Basic Beliefs To Grow On: Basic Bible Facts

Hello and happy Monday to you all!

In this week's Basic Bible Facts, I would like to continue where we left off in our last discussion (posted on 12/7/11). Then, we discussed the Names of the Bible. Today, I'd like to press on with some basic Bible facts regarding the Testimony of Christ. I mean, after all, who would know more about the Bible than Jesus Christ!

Before we get started, to avoid any confusion, the information presented here was composed using a King James Version Bible. Therefore, there might be some slight translation differences if you are using a different version, but not to worry. These studies are very simple and the answers are always found in the Bible no matter which translation you prefer!

Here's a suggestion to help you get the most out of this study. To fill in the blanks and answer the questions, please look up the Bible verse(s), even if you think you know what the correct answer is. It really is to your advantage to look at the verse, even if you think you already know what it says!

Now, if you're ready, let's get started! As I mentioned above, who would know more about the Bible than Jesus Christ!

(John 17:17) The Lord Jesus said that the Word of God is _____. Jesus said it and that settles it! We know the Bible is true because the Son of God said so! The Bible is God's Word and it must be true because...

"It is impossible for God _____ _____" (Hebrews 6:18).
"God cannot _____ " (Titus 1:2).
"God is _____ " (John 3:33).

In contrast to the above, notice what the Bible tells us about David in John 8:44: "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the _____, because there is no _____ in him. When he speaketh a _____, he speaketh of his own; for he is a _____, and the father of it."

In John 8:45-46 Jesus said, "And because I tell you the _____, ye believe me not...And if I say the _____, why do ye not believe me?"

(John (10:35) The Lord Jesus Christ said that the Scripture cannot _____. What God has said can never be annulled or destroyed.

(Luke 24:44) The Lord Jesus said that the Scripture must be F_____. (compare Mark 14:49).

(Matthew 5:18) The Lord Jesus said that till heaven and earth pass (away), one _____ or _____ shall in no way pass from the law, till _____ _____. Therefore everything God says in the Bible will most certainly be F_____. (The "jot" or "yod" is the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet)

(Matthew 24:34-35) The Lord Jesus said that heaven and earth shall pass away, but His words _____.

Next, let's take a look at what the Bible says about itself, or the Testimony of the Bible.

(2 Timothy 3:16) "All scripture is given by inspiration of God" can also be translated this way: "All Scripture is God-breathed." How much of the Bible is God-breathed? _____

Whenever we talk we are breathing out our words. It is impossible to speak words without breathing them out. Try holding your breath and speaking at the same time. Can you do it? _____ The verse above (2 Timothy 3:16) tells us that God has breated out certain words. God has breathe out the Scriptures. "All S_____ is God-breathed" and this means that the whole Bible is from the mouth of God! The whole Bible is God's Word. "For the _____ of the _____ hath _____it" (Isaiah 40:5). Compare Psalm 33:6 where the expression "the _____ of the _____" is equivalent to the expression "the _____ of His _____."

(Peter 1:21) Problem: "Wait a minute!" You just said that all Scripture is God-breathed and that the whole Bible is the Word of God, but I thought men wrote the Bible (such as David, Moses, Paul, Luke and Matthew). How can the Bible be God's word if it was written by men?"

We find the answer to this problem in 2 Peter 1:21: "For the _____ (the Word of God) came not at any time by the will of man, but _____ _____ _____ _____ (such as Moses, David and Paul) spoke as they were _____ by the Holy Spirit."

God was preparing David to write Psalm 23:1 even before David was born! The same was true for Jeremiah. God was preparing Jeremiah to be a prophet even before he came forth out of his mother's _____ (see Jeremiah 1:5).

(Psalm 23:1) David grew up and became a shepherd. One day as he realized the loving care and protection of the LORD, he wrote, "The _____ is M_____ S_____." God the Holy Spirit was moving David in such a way that the words that David wrote were exactly the words that God wanted him to write. Listen to what David himself said at the end of his life in 2 Samuel 23:2: "The _____ of the L_____ S_____ by _____, and His _____ was in _____ tongue." According to this verse, who was the One who really spoke? _____ Whose Word was in David's tongue? ______

(Isaiah 40:8) see also 1 Peter 1:23-25 and Matthew 24:35. God's Word stands for how long? _______ God's Word is S_____ in H_____ for how long (Psalm 119:89)? _____

Finally, search through some of the writings of the prophets (such as Isaih, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Malachi, etc.) and notice how often you read such expressions as:

"Thus saith the LORD"
"saith the LORD"
"The Word of the LORD came unto me saying..."

Next time, we shall pick up our doctrinal study of the Bible with: Salvation. Until then, may God's Word dwell in your heart richly! (Colossians 3:16)

Prayer:

"Jesus, as we earnestly seek and follow You our minds are being renewed daily. Our ambitions, goals, and affections are being transformed into Your likeness. The ways of the world have less grip on us as we transfix our thoughts upon the Author and Finisher of our faith. It is in dying to the world that we become alive unto Christ and it is through Your mercy that we offer our lives today as living sacrifices. Amen."

May God bless you,

Yvette