BASIC 40 #11 THE BIBLE - NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY



ESSENTIAL 40 #11 THE BIBLE - NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY

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1. 400 Silent Years

S_______________ (II Kings 17:24-41; Nehemiah 4, John 4)

S_______________ (Acts 13:15)

S_______________

S_______________

P_____________ S_____________ E_____________

H_____________ Z_____________

2. The Gospels

Matthew - Jesus as K____________ (To J____________) (Synoptic)

Mark - Jesus as S____________ (To R____________) (Synoptic)

Luke - Jesus as S________ of ________ (To G____________) (Synoptic)

John - Jesus as S________ of ________ (To C____________)

3. Acts (Acts 1:8)

Jerusalem (1-7) (6:7) (Apostles and Stephen)

Judea and Samaria (8-12) (8:1,4) (Phillip, Paul, Barnabas, and Peter)

Saul's conversion (Paul) (9); Gentiles (10); Antioch (11)

Ends of the Earth (13-28)

Paul's 3 Missionary journeys (13-20)

#1 (13,14) Galatia - Paul, Barnabas and Mark

Galatians written from Antioch

Jerusalem Council (15)

#2 (15:36-18:22) Galatia, Macedonia and Greece - Paul,

Silas, and Timothy

I & II Thessalonians written from Corinth;

#3 (18:23-20:38) Galatia, Ephesus, Macedonia, and Greece,

and Ephesus - Paul and others

I Corinthians from Ephesus; II Corinthians from

Macedonia, Romans from Corinth

Paul's Prison Journey (21-28)

The Trials

Before the Jews (21-23)

Before Felix (24)

Before Festus (25:1-12)

Before Agrippa (25:13-26:32)

First Imprisonment (27,28)

Journey to Rome (27:1-28:10)

In Rome (28:11-31)

Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon written from jail

Freedom from bonds

I Timothy written from Macedonia to Timothy in Ephesus; Titus

from Asia Minor to Titus in Crete; I Peter by Peter from Babylon

(may be symbolic for Rome); II Peter

Second Imprisonment

II Timothy from prison, Hebrews; Jude

After Paul's death

I, II, III John; Revelation

THEMES OF NT LETTERS

ROMANS - Defense of the Gospel of grace

I CORINTHIANS - Carnal verses Spiritual Christianity

II CORINTHIANS - Paul's authentic Christianity

GALATIANS - Free from the law

EPHESIANS - God's plan for the Church

COLOSSIANS - Complete in Christ

PHILIPPIANS - Rejoice always

I & II THESSALONIANS - Encouragement for new Christians

I TIMOTHY - God's order for the Church

II TIMOTHY - Passing on the baton

TITUS - Doing good in a bad world

PHILEMON - Paul's godly persuasion

HEBREWS - New Testament reality replaces Old Testament symbolism

JAMES - From double-minded to single-minded Christianity

I PETER - Walking the path of a stranger to this world

II PETER - Some God will welcome, some He will judge

I JOHN - How we can know we have eternal life

II JOHN - What to welcome, what to reject

III JOHN - Who to welcome, who to reject

JUDE - Contend for the faith

REVELATION - Revelation of the glorified Jesus Christ

RESOURCES: EXPLORE THE BOOK by Sidlow Baxter; A GUIDE TO THE GOSPELS by Scroggie; BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS by Pfieffer; CHRONOLOGICAL AND BACKGROUND CHARTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT by H. Wayne House

ASSIGNMENT: Read Jude, III John, or Philemon. Do you agree or disagree with my

theme for that book and why?

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