Participants: Charles Byrd (Host), Stephen Fowler, Levi Longoria, Andrea Endries
Series Code: THL
Program Code: THL000001
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00:01 Truth, it's the most important thing.
00:04 A successful meaningful relationship 00:06 can't be built without it. 00:08 Government, schools 00:10 and the police are eviscerated without the truth. 00:12 And the court system? 00:14 Truly is a shame unless it's founded on truth. 00:18 But what is truth? 00:20 And is there an absolute standard 00:22 when it comes to truth? 00:24 Some have come to believe there is 00:26 and claim that the standard of truth is found in the Bible. 00:31 The majority of human beings 00:32 on this planet claim to be Christian. 00:35 And yet it seems more and more Christian pastors and teachers 00:39 as well as adherence are no longer sure 00:41 if the Bible can be trusted as an authoritative 00:44 and truthful recounting of God's history with mankind. 00:48 If those who claim to be followers of Christ, 00:51 don't even believe in the veracity of the Bible, 00:53 it's no wonder the skeptic would call question on its validity. 00:58 Today, it's getting harder to find a credible voice, 01:01 who will stand in its defense. 01:04 But Jesus went way beyond standing for the truth. 01:08 In fact, He calls it a great deal of thunder in the Holy Land 01:11 by claiming to be the truth. 01:14 And now, talking stones are giving us 01:18 a reason to believe. 02:13 Hello, I'm Charles Byrd. 02:15 I'll admit it, some of Jesus' teachings seem a bit strange. 02:20 One of them is found 02:21 in the story of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 02:25 He was heading into Jerusalem 02:26 with crowds of supporters chanting, 02:29 "Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord, 02:32 peace in heaven and glory in the highest." 02:36 The Pharisees were not at all happy 02:38 and demanded that Jesus rebuke His disciples. 02:42 But Jesus would not and shared with them a strange teaching. 02:47 "I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, 02:50 the stones would immediately cry out." 02:54 And no matter how strange that teaching appears to be, 02:57 today it seems that doctrine, 02:59 that prophecy has come true. 03:02 For the majority of professed Christians 03:04 no longer embrace the truth. 03:07 And now the stones are indeed talking. 03:10 Andrea is standing by in Egypt to explain. 03:16 Thanks, Charles. 03:17 As long as people are free to think, 03:19 they will always be skeptics and doubters. 03:22 So if I lived 20 lifetimes, 03:24 I would never be able to come up with enough answers 03:27 for all of their equivocations. 03:29 But today, I spent some amazing time 03:32 inside the Cairo museum here in Egypt, 03:34 because I wanted to see one of the stones 03:37 that perhaps Jesus talked about. 03:40 In fact, this museum houses 03:42 the oldest known extra biblical evidence 03:45 that supports the biblical narrative. 03:48 A talking stone, discovered in 1896 03:52 in Pharaoh Merneptah's mortuary temple in Thebes, 03:56 the victory stele recounts in poetic verse 03:58 the accomplishments of Merneptah. 04:01 One line mentions Israel as dwelling in the land of Canaan. 04:06 In a jury trial the two most desired things are corroboration 04:09 from incredible eyewitnesses 04:11 and hard evidence the smoking gun, 04:14 fingerprints or DNA. 04:17 The Merneptah's stone gives us an eyewitness account 04:20 that both confirms the biblical narrative 04:23 and discredits the mere speculations of doubters. 04:27 A popular theory among biblical scholars today is that Israel 04:31 emerged from peoples indigenous to Canaan 04:34 in the mid 1100s or the 12th century BC. 04:37 If this is true, then biblical history 04:40 and chronology prior to around 1150 BC 04:45 would have to be adjacent. 04:47 The Exodus story would be 04:49 just as some have supposed a myth. 04:53 And the story of the judges leading Israel 04:55 before the kings were established fiction. 04:59 But this stele from 1208 BC is important 05:04 because it confirms that the children of Israel 05:07 were already established in Canaan 05:09 during the time of the Judges. 05:11 Archaeology and talking stones 05:14 give me reasons to believe. 05:18 But there's another reason I believe in the Bible. 05:22 I believe because of what I've seen it do in my life 05:25 and the lives of those around me. 05:27 I've seen what some consider just a book, 05:31 take the strongest and most powerful man I know, 05:35 my own father to his knees in humble repentance. 