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Christ's Authentication We will indicate briefly only one line of evidence that the Bible Is a trust– worthy record and should be accepted as having Divine authority. This is the most fundamental ground for faith and should be all sufficient. A very few selected references are given out of a multitude that might be cited. 1. Christ fully endorsed the Qld Testament as we have it today. The Old Testament was completed over four hundred years before Christ's birth. It was translated into Greek and was accepted by the Jews as true his– tory and of divine authority in its teachings. ( 1.) Jesus studied the Old Testa– ment and knew it. He quoted from all portions of it-"The Law, the Prophets and the Psalms" (Luke 24: 25, 44). He referred to the flood (Matt. 24:37); Abraham (Matt. 8:11); Moses (John 3:14); David, Elijah (Luke 4: 25); Daniel (Matt. 24:15); Isaiah (Mark 7:6). ( 2. ) Jesus accepted the historical truth of the Old Testament, obeyed the teachings and instructed others to obey them. He distinguished between "laws and traditions" (Matt. 15:3) . He used the Old Testament to combat Satan (Matt. 4:1-11); He also observed th!! Mosaic feasts and laws. ( 3.) Jesus repeatedly identified tlhe Old Testament teachings with the words of God (John 10:35); He spoke of its promises and prophecies as inspired and fulfilled. "These are they that testify of Me" (Jno. 5:39). He Him– self fulfilled the Old Testament types, such as the Lamb (John 1: 29) etc'., and He came to fulfill other .Predictions (Matt. 5: 17) ; He declared that God spoke thro.ugh Moses· (Mark 7.: 9 )'. David (Mark 12: 36) and others. ( 4.) Even some of the passages that are most clisp_uted today Jesus quoted or referred to as authentic and im– portant: Noah and flood (Matt. 24:
that the question of authority should be considered settled. No matter how roany people in the home office have bad a part in writing the instructions or how many styles may be included in the document, only an irreconcilable anbeliever would under these condi– tions, refuse to accept the documents as inspired by the heads of the firm. The case is similiar with regard to Christians and the Bible. Granting that the New Testament truthfully re– cords the sayings of Christ and the be– liefs of the first apostles, is it to be accepted as reliable and authoritative, the court of last resort in all matters of dispute of which it treats, or are we at liberty to disregard its teachings in favor of the conclusions of
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