Skyfall 2024: The History of the Bible (Part 1) by Pastor Dean Odle
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In “Skyfall 2024 - The History of the Bible (Part 1) by Pastor Dean Odle,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, the condition of the church, faith. Drawing especially from 2 Peter 1:1, 2 Peter 3, Romans 12:3, Romans 10:17, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.
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Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through 2 Peter 1:1, 2 Peter 3, Romans 12:3. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Colossians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:27. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that following Christ requires self-denial, obedience, and perseverance rather than passive association with religion. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through 1 Corinthians 5. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through 2 Peter 3, 1 Timothy 5, Acts 2:42. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Acts 20:35. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Acts 17, Romans 16, Acts 13. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that following Christ requires self-denial, obedience, and perseverance rather than passive association with religion. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to examine the heart, receive correction, and finish faithfully.
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well I hope everybody has your Bibles here we're going to go through some scripture but we've got a lot of I guess what some people may say is boring but to me it's not boring at all because you know as I watch things on social media and what's going on in the world I and it's I'm amazed to tell you the truth I'm amazed how many Christians get sucked into things um and they don't even know any background about it but they'll see a Tik Tok video and they're and they believe that and I'm talking about twoo there's a lot of propaganda and a lot of lies and a lot of deception going on concerning the Bible concerning the word of God and especially the King James version the attacks against the King James Bible are vicious and they've been going on what you guys don't realize is really for centuries and they've been going on mainly all pushed by the Roman Catholic church now I want to say this as I get ready to get into this um that when I talk about the Roman Catholic church and most of you if you listen to me at all you know that I vehemently hate and despise the Roman Catholic Church it is uh of the devil okay hey you can clap that's fine it's never been true Christianity it's never represented true Christianity it has been and as uh Leonard Raven Hill say the great said back in his book why revival terries he said it's the greatest forgery Lucifer ever made um and actually it's not it's not really even a good forgery um but they have been the enemies their leadership not the people now I don't have a problem with the people it's been their leadership the hierarchy uh the priests the Bishops the card the popes um and then the people who sold out the Protestants the those of us that are on our side that sold out to the Rome whether it be for money or for you know scared that they were going to be killed um but this battle has never ceased a lot of people think oh everything changed in you know the 20th century in the 21st century oh no it got worse and I'm probably not going to be able to do all this in one session so I didn't I was going to try to do it in one but we may have to finish tonight because I need to give you the history you need to know where the Bible came from where did the scriptures go when the apostles wrote it where did it go after that and how did we end up with the Bible especially the New Testament we know exactly how we got the Old Testament over several thousand years with uh you know different writers and and it's all been confirmed and copied
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and of course the septu version I'll probably show you that in a second but uh proved that the Bible was completed by 400 BC and the Old Testament and then we get into the New Testament so this is mainly the the history of the New Testament and let's see if we're going to this thing's going to work for me today oh I love it it's working Hallelujah let's this scripture right here uh 2 Peter 1:1 19-21 he says we have also a more sure word of Prophecy wherein to you do well that you take heed as a light that shineth in a dark place until the day Dawn and the day star arise in your hearts now what he's talking about in that verse is that uh even though they were prophets they were Apostles they operated in the gifts of the holy spirit he said we have a more sure word and what he was referring to is the holy scriptures okay now of course the apostles words what they taught us was inspired by God and became scripture I love how Peter in 2 Peter 3 calls Paul's writing scripture and so forth but he said this really strongly here he was telling us knowing this first that no Prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation for the prophecy came not in Old Time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost now again we contend of course that the Bible is the inspired infallible inherent word of almighty God that God moved upon certain men to write down what he wanted and that he promised to preserve that okay and here's a few more scriptures we're going to go through right here uh of course this is how important the word of God is in fact the Bible says in First Peter that we Are Born Again by the word of God but it's how faith comes and that we have to have faith to believe the gospel of Jesus Christ we have to have faith to believe anything and that faith has to be stirred up in us because the Bible says this in Romans 12:3 that God has dealt to every man The Measure of Faith but it's stirred up and it comes to fruition when what faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God Romans 10:17 Psalm 1382 Look What the Lord says he says I will worship toward thy Holy Temple and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy Truth for thou has magnified Thy word above all thy name now you need to stop and think about that for a minute and I'm getting a ring up here so you might need to turn me down a little bit or turn the monitors off I don't need the monitor um but think about God saying that he's magnified his word above his name and he said if you blaspheme his name you're breaking one of the Ten Commandments you're guilty I mean he doesn't take it lightly and the Bible says the name of Jesus is the name of above every name and that