05:41 But even if it hadn't changed me or my family, 05:44 I'd still have to believe in the accuracy of the Bible 05:47 because of Daniel 2. 05:49 While it is one prophecy among many, 05:51 it blows my mind with its accuracy and its details. 05:55 The fact that our Lord gave us prophecy in order to give us 05:59 some sort of evidence and logic to stand on, 06:02 makes Him a God I can trust. 06:05 Yes, He wants us to believe based on our faith, 06:08 but when our emotions and feelings are questioned, 06:12 we can still point the truth of prophecy. 06:16 Besides the multiple proven prophecies, 06:19 the Bible matches history. 06:22 It is the only religious volume that has 66 books 06:25 written by over 40 authors on three different continents 06:29 and yet it has no contradictions or inconsistencies 06:33 based on incontrovertible historical evidence. 06:36 Furthermore, there is no other book in the realm of history 06:40 that passes cultural boundaries like the Holy Bible. 06:44 Its principle and values apply to every generation, 06:47 every gender, every culture 06:49 and it still encourages the individual. 06:53 I've always said that if the Bible 06:55 was just made up by a group of men 06:58 with nothing more than their own human wisdom, 07:01 then maybe we should be worshipping them. 07:03 There is no way the Bible is not the inspired word of God. 07:10 Thanks, Andrea. 07:11 I'm also in favor of critical thinking. 07:14 It's not a bad thing to check the facts, confirm evidence. 07:18 This is how a good jury makes a balanced and fair decision. 07:22 Unfortunately, in some cases things are not always so clear. 07:26 At these times juries are forced to settle on sufficient evidence 07:30 that leads in to a place beyond reasonable doubt. 07:34 And for me, I guess silence 07:35 is not a reasonable reason to doubt. 07:38 What am I talking about? 07:40 I'm talking about the fact that, 07:42 there're some critically educated people 07:44 will often use arguments from silence 07:46 as reasons for not believing. 07:49 And people can make fun of me 07:50 because faith plays a part of my life. 07:52 Well, I think it's even funnier that this opposition 07:54 from silence informs their faith. 07:57 Let me explain. 07:59 Some folks have chosen 08:00 not to believe in the story of Jesus. 08:03 They say that the Bible is not accurate 08:04 and thus can't be trusted as a correct retelling of history. 08:09 But what reason did they gave for this assumption. 08:13 Well, in the biblical story of Jesus, 08:14 the Bible recounts at a person named Pilate 08:17 was the governor of Judea. 08:19 You know, the scripture tells us he was governor during 08:21 the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. 08:25 He's portrayed in sacred read as the reluctant judge. 08:29 He knew that for envy, 08:30 the priests and rulers of the Jews 08:32 brought Jesus to him asking, 08:34 now demanding that He be crucified. 08:37 Now the Bible doesn't present Pilate 08:40 as some forgotten footnote of history. 08:43 He's mentioned a 50 times in the four gospels 08:46 and three times in the Book of Acts 08:48 and once in Paul's letter to Timothy. 08:51 And still, scholars have long debated 08:54 how to interpret Pilate's portrayal 08:56 from the biblical account 08:57 since they had no convincing 08:59 extra biblical evidence that he ever existed. 09:02 And because of the silence in the historical record, 09:04 some Bible scholars have argued 09:07 that the historical accounts in the gospels were inaccurate. 09:11 With some even believing 09:12 that Pilate was just a mythical character. 09:15 But all that changed in June of 1961, 09:19 when a team of Italian archaeologists 09:21 led by Dr. Antonio Frova, 09:23 discovered a limestone block while excavating 09:26 an ancient Roman amphitheater here in Caesarea Maritima 09:29 or Caesarea on the sea. 09:32 On the face is an engraved inscription 09:34 which is part of a larger dedication to Tiberius Caesar. 09:38 This stone clearly says 09:40 that it was from Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea. 09:47 The discovery of the Pilate's stone is significant 09:49 because it's the only universally accepted 09:52 archaeological find with an inscription 09:54 mentioning the name Pontius Pilate. 09:57 Until 1961, it wasn't known that this stone existed. 10:00 So some people chose to doubt the Bible. 10:04 Here is the extra biblical confirmation to the story, 10:08 thus adding credence to the gospel accounts. 