Wednesday in the Word Lesson 3

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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[0:15] good morning and welcome to Wednesday's

[0:18] in the word and we're excited for this

[0:20] lesson number three this week and every

[0:24] now and then people ask you questions

[0:25] about the Bible and they ask you one

[0:29] question sometimes I get is why is there

[0:32] 66 books why not 65 books why not more

[0:38] books they especially if they've come

[0:40] and they've seen the Apocrypha and other

[0:43] Bibles they question why don't we have

[0:46] those books in our Bible and so today we

[0:49] want to talk about that a little bit why

[0:51] is 66 books it's called the Canon now

[0:54] not the Canon you'd find on a pirate

[0:56] ship

[0:56] but the Canon of Scripture see a in in

[1:00] oh in and so we're going to look at that

[1:03] today but before we do let me remind you

[1:06] about a few verses in Scripture the

[1:07] Bible says in 2nd Timothy 3:16 and 17

[1:12] that all Scripture is given by

[1:14] inspiration of God and is profitable for

[1:17] doctrine for reproof for correction for

[1:20] instruction in righteousness that the

[1:22] man of God may be perfect throughly

[1:23] furnished unto all good works

[1:26] in Psalm 1 1989 the Bible tells us this

[1:30] it says for ever O Lord thy word is

[1:34] settled in heaven forever O Lord thy

[1:37] word is settled in heaven and also in

[1:39] 2nd Peter chapter number 1 verse number

[1:42] 21 the Bible tells us is for this

[1:44] prophecy came not in old time by the

[1:47] will of man but holy men of God spake as

[1:50] they were moved by the Holy Ghost and so

[1:53] that those are the three passages of

[1:55] Scripture help kind of set the stage for

[1:59] what we're going to be talking about

[2:00] this morning so why is 66 books the word

[2:04] chanting the genuine books of the Holy

[2:07] Scriptures called the sacred Canon or

[2:11] the general rule of moral and religious

[2:13] duty given by inspiration that's one of

[2:15] the things that that word Canon means so

[2:19] there was some tests that were applied

[2:21] in order to see if a certain writing was

[2:25] to be taken as part of the

[2:28] so here's some test they use for the Old

[2:30] Testament these are specific tests to

[2:32] consider the canonicity may be

[2:34] recognized number one did the book

[2:37] indicate God was speaking through the

[2:40] writer and that it was considered

[2:42] authoritative now we're going to compare

[2:45] some references letter a God was

[2:48] speaking through the human author in

[2:51] Exodus chapter 20 verse number one we

[2:54] find that to be for certain in Joshua

[2:57] chapter one verse number one will turn

[3:00] there this morning Joshua chapter number

[3:03] one verse number one and will reference

[3:06] that as well this morning let's look at

[3:09] Joshua 1:1 now after the death of Moses

[3:13] the servant of the Lord it came to pass

[3:15] that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son

[3:18] of nun Moses ministers saying so again

[3:21] God speaking through the human author

[3:25] Isaiah chapter two verse one

[3:28] not only that was it was God speaking

[3:31] through the human author but let her be

[3:33] that the books were authoritative now

[3:36] there's gonna be some listing in the

[3:38] notes of selection so in the description

[3:41] below this video are some notes that

[3:43] I'll have all of the references that

[3:45] we're using today I don't have time in a

[3:49] 15-minute video to go to every one of

[3:51] these but we just wanted to give you

[3:53] some references one was Joshua chapter 1

[3:56] verses 7 and 8 the Bible says only be

[3:59] thou strong and very courageous that

[4:01] thou madest observe to do according to

[4:04] all the law which Moses my servant

[4:06] commanded thee turn not from it to the

[4:09] right hand or to the left

[4:11] though thou may prosper with it so ever

[4:13] thou goest and then verse number 8 this

[4:16] book of the law and I depart out of thy

