Text: 2 Peter 2:2

Topic: How the Gnostic bible compares to Scripture

• The Gnostic bible is the knowledge base for the Da Vinci Code novel.
• Because it doesn't reference places, it is a difficult book to evaluate.
• Illustration: Time magazine reported that the Gnostic bible fills a need for "alternative views of Christ."
• The Gnostics believed they had special knowledge and denied the deity of Christ.
• Why is this bible an unreliable source of truth?

• Books are attributed to people who didn't write them.
• The documents are not eyewitness accounts.
• The gospels are anti-historical.
• Illustration: Foolish quotations from The Gospel of Thomas.

• Conclusions about Jesus are drawn from imaginary data.

• Radical feminists can use the writings to support their ideas.
• The Gnostic gospels make sex a sacrament.
• The writings present a more humanized Jesus.

Conclusion:

• If Jesus is only human, we are damned forever.
• Read God's true revelation and you will know that God has spoken.