10:11 But for those who want to doubt, 10:13 I'm not sure this will do much to help them believe. 10:16 You see, it's easy to doubt, people do it all the time. 10:20 As a young man growing up in these uncertain times, 10:23 I don't need any help doubting. 10:24 I can do that fine by myself. 10:27 I need reasons to believe. 10:30 And this talking stone cries out to us, 10:33 encouraging us to believe the story of Jesus. 10:37 These stones do encourage us to believe, Levi. 10:39 I'm standing in front of theI srael museum 10:41 here in Jerusalem because there's one more talking stone 10:44 I'd like to mention. 10:45 It's in reference to perhaps the most important 10:47 and essential figure in the books of 10:49 1st and 2nd Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, 10:51 as well as the Psalms. 10:53 That person is David. 10:54 Until very recently, there was no evidence outside of the Bible 10:58 for the existence of King David. 11:00 Even the many archaeological digs in the city of David 11:02 have failed to turn up so much as the mention of his name. 11:05 Therefore, most modern scholars have come to the conclusion 11:08 that the Bible is not an entirely 11:10 reliable historical document. 11:12 Then, on July 21, 1993 a team of archaeologists 11:17 led by Professor Avraham Biran, 11:19 excavating Tel Dan in northern Galilee, 11:22 found a triangular piece of basalt rock 11:24 measuring 23 x 36 centimeters inscribed in Aramaic. 11:28 It was subsequently identified as part of a victory pillar 11:31 erected by the king of Syria, 11:33 probably a 100 years after David would have ruled. 11:36 The inscriptions include the words "Bet Dahveed," 11:39 Bet means house or dynasty. 11:42 This stele claims a military victory 11:44 over the house or dynasty of David 11:46 and it's the first near contemporary 11:47 in his reference to David ever found. 11:50 It strongly indicates that a king called David 11:52 established a dynasty here in Israel. 11:55 So once again a talking stone thunders a word of affirmation 11:58 crying out to the doubters and skeptics. 12:00 It's true. 12:01 The Word of God presented 12:03 in the pages of the Bible can be trusted. 12:06 So for me, I believe the Bible is the truth. 12:09 My faith has led me to see this book 12:11 as a reference guide for my uncertainties. 12:14 I know it's not best to live one's life based on feelings, 12:16 but one of the reasons I believe it's the truth is 12:19 because when I read it, I feel the sense of fulfillment 12:23 and there's a void that is filled. 12:25 The Bible is one of the oldest books on earth 12:27 and many people besides myself know that is the truth. 12:30 The words in the Bible are so powerful 12:32 and pregnant with relevancy. 12:36 And one more thing about the Bible 12:38 that I find intriguing, although it's written so long ago, 12:42 it refers to the daily issues 12:43 that we have to live with to this very day. 12:46 The Bible is indeed relevant for our lives today 12:50 and I'm also excited about these discoveries. 12:52 These, these talking stones, 12:54 that lends credibility to the biblical narrator. 12:59 And even though I'm very excited about their discoveries, 13:03 I feel it necessary to sound up a note of caution. 13:07 Ever since the introduction of higher criticism 13:09 or critical scholarship, a new standard for veracity, 13:13 a new yardstick has been set forth to find 13:16 what is and is not truth. 13:19 These critics will suggest and unless there is independent, 13:22 authentic and verifiable corroboration 13:25 for the facts on a particular Bible story, 13:27 then it most likely is not true. 13:30 The problem with this method of validation is 13:33 that it puts man on the seat of judgment 13:35 as the arbiter of truth. 13:37 This is just as foolish as a 15-year-old child 13:40 saying to a 40-year-old parent, 13:42 "Unless you can give me a third party confirmation 13:45 when you're warning that drinking 13:46 and driving is dangerous, 13:48 or that driving through a red light is really harmful, 13:50 I won't believe it." 13:52 If a child has been fed and clothed, 13:54 loved and protected, 13:56 educated and encouraged by a parent for 15 years, 13:59 this child is going to have to choose to trust. 14:02 Is going to have to exercise faith 14:05 based on the past performance of the parent. 14:07 While it will take faith to believe 14:10 the warnings given by the parent. 14:11 It's not a leap of faith, just a step of faith. 