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Why Believe the
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2007 by David A. Prentice
Contents: Overheads to be used with Chapter 3 of “Truth in the
Balance,” copyright 2003 by David Prentice, M.Ed., M.A.S.T.
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Continuing to Test the Bible like
Literary Scholars!
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Can We Reach
Back to Remember
Last Week?
REEAACHHH!!!
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Let’s learn how to answer that question!!!
What does the Bible say about
itself?
Does it claim to be:
a) The Word of God
b) Written down by human
authors
c) That all of it is dictated or
inspired of God
d) All of the above
How many parts were written by
God’s actual hand?
Can
you remember
Which 2 parts?
The Ten Commandments
Daniel 5:5 (the handwriting
on the wall)
Are the Historical Circumstances
Verified?
Were
the Bible books
written hundreds of
years later than they
claim to be?
No!!!
Does Archeology Show that the
Bible has all of it’s Details
Correct?
 Critics
used to claim all the kings of
Israel were mythological characters.
Were they right?
 No!
 What has Archaeology found to prove
them wrong?
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Clay Cylinder, Monuments, & Inscriptions
with the kings’ names on them!!! –
Historical Artifacts!!!
All in all, the skeptics are
looking pretty foolish
Let’s Learn to Answer
THE CRITICS
When Someone Claims There
are Errors in the Bible
We Ask . . .
“CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE?”
IF THEY CAN, THEN WE ASK:
“CAN YOU SHOW IT TO ME IN THE BIBLE?”
IF THEY CAN, THEN WE ASK:
“HAVE YOU DONE ANY KIND OF RESEARCH
ON YOUR OWN TO SEE IF IT IS TRUE OR
FALSE?”
ALMOST NEVER CAN THEY ANSWER ALL 3
QUESTIONS AFFIRMATIVELY!
Growing Mythology?!?
DO WE REALLY BELIEVE ALL THOSE
MIRACLES OR WERE THEY JUST . . . ?!?
If Someone Says, “All Those Miracles
Were Added to Your Bible 100’s of Years
After it Was Written!” We Answer:
“ALL THE BOOKS WERE WRITTEN SO SOON
AFTER THE ACTUAL EVENTS, NO ONE
WOULD HAVE ALLOWED MADE UP MIRACLES
TO BECOME INCLUDED.”
“A MADE-UP STORY USUALLY BECOMES
MORE ELABORATE AS TIME GOES ON,
RIGHT? DID YOU KNOW THAT MIRACLES
ARE MENTIONED LESS IN THE LATTER
BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT?”
“DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKEPTICS
AROUND IN THE N.T. TIME NEVER DENIED
THE MIRACLES?
It’s time to Get
Going!
Everybody, get on
the Van!!!
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Next Stop:
Answering People
Who Claim there
are Contradictions
in the Bible!
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ALLEGED
CONTRADICTIONS?!?
How do we answer when
people say that there are
contradictions in the
Bible?!?
Muslims claim that the Bible contains
over 100,000 errors and
contradictions
Dr. Manise Ab Al Nouir has
answered every one of their
objections in his massive Arabic
book Oham Mashboha la Al
Kitah Al Mokadas. (Personal
communication, Dr. Adel
Ramses.)
Many Books Show that there is an
Answer to Every Objection
1) Gleason Archer’s Encyclopedia of
Bible Difficulties (be careful; he did not
believe in a literal 6 day creation)
2)Unger’s Bible dictionary
3) Strong’s concordance also show that
there is an answer to every objection
TWO CREATION
ACCOUNTS IN THE BIBLE?
Two Contradictions Answered, as this
one is based on another
JEPD hypothosis
What is the JEPD Hypothesis?
How Does it Call the Bible a Liar?
JEPD: it’s a hypothesis that claims, 4
different people wrote the first 5 books of
the Bible long after Moses’ death
The BIBLE says that Moses wrote the first 5
books!
Therefore the JEPD calls the Bible a liar and
the first five books unreliable!!!
How Does it Call the Bible a Liar?
Also, every time Josh., Judges,
Kings or Chronicles mention “law of
Moses” or “book of the law” they
would have been speaking of
something not yet written
Therefore, it also calls the these
books fictional!!!
TWO CREATION
ACCOUNTS IN THE BIBLE?
Finally Back to the Main Contradiction
Claim
Genesis 1: Elohim is the Creator
It Tells us What He Did on Which Day
Day 1: light
Day 2: separation of the waters
above from the waters below
Day 3: dry land and vegetation
Day 4: lights placed in the heavens
Day 5: sea creatures and birdsDay
Day 6: land animals and finally
humans.
Genesis 2: Yahweh Elohim is the Creator
It Focuses on the Creation of Man
(v. 5-9): there were not yet shrubs
or plants “of the field” until the
LORD God formed man and planted
a garden in which to place him
(v. 18-22): “[. . . ] the LORD God
formed [animals . . .] and brought
them to Adam to see what he would
call them”
So, Which was it?
Chapter 1: Plants, Animals and
then Man
Chapter 2: Man, Plants and “then”
Animals
The answer: the 2nd chapter isn’t
talking about the creation of plants,
nor is it saying animals were
created after man
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Genesis 1
Plants
God Created Plants
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Animals
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“Then God said, ‘let the
earth bring forth the living
creature’ [. . .] Then God
said, ‘Let Us make man in
Our own image’ [. . .]”
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Genesis 2
Plants
God Planted Plants in the
Garden
Animals
“And the LORD God said,
“It is not good that man
should be alone; I will
make him a helper
comparable to him. Out of
the ground the LORD God
formed every beast of the
field and every bird of the
air, and brought them to
Adam”
Why “And” but not “Then”?
- June
- July,
- August
Describing How You brought them all
Together:
“I built a house and I saw that it
was not good that the driveway was
empty. And I built an automobile
and a motorcycle and I put them in
the driveway.”
You’re not showing that the house
was built last but you are showing
that the other 2 were brought to it
Genesis 2 isn’t Showing a Time
Sequence
It’s just stating that God made man
and animals and brought the
animals to the man
We must refer back to Chapter One
for the time order of events
EVER WONDER WHERE
CAIN GOT HIS WIFE?
Come back next time to find out!