1 Peter 3:15

II Timothy 3 :16-17

The need to answer

The witness of ScriptureThe witness of ContextThe witness of TextsThe burden of proofReason to believe

Terms for discussion

Who Sees Jesus First?: Mark - Jesus appears first to Mary

Magdalena then later to “the eleven” Matthew - Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalena, then to the other Mary, and finally to ”the eleven” Luke - Jesus appears first to “two,” then to Simon, then to “the eleven” John - Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalena, then the disciples without Thomas, then the disciples with Thomas

Women’s Reactions to the Empty Tomb: The gospels agree that the empty tomb was found by women (though not on which women), but what did the women do? Mark 16:8 - The women were amazed and afraid,

so they kept quiet Matthew 28:6-8 - The women ran away “with great joy” Luke 24:9-12 - The women left the tomb and told the disciples John 20:1-2 - Mary told the disciples that the body had been stolen

ALL ANSWERS

2 Timothy 3:16-17      16     All Scripture* is inspired by

God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

 17     so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

NAU

All Scripture Old Testament 1 Tim 5:18 2 Peter 3:14-16

Inspired Theopneustos – breathed of God

Profitable DiReCT

2 Peter 1:20-21 20     But know this first of all,

that no prophecy* of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

21     for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

NAU

Prophecy Does this just refer to prophecy –

foretelling? Context of verses 16-19 What does this do for the veracity of the

Biblical account? Moved

Present passive participle – “constantly being moved along”

Luke 27:15 & 17

Psalm 119:160

John 17:17

We are more advanced in all ways today Literarily Logically Forensically/Ethically – trustworthiness

of report

We can use the logic of today to understand the Biblical text

The Gospel accounts are eyewitness and researched accounts that circulated within the communities in which the original events occurred in the same and adjacent generations during which the events occurred. To imagine that these accounts could circulate freely, without significant challenge is imagination, indeed!

The disciples had no money and no practical gain

The Jewish people had no Messiah

Suffering and persecution

Jewish and Roman government conspiracy

Yet, they grew and flourished

The accounts were spread in copious copies

His word is truth

NT Greek Manuscripts – 5300+ Within 100 years

Homer’s Illiad – less than 650 After 1000 years

Tacticus’ Annuls of Imperial Rome – 1 After 700+ years

Josephus’ The Jewish War – 9 400-1100 years after

No Originals in possession (Picture slideshow)

Copies span several regions, several languages – tremendous agreement

200,000 variants Misspellings – if a word is misspelled and

then appears in 3000 copies, that is considered 3000 variants

Numbers Order Nothing doctrinally crucial

Different families of copies (Alexandrian, Byzantine, Western)

The King James Bible Textus Receptus 1 John 5:8

Those footnotes in your English Bibles A better translation is.. Brackets▪ John 8▪ Mark 16

The point is…

The reality is…

Proofs, archeological evidences, etc.

Church Authority

Experience of self and others

Internal Testimony of the Holy Spirit

Inerrancy Infallibility Inspiration IlluminationPreservation

The idea that Scripture is completely free from error. It is generally agreed by all theologians who use the term that inerrancy at least refers to the trustworthy and authoritative nature of Scripture as God’s Word, which informs humankind of the need for and the way to salvation. Some theologians, however, affirm that the Bible is also completely accurate in whatever it teaches about other subjects, such as science and history.

Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 66.

The characteristic of being incapable of failing to accomplish a predetermined purpose. In Protestant theology infallibility is usually associated with Scripture. The Bible will not fail in its ultimate purpose of revealing God and the way of salvation to humans. In Roman Catholic theology infallibility is also extended to the teaching of the church (“magisterium” or “dogma”) under the authority of the pope as the chief teacher and earthly head of the body of Christ.

Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 66.

A term used by many theologians to designate the work of the Holy Spirit in enabling the human authors of the Bible to record what God desired to have written in the Scriptures. Theories explaining how God “superintended” the process of Scripture formation vary from dictation (the human authors wrote as secretaries, recording word for word what God said) to ecstatic writing (the human authors wrote at the peak of their human creativity). Most evangelical theories of inspiration maintain that the Holy Spirit divinely guided the writing of Scripture, while at the same time allowing elements of the authors’ culture and historical context to come through, at least in matters of style, grammar and choice of words.

Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 66.

The ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian person and community in assisting believers to interpret, understand and obey the Scriptures. Illumination is a matter of faith as well as intellectual assent—the Spirit’s goal in illumination moves beyond mere intellectual assent to propositions of Scripture to the moving of the human will to trust Christ and obey him.

Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 62.

The standard belief that along with God divinely inspiring the text of Scripture, He has been involved in preserving that text for us today.

Challenge for you

1 Peter 3:15