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The purpose of the Bible is to reveal the whole counsel of God to man, both what we are to believe concerning God and what God requires of us. It is the revelation of God in its abiding covenantal form. In it we find God and His will and glory; our relationship to Him laid out and established in terms of creation, fall and redemption, faith and ...
parts of the story that many Christians believe—parts of the story that either haven’t been (or can never be) con!rmed from a purely historical standpoint. The Bible’s origin story: what we can all agree on No matter whom you’re talking to when the Bible comes up, this is the important stu" for you to know regarding the Bible’s origins.
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D. The story of the Bible outlined: 1. God chose to disclose Himself through history/story. 2. The Bible is the only complete story of Gods redeeming love. 3. Jesus stands at the middle of this story. Jesus is in the Old Testament hidden, and in the New Testament revealed. 4. It is important to know the basic story of the Bible: a. The God who ...
- God’s Covenant with Creation through Adam and Noah. As noted above, the Bible begins with the creation of the world and of human beings, but it does so by first beginning with God as Creator and Lord (Gen.
- God’s Covenant with Abraham and his Children. As Noah’s children multiplied, they lived just like their ancestors, carrying on humanity’s sinful rebellion.
- God’s Covenant with Israel through Moses. Abraham’s descendants multiplied into the nation of Israel. As the story continues, God makes a further agreement with them.
- God’s Covenant with David and his Son. Through the Davidic covenant, God’s promise is now focused on an individual: the king. The previous covenants are now brought to a head in this covenant, as God promised a “son/king” who would rule the world forever (2Sam.
he culmination of God’s good creation. Symbolically, the name Adam meant “humankind” and Ev. meant “living” or “life giver.” T. is was the Bible story’s first garden.Life for those first huma. s in God’s garden was full of purpose. Humans, Genesis said, were created to “subdue. and “rule over” God’s creation. To subdue ...
element of it – the unfolding story of the Bible.1 A threefold model 1. Literature Most obviously, the Bible in its material form is a collection of writings. The word ‘Bible’ comes from a Greek word (biblia), which means ‘books’. It is plural because the Bible is a diverse multi-volume work collated by the Church in order to
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Teaching the story of God is a building block process, each story revealing more and more of God, His nature, His love and His invitation for all people, young and old, to know Him and His Son as Savior of the world. People need to know The Story: People not only need to know the stories of the Bible, they need to know the Story of the Bible ...