How We Got the Bible, Part One – Ancient Writing, Part 1

How We Got the Bible
Part 1 – Ancient Writing
Can I trust my Bible?
How did the Bible originate?
How did the Bible take its current form?
What is meant by “inspiration” of the Bible?
Are there books missing from our Bibles?
Who decided which books would be in the Bible?
God’s Role in the Bible
1 Peter 1:24-25 "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. 25 But the word of the LORD endures forever.“
Philippians 1:17 knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
A World without the Bible?
There was no Bible for more than 2500 years of human history
The Bible Forbidden
Council of Toulouse in AD 1229
– 45 canons for the extinction of heresy
– 14th canon forbade Scriptures to laity, or translation into the common tongue.
The Word “Bible”
English “Bible”—Latin “Biblia”—Greek “Biblos”
Originally the outer coat of a papyrus reed in the 11th century B.C.
Christians used the word in the 2nd century A.D. – the “Book”
God Spoke by Revelation
Hebrews 1:1-2 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
Revelation through Nature
Psalms 19:1-2 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
Scripture is God’s Breath
“…All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:15-17).
Words taught by the Spirit
Holy Men Moved by the Holy Spirit
First Writing by Moses
Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses,"Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
God’s Own Writing
Exodus 32:16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.
Moses told to write words
Exodus 34:27 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
Moses told to write words
Numbers 33:2 Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the LORD. And these are their journeys according to their starting points:
Moses told to write words
Deuteronomy 31:9, 24 So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel…. 31 So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished,
Moses told to write words
Joshua 8:31 as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses:"an altar of whole stones over which no man has wielded an iron tool." And they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
Moses told to write words
Joshua 24:26 Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Moses told to write words
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel explained to the people the behavior of royalty, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Moses told to write words
Isaiah 30:8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
Moses told to write words
Jeremiah 36:2 "Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day.
How We Got the Bible
Part 1 – Ancient Writing