08/03/2015. Why it is good to get to. know the Bible. The Bible in English has been here for 400+ years. Its content has been complete for 1900 years

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1 Why it is good to get to know the Bible The Bible in English has been here for 400+ years Its content has been complete for 1900 years 1

2 Two main themes Understanding what is happening in the world Helping to make choices Jewish Supermarket in Paris January

3 Around 1900 BC And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. (Genesis 21:8-10 ESV) Abraham s wife had given birth to Isaac Hagar had born Ishamael as surrogate mother Ishmael was 14 II Peter For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honour and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased, we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (II Peter 1:16-21 ESV) 3

4 But now thus says the LORD, Bring out the people who are blind, yet have he who created you, O Jacob, eyes, he who formed you, O Israel: who are deaf, yet have ears! Fear not, for I have redeemed you; All the nations gather together, I have called you by name, you are mine. and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? (Isaiah 43:1 ESV) Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true. You are my witnesses, declares the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. (Isaiah 43:8-10 ESV) Jeremiah speaks of regathering Jeremiah 31 vv 7-14 v8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here. vv Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock. For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him. 4

5 Deuteronomy 28 v 37 And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away. Anti-Semitism then as now 5

6 It is the Bible that puts this history in context Two main themes Understanding what is happening in the world Helping to make choices 6

7 How to choose which religion to follow? A religion invented in the 19th century 7

8 A 21st century approach II Peter 2 on falsehood vv 1-3 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you vv

9 II Peter 3 - warnings vv 1-4 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation. vv15-16 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. II Peter 3 - Challenge Since all these things [of the world] are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (II Peter 3:11-13 ESV) 9

10 The effect of events in Paris 10

11 Psalm 119 vv

God s Word. 2 Peter 1:16-21

God s Word. 2 Peter 1:16-21 God s Word 2 Peter 1:-21 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received