Bible for BeginnersJanuary 25th – March 1st, 2011

Dave Ujifusa

Week 1 – Intro to Bible, Books of the Bible, How to Choose a Bible

Weeks 2-5 Bible Eras – Stories of the Bible Week 6 – Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader

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Agenda

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Become more comfortable navigating the Bible

Learn how the pieces of the Bible fit together

Read the Bible- history, stories, characters, letters, poetry, songs

Memorize the books of the New Testament

Goals

New Testament House

Old Testament —The story of God’s people (the nation of Israel ) up until the time of Christ.

New Testament —The story of Jesus and God’s people (the Church ) since the time of Christ.

The Big Picture of the Bible

The Old Testament has 3 major types of books:

1. History (First 5 books are the Pentatuch or Torah)

2. Poetry 3. Prophecy (Major Prophets and Minor

Prophets)

The Old Testament Books

Torah

Of the 17 historical books, 11 are “primary” in the sense that they advance the storyline, and 6 are “secondary” (they amplify and supplement the primary books).

The latter are Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Ruth, 1 & 2 Chronicles, and Esther.

The OT Historical Books

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27

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The New Testament has 3 major types of books:

1. Historical Books (the 4 Gospels and Acts) New Testament —The story of Jesus and God’s people (the Church ) since the time of Christ

2. Letters written by the Apostle Paul (sometimes called Pauline Epistles). Some of Paul’s letters are written to entire churches and some are to individuals leaders

3. Letters written by other NT authors (sometimes called General Epistles)

The New Testament Books

Two prizes for the reciting the Books of the Old Testament and New Testament in class

Prizes for Reciting Books

Versions Translation versus Paraphrase www.biblegateway.com. Try Romans 12:1

Message Translation Study Bible

How to Choose a Bible

KJV (King James Version) “Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me

in paradise”. NLT (New Living Translation): “I assure you today you will be with me in paradise”. NIV (New International Version): “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in

paradise”. Message "Don't worry, I will. Today you will join me in

paradise."

Luke 23:43 – Different Versions

Overview Reference Books

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I’ll email you with a reminder each week The assignment for week 1 is to show the

New Testament house to one other person

Between classes

Trust in the LordWith all your heartAnd lean not to your own understandingIn all your ways acknowledge himAnd he will direct your paths

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord