School of Ministry

SCHOOL OF MINISTRY

LESSON I OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

·  WE ALL HAVE A FINAL AUTHORITY IN LIFE

I. BACKGROUND

·  BIBLE MEANS BOOK…IT CONTAINS 66 BOOKS OF VARIOUS LITERARY FORMS…HISTORY, POETRY, LETTERS, NARRATIVES AND PROPHECY…

·  IT WAS WRITTEN OVER 1500 YEARS BY 40 DIFFERENT AUTHORS…FROM 1400BC TO 100AD.

·  IT WAS WRITTEN BY SHEPHERDS AND KINGS, BY PRIESTS AND PROPHETS…BY FISHERMAN AND PHYSICIANS

·  II TIMOTHY 3:16

II. INSPIRATION

·  INSPIRATION – WHAT IS IT

·  HOW CAN ONE KNOW THAT THE WRITTEN WORD WAS THE WORD OF THE LORD?

·  II PETER 1:20-21

·  JESUS VALADATED THE OLD TESTAMENT AS HE QUOTED FROM IT DURING HIS MINISTRY. LUKE 4:18-21,

·  THE TEMPTATION

·  LUKE 24:27,45

·  HOW THE HUMAN WRITER FITS INTO THE SCHEME

·  MATTHEW 19:4-5, QUOTATION FROM GENESIS 2:24

·  THE WRITERS WERE DIRECTLY INSPIRED BY GOD

III. THE BIBLE AS A GUIDE TO LIVING

·  THE WORD IS THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET.

·  THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY FOR BELIEVERS.

·  JOHN 1:1,14 GOD AND HIS WORD ARE ONE

·  ISAIAH 55:8-11

·  GOD DOESN’T CHANGE AND NEITHER DOES HIS WORD…

·  THE WORD ENDURES FOREVER - I PETER 1:24-25

IV. WHY THE BIBLE WORKS

·  IT IS FULL OF GOD’S HEART

o  II TIMOTHY 3:16

o  LUKE 8:11

·  IT WILL TOUCH PEOPLES LIVES

o  (JER.23:29)

·  IT HAS THE POWER TO PIERCE HEARTS

o  ACTS2:37

·  IT HAS THE POWER TO REBUILD LIVES

o  I PETER 1:23

·  IT HAS THE POWER TO PRODUCE FAITH

o  ROMANS 10:17

V. THE BIBLE AND WARFARE

ONLY ONE OFFENSIVE WEAPON HERE

·  THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT - EPHESIANS 6:13-17

·  THE WORD OF GOD…

·  2 WORDS FOR THE WORD, WORD IN THE NT…LOGOS AND RHEMA

·  LOGOS = THE FOUNDATION, THE WHOLE OF THE MATTER,

·  RHEMA = INDIVIDUAL PART…OR VERSE…THE WORD THE SPIRIT BRINGS TO YOU

·  EPH.6:17 THE RHEMA

·  HEBREWS 4:12 THE WORD CAN TRANSFORM LIFE

·  JESUS MATT. 4:1-4 RHEMA

·  IT IS A SPIRITUAL BOOK WRITTEN BY A SPIRIT TO YOUR SPIRIT FOR SPIRITUAL BATTLE

JOHN 6:63 THE WORDS I SPEAK ARE SPIRIT AND LIFE