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Introduction-There are _________ original copies of the books of the Bible in existence today-How do we know that what we have is accurate?-“The story of how we got our English bible demonstrates the power and providence of God.” DiscussionI. Transmission-There is a chain of transmission from God to man-The chain that connects man to God is his ________________!1. First link is ______________1 Tim. 3:16-172. Second link is Jesus, the Son of GodHeb. 1:1-23. The third link in the chain is the ________________________Jn. 14:264. The Holy Spirit revealed the Word to __________________ men, the fourth link2 Pet. 1:20-215. These men delivered God’s message through preaching and writing – and these ______________________writings became the fifth link1 Cor. 14:37Col. 4:166.____________________ and of the original letters became the next link -This led to a series of other links like early translations, the printing press, collection of manuscripts etc. -Each of these helped complete the chain that connects our modern English Bible to heavenII. BooksGod chose to ___________________ His Word in a book (scroll form and codex or book form)-God did speak to the fathers and prophets directly-When it came to ________________________ the revelation and preserving it for all time – God chose to put it in a bookEx. 17:14Hab. 2:2-Books are:DurableEasily passed aroundDependable-We can look up what is writtenActs 17:11III. Manuscripts-Manuscripts were hand written ______________________-Before Gutenberg invented the moveable type press in the 1400’s, all copies of a document were done by a ______________________hand“The New Testament was written between approximately A.D. 35 and A.D. 100. Among the books in the New Testament are letters that were sent to congregations of the Lord’s church from the apostle Paul. Those letters were priceless to those who received them. Because of that, copies sometimes were made. Unlike the scribes who copied the Old Testament, people who copied the New Testament books did not see the need to bury or burn old, worn-out copies of the Scriptures. As a result, we still possess literally thousands of manuscripts of the New Testament” Kyle ButtDeut. 17:18Col. 4:16Mt. 2:4 “More than 5,300 Greek manuscripts (in part or whole) of the NT are available to scholars today. Some of these go back to the very shadows of the first century.” Wayne JacksonIV. Early Christian Writings-Christians of the early ____________ century and beyond produced a large number or written works: Commentaries, sermon books, harmonies of the Gospels etc.-They were not inspired but they often quoted lengthy portions of Scripture. Their writings provide another witness to the inspired text V. Translations-Older translations of the Bible help identify the early text of the Bible-Besides manuscripts of the Bible we also have manuscripts of early translations of the Bible“Translations are versions of the Greek NT rendered into other languages. There are more than 10,000 copies of the NT in various languages…” Wayne JacksonConclusionActs 14:17“Here (In the Word of God) God revealed His mind, His Son, and Himself. In the pages of the Bible we find the means by which we can know Him ---Obedience”References1. From God’s Mind To Man – The Bible, Wayne Jackson ()2. How We Got The Bible, Sam Dilbeck, Southwest Lectures, 2011 () ................
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