The STRUCTURE of the Bible

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The STRUCTURE of the Bible
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The STRUCTURE of the Bible
These 2 Sections are called
Testaments
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The STRUCTURE of the Bible
Testaments
Old
New
JESUS
Gods initial promise or covenant with Abraham
and his descendants. He would be a God to them,
while they kept His covenant and remained a
people for Him.
Gods new covenant with everyone who believes in
his son Jesus Christ, whether they are
descendants of Abraham or not.
39 books
27 books
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The New Testament
27 Books
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The Gospels
Good News
1 Corinthians 151 Moreover, brethren, I declare
unto you the gospel which I preached unto you,
which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand
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• 1 Corinthians 153 For I delivered unto you first
  of all that which I also received, how that
  Christ died for our sins according to the
  scriptures 4 And that he was buried, and that he
  rose again the third day according to the
  scriptures

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The Gospels
Why Four?
Four different perspectivesof the same events.
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The Gospels
Matthew Jewish Tax Collector
Jesus as the King of the Jews
Matthew 11 The book of the generation of Jesus
Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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The Gospels
Matthew Jewish Tax Collector
Jesus as the Great Rabbi
Matthew 728 And it came to pass, when Jesus had
ended these sayings, the people were astonished
at his doctrine 29 For he taught them as one
having authority, and not as the scribes.
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The Gospels
Mark
Christ the Servant
Written to Gentiles - Romans
Latin terms used legion , farthing
No Genealogy of Christ
Few Old Testament Quotations
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The Gospels
Mark
Christ the Servant
Mark 1045 For even the Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his
life a ransom for many.
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The Gospels
Luke Greek, Doctor
Christ the Son of Man
Written to Greeks
Luke 1910 For the Son of man is come to seek and
to save that which was lost.
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The Gospels
Synoptic Gospels
Gospel of John
Give a similar broad overview of the life of
Christ.
States Christs pre-existence and emphasizes his
Deity.
Matthew
John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Mark
Luke
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The Gospels
John Fisherman
Christ - God in the Flesh
Written to All Christians
John 2031 But these are written, that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God
and that believing ye might have life through his
name.
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The Acts of the Apostles
Dr. Luke
The Birth and Empowerment of the Church

• The outpouring of the Holy Spirit
• The Planting of Churches
• Salvation to the Gentiles
• The Spread of the Gospel
• The Suffering of the Apostles

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The Epistles
A written "letter" addressed to a recipient or
recipients, perhaps part of exchanged
correspondence.
To Churches
To Others
Romans, 1,2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians, 1,2 Thessalonians
1, 2 Timothy Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James 1,
2 Peter 1,2,3 John, Jude
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The Letter to the Romans
The Righteousness of God and The Doctrines of
Christianity
The Gospels
Jesus Life
Resurrection
Death
Romans
Book of
Man is depraved, Christ died as our substitute,
we are saved by justification through faith, we
are to live in the power of his resurrection
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The Epistles
Departure from the Truth
Attacks on the Truth
Galatians Colossians Hebrews 2 Corinthians
2 Timothy 2 Peter Jude
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Attacks on the Truth
The Epistles
To the Church at Galatia
Legalism
Liberty
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Attacks on the Truth
The Epistles
To the Church at Colosse
Lordshipof Christ
Gnosticism
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Attacks on the Truth
The Epistles
To the Hebrews
The Gentile Church
Judaism
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Attacks on the Truth
The Epistles
To the Church at Corinth (2)
The Apostle Paul
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Departure from the Truth
The Epistles
Development and Dangers of apostasy
2 Timothy 2 Peter Jude
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The Epistles
Operations of the Church
1 Corinthians Ephesians
The Future
1,2 Thessalonians Revelation
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The Epistles
Officers in the Church
1 Timothy Titus
Dealing with Situations
Philippians
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The Epistles
Personal - Slavery
Philemon
Sincerity in our Christian Walk
James
Christian Suffering
1 Peter
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The Epistles
Assurance of our Salvation
1 John
2 John warnings against entertaining those that
hold false doctrines
3 John written against pride and strife in the
church.