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Getting Started With The Bible
My Faith Story
This lesson is an introduction to the Bible. If you don't have one, tell me. I'll recommend one for you. There are some good online Bibles as well. Click here for the one I use: ESV
Answer the following question:
Answer the following question:
What's the Bible
got to do with me?
If you have a Bible of your own tell a brief story about it: How did you get it? Did someone give it to you? What
have you used it for? Do you keep papers tucked inside? Have you marked certain
passages?
Open the Bible
• What is the Old Testament? How many books does it contain?
• What is the New Testament? How many books does it contain?
• What are the names of the four Gospels in order?
The word Gospel means Good News. It's the good news about Jesus Christ.
Flip through the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
• What kinds of stories do these Gospels tell about Jesus?
• What passage headings did you see?
• What headings were the same or similar in both Gospels?
• What stories did you see in Matthew, or Luke that isn't in Mark?
• Why is it both good and potentially confusing to have
multiple accounts of the same story in the Bible?
Next, find the book of
Romans. Figure out who wrote this letter and to whom was it written.
• Why would this letter be something we'd consider
scripture?
• What other letters can you find in the New Testament?
Look at the list of Old Testament books in the
table of contents.
• What books do you recognize from readings in church?
• What books are new to you?
Choose one of the unfamiliar books
and flip through it, looking at the passage headings.
• Which book did you look at?
• What did you notice about the book?
• Was it written in prose, verse, or both?
• Was it in first or third person?
• Did it seem to contain stories, speeches, poems, or
something else?
Open the Catechism
Student Books haven't been handed out at the time of this posting, so I will get them to you. In the mean time, you can skip this part.
Student Book page 305: Read Luther's explanation of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.
Student Book page 305: Read Luther's explanation of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.
• What are the essential elements of baptism?
• How is the word of God "with and alongside the
water"?
Quiz
1. How many books are in the Bible?
a. 1
b. 33
c. 66
d. 99
2. Which has the greater number of books?
a. The Old
Testament
b. The New
Testament
c. They have the
same number of books.
3. In a Bible passage listing like "Jeremiah
27:13," the number 27 refers to the . . .
a. chapter.
b. verse.
c. number of
words.
d. year it was
written.
4. When you see Genesis 23:4, the number 4 refers to the . .
.
a. chapter.
b. verse.
c. number of
words.
d. year it was
written.
5. The Bible was first written in . . .
a. English.
b. Latin.
c. Egyptian
hieroglyphics.
d. Hebrew and
Greek.
6. A good reason for reading the Bible is to . . .
a. make God love
you more.
b. enrich your
faith.
c. seek
information.
d. both b and c.
7. Lutherans believe the Bible is . . .
a. inerrant
(without errors).
b. written by
God.
c. the source and
guide for our Christian living.
d. all of the
above.
8. The main purpose of the Bible is . . .
a. to give hope
and encouragement.
b. to make us
feel guilty.
c. to give us a
history lesson.
d. none of the
above.
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I got my bible at church, some anonymous person left it there for me. It is a Life Application Study Bible. All I've done is read up to Ruth 4:22.
ReplyDeleteThe Old Testament is the time before Jesus' birth, it has 39 books. The New Testament is the time during, and after Jesus' birth, it has 27 books.
ReplyDeleteThe names of the 4 Gospels are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The Gospels are stories of the good deeds of Jesus. The headings I saw were Jesus walks on Water, Jesus sends his Disciples, and stuff like that. Most of the Gospel's stories were similar. A story I did not see in Mark but did see in Luke and Matthew was Jesus' birth.
ReplyDeleteThe deeds of Jesus recorded in the gospels were indeed good. But, the gospels are more to do with the good NEWS of Jesus than the good deeds.
DeleteThis letter/Scripture was written by the Disciple Paul to the Romans. We call it Scripture because Paul is one of the original 12 Disciples. Some other letters I see are Ephesians, 1 and 2 Corinthians and Kings, and Hebrews.
ReplyDeletePaul is known as an apostle, but he was actually never a disciple. Disciples were those who dollowed Jesus during his ministry prior to death and resurrection. Apostles are those who witnessed the resurrection and went on to share this good news with others.
