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Text: Jude 20-23

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Listen as Kent Fuller (Avant Ministries) from the country of Belize brings us a message from the book of Jude. We are under attack and we face opposition from our adversary Satan and in order to overcome this opposition we must reach up and reach out.

In these verses we see a summation of the Ten Commandments. First we are to reach up.  We do this by growing our relationship with God by reading and studying his word. 

Second we are to reach out.  Not only are we to study and pray but we are to serve others (vs. 22).  We need to share with others about our relationship with Jesus . We also need to confront those who proclaim false teachings.

This is  lesson #10 in a study of canonicity, a study about where we get our Bible.  Your instructor is Elder David Nichols.

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1.    Inspiration = Authority of God’s Word
        Canonicity = Acceptance  of God’s Word 
        Transmission = Accuracy of God’s Word
        Translations = Availability of God’s Word
2. What is an autograph?  An original  There are no originals known to be in existence today.
3. There are very few O.T. manuscripts , but due to the meticulous care of the Masoretes, the few we have exist.
4. Uncials manuscripts had no punctuation, no capitals, and no divisions.
5. From the 10th-15th century new styles of writing and copying had been developed and some nearly 5000 minuscules were produced.
6. Textual Criticism  - Text = sections of books or letters – Criticism = Judgment of grammar and content – an evaluation.
7.     The “Great Debate?  Older is Better  vs.  More  is better
8.  Period of Reduplication 100-325 A.D. – Copies of originals – copies of the copies
9. The Western = Latin text   The Eastern = Byzantine text
10. The Latin Text gave us the Received Text “Authorized – Textus Receptus.?
11. The Byzantine text gave us the Critical Text – fewer copies dating back to 125 A.D. or so.
12.Period of Standardization of the text 325-1500 A.D. (known as the “Dark Ages?. 
13.  Period of Crystallization (1500 – 1648 A.D.) Years of Enlightenment – the Reformation Era.
14. Erasmus based his translations on the “Textus Receptus? Lit. the “Received Text.?
15. John Rodgers, a good friend of William Tyndale compiled the “Matthews Bible? in English.
16. In 1607, forty eight choice Greek and Hebrew scholars started work on the King James Version
17. Remember – the original writings were inspired, not the copies, but God has protected the copies.