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Comunicación y Gerencia. Fingerprints of the Biblical Text. A Ministry of Faith Church : Pastor – Mark Harrell. Click to add Text. Is There A Path To The Original Writings ?. Questions We Must Answer … 1. Do we have an ACCURATE text of the Bible available Today ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fingerprints of the Biblical
Text
Comunicación y Gerencia
A Ministry of Faith Church: Pastor – Mark Harrell
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Is There A Path To The
Original Writings
?
Questions We Must Answer…
1. Do we have an ACCURATE text of the Bible available Today?
Questions We Must Answer…
The question is NOT … is it the same as it was 1,000
years ago ?But it is:
Do we have what God
wants us to have TODAY?
Questions We Must Answer…
All preservation really means it:
To keep from corruption!
Questions We Must Answer…
2. If it is preserved (kept from corruption):
Are there certain
fingerprints attached to a preserved text of
the Bible?
Questions We Must Answer…
3. What are the ultimate ramifications if don’t have an accurate text of the Bible; since it is
the only absoute authority of truth in
the universe?
We are going to consider both the
Biblical ( FAITH ) and the
historical ( FACTS ) aspects of the
preservation of the Biblical text.
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We will not approach this
subject from the view of a
scholar of the original
languages or as a textual critic;
however,
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…we will investigate the historical and
Biblical evidence as to
its accuracy and preservation.
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What Evidence Would
That Be?
1. Evidence provided in
history…
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2. Evidence provided from
existing manuscripts…
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3. Observing God’s hand in
history
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The First Textual Critics
In History
…(Genesis
3)
1. Satan questions what God said (3:1)
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2. Eve then ADDS to what
God said“neither shall ye
touch it” – cr: 2:17
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3. Satan and Eve change it to..“thou shalt
surely die” (2:17) to
“lest ye die.” – v.3
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4. Satan calls God a liar…
Vs. 4 – “ye shall not surely
die”
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We are NOT… King
James Only…
However
We ONLY use the
King James
It is important that we
KNOW why we use the Bible
we use!!
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