[4:17] mouth without shall meditate therein day

[4:20] and night that thou mayst observe to do

[4:22] according to all that is written therein

[4:24] for then thou shalt make that way

[4:26] prosperous and then thou shalt have good

[4:29] success but there's a whole listing of

[4:31] verses in Joshua and first Kings second

[4:34] Kings Ezra Nehemiah Daniel Malachi note

[4:38] also that Joshua's 6:26 is come

[4:41] paired with first King 1634 and there's

[4:45] other verses that are laid out in your

[4:46] notes for you today that are some

[4:48] comparisons and let me encourage you to

[4:50] look these verses over look them up and

[4:53] understand what their meaning secondly

[4:56] not only was it to be authoritative and

[4:58] that God was speaking to the author

[5:00] second was the human author recognized

[5:03] as a spokesman of God that is was he a

[5:07] prophet or did he have a prophetic gift

[5:09] now some verses to compares Deuteronomy

[5:12] 18 18 Deuteronomy 31 24 through 26 first

[5:17] samuel 10:25 and Nehemiah 8 3 so you

[5:22] have did God speak through the writer

[5:24] was it considered authoritative was a

[5:27] human offer a recognized spokesman for

[5:30] God at number 3 was the book

[5:32] historically accurate did it reflect a

[5:35] record of actual facts so that was some

[5:40] test for the Old Testament now here's

[5:42] some New Testament evidence for the

[5:45] canonicity of the Old Testament so New

[5:49] Testament evidence of Old Testament

[5:53] truth number one Old Testament

[5:55] quotations in the New Testament did you

[5:58] know that there are some 250 quotes from

[6:02] the Old Testament in the New Testament

[6:04] do you want to know how many are found

[6:07] in the Apocrypha that are found in the

[6:11] New Testament 0 all the Old Testament

[6:16] books are quoted in the New Testament

[6:19] except for 3 Esther Ecclesiastes and

[6:24] Song of Solomon all the other 36 books

[6:29] in the Old Testament are quoted in the

[6:33] New Testament have you ever stopped to

[6:35] consider that 250 times that the other

[6:39] 36 books were mentioned secondly Old

[6:42] Testament quotations by Jesus himself in

[6:45] Matthew 5:17 to 18 the Lord declared

[6:49] that the law and the prophets a

[6:52] reference that includes all of the Old

[6:54] Testament and

[6:55] let's go there Matthew chapter 5 this

[6:58] morning and verses number 17 and 18

[7:02] Matthew chapter number five verses 17

[7:05] and 18 this is what was said think not

[7:08] that I am come to destroy the law or the

[7:10] prophets

[7:11] I am not come to destroy but to fulfil

[7:14] for verily I say unto you till heaven

[7:16] and earth shall pass away one jot or one

[7:19] tittle shall in no wise pass from the

[7:21] law till all be fulfilled Jesus Christ

[7:25] referencing the law and the prophets

[7:28] this includes all of the Old Testament

[7:31] that's what was summarized by the law

[7:33] verse 18 would be fulfilled this

[7:36] declared it was therefore God's

[7:38] authority t'v word Christ's statement in

[7:41] Matthew 23 verse 35 about the blood of

[7:45] abel to the blood of zechariah clearly

[7:48] define what jesus viewed as the old

[7:51] testament so let's go there Matthew 23

[7:54] verse number 35 Matthew 23 verse number

[7:59] 35 the Bible says that upon you may come

[8:06] all the righteous blood shed upon the

[8:09] Earth from the blood of the righteous

[8:11] abel to the blood of Zacharias the son

[8:14] of our Caius whom he slew between the

[8:16] temple and the altar so all of those

[8:21] referencing Jesus Christ referencing

[8:24] that time frame Genesis through Malachi

[8:27] all of that consisted of the Old

[8:30] Testament and what we know as the Old

[8:33] Testament of our Bible

[8:35] so the Canon was referenced not only in

[8:38] the New Testament some 250 times but

[8:42] also quotes by Jesus Christ himself

[8:45] now it's particularly significant in the

[8:48] view of the fact that there are other

[8:50] martyrs of God's messengers recorded in

[8:54] the Apocrypha but the Lord excludes them

[8:57] suggesting he did not consider the books

[9:00] of the Apocrypha to belong in the Canon

[9:02] as with the books from Genesis to second

[9:06] Chronicles

[9:07] and so when you think about that this

[9:09] morning and here's some interesting

[9:10] thoughts you've got Jesus quoting verses

[9:14] you've got Jesus referencing the law and

[9:18] the prophets and talking about the death

[9:20] of Abel all the way through Zacharias

[9:23] but never one time mentioning four

[9:26] writings that are accrued to be in the

[9:30] Apocrypha and so we find Jesus as the

[9:33] test now if anybody's going to tell us

[9:35] what the word is it ought to be the one

[9:39] that we find in John chapter one verse

[9:42] number one saying in the beginning was

[9:44] the word and the Word was with God and

[9:47] the Word was God and in John 1:14 when

[9:50] it tells us that the word became flesh

[9:52] and dwelt among us and we beheld as

[9:55] Laurie has the only begotten of the

[9:56] Father full of grace and truth if

[9:59] anybody's going to speak on what the

[10:00] word is it is the word who is Christ

[10:04] Jesus now here's some tests for the New

[10:07] Testament the question naturally arises

[10:10] what process and by what means did the

[10:14] early church recognize which books were

[10:17] canticle and which books were not now

[10:21] the following summarizes not in great

[10:24] detail summarizes the test use to

[10:28] discern which books were to be part of

[10:30] the new testament number one

[10:33] authentication on the divine side we

[10:36] know that as the word inspiration

[10:39] I remember we talked about that in

[10:40] second Timothy all Scripture is given by

[10:42] inspiration did the book give eternal

[10:45] evidence or internal evidence use me of

[10:49] inspiration of God breathed was it a

[10:53] proper spiritual character did it edify

[10:56] the church was it doctrinally accurate

[11:01] the Apocrypha and the pseudo pitted

[11:04] enfagrow were rejected as a result of

[11:07] they did not meet this test so when you

[11:09] hold up the Apocrypha and the other

[11:11] writings and you compare them to what we

[11:14] find in the twenty-seven books of our

[11:16] New Testament you'll discover some

[11:19] doctrinal

[11:20] Agreements you'll discover some problems

[11:23] that detain and the historical facts

[11:26] you'll discover a lot of things that you

[11:28] and I would have a conclusive decision

[11:30] to say that's not from God so the book

[11:36] should bear evidence of high moral and

[11:39] spiritual values that would reflect the

[11:43] work of a holy spirit working on a man

[11:46] as we mentioned in second Peter that

[11:49] holy men of God spake as they were moved

[11:52] by the Holy Ghost there are a lot of

[11:56] people who write but they're not

[11:58] necessarily moved by the Holy Ghost -

[12:01] right they may write because they want

[12:03] to sell a book or they may write because

[12:05] they've got a story to tell but not

[12:08] because the Holy Spirit of God moved in

[12:10] the Bible is not like any other book it

[12:13] is a living breathing book that was

[12:15] inspired by cohn breathed on by the Holy

[12:18] Spirit and written for you and I for our

[12:22] admonition instructions and in

[12:25] righteousness second thing about the New

[12:28] Testament was the authentication on the

[12:30] human side there were three issues that

[12:33] were important number one was the author

[12:35] and apostle or did he have the

[12:38] endorsement of an apostle so you think

[12:40] about all the New Testament books from

[12:43] Matthew all the way to Revelation they

[12:46] wanted to know was it an apostle or was

[12:49] it someone that had an apostle would

[12:51] endorse mark now we know he wrote the

[12:54] Gospel of Mark but do you know that he

[12:57] did that under the endorsement of Peter

[13:00] Luke was a close associate of the

[13:03] Apostle Paul who wrote under the

[13:05] endorsement of the Apostle Paul's

[13:07] authority so there's Matthew and Mark

