BIBLE DOCTRINE I
"Bibliology"
Memory Verses
2 Tim. 3:16,17
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Psa. 138: 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psa. 12:6,7 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Isa. 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
II Peter 1:21 "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
I Thessalonians 2:13 "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."
Introduction
Bibliology - Biblos- Means Book
Do we have The Bible? "The Word of God"
Scripture Book God Uses The Scripture
General Information
According to most sources that I've seen, the Bible has 66 Books, 1,189 chapters, 31,102 verses, 773,693 words, and 3,566,480 letters.
It's longest chapter is Psalm 119, which consists of 176 verses. The number "176" just happens to be 16x11. Our KJV was first published in the year 1611. An accident I guess.
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter.
Esther 8:9 is the longest verse, while John 11:35 is the shortest.
The middle verse is Psalm 118:8, and "the LORD" are the two middle words in that verse. Another accident.
The Bible was the first Book ever printed on a press. The first one was printed on the Gutenberg press in the 1450's. The first American printing was in an Indian language in 1663.
Moses to John - 34-40 Writers - 1600 Years
Moses to Birth of Jesus Christ - 1500 Years
B.C. = Before Christ
A.D. = "Anno-Domini" = Latin word that means “In the Year of Our Lord”
----After The Birth
I. INTRODUCTION IN RELIGION - "AUTHORITY"
A. Basis of Authority of The Bible--Matt 5:18 , Matt 7:29 , Matt 24:35
1. Humanism Humanism is an active ethical, and philosophical approach to life, focusing on human solutions to
2. Atheist - "No God"
3. Agnostic - Says, "We can not know anything for sure."
4. Liberal - Ethical Code - Believes in Himself--
5. Roman Catholic System- The Pope is the Final Authority.
6. The Christian
Only One Authority - The Bible - The Word of God
B. Definitions
1. Biblos - Bible - John 20:30 Heb. 10:7
Book Scripture The Word of God The King James
2. Revelation - Content - Gal. 1:12
a. Two Types
(1) General
(2) Special
3. Inspiration - Recording
II Tim 3:16 John 10:2-5 Ex 5:2
Matt 4 John 9:31 Gen 4:9
a. Natural Inspiration - Unbelieving View - Like other writer
b. Illumination View Only the part that is Illuminated is Inspired.
c. Neo-Orthodox - Partial - Concept
d. Dictation View
e. Partial View - Luke Wrote Acts
f- Concept View - Thought is Revealed
4. Verbal-Plenary Inspiration Every Word - Whole - Full - Complete - Entire
"Verbal Plenary Inspiration" means "God the Holy Spirit so supernaturally directed the human writers of Scripture that, without waiving their intelligence, their individuality, their personal feelings, their literary style, or any other human factor of expression, His Complete and Coherent Message to mankind was recorded with perfect accuracy in the original languages of Scripture: the very words bearing the Authority of Divine Authorship."
II Tim 3:16 II Pt 1:21
a. All Scripture is God Breathed - II Tim 3:16
b. Men Who Wrote Scripture Moved by the Holy Spirit - II Peter 1:21
c. The Personality of the Men Came Through - Style
d. The Bible Claims for Itself - Matt 5:18 Gal 3:16
e. Give It All - Acts 20:28
f- Used Men and Men's Ways - Luke 1:1-4
5. Canon Rule - "Canonical" - 66 Books - The word "canon" comes from the rule of law that was used to determine if a book measured up to a standard.
Definition in Bibliology:
"Books that are Authentic and have Authority."
"Apocrypha"
I Thess 2:13- Bible tells how it got here.
C. Preservation - Psalm 12:6-7
God did not run off and leave this to man!
There are 2 lines of manuscripts.
1. Codex - "Book" - Vaticanus - "B"
Uncial - All Capitals Ex. GODISLOVE
They say 4th "Middle" Century - About 350 A.D.
Traced back to the Vatican Library at Rome -1475 A.D.
There are other extant Greek texts which are referred to as the 'Minority Texts' simply because they represent only about 5% of existing manuscripts. The 'Minority Texts' are also known as the Alexandrian Texts because they were produced in Alexandria in Egypt.
The Minority Texts were rejected by the early Christians and also by all the Protestant Reformers of the 16th and 17th centuries. Why did the early Christians and the Protestant Reformers reject the Minority Texts?
The answer is:
The Minority Texts were the work of unbelieving Egyptian scribes who did not accept the Bible as the Word of God or JESUS as the SON of GOD!
2. Other Manuscripts are Codex
Sinaiticus "Aleth" - Also Uncial
They say last half of 4th Century this one discovered by Tischendorf -1859
R.V. 1881 - A.S.V. 1901 - R.S.V. 1946 - N.E.V. 1961
3. Textus Receptus - Received Text or The Majority Text
Christian Majority Text - 95% of All Known Manuscripts
a. Seven Steps
(1) Revelation
(2) Inspiration
(3) Canonical
(4) Preservation
(5) Transmission
(6) Translation
(7) Illumination
b. Five Steps in Reversing God's Word - Genesis 3
(1) Vsl Questions what God Said. "Yea, hath God said...?
(2) Vs2 Subtracts from what God said. Left out "freely" (2:16)
(3) Vs3 Adds to what God said.
"neither shall ye touch it" (See 2:17)
(4) Vs3 Changes what God said."lest ye die" (See 2:3) "thou shalt surely"
(5) Vs4 Denial of what God said. "Ye shall not surely die" (See 2:17) "thou shalt surely die"
Luke 8:12 "Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, andtaketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. "
4. The Lord Jesus Christ and Scripture
The Lord Jesus Christ NEVER questions the Authority of the Old Testament available to Him in that Day.
a. Past. Present. Future - Matt 5:18
b. Old Testament Verb Tense - Matt 22:32. 41-46
5. Paul NEVER questions the Old Testament
a. Galatians 3:16
b. Romans 9:17 Ex 9:16 Gal 3:8
II. SUMMARY
A. Language Study is Good.
B. Teach The King James Bible
All is Given by Inspiration - II Tim 3:15-16
C. The Bible is Not Just A Book
D. Naturalistic Unbelievers - Worldly, Carnal, Earthy
E. Bible Believing
F. Problems Raised
1. Archaic Words