What is the Bible?(Part 1)What do people say about the Bible?-Investigating"Can we trust the Bible?"

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Welcome to the first Episode of This Week in the Word!

This is where I am sharing the work God is using to grow me. How I am preparing for his calling on my life, and being a witness to his glory. I am not a graduate of seminary, a theologian, or godly scholar. I am just a born again BIBLE believing disciple of Jesus.

My mission is to encourage people to seek God through reading his word.

This weeks study:
Our Topic: How do we know the Bible is Real?
Our Series in the Topic: What is the Bible? (Part 1)

Facts about the Bible:
The word Bible comes from a greek word (bibleos) that means "Books", because the Bible is a book of books. It is comprised of 66 books, (39 old testament/27 new testament).

The 39 old testament books were written over roughly a thousand year period of time (from 1500 to mid 5th century BC)

The 27 new testament books were written over a period of about 50 years, starting in the late 30's/early 40's AD.

The timeline of the Bible spans over various centuries (Sumerian era, Babylonian era, Egyptian era, Persian era, and the Roman reign)

It is the most accurate historical source for BC dating back to 4000BC, and is used in science as the usher's timeline.

The writings were comprised over 3 continents
No other book has used upwards of 40 human contributors
The Bible was recorded by people from diverse occupational backgrounds: son of Pharaoh (Moses), a king (David), a tax collector (Matthew), a doctor (Luke), a war general (Joshua), a music artist (Asaph), the worlds wisest philosopher (Solomon), a government leader (Daniel), professional fishermen (Peter, James and John), various prophets (the authors of Isaiah to Malachi in the OT), siblings of Christ (James & Jude), just to name a few.
The bible has been translated into more than 1000 languages and dialects. No other book has ever been translated so much.
There have been over 200 versions recorded
Most printed book in the history of the world
Most regarded book in the history of the world
This book has changed more lives than any other book in the world
It is the all time #1 best seller of the world (fiction and other reglious writings)

What does the world say Bible is?
blog.biblesforamerica.org
says the Bible is all about Jesus. (Starts with Jesus in Matt 1:1, and ends with Jesus in Rev 22:21)

biblica.com
says "The Bible is the account of God's action in the world, and his purpose with all creation." This company is the same that holds the world wide copy right to the New International Version of the Bible (NIV), and to Zondervan (for the US- Hodder & Stoughton for the UK). They also state the Bible is "a guide for living life to the fullest", "A store house of wonderful stories for children and grownups".

wikipedia.com
says "The Bible is a collection of religious texts or scriptures sacred to Jews, Samaritans, Christians and others. It appears in the form of an anthology, a compilation of texts of a variety of forms that are all linked by the belief that they are collectively revelations of God."
thespectrum.com says the Bible's purpose is twofold: 1) to show us we have all broken God's laws and are guilty, (ultimately showing us our need for a savior), 2) "at the same time the center and whole point of Bible concerns Jesus. Jesus is the savior."

billygraham.org
says "The Bible deals with timeless questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? How should we live?", and states some common themes: "God's relationship with the human race", "The central theme of the Bible is salvation, and the central personality of the Bible is Christ", "From Genesis to Revelation we see God's great plan unfold–His plan to win a lost humanity back to Himself"

gotquestions.org
says "The Bible is great literature and the all-time number-one best-seller. It contains history, entertaining stories, poetry, philosophy, and personal letters. But, more than that, the Bible is God's Word. If we have to speak of a single purpose of the Bible, it would be to reveal God to us. There are many things that we could never know about God unless He told them to us. The Bible is God's self-revelation to humanity. The Bible also tells us who we are. It tells us of our sin and of God's plan of salvation in Jesus Christ."

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