Because everything that we need is in the scripture, because we are saved by the Word

of Truth, because we are sanctified by the truth, the Word of God, because all instruction

for living is contained here, this then becomes the point of the enemy's constant and relentless

assault.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. It's a sad state of

affairs when biblical truth is mocked by Hollywood,

disputed by scholars, or simply ignored by society at large, but it's even worse when God's

word is criticized and disregarded within the church. The need to stand up for scripture has

never been greater. And that's why today on Grace to You, John MacArthur is going to help equip you to defend the authority of the Word of God.

He's beginning a study titled Making a Case for the Bible.

Now, John, the fact that we're talking about making a case for the Bible,

there seems to be a couple of ideas there. One is, the Bible can be trusted,

and second, the Bible is under attack. So talk about that as we launch this study. Yeah,

obviously, scripture can be trusted, must be trusted, and consequently it is under attack.

I mean, the devil understands that there's only one job if you're the adversary of God, and that is to make sure people don't believe what God says.

Is that new? Go back to Genesis. What's going on in the garden? You know, Satan comes to Eve, and here is the

prototypical temptation. Oh, no, you're not going to die. You know, you can't believe that.

That's not true. You can't trust God's word. You don't want to ignore the opportunity. You have to know the difference between good and

evil, and you can know the difference between good and evil if you eat that fruit. God's trying to

hold something back from you by deceiving you. And Eve fell to that temptation, and it goes on and on and on

through all of human history. The battle is very clear. It is the battle for the

ascendancy and the supremacy of the truth of God as over against the lies and deceptions of Satan.

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