11/12/23 - M.A.P.S

What is Fuel? A place where high school students can build community and explore the Christian faith.

What is the goal of Fuel? To inspire students to see the world differently.

Why is that? Because God wants For U an Epic Life, and for that to be possible, we must change the filter in which we see the world, people, and our circumstances.

What does an EPIC LIFE now look like?

1. Live life KNOWING what’s next

2. Live life KNOWING someone cares

3. Live life KNOWING you aren’t alone

4. Live life KNOWING you can have an eternal impact on others

5. Live life KNOWING how to do relationships best

6. Live life KNOWING how to be successful financially

7. LIVE life without fear

Here’s how we get there:

1. EVIDENCE: Determine IF Christianity is true

2. HISTORY: Understand His Story

3. EPIC LIFE: Learn from Jesus how to have an EPIC Life

GOAL

For students to know WHY they believe what they believe AND be able to articulate it.

Reminder on why I believe…I have P.E.A.C.E about my faith

P - Peace in my soul

E - Evidence for the Bible (continuing tonight)

A - Alternatives?

C - Creation

E - Evidence for Jesus

Tonight - EVIDENCE FOR THE BIBLE - M.A.P.S

M - Manuscript Evidence

A - Archaeology (tonight’s focus)

P - Prophecies Fulfilled (tonight’s focus)

S - Science

Archaeological Evidence

Archaeology: prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

Just a few:

1. Dead Sea Scrolls (Old Testament; greatest archaeological find for Christianity)

2. 5600 Copies of the New Testament (over 25,000 fragments)

3. Silver Scrolls (6th or 7th Century BC)

4. King Hezekiah & Hezekiah’s Tunnel (23x27)

5. Burial Tombs of MANY men and women of the Bible have been discovered

6. Tel Dan Inscription (stone from 8th century BC about the Kingdom of Israel splitting)

7. The Pool of Siloam (Jesus healed blind man)

8. Abraham’s Altar

9. St. Peter’s House (in Capernaum, it is written on the walls it was his house)

10. The Rosetta Stone (to understand ancient Egyptian that agrees with stories in the Bible).

The number of cities that have been found and continue to be found that support the bible is significant.

Scientists and archaeologist cannot disprove the bible based on archaeology because the evidence supporting it is overwhelming.

Prophecies Fulfilled

Prophecies fulfilled by Jesus equals 351

Here’s a list narrowed down to 44

What are the odds?

Odds of 1 man fulfilling only 8 of the prophecies is 1 in 10 to the 17th power

Example: