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Beyond A Reasonable Doubt September 30, 2018 Part 2 – Exhibit A – The Bible continued Vertical Notes Pastor Ken Vance … Luke 19:41-44 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over Exhibit A – The Bible 42 it a nd said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would 43 bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. T he days will come ✓ The Bible is a narrative of God’s plan for upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and 44 encircle you and hem you in on every side. T hey will dash you to the humanity that culminates in _____________. ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one Matthew 5:17 “ Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” coming to you.” John 5:39-40 “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in Why Are The Gospels Reliable? them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about 40 me, y et you refuse to come to me to have life.” ✓ They are ________________. ✓ The Bible exists because of ________________. ✓ They are ________________. ✓ The New Testament was written because of an ✓ They are ________________. ______________. ✓ They are ________________. New Testament Documents ✓ The Gospels were copied because the followers ✓ Gospel eyewitness accounts are ____________. believed they were __________. Luke 3:1-2 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of 2 Abilene— d uring the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. All scripture is from the New International Version unless otherwise noted. Messages and handouts are available at www.verticalct.com .

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