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WEEK NINE

 

BOOK I  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 1

SCRIPTURE IS SUPERIOR TO ALL HUMAN WISDOM

 

1. What are the Things Calvin says helps confirm the authority of Scripture in our minds?

2. What assures our heart of the authority of Scripture more than its style?

3. How is the Scriptures vindicated from all doubt?

 

BOOK I  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 2

NOT STYLE BUT CONTENT IS DECISIVE

 

1. What is conspicuous in all of the Scriptures despite the education and ability of the writers of the various books?

2. When all of the prophets are considered, what do they do others do not in their writings inspired by Satan?

 

BOOK 1  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 3

THE GREAT ANTIQUITY OF SCRIPTURE

 

1. Why is great weight placed on the age of the Scriptures?

2. How do the writings of Moses show the Bible is older than all other traditions of men?

 

BOOK I  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 4

THE TRUTHFULNESS OF SCRIPTURE SHOWN BY MOSES' EXAMPLE

 

1. What do the writings of Josephus reveal concerning Scripture?

2. How does the testimony of Jacod add to the proof of th age of Scripture=s revelations of God?

 

BOOK I  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 5

MIRACLES STRENGTHEN THE AUTHORITY OF GOD'S MESSENGERS


1. What signs did God render though Moses to verify the testimony of Moses to the people?

2. Why is it important that there were witnesses to what transpired between god and Moses and the signs of God appearing in Moses?

 

BOOK I  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 6

MOSES' MIRACLES ARE INCONTESTABLE

 

1. How were the people previously convinced of the signs that would come later from Moses and as they pertain particularly to the writings of Moses?

2. Why did God make Moses the subject of many trials?

 

BOOK I  CHAPTER 8  SECTION 7

PROPHESIES THAT ARE FULFILLED CONTRARY TO ALL HUMAN EXPECTATION

 

1. Why is it impossible to say that Moses was not guided by any other than a prophetic spirit of God?

2. What is the relationship of the 400 years in Egypt before the prophecy of Moses begins to unfold, with that of the Gentiles coming into the fold in the New Testament?