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Exploring the Bible: Understanding the Word of God

Discover the profound depths of the Bible in this introductory week, exploring its structure, themes, and rich history across languages and writing styles. Learn how to read and interpret the Bible, unlocking its authority, wisdom, and transformative power.

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Exploring the Bible: Understanding the Word of God

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  1. Know Your Bible Welcome to Week 1 Introduction

  2. Why “Know Your Bible”? • To address your questions • Getting a sense of structure and themes • Having confidence in the Bible • Knowing God better

  3. Impossible task? • Time factor – 1500 years in the making! • Three different languages, translation • Different writing styles • Forty different authors

  4. Jewish Book • Strategy – but no favourites • Matthew 1 – genealogy • Mark 8 – feeding of the four thousand • Oral and written tradition

  5. How to read the Bible See 2 Timothy 3 v16,17 • Our authority for: • --- teaching • --- rebuking • --- correcting • --- training in righteousness • inspired (‘God-breathed’), giving wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Jesus.

  6. God speaks – why? • --- so that we become like Jesus (2 Corinthians 3 v18) • --- to build us up and make us strong spiritually (Deuteronomy 8 v3) • --- joy and peace in the midst of the storm (Psalm 23 v5) • --- guidance (Psalm 119 v105) • --- health/healing (Proverbs 4 v20-22) • --- defence against spiritual attack (Matthew 4 v1-11) • --- power (Hebrews 4 v12) • --- cleansing (John 15 v3)

  7. How to hear God speak: • A regular pattern • Ask God to speak • Read and ask…….. • What does it say? • What does it mean? • How does it apply to me?

  8. Main message of the Bible:Christ …in the Old Testament • in the law– Deut 18 v15,18, see also Galatians 3 v23-24 • in prophecy– Isaiah 9 v6,7 • in poetry– Psalm 110 v1

  9. Main message of the Bible: Christ …and in the New Testament • in the gospels • in the early history of the Church (Acts) • in the letters • in Revelation – the climax to history yet to come

  10. The Big Picture For the big picture, read Hebrews 11. We are part of this chapter, and also of Acts ‘29’

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