be used to estimate the the weight of earth's water? Only after satellite photographs was science able to calculate all earth's water quantity thus weight!
C). Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Note: Only in recent years has it been realized how important are the proportions and balance of the land masses and oceans on the earth's surface!
D) Hebrews 1:10-12 " And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They [ heaven and earth] shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."
Note: Not until the 20th Century [1900's] was the progressive aging and disintegration of matter by radioactivity discovered. nature is going down, [it's life-time as is ours, is limited b y God and sin] "The downward journey is easy, while the upward is either hard or impossible." Sir James H. Jeans, "The Universe Around Us." p. 306.
E) Leviticus 17:14 "For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off."
Note: The circulation and function of the blood was discovered by William Harvey in 1615. Yet Moses, wrote of it back in His day sometime,1400 years,before Christ!
NOTE(JB): Of the 1800 specific Prophecies in the Bible, more than 90% have come to pass and on time, so what thinking human being will know or think, that the last 10 % will not happen, and those that point to the the Times of the end? Please THINK! SELAH! In His Word are facts that deny both Atheism and pantheism alike! Yet one must study it, not just read it!
8). How have men spoken "to the earth", and what has it taught them?
Buried civilizations of past years have yielded their treasures to the spade of archaeologist, who have proven Davids existence and have found the Hittite empire! All of which the SCRIPTURE LAWYERS denied less than 100 years ago!
9). What are some striking examples of Bible facts once denied by the critics, but which have bee n completely confirmed by modern archaeological finds?
a) They declared that Abraham was a half-savage nomad quite incapable of the activities credited to him in the Biblical record. But in recent years it has been proved by Professor Leonard Wolley that a high state of civilization existed in the Near east long before the days of Abraham. This in his book UR OF THE CHALDEES [p123] and Charles Marston's "NEW BIBLE EVIDENCE,pp.88-123.
b) "They ridiculed the account of the capture of Jericho by Joshua until Professor J. Garstang of Liverpool University excavated the site and declared: "Set side by side with the Biblical narrative, the material evidence is seen to bear out in every essential detail the record of the capture and destruction of Jericho by the Israelites under Joshua". Quoted by D.E. Hart-Davis in "Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute: Vol. 67, p. 84.
c) They once denied the existence of the Hittites. But Professor A.H. Sayce of Cambridge proved the existence and extent of the Hittite Empire by excavating thousands of remains all over Asia Minor {Present Turkey} A.H. Sayce ""Monument Facts and Higher Critical Fallacies" and Sir Frederic Kenyon"s "The Bible and Archaeology" PP. 81-96.
d) They even denied that there ever was a king of Babylon called Belshazzar. Today more than five hundred fired clay tablets mentioning his name are known Read: "Nabonidus and Belshazzar" by R.P. Dougherty.
e) They even asserted that the Book of Acts was entirely untrustworthy in its history and geography. Sir William M. Ramsay, however, after years of travel in Asia Minor, conclusively declared: "You may press the words of Luke in a degree far beyond any other historians, and they stand the keenest scrutiny and the hardest treatment." "The New Testament in Light of Modern Research, P.166 Plus A.T. Robertson's "Luke the Historian".
NOTE(JB) In place of three quarters of a page of fine print allow me to state one obvious fact: "Just because some thing or some place mentioned, has not yet been found by Archaeology, does NOT mean it never existed! It ONLY means it has not yet been found!
10) In what Biblical terms may we therefore express our confidence in the trustworthiness and accuracy of the Scriptures?
Psalms 119:140 "Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it."
2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
NOTE: Inspiration Greek is- theopneustos meaning Divinely breathed now look where else this very same, action is used
Genesis 2:7 "And the LORD
> God <'elohiym> formed <yatsar> man <'adam> of the dust <`aphar> of
BREATHED: in the Hebrew is Naphach to Blow, to breathe!Perhaps you'll note that a human's soul is NOT an add-on feature, but that all life that breathes and moves is a living soul, even a snail!
NOTE(JB) Today, there are few people, who having gone through schools, that know not about the ancient civilizations that were of old, What may be a surprise to many, is that men have not yet found anything within the Science of Archaeology, that DISPROVES anything within the Holy Bible, which is after the word of God Himself!
NEXT: "WHY WE NEED THE BIBLE".
Thanking YOU dear reader for your time, may this bring the Blessings of knowledge of God to YOU!
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