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Biblical Studies 101 4/12/2013. Deep Fried Friday. Old and New Testament Survey. Sixty–six books made up of different “genres” Divided into two “covenants” One purpose. Characteristics of the Bible. Type or category – Think movie Seven different types. What is a “genre”.
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Biblical Studies 101 4/12/2013 Deep Fried Friday
Sixty–six books made up of different “genres” Divided into two “covenants” One purpose Characteristics of the Bible
Type or category – Think movie Seven different types What is a “genre”
Agreement or relationship – Think marriage Two different covenants Law and Grace Always dependent upon faith What is a “Testament”
Law, History, Poetry/Wisdom, Prophets major/minor, Gospel, Epistles/Letters, & Apocalyptic Genres
Also called the “Torah” God reveals himself through his law Creation – Second giving on the Law Law
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy 5 books
Promised land Judges/Kings Exile Return History
Joshua Judges Ruth 1 & 2 Samuel 1 & 2 Kings 1 & 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther 11 books
Mans attempt to reach God Attempts to explain/describe life Raw emotion (transparency, confession) Wisdom/Poetry
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon 5 books
Mediators of God Foretelling and forth telling Major/Minor Prophets
Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah 17 books • Jonah • Micah • Nahum • Habakkuk • Zephaniah • Haggai • Zechariah • Malachi
Matthew Mark Luke John 4 books
The spread of the Gospel Holy Spirit using Peter/Paul 2nd half of Luke History
Acts 1 book
Explanation of the Gospel Churches/Individuals Letters/Epistles
Romans 1 & 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 & 2 Thessalonians 1 & 2 Timothy 21 books • Titus • Philemon • Hebrews • James • 1 & 2 Peter • 1, 2, & 3 John • Jude
Revelation of Jesus Study of the end times (Eschatology) Apocalyptic
The life and work of Jesus There is only one Gospel Culmination of the Old Testament Gospel
Revelation 1 book
One main objective of Scripture To reveal to us Christ Jesus Unity of the Scriptures
Who am I? Characters
Representative of the human race. My actions have dictated every human beings moral and spiritual situation. Adam Who am I?
The only man that pleased God in character thus avoiding the removal of human life. Noah Who am I?
I am the king of righteousness. I am the king of peace. I am the priest of God Most High. Melchizedek Who am I?
Because of me individuals can have a covenant with God. Abraham Who am I?
I am second in command and because of me the nation of Israel was preserved. Joseph Who am I?
Intermediary of God and lawgiver to man Moses Who am I?
I went before the Lord and made a sacrifice on behalf of other peoples sin. Aaron Who am I?
I am the pioneer of those accounted faithful for the promised land. Joshua Who am I?
I was chosen to be king over Gods people. David Who am I?
I was given supreme wisdom and wealth because I did not seek my own glory. Solomon Who am I?
I wept for those who would not repent and avoid the coming judgment of God. Jeremiah Who am I?
I bought my bride back at a slave auction even though she was unfaithful. Hosea Who am I?
One main objective of God To reconcile all things back to Himself To redeem sinful men through Jesus Objective of God
Notes from “Blue Parakeets: Rethinking How We Read the Bible” • 1.Reading to retrieve • •“The way of returning to retrieve it all is not the biblical way. The biblical way is the ongoing adoption of the past and the adaption to new conditions and to do this in a way that is consistent with and faithful to the Bible.” • 2.Reading through tradition • 3.Reading with tradition • •“We need to go back to the Bible so we can move forward through the church and speak God’s Word in our days in our ways.” • •“We show serious respect for our past when we learn our church history, when we learn how major leaders read the Bible in the past, and when we bring their voices to the table as we learn how to read the Bible for our time.”
Ideas from “Blue Parakeets: Rethinking How We Read the Bible” • 4.Learn to read the Bible as story • Beginning (Genesis 1-11) • Middle (Genesis 12-Malachi 4; Matthew-Revelation) • End (Matthew 25; Romans 8; Revelation 21-22) • 5.No short cuts • Morsels of law • Morsels of blessings and promises • Mirrors and inkblots • Puzzling together the pieces to map God’s mind • Maestros • 5.The Story • God and creation • Adam and Eve as Eikons who crack the Eikon • God’s covenant community, where humans are restored to God, self, others, and the world • Jesus Christ who is the Story and in whose story we are to live • The church as Jesus’ covenant community • The consummation, when all the designs of our Creator God will finally be realized forever and ever
Con’t “Blue Parakeets” • 5.Flip the Script • •“The Bible is more than laws, and each law is connected to its context.” • •“The Bible is more than blessings and promises; there are some warnings and threats as well.” • •“The Bible is something that comes from God and not something onto which we can impose our wishes and desires.” • •“The Bible is a story to be read, not divinely scattered puzzle to be pieced together into a system that makes sense of it all.” • •“The Bible is a collection of wiki-stories of the Story, and each author, each Maestro, is but one voice at the table.”
Con’t Blue Parakeets • 6.Living Out the Story Today • •“Our relationship with the Bible is actually, if we are properly engaged, a relationship with the God of the Bible.” • •“We are summoned by God who speaks to us in the Bible to listen to God speak, to live out what God directs us to live out, and to discern how to live out the Story in our own way.” • •“We need to be mastered by the Story by reading it so deeply that its story becomes our story.” • •“Together as God’s people we are to so inhabit the Story that we can discern how to live in our world
A collection of literature Literature = writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest The Bible is a Work of Art
Ecclesiastes 12:9–10 the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care ... sought to find words of delight John 20:30–31 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book, but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” The Bible is a Work of Art
One of the things I’d love to see more people do when they study the Bible is to pray this simple prayer: “Lord, clothe the facts with fascination. Help me to crawl into the skin of these people – to see through their eyes, to feel with their fingers, to understand with their hearts, and to know with their minds.” Then the Word of God would come alive. Howard Hendricks From Living By the Book