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)
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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?