What the Bible is All About–Part 1

The Old Testament 

• The word Bible means

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. 

• There is only one of the Bible.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 – 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. 

The Old Testament vs.The New Testament 

The OT tells the story about a The NT tells the story about a . 

The OT gathers around . The NT centers around . 

The OT gathers around  The NT gathers around the . 

The OT shows the of God against sin. The NT shows the of God against sinners. 

The Old Testament writes the law on The New Testament writes the law on our . 

Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the  Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” 

4 Sections of the Old Testament 

Law: 5 books – Genesis through Deuteronomy 

History: 12 books – Joshua through Esther 

Poetry and Wisdom: 5 books – Job through Song of Solomon 

Prophets: 17 books 

5 Major Prophets – Isaiah through Daniel 

12 Minor Prophets – Hosea through Malachi 

Jeremiah 31:31-34 – “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I  will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of  Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I  took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my  covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. “This is  the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,”  declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their  hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they  teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’ because  they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares  the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins  no more.” 

Malachi 4:1-6 (NLT) – The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of  judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and  the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots,  branches, and all. But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness  will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy  like calves let out to pasture. On the day when I act, you will tread upon  the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the LORD of  Heaven’s Armies. “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all  the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all  Israel. Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and  dreadful day of the LORD arrives. His preaching will turn the hearts of  fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers.  Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.”