The word Bible means what?
What is Book
Who spoke the words that the Bible contains?
God; so it is also called God's Word
2 ways people communicate
What are words and actions
- Poems
- Songs
- Proverbs, wise sayings
What is Poetry - Wisdom Literature
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
What is Law
What is the Bible also called?
What is Scripture
Exodus 34:27
27 And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
God told Moses what to write.
Give two books of the Bible whose authors are unknown.
What is Job (1400 BC) and Hebrews (100 AD)
- beginning of time
- Creation
- Nation of Israel
What is Law
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, 1&2 Chronicle, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
What is History
Definition: God's spokesman; one who speaks to others for God
What is a Prophet
1 Corinthians 2:10
10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
God's spirit taught people
God's words are summarized in the _____.
What is the Bible.
- 1000 years of Israel's history
- conquest of Promised Land
- Judges
- Kingdoms
-Prophets
What is History
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
What is Poetry
Definition: Words spoken by God through people; may include prediction of future events
What is a Prophecy
How did God inspire the men who wrote the Bible?
What is the Holy Spirit
God's actions are summarized in ______ ______.
Jesus Christ
Isaiah to Daniel
What is the Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
What is Major Prophets
Definition: God empowered men through the Holy Spirit to speak and write His truth.
What is Inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[a] may be complete, equipped for every good work.
All scripture is inspired, which means God breathed.
Though written by different authors, the books of the Bible all ___ ________ .
Fit together, tell one story
Hosea to Malachi
What is Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
What is Minor Prophets