An Overview Study

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The NEW TESTAMENT

• An Overview Study

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As we open the New Testament

• The Roman Empire rules the world
• The Herod family dominates Judea
• Synagogues cover Palestinian soil
• Pharisees Sadducees are popular Jewish sects
• Greek is the language of the masses

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Alexander the Great
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire spread from Great Britain to
Israel and included Spain and Asia Minor.
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Israel in the New Testament

• Israel in the New Testament

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The NEW TESTAMENT

• An Overview Study

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The Books of the New Testament

• The 27 books of the NT are logically divided
• 1. The Gospel Accounts (4 books) Matthew
  through
• John, the life of Christ.
• 2. History of the NT church (1 book) Acts,
  how to
• become a Christian.
• 3. Letters to churches and individual
  Christians (21
• books) Romans through Jude, how to live as
  a
• Christian.
• 4. Persecution and triumph of the church (1
  book)
• Revelation, the hope of the Christian.

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4 Accounts of the Gospel

• Why are there 4 accounts of the same message?
• Each writer addressed a different group
• Each account helps support the others
• All four were inspired by the Holy Spirit, while
  still maintaining the individual style of
  expression of each writer (2Pet.120-21).

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The Fourfold Gospel

• Matthew (28) Jesus the Messiah, King of the
  Jews, written for the Jews.
• Mark (16) Jesus, the all-powerful man of
  action, the perfect servant of God, written for
  Romans.
• Luke (24) Jesus, the perfect Son of man, the
  ideal man, the savior and perfecter of all men,
  written for the Greeks.
• John (21) Jesus, the Son of God, the Divine
  Word, who became flesh, written for both Jew
  Gentile, that they might believe and have eternal
  life in His name.

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The Book of ACTS (28 chapters)

• Luke was the inspired writer.
• Three important teachings in this book
• The establishment of the church.
• How to become a Christian.
• Historical background for many of the epistles.

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21 Epistles (Romans-Jude) tell how to live,
worship and serve God as a Christian!

• Pauls 13 letters (Romans Philemon)
• Romans(16) The gospel is Gods power to save
  (116), the key-note of this book and the central
  theme of the NT.
• 1Corinthians(16) Division and other problems in
  the church at Corinth. The resurrection,
  steadfastness, do all things in love.
• 2Corinthians(13) Exhortations to mutual
  encouragement, liberality, separation from the
  world, and Pauls defense of his apostleship

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21 Epistles (Romans-Jude) tell how to live,
worship and serve God as a Christian!

• Galatians(6) The old law had fulfilled its
  purpose Judaizers had perverted the gospel men
  now justified by faith working through love.
• Ephesians(6) Gods eternal purpose Christ and
  the church unity.
• Philippians(4) Christ, the only perfect spirit
  and example (25-11) the joy of being a
  Christian.

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21 Epistles (Romans-Jude) tell how to live,
worship and serve God as a Christian!

• Colossians(4) The divine glory of Christ.
  Similar to Ephesians, in which Paul presents the
  church as the body of Christ, while here he
  emphasizes Christ as the head of the church.
• 1Thessalonians(5) The hope of the faithful at
  the second coming of Christ.
• 2Thessalonians(3) The doom of the disobedient
  when Christ comes again.

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21 Epistles (Romans-Jude) tell how to live,
worship and serve God as a Christian!

• 1Timothy(6) Qualifications of elders warnings
  against apostasy and a charge to Timothy to live
  as an example.
• 2Timothy(4) Pauls last letter charge to
  Timothy to preach the word.
• Titus(3) Exhortation for Christians to live
  soberly, righteously and godly.
• Philemon(1) Personal letter concerning the
  conversion of Onesimus, a runaway slave.

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21 Epistles (Romans-Jude) tell how to live,
worship and serve God as a Christian!

• Hebrews(13) Author unknown. The preeminence of
  Christ, the mediator of a new covenant the old
  law fulfilled the necessity of enduring
  faithfulness.

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General Epistles James Jude, (7)

• James(5) To Christians scattered in unfriendly
  regions practical Christian living as seen in
  good works done in faith.
• 1Peter(5) Written to Christians in Roman
  provinces to encourage and strengthen the
  brethren, who are heirs of the living hope.
• 2Peter(3) Exhortations to grow in grace
  warning against scoffers and false teachers the
  end of the world.

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General Epistles James Jude, (7)

• 1John(5) Written to Christians to strengthen
  their faith in Christ, assure them of eternal
  life and exhort them to love God and one another.
• 2John(1) Emphasizes love and truth and warnings
  against associating with false teachers.
• 3John(1) Christian hospitality and walking in
  the truth.

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General Epistles James Jude, (7)

• Jude(1) Similar to 2Peter 2 warning against
  corrupt teachers and exhortation to contend for
  the faith,

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Book of Prophecy Revelation(22)

• Written by the apostle John while on the Isle of
  Patmos. Addressed to the seven churches of Asia.
  The tribulations and triumphs of the church.
  Final victory of the righteous. The hope of the
  Christian!
• (Rev.2218-19) certifies that this book completes
  Gods revelation to man.
• This is an apocalyptic book, written in symbols.
  It is often times called The Apocalypse