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Doctrine and History of the Preservation of

The Biblical Text
By Kris Bjorgen, Ed.D.

Chapter 1: What is the Doctrine of the Biblical Preservation?

Connect…

Have you ever heard a person say, “Oh, the Bible has a lot of inconsistencies and errors in it? It is filled
with contradictions!” I have. I ask them to show me one. So far, every person who has made this claim
cannot show me one contradiction or error. They are just parroting what others have said without even
checking into the claim or validating the truth of the statement. As believers, we know that God wrote
the Bible. If it has errors or contradictions in it, then God has author lies. We might as well all abandon
our faith and go live like the Devil. But we know from careful study that the Bible is reliable and has no
errors in it. Today, as we begin our study, we are going to learn about the doctrine of the Bible and how
God’s Word can be trusted. Let’s get started…

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to write the definition of Biblical Preservation.

2. The student should be able to explain how the Bible itself claims to be God’s very words.

The Lesson ...

What is the Doctrine of the Preservation of the Biblical Text?

Introduction

Bibliology can be defined as a detailed study of the theological doctrine of the Bible. The doctrine of
Biblical Preservation is defined as God’s promise to maintain the accuracy of His Word to the end of
the ages. The Bible is the inspired source of knowledge about God, Jesus Christ, salvation, and eternity.
Without a proper view of the Bible, our views on these and other issues become clouded and distorted.
And unless the Bible we have in our hands today is not what God originally wrote, then we are
hopelessly lost.

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