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the name of Jesus is how we're saved the name of Jesus is how you get healed the name of Jesus Is How We cast out demons the name of Jesus is everything we have to call upon the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth to be born again to be saved to be forgiven of our sins to inherit eternal life and then the Lord says he has magnified his word above his name everybody get that how important is the word of God to God do you think and let's just get this down in us do you think for one second that God Almighty the creator of Heaven and Earth cannot give us a book that he wanted us to have and keep it preserved making sure that it was the same when he gave it to the apostles as what we're reading today you believe that I mean either he's able to do it or he's not and if he's not able to do that then what are we what are we talking about why are we even here right this is what should be one of the most one of the easiest things that in the world right but then he says this tells Timothy of course and that from a child I has known the holy scriptures so again Paul referring back to the written word of God everybody say this with me the written word of God the written word of God it's important yes I believe God still speak speaks to his people but the most important thing for us as a people as Christians is the written word of God that's how we grow it's how we learn it's how we discern and judge what's true and false and what's good and holy and let me just say this Hebrews 4:12 says that the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword the word of God is powerful I challenged somebody the other day just read it just sit down and take time to read and if because they never would read and they were having all these spiritual problems and heaviness and attacks and I said just sit down and start reading the Bible every day do that first and see what happens and you know what they came back and told me it was transforming their lives I saw one lady who was one of the meanest ladies I've ever known cat she know she was shaking her head yeah I know you going talking about mean as a snake she was my boss's wife but she worked at the business and she was mean every day I mean she was mad about at the world she was mad at me and I didn't do anything and I mean she wanted to argue with me every time I walked through the office and her she played the and get this she played the piano in the Baptist church every Sunday but she didn't believe the Bible she didn't believe in God she was angry at God I mean she was just a me she was a mess and some preacher came through and challenged her to read the Bible cuz she was always want to argue stuff and the guy said have you read the book have you read the whole thing from Genesis to Revelation have you read it she would no
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then you don't have any room to talk about anything you don't even know what it says so she said you know what I'm going to do I'm going to read the Bible by the time she got about halfway through it was transforming her and changing her into the sweetest person that I have that that we know she was born again through it she was repented she got Deliverance she F she started coming to work wanting to hear about the word and want me to and then asked me to start teaching a Bible study after work and we started having we'd work all day and then have a Bible study wouldn't we Kevin we'd have a Bible study for three or four hours from like 5:00 in the evening we'd be there 8 :00 studying the Bible with them for hours and people got saved people got saved through that at work through that bible study but because she read the Bible the Bible is a wonderful thing there's these people you know you ever heard anybody say oh you're Worship in a book anybody here you heard people say especially these people in the Torah movement oh you Worship in a book when you start getting strong about the scriptures and you know where that that that that in all my studies that voice comes from who said that the Roman Catholic Church said that once the Protestant Bible started coming out there was like y'all worshiping a book y'all supposed to be worshiping the pope not a book he said from a holy Child you have known Theo the the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise into salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus all scripture somebody say all all all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine for reprove for correction for instruction and righteousness that the man of God may be perfect that means not without sin or it means mature that the man of God made me mature spiritually mature thoroughly furnished unto all good works so the scriptures are inspired that word there means god breathed them upon these men and they wrote down what he wanted now this should be fundamental but it's not I mean we got people now oh you the Mandela effect they they figured out quantum physics and their changing the Bible no no God said his words are pure as silver tried in the furnace of Earth purified seven times Thou shalt keep them oh Lord Thou shalt preserve them from this generation what did he say forever forever forever and he has uh we have a un amazing amount of manuscript evidence of course of course the Dead Sea Scrolls were one of them and the Dead Sea Scrolls why they were so important is you know there was a gap
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