The Authority of the Bible for Christians

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The Authority of the Bible for Christians
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It is really old!

• The Bible was not written in one specific year or
  in a single location. The Bible is a collection
  of writings, and the earliest ones were set down
  nearly 3500 years ago.

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Even the stupid people must remember

• Old Testament is before Jesus
• New Testament is about Jesus' life and what
  happened to his followers after he died

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Books of the Bible
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Old Testament

• The first five books of the Bible are attributed
  to Moses and are commonly called the Pentateuch
  (literally "five scrolls").
• Moses lived between 1500 and 1300 BC, though he
  recounts events in the first eleven chapters of
  the Bible that occurred long before his time
  (such as the creation and the flood).

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Old Testament

• The writings of the thirty or so other
  contributors to the Old Testament span a thousand
  years! They are from the times and messages from
  Moses' successor, Joshua, to the last of the Old
  Testament prophets, Malachi, who wrote his little
  tract around 450 BC.

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Stories from the Old Testament

• Creation (Adam and Eve)
• Noahs Ark
• Abraham and Isaac
• Joseph and his coloured coat
• Moses and the parting of the Red Sea
• King Soloman

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Old Testament

• These earliest accounts were handed on from
  generation to generation in songs, narratives,
  and poetry.
• In those early societies there was no writing as
  yet and people passed on these oral accounts with
  great detail and accuracy.

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New Testament

• The new testament was written at the early part
  of the 1st century AD.

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What is in the New Testament?

• It was the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ,
  which ignited the flame that produced the New
  Testament, as the new faith swept across the Near
  East and then westward to Greece and on to Rome.

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New Testament

• Half of the New Testament books were contributed
  by one man, the Apostle Paul, in the epistles he
  sent to groups of new Christians and to his
  assistants Timothy and Titus.

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Revelation
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Authority

• The Bible shows Christians how to live their
  lives
• The old testament gives us the 10 commandments
• It contains examples of God helping to free those
  who are oppressed

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Jesus

• Parables
• The beatitudes
• Healing Miracles
• The Crucifixion
• The Resurrection

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Questions

• Why do Christains believe that the bible is holy?
• What can Christians learn from the bible?
• What is a parable?
• Give two examples of Jesuss parables
• How are God and Jesus the same person?
• How can the bible have relevance for a Chrsitain
  today?

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Miracles

• Look up the following miracles and explain what
  is happening in each
• Matt 8 23-27
• Luke 4 31-37
• Luke 5 17-26
• John 6 1-15
• John 6 16-21
• John 9 1-12

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Authority

• The bible is the word of God either written down
  by people who spoke directly to God, or people
  who felt a special relationship with God