DeleteI recognize all the ones in the first half of the Old Testament. I am new to only the 4 books at the end.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the book of Malachi. I noticed it is written by the person who's name is the Title of this book. I think it was written in verse, and in 1st person. It seems to contain speeches.
ReplyDeleteQuiz answers:
ReplyDelete1.c
2.a
3.a
4.b
5.d
6.d
7.d
8.a
Very good. There is one incorrect answer. Can you figure out which one?
Delete7, the true answer is c.
Deletewell for one the bible is the Christian Holy book (although that doesn't mean it's completely literal) And it helps you understand God.
ReplyDeleteI got my bible at church, because some anonymous person left it there for me. It is a Life Application Study Bible. I didn't mark any passages.
The Gospels are stories of the good deeds of Jesus. The headings I saw were Jesus walks on Water, Jesus sends his Disciples, and other stuff. Most of the Gospel's stories were similar. A story I did not see in Mark but did see in Luke and Matthew was Jesus' birth. It is good but also confusing because you get multiple points of view and potentially mixed-up stories
ReplyDeleteThe deeds of Jesus recorded in the gospels were indeed good. But, the gospels are more to do with the good NEWS of Jesus than the good deeds.
DeleteThis letter/Scripture was written by the Disciple Paul to the Romans. We call it a scripture because it is about the word of God. Some other letters are Ephesians, 1 and 2, Corinthians, Kings, and, Hebrews.
ReplyDeletePaul is known as an apostle, but he was actually never a disciple. Disciples were those who dollowed Jesus during his ministry prior to death and resurrection. Apostles are those who witnessed the resurrection and went on to share this good news with others.
DeleteThe Old Testament is the time before Jesus's birth, and it has 39 books. The New Testament is the time during and after Jesus' birth, and it has 27 books.
ReplyDeleteThe names of the 4 Gospels in order are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
I recognize all the ones in the first half of the Old Testament but can't always remember the names.
ReplyDeleteQuiz answers:
ReplyDelete1.c
2.a
3.a
4.b
5.d
6.d
7.c
8.a
Perfect!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't believe what some people said if I didn't read it.
ReplyDeleteA anonymous person left me a bible at church. I use it for reading when I am scared and at Camp Luther. I don't keep papers there and neither do I mark passages.
The Old Testament is how things were back then before Jesus was born.
There are 39 books in the Old Testament
The New Testament is about the church and the start of Christianity
There are 27 books in the New Testament
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the four Gospels
The Gospels tell of Jesus birth, his ministry, and his death and resurrection.
The headings are about important events of his life and ministry
Jesus can help sinners isn't in Mark
They are different versions and when you don't understand one version of the story you can flip to another writer.
Paul wrote Romans to other Jews.
It talks about the Christian Faith and God
The letters that John wrote, Timothy's letters, Peter's and Thessalonians.
Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Zechariah, and Jonah we have read in church
New Books-Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, Kings, Samuel, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,Malachi
I looked at Ezekiel. He looks like he is a funeral singer, It is written in prose and verse and in 3rd person. It contains songs and speeches.
For Baptism, we need the Word of God and faith.
We believe that the Baptism water is holy and that belief makes us baptized.
Quiz
1.c
2. a
3. a
4. b
5 d
6 d
7 d
8 a
Patrick, great job.
ReplyDeleteThe is one multiple choice question wrong. Can you find it?
Im nor so sure what you mean where you say Jesus helps sinners isn't in Mark. Was that a specific story you found?
You wrote that Paul wrote Romans to other Jews. Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles. Did you read that Paul wrote to the Jews somewhere in the Bible?
On your answer to the Baptism question, actually we do not believe the water is holy. We believe that the Word of God in with and alongside the water coupled with faith makes a Baptsm.
the water, the word of God, and faith
ReplyDeletebecause the water has the holy spirit?
Answers to "Open the Catechism":
ReplyDeleteThe water, the Word of God, and Faith.
Because the water has become part of God's Word, and God himself.