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1. The Bible "Inerrancy" a. Consists of 66 books: 39 in the OT and 27 in the NT. OT has 929 chapters. NT has 260. Total of 1,189 OT has 23,214 verses. NT has 7,959. Total of 31,173 2. Old Testament -- 5 main divisions: a. Pentateuch (Genesis to Deuteronomy), b. Historical (Joshua to Esther), c. Poetic (Job to Song of Solomon), d. Major Prophets (Isaiah to Daniel), e. Minor Prophets (Hosea to Malachi). 3. New Testament -- 4 main divisions a. Gospels (Matthew to John), b. History (Acts), c. Epistles (Romans to Jude), d. Prophetic (Revelation). 4. 1600 years to write. a. Written in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) about 40 authors. b. Written on three continents: Africa, Asia, and Europe. c. Written by a variety of people: prophets, priests, cupbearers, a kings, judges, fishermen, etc. 5. First English Bible was in A.D. 1388. by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey a. The first American edition published around A.D. 1752. b. The Bible translated as of 1964 in over 1,200 different languages. 6. The Bible was divided into chapters about A.D. 1228. by Stephen Langton a. Old Testament was divided into verses in A.D. 1448 by R. Nathan. b. New Testament in A.D. 1551 by Robert Stephanus. 7. Reliability of the biblical documents. a. The Bible is 98½ percent textually pure. Only 1½% has any question about it. Nothing in all of the ancient writings of the entire world approaches the accuracy found in the bible. The % that is in areas of interest are variants, consist mainly variations of wording and spelling. b. The OT does not have as many supporting manuscripts as the NT. 1. The Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Hebrew OT done around 250 B.C. 2. The Masoretic, was dated around 900 A.D. 3. The Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947. The Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden in Israel about 2000 years ago. Comparison between the manuscripts are incredible accuracy. c. The NT has over 5000 supporting Greek manuscripts, another 20,000 manuscripts in other languages. d. Estimated time of writing of the NT documentsn in A. D. 1. Paul's Letters, 50-66 - Matthew, 70-80 - Mark, 50-65 - Luke, early 60 - John, 80-100 - Revelation, 96 e. Just a few manuscripts supporting the NT. 1. John Rylands MS {130 A.D.} oldest existing fragment of the NT 2. Bodmer Papyrus II {150-200 A.D.} 3. Chester Beatty Papyri {200 A.D.}, contains major portions of the NT 4. Codex Vaticanus {325-350 A.D.}, contains nearly all the Bible. 5. Codex Sinaiticus {350 A.D.}, contains almost all the NT and over half of the OT 8. Inspiration and Inerrancy - absolutely reliable and true in all areas it addresses. a. Scientific Accuracies in the Bible. 1. The spherical shape of the earth (Isaiah 40:22). 2. The earth is suspended in nothing (Job. 26:7). 3. The stars are innumerable (Gen. 15:5). 4. The existence of valleys in the seas (2 Sam. 22:16). 5. The existence of springs and fountains in the sea (Gen. 7:11; 8:2; Prov. 8:28). 6. The existence of water currents in the seas (Psalm 8:8). 7. The water cycle (Job. 26:8; 36:27-28; 37:16; 38:25-27; Psalm 135:7; Ecc. 1:6-7). 8. The fact that all living things reproduce after their own kind (Gen. 1:21; 6:19). 9. The nature of health, sanitation, and sickness (Gen. 17:9-14; Lev. 12-14). 10. The concept of entropy, that energy is running down (Psalm 102:26). 9. God, He is : a. Holy (Rev. 4:8), Eternal (Isaiah 57:15), Omnipotent (Jer. 32:17,27), Omnipresent (Psalm 119:7-12), Omniscient (1 John 3:20); etc. b. Love (1 John 4:8,16); Light (1 John 1:5); Spirit (John 4:24); Truth (Psalm 117:2); Creator (Isaiah 40:12,22,26), etc. c. Worshiped (Gen. 24:26; Exodus 4:31; 2 Chron. 29:28; 1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 7:11). d. Served (Matt. 4:10; 1 Cor. 6:19; Phil. 3:7; 1 Thess. 1:9; Heb. 9:14). e. Proclaimed (Matt. 28:19f.; John 14:15f.; Acts 1:8) 10. Trinity - One God who exists simultaneously in three persons. a. Each is coequal, copowerful, and coeternal with the other. b. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is not the other. c. Without either there is no God; all comprise the one God. 11. Opposed Doctrine of the Trinity are : They denies the true doctrine of the Trinity. a. Modal Monarchianism, also known as Jesus Only - There is one person in the Godhead who took three consecutive forms or modes. First there was the Father who then became the Son who then became the Holy Spirit. 1. Groups like the United Pentecostal and United Apostolic churches. b. Dynamic Monarchianism, Only one person in the Godhead, the Father. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not God. 1. Groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses, World Wide Church of God, Christadelphianism, and The Way International. c. Tritheism, The teaching that the godhead is three separate gods: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 12. Creation a. God created the physical and spiritual universe. (Gen. 1:1f; Psalm 33:6; John 1:3; Rom. 4:17; 1 Cor. 1:28). 1. God created all things, He is before all things and beyond all things. Therefore, the entire universe is under His control. 2. God created all things, He is able to provide for His creation through the means of His creation, weather, rain, plants, sunshine, etc. 13. Creation of man a. Man was originally made pure, without sin. b. Is Man made of 2 or 3 parts. 1. Dichotomy: signifies a division into 2 parts: Body and Soul. (Isaiah 26:9), (Luke 1:46-47) "Body and Soul" see Matt. 6:25; 10:28. 2. Trichotomy: signifies a division into 3 parts: Body, Soul, and Spirit. (1 Thess. 5:23).(Heb. 4:12) "Body and Spirit" see 1 Cor. 5:3,51. Methuselah who lived to be 969 years old (Gen. 5:27). Sons of God married the daughters of men (Gen. 6:2). Man was spoken to by a donkey (Num. 22:28-30). Sun stood still for a whole day (Josh. 10:13). The sun traveled backward (Isaiah 38:8). Wheeler 
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