Bible Basics
What are the TWO main parts of the Bible?
The Old Testament and the New Testament.
This Bible TRUTH is concerned with our relationship with God. It also tells how God treated humans and how humans responded to Him.
RELIGIOUS TRUTH
How many days did it take God to create everything?
Six Days
How many key covenants does God make with humans?
FIVE.
What is Ms. Leonett's Religious Playlist called?
BIBLE BEATS!
_________________ is truth given by God, through the Holy Spirit.
The Bible
This Bible TRUTH tells us right from wrong. It gives us instructions for how to live if we want to be close to God.
MORAL TRUTH
What did God create on Day ONE?
Light and Dark.
What is the difference between a contract and a covenant?
A contract is a written agreement, usually for a job or a sale (examples: a football player signing a contract to play for a team; signing a two-year contract with a phone company). A covenant is about the relationship between two people who make a binding promise. When people made covenants with God, they were making spiritual promises with Him.
This religious TRUTH is about how Bible writers reflected on the scientific understanding of their day.
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
The word Bible means _____________ in Latin.
"The Books"
This religious TRUTH is based on the symbols, myths, and allegories in the Bible. We have to determine the truth being presented.
SYMBOLIC TRUTH
What is ONE of the truths from the Creation story?
There is only one God, God planned everything, God created everything good, God made the Sabbath day holy.
For this covenant, God presents Jesus so that people from every nation can have an opportunity to become part of God's covenantal family.
The New Covenant Through Jesus
Love of GOD and Love of OTHERS.
"Testament" means ___________________.
Agreement
This religious TRUTH is much of the Bible, especially the Book of Wisdom.
PROVERBIAL TRUTH
What is ONE of the truths from the second Creation story?
There is an intimacy between God and humans, there is a power that God shares with humans, there is intimacy and equality of the sexes, the earth is entrusted to humans as its caretaker.
For the Covenant of Moses (the Sinai Covenant) what happened on Mount Sinai?
God gave Moses the Ten Commandments.
Name one of the Ten Commandments that is about our Love of God.
The Story of God's love for the Hebrew people (aka the Israelites, the Jews) is found in the _______ Testament.
OLD TESTAMENT
This religious TRUTH is based on the history of the Hebrews from 1000BC to 100AD.
HISTORICAL TRUTH
What are the four types of alienation that sin does to us?
Alienation from SELF, GOD, OTHERS, and NATURE.
List the 5 Key Covenants God Makes with Humans
Covenant with Noah
Covenant with Abraham
Covenant with Moses (Sinai Covenant)
Covenant with David
The New Covenant
Name TWO of the Ten Commandments that is about our Love of Others.
Honour thy father and thy mother; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods.