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The Two Pillars

Of

Christian FaithProf. M.M.Ninan

Is the Bible Reliable?

Can I trust it?

How do I know?

Is there an objective basis for my faith is Jesus?

How can I be sure?

                    

   

Show us the ProofNo. We need scientific evidence

Not just myths – fancy imaginary

myths are

good art not science

Experience of many people

Experience over varying environments

Experience over space and time

We cannot know God

Unless….

God Reveal himself to us

Really Speak?

Exo 24:9-11 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

Exo 24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:

also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

                                                                                                                    

                                                 

God spoke to you from the midst of the fire,

you were hearing the sound of words,

but you were not seeing a form, only a sound.

He told you of His covenant,

instructing you to keep the Ten Commandments,

and

He inscribed them on two stone tablets.'

(Deut.4:9-13)

What was this covenant?

Exo 19:5 -6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

He inscribed them on two stone tablets.'

'You have been shown in order to know that God, He is the Supreme Being. There is none besides Him. From heaven he let you hear His voice in order to teach you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words amid the fire.' (Deut. 4:32-36)

Moses called all of Israel and said to them: 'Hear, O Israel, the decrees and the ordinances that I speak in your ears today -- learn them, and be careful to perform them. The Lord your God sealed a covenant with us at Horev [Mount Sinai].

Not with our forefathers did God seal this covenant, but with us -- we who are here, all of us alive today. Face to face did God speak with you on the mountain from amid the fire.'

(Deut. 5:1-4)

Exo 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

                                              

"The Israelites traveled from Rameses toward Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 adult males on foot..." (Exodus 12:37)

Adult Males 600,000

One wife per adult at least? 600,000We should be taking 2 at leastas polygamy was rampant (1,200,00)

Two children at least per family? 1,200,000

coul have been even 4 average (2,400,000)

Total of a minimum of 2.5 Million peopleFour Million may be a better estimate.

Exo 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Revelation was incomplete because now there was an intermediary

Only Law was given , not Love and Mercy.

Heb 1:1 In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;

Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Joh 3:17 For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Mat 4:23 And he went about all Galilee,

teaching in their synagogues

and preaching the gospel of the kingdom

Mat 4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decap'olis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.

Mat 4:23 and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.

Mat 4:24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

2Pe 1:17-18 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

Jesus showed his glory to a select three

The New covenant dinner

12 Apostles

They Saw him, touched him and laid their head in his bosom,

ate and drank with him

Phi 2:6-8 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

Crucified

And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

died and was placed in a burial cave

                                        

Sealed with the Roman Seal

guarded by imperial guards

He rose from the dead

For forty days he appeared and was with his people

assuring them of the resurrection.

In the eyes of a large crowd he ascended into the heaveans.

But Paul Said:“I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the

sober truth.For the King knows about

these things……for this was not done in a corner

Acts 26:25-26

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. We heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word made more sure.

1Jo 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life--

1Jo 1:2 the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us--

1Jo 1:3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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