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Chapter 2 - The Scriptural Basis of Christianity

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Chapter 2 - The Scriptural Basis of Christianity                                                                                You may view chapter 1  here John is sitting in the full lecture room a few minutes before the lecture is supposed to start.   He sits looking down at the Bible in his hands (opened to the Old Testament) but is listening intently to a conversation from the row behind him.   "Yes, I agree that this Septuagint theory is very interesting, but I looked up more information on the Septuagint last night, and its origin sounds rather nonsensical.   Apparently 72 scribes got together, each made their own separate translation in separate cells, and after translating alone for 72 days, all the separate translations were exactly the same.”   “That sounds very weird."   "Yeah, I know!   Kind of makes me think that the Septuagint isn't very reliable."   "But remember, the Apostles apparently used it." "Oh yes, I forgot that…b

Worship

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This book is a good critique   of our modern ideas of worship by setting forth the truth in Scriptures about the right way to serve God.   Many people are idolaters, or at least worshipping in an idolatrous way, perhaps more so than we would have thought.   "Fundamentally, idolatry is thinking thoughts about God that are untrue of Him, or entertaining thoughts about Him that are unworthy of Him."   Macarthur spends some chapters going through the Trinity, and showing from the Scriptures that correct worship involves   a correct knowledge of God.   Muslims, Buddhists and other faiths not solely focused upon the Bible as God's Word(the Old and New Testaments) are not worshipping the true God, as they have an incorrect knowledge of who He is.   People who do not acknowledge Jesus as one with the Father are rejecting who God is and His salvation.   " Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me."(John 1