I am a Bible Believer for Good Reasons

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I am a Bible Believer for Good Reasons

• Pastor Allan McCracken
• Romans 116
• www.thebiblestands.net

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• How to respond to the person who says, "I don't
  believe in the Bible."

• Such an objection can be turned into an
  opportunity for the Gospel

• The Bible says ...the gospel is the power of God
  unto salvation

• The word power as used here is the Greek word
  "dun a mis" from which we get our English word
  DYNAMITE!

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• How to respond to the person who says, "I don't
  believe in the Bible."

1. I believe you have a right not to believe in the
   Bible. In fact I would fight for that right.

1. If you dont believe the bible, that means you
   must understand it, so what then do YOU think the
   Bibles main point is?

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• How to respond to the person who says, "I don't
  believe in the Bible."

1. That is exactly what I was afraid of. You have
   rejected the Bible and have done so without
   understanding its main message.

1. Now dont you think the more intelligent thing to
   do would be to let me share with you the Bible's
   main message, how a person can have eternal life?
   Then you can make an educated decision about
   accepting or rejecting it.

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• How does the Bible compare to other ancient works
  of literature?

1. How many manuscript copies do we have of ancient
   literature?

Number of copies for secular ancient writers
Plato Caesar Pliny the Younger Thucydides Herodot
us Demosthenes Aristotle
- 7
- 10
- 7
- 20
- 8
- 200
- 49
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• How does the Bible compare to other ancient works
  of literature?

1. How many manuscript copies do we have of New
   Testament writers alone?

24,633
Secular Ancient Writers Manuscripts Plato -
7 Caesar - 10 Pliny the Younger-7 Thucydides -
20 Herodotus - 8 Demosthenes-200 Aristotle - 49
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• How does the Bible compare to other ancient works
  of literature?

1. What is the time span between the copies and the
   original?

Pliny the Younger (original to closest copy)
Caesar and the Galic Wars Aristotle's Poetics
Euripides Herodotus Plato Homers The
Odyssey
- 750 yrs
- 1000 yrs
- 1400 yrs
- 1500 yrs
- 1300 yrs
- 1300 yrs
- 2200 yrs
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• How does the Bible compare to other ancient works
  of literature?

1. What is the time span between the writing of the
   New Testament and the first complete manuscript
   copies?

300 YEARS MAX
Secular Ancient Writers Manuscripts Time
Spans Pliny the Younger (closest manuscript
copy) - 750 years Caesar and the Galic Wars -
1000 years Aristotle's Poetics - 1400 years
Euripides - 1500 years Herodotus - 1300 years
Plato - 1300 years Homers The Odyssey - 2200
years
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• How does the Bible compare to other ancient works
  of literature?

1. What languages have the New testament manuscripts
   been translated into?

Greek Aramaic Syriac Latin German
French Anglo Saxon English