August 14, 2022 Solid Ground Week 3
The Bible Tour
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24-27
Formal equivalency - KJV, NKJV, NASB, and ESV
Functional equivalency - NLT, Good News, TEV, and NIV
Paraphrase - Living Bible, and The Message
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, doesn’t have a swelled head. 1 Corinthians 13:4 (MSG)
Understanding the Bible
It was written over a period of 1600 years in over a dozen countries on three continents by 40 people in three different languages.
The Bible was written by poets, prophets, farmers, kings, soldiers, shepherds, princes, priests, historians, fisherman, tax collectors, scholars, businessmen and doctors.
The Bible was written in caves, ships, palaces, prisons, and deserts. How did they come up with the same story?
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
Law Books (5) Genesis – Deuteronomy
History Books (12) Joshua – Esther
Poetry Books (5)
Job – Song of Solomon
Prophecy Books (17)
5 Major Prophets: Isaiah – Daniel
12 Minor Prophets: Hosea – Malachi
The Gospels (4)
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
The Book of Acts
The historical record of the first Church
The Epistles (21) Romans – Jude
The Revelation
Prophecy of the last days and eternity
The Plot - The Mirror Image
The Subject of the Bible is Jesus.
“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!” John 5:39 (NLT)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV)
The Verb of the Bible is Give.
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 1 John 3:16 (NIV)