What's the Bible all about?

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What’s the Bible all about? Amy Warfield Grace Chapel Week 4 – New Testament

What’s the Bible all about? • 400 years of silence . . . • Persia defeated by Alexander the Great(333 BC) • Seleucids Dynasty • Maccabees (Jews) rule again in Israel ( 152137 BC) • Rome conquers Israel (64 BC)

What’s the Bible all about? New Testament Gospels • Matthew • Mark • Luke • John

History • Acts Letters by Paul to Churches • Romans • 1 Corinthians • 2 Corinthians

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Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians

Letters by Paul to Individuals • 1 Timothy • 2 Timothy • Titus • Philemon

General Letters • Hebrews • James • 1 Peter • 2 Peter • 1 John • 2 John • 3 John • Jude

Prophecy • Revelation

What’s the Bible all about? • Gospels – Matthew – Mark – Luke – John

What’s the Bible all about? • • • •

Gospels – “good news” Contain biographical and historical facts Record the spiritual truths about God’s son. First 3 are synoptic gospels – Matthew 9:9-11, Mark 2:13-17 and Luke 5:27-32

• Each is unique perspective of it’s author

What’s the Bible all about? • Matthew – Jesus as King and Messiah – Written for a Jewish audience – God sent a Messiah – Jesus’ family tree – Abraham to Jesus – Teaching and Healing Ministry – Crucifixion and Resurrection (21-28)

What’s the Bible all about? • Mark – Audience was the Romans – Portrayed as the Servant – Jesus, Healing and doing – Jesus came to give His life (11-16) – Jesus gave the disciples a job “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation”

What’s the Bible all about? • Luke – A Doctor – Audience was the Greeks of his day – Jesus as the perfect Man, Lord over all – The stories of Jesus’ life. (1-3) – Genealogy but from Mary’s side – from Adam to Jesus – Jesus has power (4-9), teaching (10-19) – Jesus dies but lives again

What’s the Bible all about? • John – Proclaimed the “good news” through the signs, miracles, teachings and discourses of Jesus – Jesus as the Son of God, both man and God – God comes to earth (1) – Healing and teaching (2-12) – Death and resurrection (13-21)

What’s the Bible all about?

Paul’s conversion

Acts

Crucifixion 30AD Resurrection

John

Luke

Mark

Life and

Matthew

Jesus’ Birth,

in prison in Rome 60AD

What’s the Bible all about? • Acts – written by Luke the Doctor • What the Holy Spirit did through the Apostles • Spread of the Gospels – Jerusalem – Judea and Samaria – To the world

What’s the Bible all about? • Jerusalem (1-7) – Jesus is seen and then returns to heaven – Pentecost – Peter and John – 1000s believe – Stephen was one of seven new deacons chosen, he is stoned – Saul is present

What’s the Bible all about? – Warned by Jewish Council to stop – 34 But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while. 35 And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men. . . 38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!”

What’s the Bible all about? • Judea and Samaria (8-12) – Saul starts to persecute Believers – Philip teaching to people using Isaiah – Saul struck blind on the road to Damascus, and converted, starts preaching about Jesus – Peter has vision – the Gospel is for everyone

What’s the Bible all about? • To the world (13-28) – Saul changes name to Paul – Starts missionary trips directed by the Holy Spirit – Starting from Antioch, with Barnabas – Trip 1: Antioch, Perge to Lystra – Trip 2: Macedonia, Thessalonica, Philippi, Athens – Trip 3: Jerusalem, Antioch, Tarsus, Ephesus,Corinth – Trip 4: Jerusalem, Crete, Malta to Rome

What’s the Bible all about? • Letters of Paul – starting in about 50 AD – 70 AD – 1 Thessalonians – Galatians – Romans – Colossians – Ephesians – Philemon* – 1 Timothy* – Philippians *written to individuals

2 Thessalonians 1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Titus*

2 Timothy*

What’s the Bible all about? • Paul’s letters to churches – Addressing problems and conflicts – To teach truth – Combat heresy – Encourage the new converts

What’s the Bible all about? • Paul’s letters to individuals – Pastoral epistles – Timothy and Titus – Giving guidance and direction in shepherding their congregations – Philemon – a letter to a friend requesting a favor

What’s the Bible all about? • General Letters – Hebrews – James – 1 Peter – 2 Peter – 1, 2, 3 John – Jude

What’s the Bible all about? • General Letters – Hebrews –To the Jewish believers (70 AD) • Jesus is the High Priest and perfect sacrifice • Points to the Hero’s of the faith

– James (55 AD) • practical guidelines for living – the Proverbs of the New Testament

– Peter’s letters (60 AD) • Reminds us that Jesus atones for our sins and heals us • The believer has a new life, obey and grow as God’s people

– Jude (75 AD) • Warnings about false teachers and defending the truth

What’s the Bible all about? • General Letters – John’s (90 AD) 1, 2, & 3 • • • • • • •

Walking in the light Confess our sins Obey God’s Word Imitate Christ Love one another Relationship to the world Let our lives show Christ to the world

What’s the Bible all about? • • • •

Prophecy - Revelation Jesus as our Triumphant King Second Advent Jesus is A to Z

What’s the Bible all about? • Revelation – The Past • • • •

Ancient of Days Revealed in Old Testament Shown in Daniel These things you have seen

– The Present – The Future

What’s the Bible all about? • Revelation – The Past – The Present • The things which are • Churches in Ephesus–first love, Smyrna-persecuted, Pergamos-under imperial favor, Thyatira-papal church, Sardis-reformation church, Philadelphia-missionary church, Laodica-rejected.

– The Future

What’s the Bible all about? • Revelation – The Past – The Present – The Future • • • • • •

Things which shall be Christ as the Lamb of God Great Tribulation Millennium Satan’s Doom New Heaven and New Earth- God dwells with his people

What’s the Bible all about? • Questions