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BIBLICAL The Bible: Is It Reliable?
COUNSELING
LIBRARY QUICK REFERENCE COUNSELING KEYS Excerpt
Def initive Information . . .
Think about it . . . radio, television, print, and

Q: Why should I trust the Bible?
Three important words dene Scripture: Inspired. . . .
computers invade our homes with instant worldwide Infallible. . . . Inerrant.
information. News anchors and analyzers give editorial
1. God Himself has authored the text through
opinions about what it all means, yet how much of what human hands.
you receive can you believe with absolute certainty? Precious
little. We often receive denitive information . . . only to
2. He has achieved the precise message He intended.
hear newer news making the older obsolete. 3. The Bible will never mislead or deceive
it is without mistake. Ultimately, because
Yet as Christians, we have a permanent source of Gods Word is God breathed, it is totally
accurate information without fear of being blown to and fro trustworthy.
by the changing winds of time. Our timeless rock on which As a source of information that cannot become
our hope is built is the Bible. obsolete, the Bible is all we need for wisdom and truth.
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
Think about the generations of people who not only
it shall not return to me empty, but it shall believed Gods Word, but also built their lives on its
accomplish that which I purpose, and shall principles. Thank God for every courageous leader
succeed in the thing for which I sent it. whose character was built on a foundation that can
(Isaiah 55:11)
never crack!
The one who looks into the perfect law,
the law of liberty, and perseveres,
The Bible is the one supreme source
being no hearer who forgets but a doer
of the revelation of the meaning of life.
who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
Woodrow Wilson, (James 1:25)
28t h President of t he United States
The Bible: Is It Reliable? 1 2007-2009 Hope For The Heart

Surface Causes of Unbelief Reality of Prophecy
Ignorance without knowledge of Scripture t Israel would spend 400 years in Egypt fullled in
18001400 BC
Jesus answered them, You are wrong, (Genesis 15:13)
because you know neither the Scriptures
nor the power of God. t Israel would spend 70 years in Babylon fullled in
(Matthew 22:29) 605536 BC
(Jeremiah 25:11)
Insolence intellectual pride t Israel would be scattered among the nations of the
world fullled in 722 BC and 605586 BC
If you believed Moses, you would believe me;
(Deuteronomy 28:37)
for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe
his writings, how will you believe my words? t Israel would reject her Messiah
(John 5:4647) (John 7:48)
t Destruction of Jericho and its rebuilding fullled in
Impurity loving sin and living in it 930 BC
(Joshua chapter 6)
This is the judgment: the light has come
into the world, and people loved the darkness t Destruction of the wicked city of Nineveh fullled
rather than the light because their deeds in 612 BC
were evil. For everyone who does wicked things (Book of Nahum)
hates the light and does not come to the light,
lest his deeds should be exposed. t Destruction of the great empire of Babylon fullled
(John 3:1920) in 539 BC
(Isaiah 13:1719)
Indierence no fear of God t Destruction of the city of Tyre fullled in 332 BC
(Ezekiel 26:34)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning t Destruction of the Persian Empire fullled in 331 BC
of knowledge; fools despise wisdom (Daniel 8:18)
and instruction.
(Proverbs 1:7) t Destruction of the Greek Empire fullled in 301 BC
(Daniel 7:6)
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t Destruction of Jerusalem fullled in AD 70
(Luke 19:4144)
Key Verse to Memorize

All Scripture is breathed out by God
and protable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, and for training in righteousness.
(2 Timothy 3:16)
Key Passage to Read and Reread

2 Peter 1:1621

Dead Sea Scrolls Textual Preservation and Unity
The most important archaeological discovery to date The text has been miraculously preserved with care and
accuracy.
t Found in 1947 in Palestine t approximately 6,000 manuscripts of the Greek New
Testament
t Found by a young Bedouin boy looking for a stray The amazing circulation of the Bible has virtually
goat penetrated the entire world (more copies than any other
ancient or contemporary literature).3
t Contains 157 parallel biblical texts, reconrming The Bible has supernatural indestructibility in spite of . . .
the accuracy of Scriptures1 t political persecution . . . Roman emperors
t philosophical persecution . . . Stalin and communism
t Reveals information about . . . The Bible has unbelievable unity of thought and detail in
spite of . . . 4
Palestinian Judaism in rst centuries BC and AD t the long period of time (1600 years) involved in the
Copying and transmission of texts of the Old writing
Testament t the 40 dierent human authors
t the three dierent languages
Background of the New Testament2 t the three dierent continents
t the 10 dierent styles of writing
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield
As it is written, What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the
to those who take refuge in him.
heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who
(Proverbs 30:5) love himthese things God has revealed to us through the Spir-
it. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
(1 Corinthians 2:910)
Hope
Ho pe FoFor The Hearts Biblical Counseling
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The Bible: Is It Reliable?:
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t The Holy Spirit: www.HopeForTheHeart.org Truth on Trial.
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t Spiritual Warfare: call 1-800-488-HOPE (4673) or visit
Strategy for the Battle www.hopefortheheart.org.
For prayer encouragement and biblical counsel
call 1-866-570-HOPE (4673).
1. See Erwin W. Lutzer, Seven Reasons Why You Can Trust the Bible
(Chicago: Moody, 1998), 8084; Cliord A. Wilson, Rocks, Relics
and Biblical Reliability, Christian Free University Curriculum (Grand
Rapids: Zondervan and Probe Ministries, 1977), 10310, and R. Laird
Harris, How Reliable Is the Old Testament Text? in Can I Trust the
Bible? ed. Howard F. Vos (Chicago: Moody, 1963), 12226.
2. Robert H. Mounce, Is the New Testament Historically Accurate?
in Can I Trust the Bible? ed. Howard F. Vos (Chicago: Moody, 1963), Together . . . Changing Mind s .
18890.
3. See Henry M. Morris, Science and the Bible, rev. and updated ed. Changing Hearts . Changing Lives .
(Chicago: Moody, 1986), 11415. P.O. Box 7, Dallas, T X 75221
4. Can I Really Trust the Bible? Critical Questions (Grand Rapids: Radio
Bible Class, 1986), 13.
Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of
Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Def initive Information . . .

Think about it . . . radio, television, print, and

The Bible: Is It Reliable? 1 2007-2009 Hope For The Heart

Key Verse to Memorize

Key Passage to Read and Reread

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