Why Should I Believe the Bible?
Introduction:
There is no doubt
that Christianity is based upon the Bible. The Bible claims to be
the Word of God. (II Timothy 3:16-17) All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness. NKJV These
claims are often rejected without an investigation. This lesson
will show that the Bible is truly the Word of God by examining the
external evidences for its inspiration, especially the Bibles
scientific foreknowledge.
Body:
I. Medical
Knowledge
· Need to Sanitize Exodus 15:26 and
said, If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do
what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep
all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I
have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.
NKJV If they would follow His instructions, none of the
sicknesses that afflicted the Egyptians would fall on them. Note
Leviticus 6:28 But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled
shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be
both scoured and rinsed in water. NKJV Broken pottery was to
be discarded because the cracks could contain harmful germs. Metal
pots were to be scrubbed and rinsed with water. These practices
would have saved the lives of countless Israelites. The world at
this time didnt even know germs existed. The need for
sterilization is further seen in Numbers 19:14-17 This is the law
when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who
are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; and every open vessel,
which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. Whoever in the open
field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone
of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. And for an
unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt
for purification from sin, and running water shall be put on them in
a vessel. and Leviticus 15:13. And when he who has a discharge is
cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven
days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in
running water; then he shall be clean. NKJV
· Need to Bury Human Waste Deuteronomy
23:12-14 Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you
may go out; and you shall have an implement among your equipment,
and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and
cover your refuse. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your
camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore
your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you,
and turn away from you. NKJV While this may seem obvious to
us today, it was common for centuries to dump waste products
wherever it was convenient, including public streets.
· Circumcision Being Performed on the Eighth
Day Genesis 17:12-13 He who is eight days old among you shall
be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born
in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not
your descendant. He who is born in your house and he who is bought
with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in
your flesh for an everlasting covenant. NKJV It has only been
within the past 100 years that medical science has discovered why
this is so important. Vitamin K is an important blood-clotting
element. It is not manufactured in the babys intestinal tract
until sometime between the fifth and seventh day after birth. Also,
the element prothrombin is vital to blood-clotting as well. When a
baby is born, the amount of prothrombin is very low but skyrockets
to a level ten percent above normal by day eight; then it levels off
by day nine. So the best day to perform circumcision is the eighth
day.
II.
Astronomy
· Job 26:7 He stretches out the north over
empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. NKJV When Job was
written, people believed the earth sat on a large animal or was held
by a giant.
· Job 38:19-21 Where is the way to the
dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, That you may
take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?
Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of
your days is great? NKJV Light [electromagnetic radiation]
moves at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
· Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot
be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply
the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to
Me NKJV When this was written, it was thought there were only
a little over a thousand stars.
· I Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of
the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars;
for one star differs from another star in glory. NKJV At this
time it was believed that all stars were the same.
· Luke 17:34-36 I tell you, in that night
there will be two men in one bed, the one will be taken and the
other will be left. Two women will be grinding together; the one
will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field; the
one will be taken and the other left. NKJV This indicates a
revolving earth with day and night occurring at the same time.
III.
Meteorology
· Job 28:25 To establish a weight for the
wind, And apportion the waters by measure. NKJV At this time
it was believed that air was weightless.
· Job 38:16 Have you entered the springs of
the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths? NKJV
They did not know about the existence of springs in the oceans.
· Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goes toward the
south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about
continually, And comes again on its circuit. NKJV The Bible
talks about the cycle of air currents thousands of years before man
discovered them.
IV. Other
Sciences
· Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are
seen were not made of things which are visible. NKJV When
written in the 1st century, no one knew what atoms were like not
visible to the naked eye.
· Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the
heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish
away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those
who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be
forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished. NKJV
· Psalm102:25-26 Of old You laid the
foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your
hands. They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all
grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they
will be changed. NKJV The Second Law of Thermodynamics states
that all things wear out eventually.
Invitation:
No other religious book [Vedas, Quran, Book of Mormon, etc.] contain
scientific truths before they were discovered. These evidences
reveal that the Bible is not the word of man, but the Word of God.
Sources: Warren Apologetics Center; The Evidences Bible
Bobby Stafford
November 1, 2015
The
church of Christ
