…Thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works… I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Lesson One
The Overall View… The Organization of the Bible
What Books Are In The Book?
More than a book, the Bible is a book of books. It's a collection of books written at different times in human history, by different people, parts are even in various languages. Because the Bible is so important to the understanding of Christian Faith, it’s important that we as Christians know some things about it's history, purpose, message and it's organization.
First, one must become familiar with what books are in it and then where they are in relation to the whole. This make it easier to follow along on a study. Most Bibles will have some "study helps" that discuss information like authorship in them, some of the books speak for themselves, but you can find this information using an encyclopedia or the Internet as well.
For this lesson, use any resource you have including your bible to learn about the organization of the books of the Bible and how it came that we have a bible to read today. Use these questions as your objective to learn as you challenge yourself to find the answers to these questions and read about some famous names in Bible history.
The Organization of the Bible
1. Write out the books of the bible by title and in order. Do this first by memory and check your answers. Make any corrections to your list by comparing your list to the table of conyents. Use this list to study as you challenge yourself to memorize them in order.
2. Seek and find:
a. What books of the bible are considered to be the “Books of the Law”?
b. Find three other common names used when referring to the “Books of the Law.”
c. What OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS are considered to be the books of HISTORY?
(HINT: There are twelve.)
Group the twelve you listed above into the following three categories:
1. The period of Theocracy (The time God was their only King.)
2. The period of Monarchy (When men ruled)
3. Post Exile (The people’s return to the land after their captivity)
d. List the books of the Old Testament that are considered to be Books of Poetry.
e. List the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets.
f. How many years passed between the time of the last Old Testament books and
the New Testament? What happened during this period of time?
g. What books are referred to as the “gospels”?
h. What N.T. book is the book of history?
i. What books are referred to as “letters”? What is another name for these “letters”?
What name is given to the last eight of these letters and why?
j. What N.T. book is the book of prophecy?
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