Day 1- JESUS BELIEVED SCRIPTURE WILL COME TRUE

This week you are going to read how Jesus confirms God’s Word to be true. Jesus was not one to let lies go quietly into the night. If there was false teaching, He confronted it or addressed it (Matthew 23, Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7, Matthew 16:23, Matthew 11, Matthew 12, John 3, and John 8 are just a few of the many). We can be confident that if Jesus claimed God’s Word to be true, then it is without error.
Read Matthew 26:47-54
What happens in this passage? Who does Jesus rebuke?
Why does Jesus say, according to verse 54, the events of his arrest, trial, crucifixion and resurrection must happen? How does Jesus confirm the “Scriptures”?
Note at the times Jesus said that none of the books of the New Testament had been written. What Scriptures was He confirming to be true?

DIG DEEPER

How were the different books chosen to be a part of the Bible? This is called the “Canonization” of Scripture. The word canon means “measuring rod.” The church came up with five questions as a measuring rod to see which books fit.
#1 – Is it written by a prophet?
Deuteronomy 18:18 and Hebrews 1:1 says only a prophet will speak the words of God in the OT. Peter claims that the word that is preached by the apostles is the word of God in 1 Peter 1:25.
#2 – Was the author confirmed by an act of God? Hebrews 2:3-4
#3 – Does it tell the truth about God? Galatians 1:8, Deuteronomy 18:22
#4 – Does it have the power of God?
The power of God is transforming Hebrews 4:12
#5 – Was it accepted by the people of God?
All throughout Scripture you will see authors quote other authors of Scripture.
You will also see the people of God validate Scripture.
Ex: 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Deut. 31:24-26, Joshua 24:26.

Day 2- SCRIPTURE IS NECESSARY TO JESUS

Read Matthew 4:4
What should man live on according to Jesus?
How do these words prove how Jesus valued the Scriptures?

Day 3- OT SCRIPTURES PROVE GOD EXISTS

Read Luke 16:31. What does Jesus say here?
This is in the context of a story that Jesus tells about a rich man and a man named Lazarus.
Read Luke 16:19-31. What did the rich man want Abraham to do according to verse 27?
The rich man was obviously a Jewish man who did not believe in God. He wanted Abraham to send Lazarus, who was already dead, back to his living family to warn him about eternal punishment. Abraham says to the rich man that they have Moses and the Prophets.
They don’t need a man, who has risen from the dead to inspire belief in God. Jesus is telling this story. If anyone else told it, we could question it… but because Jesus, God Himself who knows eternity, did… we can trust it. The point of this lesson is that Jesus wanted to emphasize that the Old Testament Scriptures are enough to inspire belief in God’s existence. Jesus validates God’s Word as enough. The cool thing is Jesus, Himself, would go the extra mile and actually die and rise from the dead so those everyone could believe in God! The Old Testament pointed to Jesus and He claimed it was enough.
God has always given us enough in His Word to believe He exists and that He is true.
The Scriptures are enough.

Day 4- EXAMPLE OF JESUS VALIDATING THE OT

Read Matthew 12:40
What Old Testament event does Jesus validate in this passage?
Does Jesus believe the crazy event of Jonah really happened?
Read Matthew 24:37-39
What Old Testament event does Jesus speak of in this passage?
Does Jesus validate the events of the flood?Day 5- GOD’S WORD IS TRUE

Read John 17:17. What does Jesus say about God’s Word?