14:16 And this faith is not blind faith 14:17 since it's based on the past love and care of the parent. 14:22 And regarding our Heavenly Father, 14:24 we're not the first people on this planet. 14:27 Others, many others have lived before us 14:30 and have experienced God. 14:33 They have left us written histories of their experience 14:35 with a supernatural being 14:37 who has shown great love and care for us. 14:41 And since this book claims that the God of creation 14:46 came to this very planet to reveal to us His love and truth, 14:50 perhaps we should take advantage of the opportunity if affords. 14:55 Listen, the best opportunity for anchoring 14:58 our faith doesn't come from the skeptic or critic. 15:01 It doesn't even come from an eyewitness 15:04 to the goodness and love of God. 15:07 It comes from something even better. 15:09 Something that appeals to logic 15:11 and reason as well as the heart, 15:14 something that even Jesus used to guide Himself, prophecy. 15:20 Andrea will explain. 15:23 Prophecy is the ultimate anchor for our faith. 15:27 It is not based on feelings or bias. 15:30 It is the one thing that above all others provides testable 15:34 and provable evidence that there is a God 15:37 who indeed knows the end from the beginning. 15:40 Prophecy is God's foretelling of history. 15:44 Prophecy is His story, before it even happens 15:49 and Jesus believed in prophecy. 15:52 He quoted from the Prophet Isaiah, 15:54 it was from the writings of the Prophet Moses 15:57 that Jesus gained strength to overcome 15:59 Satan's temptations in the wilderness. 16:02 And he also encouraged his followers to read 16:05 and understand the prophetic book of Daniel. 16:09 How can one read the prophecy of Daniel 2 16:12 and not be impressed with the foreknowledge of God? 16:16 The story line had all the drama one could ask for. 16:20 Daniel, a young Hebrew captive in the court of Nebuchadnezzar, 16:23 King of Babylon is going to be killed 16:26 along with the other wise men. 16:29 And what was their transgression? 16:31 They failed the king. 16:33 Nebuchadnezzar had simply wanted them to tell him 16:36 what he had dreamed in his own bed the night before 16:40 and also tell him what the dream meant. 16:43 But after spending time in prayer 16:45 with his three companions, 16:47 the Lord of all creation revealed to Daniel 16:51 what the king had dreamed and what it meant. 16:56 The king had dreamt of a great image 16:58 of different kinds of metal. 17:00 Each metal represented a world kingdom. 17:04 Babylon was represented by the head of gold, 17:07 but Babylon was not to stand forever. 17:10 In fact, it only lasted about 70 years. 17:14 Babylon was then overthrown by the Medes and the Persians 17:17 represented by the chest and arms of silver in 538 BC. 17:22 The belly and thighs of bronze 17:24 represented the kingdom of Greece that began in 331 BC 17:29 when Alexander the Great conquered the Medes 17:31 and the Persians in the battle of Arbela. 17:34 And the kingdom that followed Greece 17:36 was the iron monarchy of the Roman Empire 17:39 which ruled the world from 168 BC to AD 476. 17:45 And no mere man could have made such startling 17:48 and exact predictions foretelling 17:51 world history for the next 2600 years. 17:56 Now, for the skeptic 17:57 it's possibly unscientific to think of divinity 18:01 tracing the future before it happens. 18:04 So some schooled in critical thought tell us that, 18:07 instead of Daniel writing this account 18:10 sometime in the first half of the 6th century BC, 18:13 the Book of Daniel was ghost written 18:16 at the outbreak of the persecution of the Jews 18:19 under the Seleucid rule around 167 BC. 18:23 But even if that were true and it's not. 18:27 The mystery author would still have 18:29 had an amazing rate of success 18:31 in the prophecies of this book recommended by Jesus. 18:35 For example, instead of logically predicting 18:38 another world empire to follow Babylon, 18:41 Medo-Persia, Greece and then Rome, 18:45 the author foretold a divided kingdom. 18:49 For the vision revealed that the image's feet 18:52 would be made of iron and clay, 18:54 partly strong and partly weak. 18:57 True to the prediction the Mediterranean world 19:00 fractured and fell apart. 19:03 Many have tried to reunite Europe 19:05 through the intermarriage of royal families, 19:08 through wars like those of Charlemagne, 19:10 Napoleon, and Hitler, 19:13 and more recently through the mingling of currency. 