The Books of the Bible

.Understanding the Bible

Lesson 1

The Testaments

Many crimes have been committed against Christians. The reason why is we normally have blind faith. So are often willing to trust and believe things because of what we call faith. This is because even in our Faith in God we fail to find the facts concerning what we believe, so we are willing to believe anything and call it faith. But if we find out what we really believe we won’t fall for everything that we are told.

How confident are you with your knowledge of the Scriptures ? Very, Kind of , Average, a little confident, not very confident, I don’t understand the bible.

The Word Bible is from the Greek Biblia which means “the Scrolls” or “books”

The Bible has been fully translated into  over 500 languages and Partially in over 2850 languages

The King James Bible has 66 books with over 1189 chapters with 31,102 verses

The Bible takes place across three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe

The Hebrew Bible does not have the books in the same order as the English Bible- English Bibles have books grouped by type But the Hebrew Bible is arranged in this order. The Torah followed y former and latter prophets(blend of prophets and history)  followed by “the writings” a blend poetry, history, and prophetic books)

The Bible is broken up in 2 Testaments

1.     Old Testament 39 books

2.     New Testament 27 Books

It is a Historical Document that is in alignment with other Historical Documents

It is God’s plan for man, and all believers

 

How did we get the Scriptures

·       The Scriptures were written by over 40 authors from many walks of life(kings, peasants, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholar.

·       Inspired by God (2 Peter 1 verse 15

·       Over a period of 1500 years

·       Written in Hebrew

o   Hebrew

o   Greek

o   Aramaic

The books of the Old Testament

1.     Genesis -The Law or Torah- Who: Moses-Moses powerful man that dealt with self-doubt, had some anger issues. Did not want to be a leader

2.     Exodus -The Law or Torah- Who: Moses

3.     Leviticus The Law or Torah- Who: Moses

4.     Numbers The Law or Torah- Who: Moses

5.     Deuteronomy The Law or Torah- Who: Moses

6.     Joshua -Historical Book- Unknown accredited to Joshua

7.     Judges Historical Book- Unknown accredited Samuel

8.     Ruth Historical Book- Unknown accredited Samuel

9.     1 Samuel - Historical Books-Unknown

10.  2 Samuel - Historical Books-Unknown

11.  1 Kings - Historical Books-Unknown

12.  2 Kings - Historical Books-Unknown

13.  1 Chronicles- Historical Books-EZRA

14.  2 Chronicles- Historical Books-EZRA

15.  Ezra- Historical Books-EZRA

16.  Nehemiah- Historical Books-Nehemiah

17.  Esther - Historical Books-Unknown

18.  Job -Poetry & Wisdom -Unknown

19.  Psalms -Poetry & Wisdom -David-Moses-Asaph , Solomon, Ethan, Sons of Korah

20.  Proverbs -Poetry & Wisdom-Solomon and others

21.  Ecclesiastes-Poetry & Wisdom-Solomon

22.  Song of Solomon -Poetry & Wisdom-Solomon

23.  Isaiah -Major Prophets- Isaiah

24.  Jeremiah -Major Prophets-Jeremiah

25.  Lamentations -Major Prophets-Jeremiah

26.  Ezekiel -Major Prophets-Ezekiel

27.  Daniel -Major Prophets-Daniel

28.  Hosea-Minor Prophets-Hosea

29.  Joel -Minor Prophets-Joel

30.  Amos -Minor Prophets-Amos

31.  Obadiah-Minor Prophets-Obadiah

32.  Jonah -Minor Prophets-Jonah

33.  Micah-Minor Prophets-Micah

34.  Nahum-Minor Prophets-Nahum

35.  Habakkuk-Minor Prophets-Habakkuk

36.  Zephaniah-Minor Prophets-Zephaniah

37.  Haggai-Minor Prophets-Haggai

38.  Zechariah-Minor Prophets-Zechariah

39.  Malachi-Minor Prophets-Malachi

 

·       Home work for week 1 next to each book pleas write down who wrote the book

 

Genesis means ‘origin’. It is the glorious account of how things began.

Genesis wasn’t the first book ever written—nor is it the oldest part of the Bible. But when the Bible was put together, this book had an obvious claim to come first.

