Does the Bible have authority

Does the Bible have authority

Authority

Definition: influence or command

Question Authority

• "it is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."

• Benjamin Franklin

• Beneficial or not?

  
  

• Modern idea - "No one has the right to tell me what to do."

Christians

• Confess Jesus is Lord

• Proclaim one's submission to the authority of Jesus

• Obey - Grk: to hear under; place oneself under authority.

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Romans 14:10-12

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?[a] And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

Philippians 2:9-11

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Multiple Choice

Definition of authority

• Influence

• Subjective

• Objective

• Focus

Multiple Choice

The Bible has what kind of evidence that claims its authority

• Subjective

• Relative

• Internal

• Obulation

Multiple Choice

The Writers of the Bible didn't claim they were writing down God's words.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

We are supposed to love God with only our hearts.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It is reasonable to believe the Bible has authority over our lives.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In the New Testament, the word for obey means in the Greek?

• Slavery

• To be smooshed

• To place oneself under authority

• To be oppressed

• All of the above

Love God with our entire minds

• Transformed by renewing our mind

• We may struggle with his commands

• The Bible invades our personal space

• Submitting to Jesus Christ commits us to a way of seeing and living in the world.

Assumptions of this chapter about the Bible and what it says about God

• Authorized by God and uses human language to communicate heavenly principles

• Is trustworthy because God is speaking through the authors

• It is clear in it's communicatin

• Accurately transmitted in it's written form

• Reasonable to believe it has authority

Internal evidence

Bible claims authority

• "Thus says the Lord"

• "The Word of the Lord came to me saying"

• The writers claimed to communicate God's authoritative revelation

Jesus asserted authority

• Claimed to be God in flesh

• "Truly, Truly, I say unto you..."

• "You have heard it said but I say onto you"

• His authority is part of his nature as God

• Claimed authority over the earth, heavens and the power to judge.

• His Disicples were eyewitnesses of the historical story of Jesus

Jesus trusted the Bible's authority

• He considered all Scripture to authoritative

• Quotes the OT

• Assumes it's final authority

• OT Prophecies have to be fulfilled

• Regards miraculous OT events

• Personal spiritual strength

• Confronts error - never a word about the OT

Jesus confers authority to Apostles

• Eyewitnesses

• Authority conferred beyond time boundaries

• Jesus said they had authority

Multiple Choice

How long did it take to write the bible?

• 1000 years

• 1500 years

• 2000 years

• 10 years

Multiple Choice

What are some things that can be concluded from non-Christian writings of history?

• "[Jesus] was crucified under Pontius Pilate"

• "Jesus was a Jewish teacher"

• "[Jesus] was rejected by the Jewish leaders"

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an internal evidence for the Bible's authority?

• Jesus's conferring of authority to his disciples

• Jesus's claim of authority

• Jesus's confidence in the Bible's authority

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How many books are in the New Testament?

• 66

• 39

• 27

• 4

Multiple Choice

Internal evidences are evidences that can be found...

• Within the Bible

• In nature

• Outside of the Bible

• Nowhere

Multiple Choice

Jesus never claims to have authority to judge.

• True

• False

External Evidence

"Lack of external evidence would not be proof of the Bible's falsity."

Archaeological discoveries don't establish inspiration, inerrancy, or the authority of the Bible, But instead points to reasonableness of belief in Scriptures truthfulness.

Write down the histrorical events on pg. 65 in your notes to turn in.

New Testament

• Josephus, the Talmud, Tacitus, and Pliny the Younger - historians that wrote about Jesus

Jesus...

• Jewish teacher

• People believed he performed miracles

• Rejected by Jewish leaders

• Crucified by Pontius Pilate

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  Provides a reasonable person the ability to give Scripture benefit of doubty.

Archaeological Evidence

• Biblical Description of locations provides historical evidence for the New Testament

• 3/4 of the miracle accounts include historical details

• Evidence helps to acknowledge the truthfulness of the Bible

Multiple Choice

There isn't any archeological discoveries that shows the reliability of the Bible.

• True

• False

Objection 1: The Bible was written by human beings

Human beings

• 40 authors, 66 Books over 1500 years of time

• Revelation of Scripture is both divine and human

• Claims of the authors to be directed by God

• Are humans able to communicate truth?

• Could humans write down what God told them to write?

• If God exists, His Word has authority.

• The real problem, a person denying the authority of the Bible is denying the existence of God.

• Evidence: Fulfilled prophecy in the Bible

• Specific

• OT writers were led to write about events that would only make sense when viewed through the life of Christ.

Skill

• Look for Evidence: Internal and External

• Look for the reason or question in the objection

• Look to understand the person

• Look for evidence

• Draw a conclusion

Objection 2: The Bible has been corrupted.

Objection 3: Important books have been left out of the Bible.

Multiple Choice

Which of these IS a common objection by non-Christians against the Bible's authority?

• There are external evidence

• The Bible has been corrupted

• The Bible is more than one book

• The Bible is God's word

Multiple Choice

“differences between particular words, phrases, or passages within multiple copies of the same... manuscript” are called

• Textual Variants

• Manuscript Changes

• Textual Similarities

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What are some things that can be concluded from non-Christian writings of history?

• "[Jesus] was crucified under Pontius Pilate"

• "Jesus was a Jewish teacher"

• "[Jesus] was rejected by the Jewish leaders"

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

In John 8:58 Jesus claims to be what?

• God

• A great teacher

• A son of a god

• He is a liar

Multiple Choice

Jesus told the disciples that he is sending the Holy Spirit to help them remember what he taught.

• True

• False

How far does God's Authority Extend?

• If God exists, the Bible is trustworthy, He has authority

• Creator, Sustainer of the universe; unlimited prerogative to command and enforce obedience

• If God's authority is supreme, all other legitimate authority is derived authority.

• Derived authority - ordained or permitted by God.

Authority over the limits of reason

• Biblical worldview is a view of reality larger than our understanding, God determines what is reasonable and what is not.

• If God exists, then our definition of what is reasonable must expand by its very nature.

• Example: Abraham

• Trusted God, willing to sacrifice Isaac

• Abraham knew he could trust God, even when death was involved

Authority over our understanding of reality

• Humans believe what they can see and touch (Scientific)

• A biblical worldview includes spiritual entities.

• 2 Corinthians 4:18 - "We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.

• Ephesians 6:12 - We do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, agasint the cosmic powers... spiritual forcs of evil.

Authority over culture

• God's truth crosses cultural barriers

• Scripture revealing God's character is the truth standard for believers

• Regardless of how the culture around us lives, we are called to obey God.

• Example: Science communicate ideas across cultural barriers. (Universal)

Authority over Entertainment

• Popularity is not the same as authority

• God claims authority over what or who we pay attention to.

• Philippians 4:8

• Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Authority over Senses

• Our senses are God-given

• They can be fooled

• The authority of the Bible is a reality check when our senses fail us.

• The authority of the Bible is above our senses (understanding or perceptions.)

Authority over our emotions

• Commanded to love others... Friends and foe

• Truth is not determined by our feelings

• Truth doesn't depend on agreement with others

• Feelings are given by God and need to be brought controlled according to truth.

Authority over Knowledge

• God is the source of knowledge

• He is Truth

• Knowledge is possible

• Science can only prove what it can touch, smell, see, and repeat.

• Science cannot prove the intangibles of life.

Authority over governments

• Nations are derived and dependent on God (Acknowledged or not)

• John 19:11 Jesus's Example

• Obedience to God rather than obedience to a government.