19:16 And yet Europe and all its neighbors 19:18 have remained divided to this day 19:20 in direct fulfillment to the prophetic vision. 19:25 "They shall not cleave one to another, 19:28 even as iron is not mixed with clay." 19:32 But in even more important prophecy 19:34 contained in this book endorsed by Jesus 19:38 was the prophecy concerning the long looked for Messiah. 19:43 Absolutely, did you know the Book of Daniel 19:46 predicted the very year the Messiah, 19:47 the Anointed would come? 19:49 The timeline of this prophecy starts 19:51 or anchors on a historical event. 19:53 "Know therefore and understand" Daniel writes, 19:56 "That from the going forth of the commandment 19:58 to restore and to build Jerusalem 20:00 unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, 20:03 and threescore and two weeks." 20:05 This prophetic timeline starts from the command 20:07 to restore and build Jerusalem. 20:10 That command was made in 457 BC by Artaxerxes. 20:14 The actual decree can be found in Ezra 7:11-26. 20:19 This decree fortified that Jews with full political 20:21 and monetary support that restored 20:23 the Jewish nation hold once again. 20:26 Now in the Bible, 20:28 one prophetic day equals one literal year. 20:31 You can read about that in Ezekiel 4:6. 20:34 So 7 weeks plus 3 score weeks plus 2 weeks 20:38 equals 69 prophetic weeks. 20:41 Each week has 7 days, 7 x 69 equals 483 literal years. 20:48 And right on time in 1827 20:51 this prophecy came true in the person of Jesus 20:53 when He was anointed by the Holy Spirit as baptism. 20:57 Perhaps that's why Jesus said in John 5:39, 21:00 "Search the scriptures, 21:01 for in them ye think ye have eternal life 21:04 but they are they which testify of me." 21:08 The doctrine or teachings of Jesus 21:09 include a very real belief 21:11 in the authenticity of the Book of Daniel. 21:13 And according to Jesus, prophetic scripture is something 21:17 we should search out and pay attention to it. 21:20 Prophetic scripture points us to eternal life, 21:22 because it points us to the life giver. 21:26 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets, 21:29 I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill," Jesus said. 21:34 Jesus didn't come to diminish the prophetic gifts, 21:36 He Himself was a provider of prophecy. 21:39 For example, Jesus was sitting here 21:41 on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem, 21:44 His disciples pointing at the beauty of the temple 21:46 when He said to them, "'Do you see all these things?' 21:49 I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another, 21:53 every one will be thrown down." 21:56 This prophecy also came true in AD 70, 21:59 when the Roman General Titus 22:01 not only took Jerusalem by conquest, 22:03 but completely leveled the Temple Mount 22:05 pushing all the stones off into the marketplace walkway 22:08 on the western side of the Temple Mount. 22:11 This so filled the area that all pictures of Jerusalem 22:14 show that Jews praying at the top of the western wall. 22:18 Much of this debris has now been removed 22:20 revealing one of the very streets 22:21 that Jesus would have walked on. 22:23 Now don't get too distracted by all this archaeology. 22:26 What's important is that the prophetic word of scripture 22:30 gives us reason to believe the Bible. 22:32 Prophecy gives us a solid foundation 22:35 upon which to build a rational faith. 22:39 It does Steven. Think with this way. 22:42 If I told you that in 7 years 22:44 you'd be the first non-astronaut to stand on the moon, 22:48 you'd probably be very doubtful. 22:50 And then if I added another layer of prophecy 22:52 and told you that because of your subsequent notoriety, 22:55 you'll start a new clothing line that would make you 22:57 a billionaire clothier in just three years 22:59 from landing on the moon. 23:01 You most likely wouldn't believe me. 23:04 After all, I have no connections with NASA 23:06 or anyone who works there. 23:08 I don't know the president or the vice president 23:10 and so for you to be skeptical of my predictions, 23:13 it would be completely understandable, even reasonable. 23:17 But if by some chance you actually 23:19 were the first non-astronaut 23:21 to stand on the moon, would you be going to take 23:23 my second prediction more seriously? 23:27 Probably. But here's a question that needs an answer. 23:30 If after 3 years from landing on the moon, 23:32 you actually did become 23:34 a billionaire retail seller of clothes, 23:37 would it be reasonable for you to believe in me. 23:42 This is why prophecy is more powerful 23:45 as an anchor for our faith than archaeology. 23:48 In the Book of Matthew alone, 23:49 17 times it stated that specific events 23:53 were a fulfillment of prophecy. 23:55 Here's an example, in Matthew 27:35, 23:58 as Jesus is hanging on the cross being crucified, 24:01 it says, "They parted His garments 24:04 casting lots that it might be fulfilled 24:07 which was spoken by the prophet, 24:08 they parted My garments among them, 24:11 and upon My vesture did they cast lots." 24:14 The prophet being referred to here 24:16 is the Psalmist David and Matthew 24:18 is quoting from Psalm 22. 24:20 In this one Messianic Psalm alone 24:23 are several amazing correlations with the death 24:26 and crucifixion of Christ. 24:28 Psalm 22:1 starts with these words, 24:31 "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" 24:36 at 3 in the afternoon 24:39 Jesus cried out, 24:41 "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" 24:45 And the Psalmist goes on to say, 24:46 "I am despised of the people, they laugh me to scorn, 24:50 they shake the head saying, 24:51 He trusted on the Lord that He would deliver Him, 24:54 let Him deliver Him seeing He delighted in Him." 24:58 And Matthew records, 25:00 "And they that passed by reviled Him, 25:02 wagging their heads saying He trusted in God, 25:05 let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him, 25:08 for He said, I am the Son of God." 25:11 And then David writes, 25:13 "They part My garments among them 25:15 and cast lots upon My vesture." 25:19 Matthew 27:35 says, "When they crucified Jesus, 25:23 they parted His garments by casting lots." 25:27 In verse 16 David said, 25:29 "They pierced My hands and My feet." 25:32 He can't be talking about himself here 25:33 since this never happened to him. 25:35 With prophetic eye, he's seeing 25:38 what Thomas and the other disciples saw. 25:40 They watched the crucifixion, they saw the wounds 25:44 that the nails left in hands of our dear Savior. 25:47 And finally David wrote, "I'm poured out like water 25:51 and all my bones are out of joint, 25:53 my heart is like wax, 25:55 it's melted in the midst of my bowels." 25:58 It was reported by John that when one of the soldiers 26:01 with a spear pierced the side of Jesus after He had died, 26:05 that "forthwith came there out blood and water." 26:11 Today, we only had time to look at 26:13 a few of the numerous prophecies 26:15 that were fulfilled in the life of Christ. 26:17 There are many, many more. 26:19 A prophetic principle says that the more details 26:22 you put into a prophecy, 26:24 the less likely it is to come true. 26:26 And that is precisely why the life of Christ 26:29 is completely unbelievable 26:31 when measured by mere scientific methods. 26:34 Professor Peter Stoner, calculated 26:37 the probability of just 8 Messianic prophecies 26:40 being fulfilled in the life of Jesus. 26:42 His estimated calculated as conservatively as possible 26:46 and reviewed by the American Scientific Affiliation, 26:48 said that it is 1 in 10 followed by 28 zeros. 26:54 No casino in Las Vegas would bet money 26:56 if those numbers were against the house. 26:59 Keep in mind that Jesus did not just fulfill 8 prophecies, 27:03 He fulfilled 108. 27:06 The chances of fulfilling just 48 prophecies 27:09 causes the likeliness to decrease 27:11 to 1 in 10 followed by 157 zeros. 27:16 Accidental fulfillment of these prophecies 27:19 is simply beyond the realm of possibility unless, 27:25 unless those events were foreknown in the mind of God, 27:29 planned in advance to leave for future generations 27:32 the fingerprints of divine origin. 27:36 Listen friends, we have in our hands 27:39 all the prophetic evidence we need, 27:42 all the proof necessary to build a strong yet rational faith 27:46 in the inspiration of these sacred pages. 27:50 Prophecy is so solid a foundation that Jesus taught 27:54 it is of more value to our faith 27:56 than seeing one raise from the dead. 27:59 Jesus believed in the whole Old Testament 28:02 and He invites us to study it for ourselves. 28:05 Jesus commissioned His followers 28:06 to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 28:09 to write the New Testament 28:10 to share with mankind the precious truths 28:13 He had personally revealed to them. 28:16 This is the Living Word of God 28:19 and this is the doctrine of Jesus, 28:23 "The words that I speak unto you, 28:25 they are spirit, and they are life." |
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