SERMON NOTES

Hard Questions

Can We Trust the Bible? 

Text: 2 Peter 1:16-21 (p.1018)

Main reasons people say I trust the Bible: 

• "I was  my entire life the Bible is God's Word." 

Just because you were taught something doesn't make it . 

• "I feel  about the Bible." 

There are many things that initially start out feeling good and pleasurable, but they end up being . (Pr. 14:12)

• "I have  the Bible is God's Word." 

We can truly believe in that which is . 

• "The Bible  my life." 

When life gets tough, or when we hear a skeptic's questions about the Bible, or Scripture challenges what is normative for me or our culture, we need to have something . 

The New Testament can be trusted because it was written by . 

The content of the New Testament is too  to be legend. 

If you're creating a religion, you don't have the central, most  event of your religion to be the thing all of society struggles with the most. (1 Cor. 1:22-23) 

The message was  to be made-up. 

When it comes to the choice of life or death, I don't think anybody will die for that which they know is a . 

The ultimate author of Scripture is . 

The  are the evidence of God's authorship. 

Jesus fulfilling simply 8 messianic prophecies - not over 50 - would be .  

Resources for this message you can use for more study: 

• The Reason for God by Timothy Keller, chapter 7
• "Why I'm not a Christian" sermon series by J.D. Greear
• Evidence for the Resurrection by Josh McDowell 
• The Case for Christ by Lee Stobel. Also you can watch the movie by the same name.