[13:11] Mark and Luke writing their books

[13:13] because of the apostle authority that

[13:16] was there in the endorsement secondly

[13:20] universal acceptance was another key

[13:22] factor on the whole was the book

[13:25] accepted by the church at large the

[13:28] recognition given a particular book by

[13:30] the church was important by this

[13:33] standard

[13:34] number of books were rejected there were

[13:37] some books that enjoyed an acceptance by

[13:40] a few but were later dropped for lack of

[13:43] universal acceptance then there were a

[13:46] few books that some questioned because

[13:48] of doubts about the author not the

[13:51] content but we're later accepted because

[13:54] the majority accepted them and so the

[13:58] universal acceptance is so when you pick

[14:01] up your Bible and you find there 66

[14:03] books it's not on accident it's not

[14:06] there you needed a number 66 it wasn't

[14:10] they wanted 65 or 70 they didn't need a

[14:13] nice round number it was that all

[14:16] scripture now remember we need to go

[14:18] back to that reference in Psalms chapter

[14:20] 119 that said forever O Lord thy word is

[14:25] settled in heaven before it was taken

[14:29] and ink put to paper or we should say

[14:32] animal skins during that time before the

[14:36] ink touched the paper it was already

[14:38] settled in heaven what would be written

[14:41] and pinned now God had a plan and God

[14:45] used mankind to bring about his plan and

[14:50] God spoke to us through his word it is

[14:55] his word he spoke the Holy Spirit of God

[14:59] moved upon men and they wrote the words

[15:02] that God directed them to write now it

[15:06] is amazing as you study the Bible you

[15:08] find some stylistic writings it's

[15:12] amazing to me the words God uses to

[15:15] speak to us through his word but he uses

[15:18] styles of the writer to express it in

[15:21] such a way now when it comes to stylings

[15:24] let me give you an illustration I can

[15:27] say something in a certain way and my

[15:29] wife could say the same thing in a

[15:32] different way and but we get the same

[15:35] message across see the stylist of the

[15:38] speaker or the stylist of the writer

[15:41] does not affect the message or affects

[15:44] the delivery but not the message

[15:47] the message is the same the delivery is

[15:50] a little bit different now

[15:52] you've heard me preach before and

[15:53] sometimes I'm a little bit loud and

[15:56] sometimes I'm a little bit soft but

[15:58] overall I tried my best to

[16:01] enthusiastically deliver the Word of God

[16:03] but if a preacher is only soft and he's

[16:06] not loud it doesn't make him a poor

[16:09] preacher

[16:09] it doesn't make him a poor communicator

[16:12] because the message of the word of God

[16:15] is what is important the stylistic

[16:18] stylings of the speaker can either add

[16:21] or sometimes it can distract but at or

[16:24] distracted to the delivering of the

[16:26] message I believe it is important for

[16:29] you and I to understand the 66 books

[16:31] that are contained for us in the Canon

[16:34] of Scripture inside the cover of your

[16:36] Bible was planned by God before Inc ever

[16:42] touched the paper God had a plan for it

[16:45] and so today you can know with

[16:49] confidence why do I have 66 books in my

[16:52] Bible because that's the way God wanted

[16:55] it done that's the way God directed men

[16:58] to write that's the way that God

[17:01] preserved it now I'm looking forward to

[17:03] next week as we take a journey and we go

[17:07] from the original languages to the 1611

[17:10] version of the Bible I want to take you

[17:13] on a historical journey and I'm looking

[17:15] forward to it next week but today

[17:17] remember this your Bible was written by

[17:22] God planned by God preserved by God for

[17:28] you this has been a great time in the

[17:30] Wednesday's in the word and we look

[17:32] forward to seeing you next time have a

[17:34] great day and hopefully we'll see you

[17:36] tonight at church god bless