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What do you know about the Bible?
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The Bible is: • The record of our beginning, but not the
beginning of God (Gen. 1:1, John 1:1-18).
• “The mind of God in language adapted to the mind of man” (1 Cor. 2:10-12), therefore inspired (2 Peter 1:20-21).
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Basic Bible Facts
• The Bible is really a library of 66 books written by 40 authors over 1,600 years– Despite varied backgrounds (kings, a farmer,
fishermen, a lawyer, a doctor and a cowboy, among others), and years of separation in their work, their work flows in perfect harmony
• The underlying theme describes man’s fall into sin and God’s plan to restore his fellowship with man
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There Are 2 Main Divisions
•The Old Testament contains 39 books
•The New Testament contains 27 books
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Dividing the Old Testament
• 5 books of law (Gen., Ex., Lev., Num., Deut.)• 12 books of history (Josh., Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2
Sam., 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chron., Ezra, Neh., Esther)
• 5 books of poetry (Job, Ps., Prov., Ecc., Song of Sol.)
• 5 major prophets (Isa., Jer., Lam., Eze., Dan.)• 12 minor prophets (Hos., Joel, Amos, Obad.,
Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Hab., Zeph., Haggai, Zech., Mal.)
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Dividing the New Testament
• 4 gospels (Matt., Mark, Luke, John)
• 1 book of history (Acts)
• 21 letters (Rom., 1 & 2 Cor., Gal., Eph., Phil., Col., 1 & 2 Thes., 1 & 2 Tim., Titus, Phile., Heb., James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John, Jude)
• 1 book of prophecy (Revelation)
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Before the World Was Formed
• God planned
• God planned that man would have the right to choose to do or not do God’s will (Acts 5:4)
• He planned to be prepared if man should fall– 1 Peter 1:18-20– Ephesians 1:3-4, 10
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The Creation• Gen. 1 & 2 – God, perfection, and innocence
• God formed man in His image (Gen. 1:26)
• God made a special garden and placed man in it to dress and keep it (Gen. 2:7-15)
• God’s one law was man could not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:16-17; man had the freedom of choice)
• God created woman to be a suitable helper for man (Gen. 2:18)
• God’s relationship with them was personal (Gen. 3:8)
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The Fall• Satan added just one word (Genesis 3:4; John
8:44)• Satan told a partial truth that made sin attractive
(Genesis 3:5, 7, 22)• He fully used the love of the world (1 John 2:15-
17)– He appealed to fleshly desire by telling Eve it was
good for food – lust of the flesh– He aroused her desire through sight (“pleasant to the
eyes”) – lust of the eye– He appealed to her pride (“desired to make one
wise”) – pride of life
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God’s Plan
• Gen. 3 onward – man’s sin placed a barrier between him and God (Isaiah 59:1-2)
• God’s words to the serpent presented the first great foreshadowing of his plan to send Christ to restore that relationship (Genesis 3:15)– Jesus was uniquely the seed of woman (only) – Jesus’ death on the cross was a painful heel bruise – Jesus’ resurrection from the dead delivered a
mortal head wound to Satan
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God spoke through patriarchs or heads of families.
Adam was the first patriarch
through whom God spoke,
directing his family as God directed him.
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The Patriarch Noah
• When God spoke to Noah, instructing him to build an ark of gopher wood, he led his family in obedience (Genesis 6:12-14; Hebrews 11:7)
• As Noah and his family came forth from the ark, he led his family in worship to God (Genesis 8:15-20)
• Noah’s righteousness caused God to bless his family and promise never to destroy the world by water (Genesis 8:21-9:1)
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The Patriarch Abraham
• When God spoke to Abraham, certain blessings accompanied obedience (Genesis 12:1-4) Covenant=conditions+promises
• God knew he would be a good spiritual leader to all in his house (Genesis 18:18-19)
• Abraham obeyed even in the most difficult circumstances and taught his son to obey as well (Genesis 22:1-13; 26:1-3, 6; Hebrews 11:17-19)
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The Law of Moses
• The law was delivered to Israel through Moses (Exodus 19:3-6; John 1:17)– The Gentile patriarchs may have continued to
worship God under the direction of their fathers (Acts 10:1-4)
• The disobedient were punished (Leviticus 10:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-10; Judges 2:10-14)
• The law revealed man could not live a sinless life, but had no provision for the removal of sin
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The Purpose of the Law
• Help man identify sin
• Help man better understand the nature of God - Its stories serve as an example to us of how God will deal with disobedient man (1 Corinthians 10:11)
• Direct man to Christ (Galatians 3:19-25)
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The books of history:
• Describe man’s failure to obey God, as well as man’s successes in keeping His will.
• Give accurate details of the lineage of Christ.
• Give accurate details of God’s providential care in preserving the Jewish nation until Christ came.
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The books of the prophets:
• Spoke of God, sin, and redemption
• Spoke of God’s wrath in judgment (without repentance)
• Spoke of the Messiah, the Christ
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Jesus came to fulfill the law (Matthew 5:17-18)
– He was born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14)– He was born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)– He carried man’s sins to the cross, despite
being rejected by the ones he came to save– He was crucified between 2 thieves, but buried
in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:1-12)
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Jesus’ Death, Resurrection and Ascension
• Jesus’ death was the last great proof He was God’s anointed (Acts 2:22-26)
• Jesus’ resurrection was made known to eyewitnesses whose testimony verify this historical event (John 20)
• Jesus’ ascension points to the manner of his return (Acts 1:9-11)
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In Jesus’ Body, the Church:
• Fellowship with God was finally restored through the blood of his Son (1 John 1:3-7)
• Gentiles and Jews were granted repentance to life (Acts 10:34-36, 40, 42-43; 11:15-18) and became one in the church (Ephesians 2:16; Galatians 3:26-28), thus, peace can be preached to all (Ephesians 2:17-19)
• Christians are built on the foundation of Christ -- they are a temple in which God can live (1 Corinthians 3:9, 16; Ephesians 2:20-22)
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The letters to Christians were needed:
• To instruct so as to increase faith
• To encourage and exhort
• To address matters of worship
• To address areas of authority/government
• To address areas of service
• To admonish and rebuke
• To reveal great things to come – victory
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What you know about the Bible is a beginning.
Understanding the Bible, the mind of God,
is the next very important step!