The book of Genesis is in two parts: ancient stories from the mists of time (1:1–11:32) and the stories of the patriarchs (12:1–50:26).^[1]

 

 

New Testament

1.     Matthew Gospel -AD60 Matthew also known as Levi written from Judea

·       Birth and Early Life (1-4)

·       Ministry of Christ (5-20)

·       Death and Resurrection (21-28)

2.     Mark Gospel -AD 58 John Mark written from Rome

·       Introduction (1)

·       Ministry of Christ (2-10)

·       Death and Resurrection (11-16)

 

3.     Luke Gospel -AD 60-62 Luke the Physician Written from Caesarea

·       Birth and Early Life ( 1-4)

·       Ministry of Christ (5-19)

·       Death and Resurrection (20-24)

4.     John Gospel- Ad85-98  John the Disciple -written from Asia Minor

·       Introduction (1)

·       Ministry of Christ (2-12)

·       Private Ministry (13-17)

·       Death and Resurrection (18-21)

5.     Acts History of the Early Church -AD60-62 Luke (The Physician)

·       Jerusalem (1-8)

·       Judea and Samaria (8-12)

·       Paul’s Journeys (13-20)

·       Paul Taken to Rome (21-28)

6.     Romans Letter to Roman Christians  AD 57 Paul-written from Corinth

·       Christian Gospel (1-8)

·       Israel (9-11)

·       Christian Life (12-16)

7.     1 Corinthians Letter to Church in Corinth-AD 56 Paul Written while in Ephesus

·       Division (1-4)

·       Mortality (5-11)

·       Spiritual Gifts (12-14)

·       The Resurrection (15-16)

8.     2^nd Corinthians Letter to Church in Corinth - AD 56 Paul Written while in Philippi

·       Apostolic Characteristics (1-7)

·       Giving (8-0)

·       Paul’s Defense (10-13)

9.     Galatians Letter to church in Galatia -AD 50-55 Paul Written from Asia Minor

·       Paul’s Defense (1-2)

·       Justification by Faith (3-4)

·       The Christian Life (5-6)

10.  Ephesians Letter to church in Ephesus -AD 60-64 Paul from a Roman Prison

·       Spiritual Blessings (1-3)

·       The Christin Life (4-6)

11.  Philippians Letter to the church in Philippi  -AD 60-64 Paul from a Roman Prison

·       Joy of Life (1)

·       Humility of Christ (2)

·       Finish the Race (3)

·       Thanks and Greetings (4)

12.  Colossians Letter to church in Colossae-AD 60-64 Paul from a Roman Prison

·       Thanksgiving (1)

·       Work of Christ (1-2)

·       Finish the Race (3-4)

·       Final Greetings (4)

13.  1 Thessalonians Letter to the church in Thessalonica-AD 49-54 Paul from Corinth

·       Faith and example (1-3)

·       Living for God (4)

·       Christ’s Return (4-5)

14.  2^nd Thessalonians Letter to the church in Thessalonica -AD 50-54 Paul from Corinth

·       Praise and Encouragement (1)

·       Christ’s Return (2)

·       Pray and Work(3)

15.  1 Timothy Letter to Timothy -AD 64 Paul from Rome

·       Trouble in Ephesus (1)

·       Church Leadership (2-3)

·       False Teachers (4)

·       Discipline (5)

·       Paul’s Advice to Timothy (6)

16.  2 Timothy Letter to Timothy -AD 65-67 Paul from a Roman Prison

·       Call to Remain Faithful (2)

·       Authority of Gods Word (3)

·       Lead a Godly life (3-4)

17.  Titus Letter to Titus AD 64 Paul from Rome

·       To encourage the church in Crete to do good works

18.  Philemon Letter to Philemon -AD 60 Paul Paul from a Roman Prison

·       To appeal to Philemon to forgive and receive Onesimus a runaway Slave

19.  Hebrews Letter to Hebrew Believers  AD 60-69 Unknown some say Paul

·       Supremacy of Christ (1-4)

·       The New Covenant (4-10)

·       The Life of Faith (11-13)

20.  James Letter to Hebrew Believers  AD 48 James from Jerusalem

·       Living a life of Faith(1-2)

·       Faith without Works (2-3)

·       Speech and Wisdom (3-4)

21.  1 Peter Letter to all Christians AD 64-65 Peter written from Rome

·       Holiness (1)

·       Submission (2)

·       Suffering (3-4)

·       Final Greeting (5)

22.  2 Peter Letter to all Christians AD 64-70 Peter From Rome

·       Living Like Christ (1)

·       False Teachers (2)

·       The Return of Christ (3)

23.  1 John  Letter to all Christians AD 85-95 John written from Ephesus

·       Living in the Light (1-2)

·       Living in Love (2)

·       Living by faith  (3)

24.  2 John- Letter to the Elect Lady AD 85-95 John written from Ephesus

·       Warn against heresy and false teachers

25.  3 John Letter to Gaius AD 85-95 John written from Ephesus

·       To Praise Gaius for his loyalty to the truth and criticize Diotrephes for his pride

26.  Jude Letter to all Christians AD 60-95 Jude not know where it was written from. Written to Warn against heresy

·       Greetings (1-2)

·       False Teachers (3-23)

·       Benediction (24-25)

27.  Revelations Letter to the seven Churches AD 96 or 69 John  written from the Island of Patmos , written to give hope to the persecuted Christians and provide a vision of Christ Return

·       The seven churches (1-4)

·       Visions (5-16)

·       God’s Triumph (17-20)

·       The New Creation (21-22)

 

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