The Bible
Week Two – Revelation and Preservation

Key Truth: Our faith in every dimension hangs on the reliability of God’s Word.

2 Peter 1:20-21
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by
the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in
the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were
carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly
equipped for every good work.

Key Truth: Our faith in every dimension hangs on the reliability of God’s Word.

The Bible Is:
1. Verbally Inspired

Key Truth: You can’t express thoughts without Words.

The Bible Is:
2. Totally Inerrant

Key Truth: The Bible is the only sure word from and about God.

3. Completely Infallible

John 1:18
Ουδεις ειδε ποτε τον Θεον· ο μονογενης Υιος, ο ων εις τον κολπον του
Πατρος, εκεινος εφανερωσεν αυτον.

Functional Approach of John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is
in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. NIV

Formal Approach of John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has
made him known. ESV

The Bible Is:
4. Absolutely Sufficient

Key Truth: Books can change your mind but only the Bible can change your heart.