This is my BibleIt is God speaking to meI am who it says I amI can do what it says I can doI can have what it says I can haveSo I open my heart todayto hear God speak a wordthat would change my lifeforever

THE BIBLE AND MISSIONSII Timothy 3:16-17

1. ITS UNIQUE ORIGIN

A. It is INSPIRED

66 books, written at various times 40 different authors, of various occupations

from 13 different countries, over a period of 1500 years….

all of Scripture, not partial

(Geisler/Nix) "… inspiration is the process by which Spirit-moved writers recorded God-breathed writings."

“God-breathed”

Canonization is the process by which the community of God's

people accept certain Scriptures as

divinely inspired and authoritative.

B. It was CANONIZED

2. ITS MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION

The more it is attacked, the more it spread.

Voltaire: “In 100 years, the Bible will be a forgotten book..”

Ingersoll: “In 15 years, the Bible will be in the morgue…...”

3. ITS SPECTACULAR CIRCULATION

Two of the reformers….Wycliffe and Tyndale

THE TRANSLATIONS

CONCLUSION

Watch:

REFLECTION:1) Do you have your own Bible? How do you value it?2) Explain to someone why the Bible is still the bestseller of

all books?3) Are you challenged to read God’s message in the Bible?

ACTION:4) Buy your own Bible, if you do not have one yet.5) Give a gift of Bible to another.6) Start to read your Bible systematically.