How Do We Know the Bible Can Be Trusted ( 2 of 2 )
tags: Semmelweis, Bible, inspiration, inerrancy, Ignaz, inerrant
handout id: 3626
short name: How Do We Know the Bible Can Be Trusted ( 2 of 2 )
nutshell: Science validates God's Word
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Doctor Semmelweis noticed that the women got sick after they were examined by doctors who had come from another part of the hospital.
He noticed that these doctors didn't wash their hands between patients.
"Ahah!" thought Doctor Semmelweis, "These doctors must be bringing something with them on their hands!"
In the 1940s almost nothing was known about germs, because they were too small to see!
Doctor Semmelweis asked the doctors to wash their hands between every patient, and. . .
guess what happened??? Yes, you guessed it, the number of women who got sick went down!
A few years later germs were discovered, and people realized that germs could be carried about, and passed on.
Thousands of years before Doctor Semmelweis, the Bible already warned people to wash their hands after touching dead things. God didn't say why, but then, He didn't have to did He? All He asks of us is obedience.
If you read Numbers chapter 19 and Leviticus chapters 13 and 14 you will see what God wrote about avoiding infections.
Why did it take people so long to realize that the Bible was right after all?