WHY YOU CAN TRUST THE BIBLE

WHY YOU CAN TRUST THE BIBLE

Kingdom Culture – Part 4

Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
July 28, 2019

“If law is merely an experiment, and if judicial decisions are merely hunches, why should individuals or groups of people observe those legal rules or commands if they do not conform to their own interests?” Howard J. Berman

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:17-20 (ESV)

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:27 (ESV)

“To him, all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” Acts 10:43 (ESV)

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,” John 5:39 (ESV)

I. Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament in Its Predictions

Peter Stoner, Mathematician & Statistician, counted 333 prophecies concerning Christ.

Probability that only 8 could be fulfilled by chance?

10 to the 17th power…..

That’s one in one hundred quadrillion!
100,000,000,000,000,000

Probability that 48 of the predictions concerning Christ could be fulfilled by chance?

10 to the 157th power…..

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15 (ESV)

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 (ESV)

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Micah 5:2 (ESV)

II. Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament in Its Perfection

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4 (ESV)

When the Bible speaks God speaks and I must listen and obey.

III. Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament in Its Purpose

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 10:4 (ESV)

“You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! John 5:39 (MSG)

For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws. James 2:10 (NLT)