Sermon Outline

Title: The Reliability of the Bible

Speaker: Pastor Paul Chappell

Bible Reference: 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Introduction

Genesis 3:1
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
 

  1. The Reliability of the Bible
  1. Inspired Words
  1. From a Divine Author

John 6:63
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Hebrews 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1 Peter 1:23
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  1. By Human Writers 

2 Peter 1:21
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

2 Samuel 23:2
2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
The writers expressed that they were aware that the Scriptures was God’s Word…

  1. To Needy People 

Deuteronomy 29:29
29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

  1. Inerrant Facts
  1. Accurate Historical Facts
  1. Accurate Scientific Facts

Isaiah 40:22
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Job 26:7
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

  1. Infallible Truth

Daniel 9:25–26
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:

Isaiah 7:14
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Micah 5:2
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
 

  1. The Durability of the Bible
  1. The Words Preserved

Deuteronomy 29:29
29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Psalm 12:6–7
6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Isaiah 40:8
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

1 Peter 1:24-25
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Matthew 5:18
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

  1. The Bible Manuscripts Preserved  
  1. The Bible Indestructible

 

  1. The Capability of the Bible
  1. Authentic Power

1 Peter 1:23
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  1. Authoritative Principles
  • Doctrine – Shows us what is right
  • Reproof – Shows us where we are wrong
  • Correction – Shows us how to get right
  • Instruction – Shows how to stay right
  1. Perfect Process 

2 Timothy 3:17 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Conclusion

1 Peter 1:23
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.