Pastor Bill West
August 21, 2022Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.
Matthew 7:24–27
In Circulation- Approximately 6 billion Bibles in print today and over 100 million printed each year.
- Translated in over 3,500 languages with about 2,000 still needed.
Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
Psalm 119:89
In Preservation- Hand copied for over 2,800 years until the invention of the printing press in 1455 AD.
- Over 24,000 manuscripts of NT.
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.
Isaiah 40:8
In Unity
- One book which is actually 66 books. Written over a span of over 1,500 years. Written by over 40 different authors from every walk of life.
- Written on three different continents in three different languages.
- One message: Salvation through Jesus Christ Alone!
You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
John 5:39 NLT
In Accuracy
Historically Accurate
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
1 John 1:1
And King Agrippa knows about these things. I speak boldly, for I am sure these events are all familiar to him, for they were not done in a corner!
Acts 26:26
Scientifically Accurate
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
Job 26:7
I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky...
Jeremiah 33:22
Prophetically Accurate
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Micah 5:2
In its Influence
- Value of Human Life
- Justice in the World
- “God is Love”
You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
John 5:39 NLT
In its Claims
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:20-21
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
2 Timothy 3:16
Bottom Line: The Bible is Unlike Any Other Book in All of Human History
