What Think Ye of Christ, Whose Son Is He
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KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE Chapter 1: What Think Ye of Christ, Whose Son is He George Washington once said, “That a Bible reading people could never be enslaved.” Yet, today people are not sure if we even have a Bible. If so, can it be believed or is it just mythical? It is reasonable to believe that if God created a creature who uses words (write and speaks them) that God could give them a book from him. The Bible is the sole authority for faith and practice. It is our only source of all we know about salvation, and the only source of doctrine. What keeps man from reading the Bible with a believing attitude? Pride of Life. 1. Man is proud of himself and self accomplishments 2. When man is not pleased with himself, or his future, he may turn then. 3. God uses loneliness, family problems, illness, destroyed dreams, even death to move man to his Word. When one questions the infallibility of the scriptures, the old testament, who wrote it, is it real, is it just mythical, the real question is “who is Jesus.” Matthew 22:41-46 Whose son is he? 1. How can Christ be David’s son if David called him Lord? Everyone must answer that question. Heb. 1: 5, 8 Thou art my son Matt. 3:13-17 This is my beloved son. 1. The baptism of Christ John 1:1, 2, 14 In the beginning was the Word 1. Christ is God, Christ was with God, is God, was made flesh Gen. 1:26, 27 Let us 1. Who is us? 2. What or who is man? After what image is man? Matt. 1:18-25 Birth of Christ Luke 2:8-14 Born a Saviour 1 2010 (MD) Who is Jesus? Ps. 12:6-7 The words of the Lord Whose words are we going to be talking about? The new believer has no problem believing that God gave man a book that comes from God. 1. But, then he becomes educated and his faith in the Bible, his faith in God becomes weakened. 2. The less influence it has on him. 3. The more he thinks there is error, the more he disobeys it. Chapter 2: The Word of God its Purity, Preservation, Publication Ps. 12.6,7 Tells us two things 1. V.6, it’s purity 2. V.7, it’s preservation (keep from spoiling, protected, saved) We believe the King James Version is the preserved Word of God. 1. If it is perfect, (not King James, the scriptures), how can there be contradiction? 2. There are apparent contradictions in the Bible, but in reality, there are none. 3. One must approach these apparent contradictions with strong, steadfast, Bible-believing faith that there is an answer. (usually involving numbers) How can we know the Bible is really the Word of God? 1. The Bible declares that is the Word of God, or thus saith the Lord. No other book says this unless it is quoting the Bible. 2. “Thus saith the Lord” is used 2,000 times. II Peter 1:19-21 No private interpretation 1. God spoke his word—man did not 2. Not by man’s will Heb. 1:1 God who at sundry (various) times 1. God spoke to man; shared his thoughts, desires, will to man II Tim. 3:16, 17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God 1. God inspired the scriptures. They are the word of God. 2. There is nothing else man needs to understand the will of God, the doctrine of God. 2 2010 (MD) Jer. 1:8-10 The words that Jeremiah was preaching were God’s words. 1. Jeremiah didn’t share his thoughts, but God’s. 2. Verse 10—the reason for the word. Jer. 36:1-4 Take the a role of a book 1. The word of God was shared, not man’s II Sam. 23:1-2 Spirit of the Lord spake I Sam. 59:21 My words, which I put in thee How can we know the Bible is the Word of God? It’s protection: Matt. 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass…my words shall not 1. The earth and heaven will be gone one day, but not the Words of God. The Bible is the most beloved book in the world. It’s also the most hated. Enemies have done everything they could to get rid of it 1. The conflict over different Bible versions is just another Satanic trick. 2. If he can’t burn it or destroy it, then he will counterfeit it. 3. He attempts to steal its influence (power) by watering it down. 4. It hasn’t been the common man that has attempted to destroy it, but the kings, those with power, money, those with a sword. Jer. 36:1-4 God commanded his word written down Jer. 36:21-23 The king destroys the Book of Jeremiah 1. He cut out what he did not like and destroyed it. 2. Do people still cut out what they don’t like? Jer. 36:32 God commanded Jeremiah to write 1. The fall of Jerusalem was predicted in those pages. He thought if they were cut out, it wouldn’t happen. 2. We think if we don’t listen then it will not happen. 3 2010 (MD) The Roman Emperor Diocletian ordered all Bibles to be brought to him to be burned. He thought he had destroyed Christianity from spreading. After his death came Constantine, who was a deceiver. To the persecuted Christian, he seemed like an answered prayer. Laws were passed that stopped the burning at the stakes, people being thrown to lions, and people thought they would have their freedom. However, these laws brought about unity of Christianity and paganism, out of which came Catholicism. Diocletian thought all Bibles had been destroyed. Yet when Constantine came to the throne, he asked if there were any Bibles. In a short time, fifty copies were brought to him. This type of story repeats itself over and over throughout our history. God is the protector of his word. Matt. 24:35 Heaven and Earth shall pass Matt. 5:18 Till Heaven and Earth shall pass Even if man could get rid of his word on Earth, God has a copy in Heaven. Ps. 119:89 Settled in Heaven Satan attempts today to destroy God’s Word from the inside. Some people are truly seeking his word and it is being replaced with a false version. Chapter 3: How can we know the Bible is the Word of God? 1. The Bible is perfect: 66 books written over a period of 1,500 years; over 40 different writers, and yet each book perfectly harmonizes with each other. 2. Many of those writers did not know one another, yet only god can make that happen. 3. The theme is consistent throughout. The inspiration of God can be clearly seen. Before Columbus proved the Earth was round, the scriptures stated it. Is. 40:22 Sitteth upon the circle of the earth 1. Columbus believed it to be round because of the scriptures. True science does not contradict scripture. Lev. 17:11 Life of the flesh is in the blood. Job 26:7 He stretched out the north. Hangeth Earth… 1. We know truly since man has gone into space that the earth hangs on nothing. 4 2010 (MD) I Cor. 15:39 All flesh is not the same 1. The Bible declared not all flesh the same. 2. Medical science used to laugh at that and declared all flesh the same and all blood is the same. 3. It took until the 1930s before scientists discovered that flesh is not the same. Ps. 19:1 The Heavens declare the glory of God. 1. The same mark of God that is seen in creation is also seen in his word. In the realm of insects (entomology), there are certain scientific facts concerning how many eggs a particular insect lays, how many hatch, and the gestation period for these eggs. What is interesting is that various numbers are evenly divisible by seven—the mark of God’s handiwork. No two snowflakes, no two leaves, no two raindrops are identical. This is another mark of God’s creation. If the scriptures are perfect, it must have the same mathematical perfection that the leaves on trees, raindrops, etc. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew. The New Testament was written in Greek. There is a mathematical structure that runs through the scriptures. It is a uniform design that goes from Genesis to Revelation. In the first chapter of Matthew the genealogy in the original language, the number of words in the vocabulary of the genealogy can be evenly divided by seven. The number seven is God’s number of completion. The number of words beginning with a vowel can also be divided by seven. The words divided by a consonant are also divided by seven. The number of letters in the vocabulary of the genealogy is also divided by seven. Is this all just coincidence? The same structure is seen throughout the scriptures: 1. The number of words that occurred more than once 2. Number that occurred in only one form. 3. Number of words that occurred in more than one form. 4. Numbers of words that begin with each letter of the letters of the alphabet. 5. Number o f nouns. 6. Number of female nouns all divisible by seven. 7.