This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today we continue with a series called 40 Days in the Word.

In these messages, Pastor Rick shares practical Bible study tools

that will reignite your passion for God's Word and revolutionize your life

as you grow closer to Jesus.

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with Part 3 of a message called,

Why Can I Trust the Bible?

We know we can trust the Bible because it is historically accurate, archaeology confirms it,

and it is scientifically accurate.

Number 3, we know we can trust the Bible because it is prophetically accurate.

It is prophetically accurate. What does that mean?

It means that the promises and the predictions in the Bible always come true.

Now, the Bible is filled with literally thousands and thousands of prophecies,

where God says, this is going to happen at such and such a time in such a such a way.

And over all of the centuries, thousands of these prophecies have already been fulfilled

with every one of them exactly as God said, and some of them are still yet to be fulfilled.

You know, there are over 300 prophecies in the Bible about Jesus, the Messiah,

up to a thousand years before he was born.

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