Ch 2: Inspiration of the Bible
Ch 11: Notable Distinctions
The Old Testament was written primarily in this language.
What is Hebrew?
(with small portions in Aramaic)
This word literally meaning "cane" or "measuring rod" is used to describe the list of books recognized as genuine, authoritative, and inspired of God.
What is canon?
During the Christian Age God has spoken through Jesus by way of this.
What is the New Testament?
This word refers to a model, plan, or guide; something to be imitated or copied.
What is a pattern?
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What is your own Bible?
The Bible is comprised of this many books.
What is 66?
This term means "hidden" or "concealed" and is applied to fourteen books, mostly of uncertain authorship, written during the third to first centuries BC and generally considered non-canonical.
What is Apocrypha?
The history of the Bible can be divided into three major dispensations or ages.
What is the Patriarchal Age, the Mosaic or Jewish Age, and the Christian Age?
The new covenant of this person serves as our pattern today, and no one has the right to annul or alter any part of it.
Who is Jesus Christ?
This study tool contains words in the Bible along with verses that contain that word.
What is a concordance?
The Bible was written by about this many men.
What is approximately 40 different men?
An agreement between at least two parties, with conditions to be met and promises to be fulfilled.
What is covenant?
These two significant events stand between the three ages.
What is the giving of the Law of Moses and the death and resurrection of Christ?
The boundaries of what we are to believe, teach, and practice are determined by what has been recorded in this.
What is God's word or the Bible?
This helps us to understand the meaning of scripture by studying how it is surrounded by and connected to additional information in the Bible.
What is context?
The Bible is from this source.
Who is God, God's Spirit, or the Holy Spirit?
What is a metaphor and give a bible example?
Is a figure of speech in which a word is substituted for another word or concept to more vividly express it.
In order to be a follower of Jesus, you must do this. (John 8: 31-32)
What is Abide in His word?
This refers to something not directly stated but necessarily inferred or reasoned from what is said.
What is Implication?
Biblical context includes these five areas.
What are Immediate context, Remote context, Literary context, Historical-cultural context, and Overall biblical context?
What is the difference between faith and opinion?
Faith is based on what is revealed in God's word (Romans 10:17) but opinion is something beyond the direct revelation of God.
God made this agreement with the nation of Israel in about 1490 BC when Moses led them out of Egypt to Mount Horeb in the Sinai Wilderness.
What is the Old Covenant?
To help maintain the necessary attitude that leads to understanding God's word, it is important to couple Bible study with this.
What is prayer?
What is a biblical custom that is no longer binding today?
Head covering, foot washing, anointing with oil,
Without considering context, statements in the Bible may appear to convey or mean this.
What is something God did not intend?